Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=3$ and $AC=5$. Select points $D, E,$ and $F$ on $\overline{BC}$ in that order such that $\overline{AD}\perp \overline{BC}$, $\angle BAE=\angle CAE$, and $\overline{BF}=\overline{CF}$. If $E$ is the midpoint of segment $\overline{DF}$, what is $BC^2$? Let $T = TNYWR$, and let $T = 10X + Y$ for an integer $X$ and a digit $Y$. Suppose that $a$ and $b$ are real numbers satisfying $a+\frac1b=Y$ and $\frac{b}a=X$. Compute $(ab)^4+\frac1{(ab)^4}$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $K$ and $L$ be points on $AB$ such that $\angle ACK = \angle KCL = \angle LCB$. Let $M$ be a point in $BC$ such that $\angle MKC = \angle BKM$. If $ML$ is the angle bisector of $\angle KMB$, find $\angle MLC$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Two players, Alice and Bob, are playing the following game: - Alice chooses $n$ real numbers; not necessarily distinct. - Alice writes all pairwise sums on a sheet of paper and gives it to Bob. (There are $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ such sums; not necessarily distinct.) - Bob wins if he finds correctly the initial $n$ numbers chosen by Alice with only one guess. Can Bob be sure to win for the following cases? a. $n=5$ b. $n=6$ c. $n=8$ Justify your answer(s). [For example, when $n=4$, Alice may choose the numbers 1, 5, 7, 9, which have the same pairwise sums as the numbers 2, 4, 6, 10, and hence Bob cannot be sure to win.]

Do exist pairwise distinct matrices $ A,B,C\in \mathcal{M}_2(\mathbb{R}) $ verifying the following properties? $ \text{(i)} \det A=\det C$ $ \text{(ii)} AB=C,BC=A,CA=B $ $ \text{(iii)} \text{tr} A,\text{tr} B\neq 0 $ [i]Robert Pop[/i]

Find all the positive integers less than 1000 such that the cube of the sum of its digits is equal to the square of such integer.

[b]a)[/b] Prove that there exist two functions $ f,g:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ having the properties: $ \text{(i)}\quad f\circ g=g\circ f $ $\text{(ii)}\quad f\circ f=g\circ g $ $ \text{(iii)}\quad f(x)\neq g(x), \quad \forall x\in\mathbb{R} $ [b]b)[/b] Show that if there are two functions $ f_1,g_1:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ with the properties $ \text{(i)} $ and $ \text{(iii)} $ from above, then $ \left( f_1\circ f_1\right)(x) \neq \left( g_1\circ g_1 \right)(x) , $ for all real numbers $ x. $

The side lengths of a triangle area $t$ form an arithmetic progression with difference $d$. Find the sides and angles of the triangle. Specifically, solve this problem for $d=1$ and $t=6$.

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral, and let $E$ and $F$ be points on sides $AD$ and $BC$, respectively, such that $\frac{AE}{ED} = \frac{BF}{FC}$. Ray $FE$ meets rays $BA$ and $CD$ at $S$ and $T$, respectively. Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $SAE$, $SBF$, $TCF$, and $TDE$ pass through a common point.

Four circles are drawn with the sides of quadrilateral $ABCD$ as diameters. The two circles passing through $A$ meet again at $E$ . The two circles passing through $B$ meet again at $F$ . The two circles passing through $C$ meet again at $G$. The two circles passing through $D$ meet again at $H$. Suppose, $ E, F, G,H $ are all distinct. Is the quadrilateral $EFGH$ similar to $ABCD$ ? Show with proof.

If $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$ is a sequence of positive numbers such that $a_{n+2}=a_na_{n+1}$ for all positive integers $n$, then the sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$ is a geometric progression $\textbf{(A) }\text{for all positive values of }a_1\text{ and }a_2\qquad$ $\textbf{(B) }\text{if and only if }a_1=a_2\qquad$ $\textbf{(C) }\text{if and only if }a_1=1\qquad$ $\textbf{(D) }\text{if and only if }a_2=1\qquad $ $\textbf{(E) }\text{if and only if }a_1=a_2=1$

Given is the set $M_n=\{0, 1, 2, \ldots, n\}$ of nonnegative integers less than or equal to $n$. A subset $S$ of $M_n$ is called [i]outstanding[/i] if it is non-empty and for every natural number $k\in S$, there exists a $k$-element subset $T_k$ of $S$. Determine the number $a(n)$ of outstanding subsets of $M_n$. [i](41st Austrian Mathematical Olympiad, National Competition, part 1, Problem 3)[/i]

Evaluate the following definite integral. \[\int_{e^{2}}^{e^{3}}\frac{\ln x\cdot \ln (x\ln x)\cdot \ln \{x\ln (x\ln x)\}+\ln x+1}{\ln x\cdot \ln (x\ln x)}\ dx\]

The number "3" is written on a board. Ana and Bernardo take turns, starting with Ana, to play the following game. If the number written on the board is $n$, the player in his/her turn must replace it by an integer $m$ coprime with $n$ and such that $n<m<n^2$. The first player that reaches a number greater or equal than 2016 loses. Determine which of the players has a winning strategy and describe it.

In a rectangular prism with volume $24$, the sum of the lengths of its $12$ edges is $60$, and the length of each space diagonal is $\sqrt{109}$. Let the dimensions of the prism be $a\times b\times c$, such that $a>b>c$. Given that $a$ can be written as $\frac{p+\sqrt{q}}{r}$ where $p$, $q$, and $r$ are integers and $q$ is square-free, find $p+q+r$.

Let $A$ be an $n$x$n$ matrix with integer entries and $b_{1},b_{2},...,b_{k}$ be integers satisfying $detA=b_{1}\cdot b_{2}\cdot ...\cdot b_{k}$. Prove that there exist $n$x$n$-matrices $B_{1},B_{2},...,B_{k}$ with integers entries such that $A=B_{1}\cdot B_{2}\cdot ...\cdot B_{k}$ and $detB_{i}=b_{i}$ for all $i=1,...,k$.

Circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ have radii $r_1<r_2$ respectively and intersect at distinct points $X$ and $Y$. The common external tangents intersect at point $Z$. The common tangent closer to $X$ touches $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Line $ZX$ intersects $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ again at points $R$ and $S$ and lines $RP$ and $SQ$ intersect again at point $T$. If $XT=8$, $XZ=15$, and $XY=12$, then what is $\tfrac{r_1}{r_2}$?

Given a hexagon $ABCDEF$, in which $AB = BC, CD = DE, EF = FA$, and angles $A$ and $C$ are right. Prove that lines $FD$ and $BE$ are perpendicular. (B. Kukushkin)

Suppose $x,y,z$ is a geometric sequence with common ratio $r$ and $x \neq y$. If $x, 2y, 3z$ is an arithmetic sequence, then $r$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Let the function $f(x) = \left\lfloor x \right\rfloor\{x\}$. Compute the smallest positive integer $n$ such that the graph of $f(f(f(x)))$ on the interval $[0,n]$ is the union of 2017 or more line segments. [i]Proposed by Ayush Kamat[/i]

What is the sum of all possible values of $t$ between $0$ and $360$ such that the triangle in the coordinate plane whose vertices are $(\cos 40 ^{\circ}, \sin 40 ^{\circ}), (\cos 60 ^{\circ}, \sin 60 ^{\circ}),$ and $(\cos t ^{\circ}, \sin t ^{\circ})$ is isosceles? $\textbf{(A)}\ 100 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 150 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 330 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 360 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 380$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = AC$ ¸ $\angle BAC = 100^o$ and $AD, BE$ angle bisectors. Prove that $2AD <BE + EA$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $r, r_1, r_2, r_3$ denoted its inradius and the exradii opposite the vertices $A,B,C$, respectively. Suppose $a>r_1, b>r_2, c>r_3$. Prove that (a) triangle $ABC$ is acute, (b) $a+b+c>r+r_1+r_2+r_3$.

Let be given an isosceles triangle $ABC$ with the base $AB$. A point $P$ is chosen on the altitude $CD$ so that the incircles of $ABP$ and $PECF$ are congruent, where $E$ and $F$ are the intersections of $AP$ and $BP$ with the opposite sides of the triangle, respectively. Prove that the incircles of triangles $ADP$ and $BCP$ are also congruent.

$\alpha,\beta$ are conjugate complex numbers. If $|\alpha-\beta|=2\sqrt3$, $\frac{\alpha}{\beta^2}$ is a real number, then $|\alpha|=$________.

[b]p1.[/b] It can be shown in Calculus that the area between the x-axis and the parabola $y=kx^2$ (к is a positive constant) on the $x$-interval $0 \le x \le a$ is $\frac{ka^3}{3}$ a) Find the area between the parabola $y=4x^2$ and the x-axis for $0 \le x \le 3$. b) Find the area between the parabola $y=5x^2$ and the x-axis for $-2 \le x \le 4$. c) A square $2$ by $2$ dartboard is situated in the $xy$-plane with its center at the origin and its sides parallel to the coordinate axes. Darts that are thrown land randomly on the dartboard. Find the probability that a dart will land at a point of the dartboard that is nearer to the point $(0, 1)$ than to the bottom edge of the dartboard. [b]p2.[/b] When two rows of a determinant are interchanged, the value of the determinant changes sign. There are also certain operations which can be performed on a determinant which leave its value unchanged. Two such operations are changing any row by adding a constant multiple of another row to it, and changing any column by adding a constant multiple of another column to it. Often these operations are used to generate lots of zeroes in a determinant in order to simplify computations. In fact, if we can generate zeroes everywhere below the main diagonal in a determinant, the value of the determinant is just the product of all the entries on that main diagonal. For example, given the determinant $\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 6 & 2 \\ 3 & 10 & 4 \end{vmatrix}$ we add $-2$ times the first row to the second row, then add $-2$ times the second row to the third row, giving the new determinant $\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 0 & 2 & -4 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{vmatrix}$ , and the value is the product of the diagonal entries: $6$. a) Transform this determinant into another determinant with zeroes everywhere below the main diagonal, and find its value: $\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 3 & -1 \\ 4 & 7 & 2 \\ 3 & -6 & 5 \end{vmatrix}$ b) Do the same for this determinant: $\begin{vmatrix} 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 & 1 & 0 \end{vmatrix}$ [b]p3.[/b] In Pascal’s triangle, the entries at the ends of each row are both $1$, and otherwise each entry is the sum of the two entries diagonally above it: Row Number $0\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,1$ $1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, 1 \,\,\,1$ $2\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, 1 \,\, 2 \,\,1$ $3\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, 1\,\, 3 \,\, 3 \,\, 1$ $4\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,1 \,\,4 \,\, 6 \,\, 4 \,\, 1$ $...\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,...$ This triangle gives the binomial coefficients in expansions like $( a + b)^3 = 1a^3 + 3a^2 b + 3 ab^2 + 1b^3$ . a) What is the sum of the numbers in row #$5$ of Pascal's triangle? b) What is the sum of the numbers in row #$n$ of Pascal's triangle? c) Show that in row #$6$ of Pascal's triangle, the sum of all the numbers is exactly twice the sum of the first, third, fifth, and seventh numbers in the row. d) Prove that in row #$n$ of Pascal's triangle, the sum of ail the numbers is exactly twice the sum of the numbers in the odd positions of that row. [b]p4.[/b] The product: of several terms is sometimes described using the symbol $\Pi$ which is capital pi, the Greek equivalent of $p$, for the word "product". For example the symbol $\prod^4_{k=1}(2k +1)$ means the product of numbers of the form $(2k + 1)$, for $k=1,2,3,4$. Thus it equals $945$. a) Evaluate as a reduced fraction $\prod_{k=1}^{10} \frac{k}{k + 2}$ b) Evaluate as a reduced fraction $\prod_{k=1}^{10} \frac{k^2 + 10k+ 17}{k^2+4k + 41}$ c) Evaluate as a reduced fraction $\prod_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{k^3-1}{k^3+1}$ [b]p5.[/b] a) In right triangle $CAB$, the median $AF$, the angle bisector $AE$, and the altitude $AD$ divide the right angld $A$ into four equal angles. If $AB = 1$, find the area of triangle $AFE$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/1/0d4a83e58a65c2546ce25d1081b99d45e30729.png[/img] b) If in any triangle, an angle is divided into four equal angles by the median, angle bisector, and altitude drawn from that angle, prove that the angle must be a right angle. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].