Given a square whose side measures $a$, consider the set of all points of its plane through which passes a circumference of radius whose circle contains to the quoted square. You are asked to prove that the contour of the figure formed by the points with this property is formed by arcs of circumference, and determine the positions, their centers, their radii and their lengths.

Determine the number of positive integers $N = \overline{abcd}$, with $a, b, c, d$ nonzero digits, which satisfy $(2a -1) (2b -1) (2c- 1) (2d - 1) = 2abcd -1$.

Let $\mathfrak F=\{A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n\}$ be a collection of subsets of the set $S=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ satisfying the following conditions: (a) Any two distinct sets from $\mathfrak F$ have exactly one element in common; (b) each element of $S$ is contained in exactly $k$ of the sets in $\mathfrak F$. Can $n$ be equal to $1996$?

From an $n \times n $ square, $n \ge 2,$ the unit squares situated on both odd numbered rows and odd numbers columns are removed. Determine the minimum number of rectangular tiles needed to cover the remaining surface.

Find the least positive integer ending in $7$ with exactly $12$ positive divisors.

The set $M = \{1, 2, . . . , 2n\}$ is partitioned into $k$ nonintersecting subsets $M_1,M_2, \dots, M_k,$ where $n \ge k^3 + k.$ Prove that there exist even numbers $2j_1, 2j_2, \dots, 2j_{k+1}$ in $M$ that are in one and the same subset $M_i$ $(1 \le i \le k)$ such that the numbers $2j_1 - 1, 2j_2 - 1, \dots, 2j_{k+1} - 1$ are also in one and the same subset $M_j (1 \le j \le k).$

Prove that the modulus of an integer root of a polynomial with integer coefficients cannot exceed the maximum of the moduli of the coefficients.

Rectangle $ABCD$ has side lengths $AB = 3$ and $BC = 7$. Let $E$ be a point on $BC$, and let $F$ be the intersection of $DE$ and $AC$. Given that $[CDF] = 4$, find $\frac{DF}{FE}$ .

Let $ f(n)$ be a function defined on the set of all positive integers and having its values in the same set. Suppose that $ f(f(n) \plus{} f(m)) \equal{} m \plus{} n$ for all positive integers $ n,m.$ Find the possible value for $ f(1988).$

In the figure, $ ABCD$ is a $ 2\times 2$ square, $ E$ is the midpoint of $ \overline{AD}$, and $ F$ is on $ \overline{BE}$. If $ \overline{CF}$ is perpendicular to $ \overline{BE}$, then the area of quadrilateral $ CDEF$ is [asy]defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); dotfactor=4; pair A = (0,2); pair B = origin; pair C = (2,0); pair D = (2,2); pair E = midpoint(A--D); pair F = foot(C,B,E); dot(A);dot(B);dot(C);dot(D);dot(E);dot(F); label("$A$",A,N);label("$B$",B,S);label("$C$",C,S);label("$D$",D,N);label("$E$",E,N);label("$F$",F,NW); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(B--E); draw(C--F); draw(rightanglemark(B,F,C,4));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3 \minus{} \frac {\sqrt {3}}{2}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {11}{5}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt {5}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {9}{4}$

Find the least positive integer, which may not be represented as ${2^a-2^b\over 2^c-2^d}$, where $a,\,b,\,c,\,d$ are positive integers.

Find all functions $f: R\to R$, such that $f (xf (y) + f (x)) = xy$ for all $x, y \in R $.

Point $A,B,C,D,$ and $E$ are equally spaced on a minor arc of a circle. Points $E,F,G,H,I$ and $A$ are equally spaced on a minor arc of a second circle with center $C$ as shown in the figure below. The angle $\angle ABD$ exceeds $\angle AHG$ by $12^\circ$. Find the degree measure of $\angle BAG$.[asy] pair A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,O; O=(0,0); C=dir(90); B=dir(70); A=dir(50); D=dir(110); E=dir(130); draw(arc(O,1,50,130)); real x=2*sin(20*pi/180); F=x*dir(228)+C; G=x*dir(256)+C; H=x*dir(284)+C; I=x*dir(312)+C; draw(arc(C,x,200,340)); label("$A$",A,dir(0)); label("$B$",B,dir(75)); label("$C$",C,dir(90)); label("$D$",D,dir(105)); label("$E$",E,dir(180)); label("$F$",F,dir(225)); label("$G$",G,dir(260)); label("$H$",H,dir(280)); label("$I$",I,dir(315)); [/asy]

A box $2$ centimeters high, $3$ centimeters wide, and $5$ centimeters long can hold $40$ grams of clay. A second box with twice the height, three times the width, and the same length as the first box can hold $n$ grams of clay. What is $n$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 120\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 160\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 200\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 240\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 280$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB<AC$ and with its incircle touching the sides $AB$ and $BC$ at $M$ and $J$ respectively. A point $D$ lies on the extension of $AB$ beyond $B$ such that $AD=AC$. Let $O$ be the midpoint of $CD$. Prove that the points $J$, $O$, $M$ are collinear. [i](Proposed by Tan Rui Xuen)[/i]

What is the arithmetic mean of all values of the expression $ | a_1-a_2 | + | a_3-a_4 | $ Where $ a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4 $ is a permutation of the elements of the set {$ 1,2,3,4 $}?

Determine strictly positive real numbers $ a_{1},a_{2},...,a_{n}$ if for any $ n\in N^*$ takes place equality: $ a_{1}^2\plus{}a_{2}^2\plus{}...\plus{}a_{n}^2\equal{}a_{1}\plus{}a_{2}\plus{}...\plus{}a_{n}\plus{}\frac{n(n^2\plus{}6n\plus{}11)}{3}$

Let $k,m,n$ be natural numbers such that $m+k+1$ is a prime greater than $n+1$. Let $c_s=s(s+1)$. Prove that \[(c_{m+1}-c_k)(c_{m+2}-c_k)\ldots(c_{m+n}-c_k)\] is divisible by the product $c_1c_2\ldots c_n$.

Find all naturals $k$ such that $3^k+5^k$ is the power of a natural number with the exponent $\ge 2$.

Today there are $2^n$ species on the planet Kerbin, all of which are exactly n steps from an original species. In an evolutionary step, One species split into exactly two new species and died out in the process. There were already $2^n-1$ species in the past, which are no longer present today can be found, but are only documented by fossils. The famous space pioneer Jebediah Kerman once suggested reducing the biodiversity of a planet by doing this to measure how closely two species are on average related, with also already extinct species should be taken into account. The degree of relationship is measured two types, of course, by how many evolutionary steps before or back you have to do at least one to get from one to the other. What is the biodiversity of the planet Kerbin?

The number $N$ consists of $1999$ digits such that if each pair of consecutive digits in $N$ were viewed as a two-digit number, then that number would either be a multiple of $17$ or a multiple of $23$. THe sum of the digits of $N$ is $9599$. Determine the rightmost ten digits of $N$.

Triangle $ABC$ is given. Let $O$ be it's circumcenter. Let $I$ be the center of it's incircle.The external angle bisector of $A$ meet $BC$ at $D$. And $I_A$ is the $A$-excenter . The point $K$ is chosen on the line $AI$ such that $AK=2AI$ and $A$ is closer to $K$ than $I$. If the segment $DF$ is the diameter of the circumcircle of triangle $DKI_A$, then prove $OF=3OI$.

In a regular 100-gon, 41 vertices are colored black and the remaining 59 vertices are colored white. Prove that there exist 24 convex quadrilaterals $Q_{1}, \ldots, Q_{24}$ whose corners are vertices of the 100-gon, so that [list] [*] the quadrilaterals $Q_{1}, \ldots, Q_{24}$ are pairwise disjoint, and [*] every quadrilateral $Q_{i}$ has three corners of one color and one corner of the other color. [/list]

All of David's telephone numbers have the form $ 555\minus{}abc\minus{}defg$, where $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$, $ e$, $ f$, and $ g$ are distinct digits and in increasing order, and none is either $ 0$ or $ 1$. How many different telephone numbers can David have? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9$

Carl is given three distinct non-parallel lines $\ell_1, \ell_2, \ell_3$ and a circle $\omega$ in the plane. In addition to a normal straightedge, Carl has a special straightedge which, given a line $\ell$ and a point $P$, constructs a new line passing through $P$ parallel to $\ell$. (Carl does not have a compass.) Show that Carl can construct a triangle with circumcircle $\omega$ whose sides are parallel to $\ell_1,\ell_2,\ell_3$ in some order. [i]Proposed by Vincent Huang[/i]