Found problems: 85335
2004 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 10
A [i]lattice point[/i] is a point whose coordinates are both integers. Suppose Johann walks in a line from the point $(0, 2004)$ to a random lattice point in the interior (not on the boundary) of the square with vertices $(0, 0)$, $(0, 99)$, $(99,99)$, $(99, 0)$. What is the probability that his path, including the endpoints, contains an even number of lattice points?
2014 Peru Iberoamerican Team Selection Test, P1
Circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ intersect at different points $A$ and $B$. The straight lines tangents to $C_1$ that pass through $A$ and $B$ intersect at $T$. Let $M$ be a point on $C_1$ that is out of $C_2$. The $MT$ line intersects $C_1$ at $C$ again, the $MA$ line intersects again to $C_2$ in $K$ and the line $AC$ intersects again to the circumference $C_2$ in $L$. Prove that the $MC$ line passes through the midpoint of the $KL$ segment.
2002 USA Team Selection Test, 4
Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $S$ be a set of $2^n+1$ elements. Let $f$ be a function from the set of two-element subsets of $S$ to $\{0, \dots, 2^{n-1}-1\}$. Assume that for any elements $x, y, z$ of $S$, one of $f(\{x,y\}), f(\{y,z\}), f(\{z, x\})$ is equal to the sum of the other two. Show that there exist $a, b, c$ in $S$ such that $f(\{a,b\}), f(\{b,c\}), f(\{c,a\})$ are all equal to 0.
1979 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 5
Given a triangle $ABC$ with side sizes $a \ge b \ge c$. Among all pairs of points $X, Y$ on the boundary of triangle $ABC$, which this boundary divides into two parts of equal length, find all such for which the distance is $X Y$ maximum.
1949-56 Chisinau City MO, 13
Factor the polynomial $(a+b+c)^3- a^3 -b^3 -c^3$
2010 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 13
Let us have a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that $AB=BC.$ A point $K$ lies on the diagonal $BD,$ and $\angle AKB+\angle BKC=\angle A + \angle C.$ Prove that $AK \cdot CD = KC \cdot AD.$
2024 Lusophon Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incentre $I$. A line $r$ that passes through $I$ intersects the circumcircles of triangles $AIB$ and $AIC$ at points $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Prove that the circumcentre of triangle $APQ$ is on the circumcircle of $ABC$.
2014 Online Math Open Problems, 28
In the game of Nim, players are given several piles of stones. On each turn, a player picks a nonempty pile and removes any positive integer number of stones from that pile. The player who removes the last stone wins, while the first player who cannot move loses.
Alice, Bob, and Chebyshev play a 3-player version of Nim where each player wants to win but avoids losing at all costs (there is always a player who neither wins nor loses). Initially, the piles have sizes $43$, $99$, $x$, $y$, where $x$ and $y$ are positive integers. Assuming that the first player loses when all players play optimally, compute the maximum possible value of $xy$.
[i]Proposed by Sammy Luo[/i]
1970 AMC 12/AHSME, 19
The sum of an infinite geometric series with common ratio $r$ such that $|r|<1$, is $15$, and the sum of the squares of the terms of this series is $45$. The first term of the series is
$\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }10\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad \textbf{(E) }2$
III Soros Olympiad 1996 - 97 (Russia), 11.10
In a dihedral angle of measure $c$ two non-intersecting spheres are inscribed, the centers of which are located on a straight line perpendicular to the edge of the dihedral angle. The points of contact of these spheres with the edges of the corner are at distances $a$ and $b$ from the edge. Let us consider an arbitrary plane tangent to these spheres and intersecting the segment connecting their centers. Let us denote by $\phi$ the measure of the angle formed at the intersection of this plane with the faces of a given dihedral angle. Find the greatest value $\phi$.
1989 Tournament Of Towns, (226) 4
Find the positive integer solutions of the equation $$ x+ \frac{1}{y+ \frac{1}{z}}= \frac{10}{7}$$
(G. Galperin)
2008 China Team Selection Test, 3
Let $ n>m>1$ be odd integers, let $ f(x)\equal{}x^n\plus{}x^m\plus{}x\plus{}1$. Prove that $ f(x)$ can't be expressed as the product of two polynomials having integer coefficients and positive degrees.
2010 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 24
We are given a coin of diameter $\frac{1}{2}$ and a checkerboard of $1\times1$ squares of area $2010\times2010$. We toss the coin such that it lands completely on the checkerboard. If the probability that the coin doesn't touch any of the lattice lines is $\frac{a^2}{b^2}$ where $\frac{a}{b}$ is a reduced fraction, find $a+b$
1989 IMO Longlists, 45
Let $ (\log_2(x))^2 \minus{} 4 \cdot \log_2(x) \minus{} m^2 \minus{} 2m \minus{} 13 \equal{} 0$ be an equation in $ x.$ Prove:
[b](a)[/b] For any real value of $ m$ the equation has two distinct solutions.
[b](b)[/b] The product of the solutions of the equation does not depend on $ m.$
[b](c)[/b] One of the solutions of the equation is less than 1, while the other solution is greater than 1.
Find the minimum value of the larger solution and the maximum value of the smaller solution.
2015 Bosnia Herzegovina Team Selection Test, 6
Let $D$, $E$ and $F$ be points in which incircle of triangle $ABC$ touches sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$, respectively, and let $I$ be a center of that circle.Furthermore, let $P$ be a foot of perpendicular from point $I$ to line $AD$, and let $M$ be midpoint of $DE$. If $\{N\}=PM\cap{AC}$, prove that $DN \parallel EF$
2016 Tuymaada Olympiad, 5
Positive numbers are written in the squares of a 10 × 10 table. Frogs sit in five squares and cover the numbers in these squares. Kostya found the sum of all visible numbers and got 10. Then each frog jumped to an adjacent square and Kostya’s sum changed to $10^2$. Then the frogs jumped again, and the sum changed to $10^3$ and so on: every new sum was 10 times greater than the previous one. What maximum sum can Kostya obtain?
Russian TST 2017, P3
There are $n \geq 3$ islands in a city. Initially, the ferry company offers some routes between some pairs of islands so that it is impossible to divide the islands into two groups such that no two islands in different groups are connected by a ferry route.
After each year, the ferry company will close a ferry route between some two islands $X$ and $Y$. At the same time, in order to maintain its service, the company will open new routes according to the following rule: for any island which is connected to a ferry route to exactly one of $X$ and $Y$, a new route between this island and the other of $X$ and $Y$ is added.
Suppose at any moment, if we partition all islands into two nonempty groups in any way, then it is known that the ferry company will close a certain route connecting two islands from the two groups after some years. Prove that after some years there will be an island which is connected to all other islands by ferry routes.
2006 IMO Shortlist, 3
We define a sequence $ \left(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3},\ldots \right)$ by
\[ a_{n} \equal{} \frac {1}{n}\left(\left\lfloor\frac {n}{1}\right\rfloor \plus{} \left\lfloor\frac {n}{2}\right\rfloor \plus{} \cdots \plus{} \left\lfloor\frac {n}{n}\right\rfloor\right),
\] where $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the integer part of $x$.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that $a_{n+1}>a_n$ infinitely often.
[b]b)[/b] Prove that $a_{n+1}<a_n$ infinitely often.
[i]Proposed by Johan Meyer, South Africa[/i]
2024 LMT Fall, 2
Currently, Selena’s analog clock says $4{:}00$. Suddenly her clock breaks, so the hour hand moves $12$ times as fast as it normally does, but the minute hand stays the same speed. Find the degree measure of the smaller angle formed by the minute and the hour hand $2024$ minutes from now.
2025 Turkey Team Selection Test, 4
Let $a,b,c$ be given pairwise coprime positive integers where $a>bc$. Let $m<n$ be positive integers. We call $m$ to be a grandson of $n$ if and only if, for all possible piles of stones whose total mass adds up to $n$ and consist of stones with masses $a,b,c$, it's possible to take some of the stones out from this pile in a way that in the end, we can obtain a new pile of stones with total mass of $m$. Find the greatest possible number that doesn't have any grandsons.
STEMS 2022 Math Cat A Qualifier Round, 3
We call a path Valid if
i. It only comprises of the following kind of steps:
A. $(x, y) \rightarrow (x + 1, y + 1)$
B. $(x, y) \rightarrow (x + 1, y - 1)$
ii. It never goes below the x-axis.
Let $M(n)$ = set of all valid paths from $(0,0) $, to $(2n,0)$, where $n$ is a natural number.
Consider a Valid path $T \in M(n)$.
Denote $\phi(T) = \prod_{i=1}^{2n} \mu_i$,
where $\mu_i$=
a) $1$, if the $i^{th}$ step is $(x, y) \rightarrow (x + 1, y + 1)$
b) $y$, if the $i^{th} $ step is $(x, y) \rightarrow (x + 1, y - 1)$
Now Let $f(n) =\sum _{T \in M(n)} \phi(T)$. Evaluate the number of zeroes at the end in the decimal expansion of $f(2021)$
2018 ELMO Shortlist, 3
Let $a, b, c,x, y, z$ be positive reals such that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=1$. Prove that \[a^x+b^y+c^z\ge \frac{4abcxyz}{(x+y+z-3)^2}.\]
[i]Proposed by Daniel Liu[/i]
2018 Miklós Schweitzer, 11
We call an $m$-dimensional smooth manifold [i]parallelizable[/i] if it admits $m$ smooth tangent vector fields that are linearly independent at all points. Show that if $M$ is a closed orientable $2n$-dimensional smooth manifold of Euler characteristic $0$ that has an immersion into a parallelizable smooth $(2n+1)$-dimensional manifold $N$, then $M$ is itself parallelizable.
2020 Czech-Austrian-Polish-Slovak Match, 5
Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $d(n)$ denote the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(x,y)$ such that
$(x+1)^2-xy(2x-xy+2y)+(y+1)^2=n$. Find the smallest positive integer $n$ satisfying $d(n) = 61$.
(Patrik Bak, Slovakia)
2004 National Olympiad First Round, 34
How many positive integers which divide $5n^{11}-2n^5-3n$ for all positive integers $n$ are there?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 2
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 18
$