Prove that there exists $1904$-element subset of the set $\{1,2,\ldots,1992\}$, which doesn’t contain an arithmetic progression consisting of $41$ terms. [i](Ivan Tonov)[/i]

Let $m$ and $n$ be natural numbers such that $m^3-n^3$ is a prime number. What is the remainder of the number $m^3-n^3$ when divided by $6$?

Let an even positive integer $2k$ be given. Find such relatively prime positive integers $x, y$ that maximize the product $xy$.

Use $ \frac{d}{dx} \ln (2x\plus{}\sqrt{4x^2\plus{}1}),\ \frac{d}{dx}(x\sqrt{4x^2\plus{}1})$ to evaluate $ \int_0^1 \sqrt{4x^2\plus{}1}dx$.

In $\triangle BAC$, $\angle BAC=40^\circ$, $AB=10$, and $AC=6$. Points $D$ and $E$ lie on $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$ respectively. What is the minimum possible value of $BE+DE+CD$? $\textbf{(A) }6\sqrt 3+3\qquad \textbf{(B) }\dfrac{27}2\qquad \textbf{(C) }8\sqrt 3\qquad \textbf{(D) }14\qquad \textbf{(E) }3\sqrt 3+9\qquad$

[b]p1.[/b] Replace $*$’s by an arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) to obtain true equality $$2*0*1*6*7=1.$$ [b]p2.[/b] The interval of length $88$ cm is divided into three unequal parts. The distance between middle points of the left and right parts is $46$ cm. Find the length of the middle part. [b]p3.[/b] A $5\times 6$ rectangle is drawn on a square grid. Paint some cells of the rectangle in such a way that every $3\times 2$ sub‐rectangle has exactly two cells painted. [b]p4.[/b] There are $8$ similar coins. $5$ of them are counterfeit. A detector can analyze any set of coins and show if there are counterfeit coins in this set. The detector neither determines which coins nare counterfeit nor how many counterfeit coins are there. How to run the detector twice to find for sure at least one counterfeit coin? [b]p5.[/b] There is a set of $20$ weights of masses $1, 2, 3,...$ and $20$ grams. Can one divide this set into three groups of equal total masses? [b]p6.[/b] Replace letters $A,B,C,D,E,F,G$ by the digits $0,1,...,9$ to get true equality $AB+CD=EF * EG$ (different letters correspond to different digits, same letter means the same digit, $AB$, $CD$, $EF$, and $EG$ are two‐digit numbers). PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $f$ be an irreducible monic polynomial with integer coefficients such that $f(0)$ is not equal to $1$. Let $z$ be a complex number that is a root of $f$. Show that if $w$ is another complex root of $f$, then $\frac{z}{w}$ cannot be a positive integer greater than $1$.

Prove the inequality $\left(1+\frac{1}{q}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{q^2}\right)...\left(1+\frac{1}{q^n}\right)<\frac{q-1}{q-2}$ for $n\in N, q>2$

[b]p1.[/b] If the pairwise sums of the three numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ are $22$, $26$, and $28$, what is $x + y + z$? [b]p2.[/b] Suhas draws a quadrilateral with side lengths $7$, $15$, $20$, and $24$ in some order such that the quadrilateral has two opposite right angles. Find the area of the quadrilateral. [b]p3.[/b] Let $(n)*$ denote the sum of the digits of $n$. Find the value of $((((985^{998})*)*)*)*$. [b]p4.[/b] Everyone wants to know Andy's locker combination because there is a golden ticket inside. His locker combination consists of 4 non-zero digits that sum to an even number. Find the number of possible locker combinations that Andy's locker can have. [b]p5.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $\angle ABC = 3\angle ACB$. If $AB = 4$ and $AC = 5$, compute the length of $BC$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

A subset $S$ of positive real numbers is called [i]powerful[/i] if for any two distinct elements $a, b$ of $S$, at least one of $a^{b}$ or $b^{a}$ is also an element of $S$. [b]a)[/b] Give an example of a four elements powerful set. [b]b)[/b] Prove that every finite powerful set has at most four elements.

Set $A$ consists of $2016$ positive integers. All prime divisors of these numbers are smaller than $30.$ Prove that there are four distinct numbers $a, b, c$ and $d$ in $A$ such that $abcd$ is a perfect square.

A $12$-digit positive integer consisting only of digits $1,5$ and $9$ is divisible by $37$. Prove that the sum of its digits is not equal to $76$.

Let $ABCDE$ be a cyclic pentagon such that the diagonals $AC$ and $AD$ intersect $BE$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively, with $BP \cdot QE = PQ^2$. Prove that $BC \cdot DE = CD \cdot PQ$.

Find all non-negative integers $x, y$ and $z$ such that $x^3 + 2y^3 + 4z^3 = 9!$

$ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right)$ shows a number with 1998 digits in decimal system. How many numbers $ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right)$ are there such that $ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right) \equal{} 7\cdot 10^{1996} \left(x_{1} \plus{} x_{2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} x_{1998} \right)$ ? $\textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Numbers $d(n,m)$, with $m, n$ integers, $0 \leq m \leq n$, are defined by $d(n, 0) = d(n, n) = 0$ for all $n \geq 0$ and \[md(n,m) = md(n-1,m)+(2n-m)d(n-1,m-1) \text{ for all } 0 < m < n.\] Prove that all the $d(n,m)$ are integers.

Assume $x_{1},x_{2},\dots,x_{n}\in\mathbb R^{+}$, $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}=n$, $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}\geq s>0$ and $0\leq\lambda\leq1$. Prove that at least $\left\lceil\frac{s^{2}(1-\lambda)^{2}}n\right\rceil$ of these numbers are larger than $\frac{\lambda s}{n}$.

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ the interior bisector of angle $A$ meets $BC$ at $L$ and meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ again at $N$. From $L$ perpendiculars are drawn to $AB$ and $AC$, with feet $K$ and $M$ respectively. Prove that the quadrilateral $AKNM$ and the triangle $ABC$ have equal areas.

In triangle $ABC$, suppose we have $a> b$, where $a=BC$ and $b=AC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and $\alpha, \beta$ are inscircles of the triangles $ACM$ and $BCM$ respectively. Let then $A'$ and $B'$ be the points of tangency of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ on $CM$. Prove that $A'B'=\frac{a - b}{2}$.

In a triangle $ABC$ with $AB=AC$, let $D$ be the midpoint of $[BC]$. A line passing through $D$ intersects $AB$ at $K$, $AC$ at $L$. A point $E$ on $[BC]$ different from $D$, and a point $P$ on $AE$ is taken such that $\angle KPL=90^\circ-\frac{1}{2}\angle KAL$ and $E$ lies between $A$ and $P$. The circumcircle of triangle $PDE$ intersects $PK$ at point $X$, $PL$ at point $Y$ for the second time. Lines $DX$ and $AB$ intersect at $M$, and lines $DY$ and $AC$ intersect at $N$. Prove that the points $P,M,A,N$ are concyclic.

Compute the number of quadruples $(a,b,c,d)$ of positive integers satisfying $$12a+21b+28c+84d=2024.$$

Find the smallest real number $M$ with the following property: Given nine nonnegative real numbers with sum $1$, it is possible to arrange them in the cells of a $3 \times 3$ square so that the product of each row or column is at most $M$. [i]Evan O' Dorney.[/i]

Points $D, E, F$ are selected on sides $BC, CA, AB$ correspondingly of triangle $ABC$ with $\angle C = 90^\circ$ such that $\angle DAB = \angle CBE$ and $\angle BEC = \angle AEF$. Show that $DB = DF$. [i](Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko)[/i]

Let $N$ be the set of positive integers. Determine if there is a function $f: N\to N$ such that $f(f(n))=2n$, for all $n$ belongs to $N$.

$ABCD$ is a square with sides of unit length. Points $E$ and $F$ are taken on sides $AB$ and $AD$ respectively so that $AE = AF$ and the quadrilateral $CDFE$ has maximum area. What is this maximum area?