In the plane we consider rectangles whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes and have positive length. Such a rectangle will be called a [i]box[/i]. Two boxes [i]intersect[/i] if they have a common point in their interior or on their boundary. Find the largest $ n$ for which there exist $ n$ boxes $ B_1$, $ \ldots$, $ B_n$ such that $ B_i$ and $ B_j$ intersect if and only if $ i\not\equiv j\pm 1\pmod n$. [i]Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Netherlands[/i]

A monic polynomial is a polynomial whose highest degree coefficient is 1. Let $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ be monic polynomial with real coefficients and $degP(x)=degQ(x)=10$. Prove that if the equation $P(x)=Q(x)$ has no real solutions then $P(x+1)=Q(x-1)$ has a real solution

Let $\ell$ be a line in the plane and let $90^\circ<\theta<180^\circ$. Consider any distinct points $P,Q,R$ that satisfy the following: (i) $P$ lies on $\ell$ and $PQ$ is perpendicular to $\ell$ (ii) $R$ lies on the same side of $\ell$ as $Q$, and $R$ doesn’t lie on $\ell$ (iii) for any points $A,B$ on $\ell$, if $\angle ARB=\theta$ then $\angle AQB \geq \theta$. Find the minimum value of $\angle PQR$.

Let $V$ be the set of vertices of a regular $25$ sided polygon with center at point $C.$ How many triangles have vertices in $ V$ and contain the point $C$ in the interior of the triangle?

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle; $ \Gamma_A,\Gamma_B,\Gamma_C$ be three equal, disjoint circles inside $ ABC$ such that $ \Gamma_A$ touches $ AB$ and $ AC$; $ \Gamma_B$ touches $ AB$ and $ BC$; and $ \Gamma_C$ touches $ BC$ and $ CA$. Let $ \Gamma$ be a circle touching circles $ \Gamma_A, \Gamma_B, \Gamma_C$ externally. Prove that the line joining the circum-centre $ O$ and the in-centre $ I$ of triangle $ ABC$ passes through the centre of $ \Gamma$.

Given three equidistant parallel lines. Express by points of the corresponding lines the values of the resistance, voltage and current in a conductor so as to obtain the voltage $V = I \cdot R$ by connecting with a ruler the points denoting the resistance $R$ and the current $I$. (Each point of each scale denotes only one number). [hide=similar wording]Three parallel straight lines are given at equal distances from each other. How to depict by points of the corresponding straight lines the values of resistance, voltage and the current in the conductor, so that, applying a ruler to to points depicting the values of resistance R and values of current I, obtain on the voltage scale a point depicting the value of voltage V = I R (point each scale represents one and only one number).[/hide]

There are $12$ delegates in a mathematical conference. It is known that every two delegates share a common friend. Prove that there is a delegate who has at least five friends in that conference. [i]Proposed by Nairy Sedrakyan[/i]

Consider a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$, and let $S$ be the intersection of $AC$ and $BD$. Let $E$ and $F$ the orthogonal projections of $S$ on $AB$ and $CD$ respectively. Prove that the perpendicular bisector of segment $EF$ meets the segments $AD$ and $BC$ at their midpoints.

Prove that the lines joining the middle-points of non-adjacent sides of an convex quadrilateral and the line joining the middle-points of diagonals, are concurrent. Prove that the intersection point is the middle point of the three given segments.

$ABCD$ is a rectangle. Segment $BA$ is extended through $A$ to a point $E$. Let the intersection of $EC$ and $AD$ be point $F$. Suppose that [the] measure of $\angle{ACD}$ is $60$ degrees, and that the length of segment $EF$ is twice the length of diagonal $AC$. What is the measure of $\angle{ECD}$?

Find the number of ways to write the number $2013$ as the sum of two integers greater than or equal to zero so that when adding there is no carry over. Clarification: In the sum $2008+5=2013$ there is carry over from the units to the tens

As shown in the figure, line segment $\overline{AD}$ is trisected by points $B$ and $C$ so that $AB=BC=CD=2.$ Three semicircles of radius $1,$ $\overarc{AEB},\overarc{BFC},$ and $\overarc{CGD},$ have their diameters on $\overline{AD},$ and are tangent to line $EG$ at $E,F,$ and $G,$ respectively. A circle of radius $2$ has its center on $F. $ The area of the region inside the circle but outside the three semicircles, shaded in the figure, can be expressed in the form \[\frac{a}{b}\cdot\pi-\sqrt{c}+d,\] where $a,b,c,$ and $d$ are positive integers and $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime. What is $a+b+c+d$? [asy] size(6cm); filldraw(circle((0,0),2), gray(0.7)); filldraw(arc((0,-1),1,0,180) -- cycle, gray(1.0)); filldraw(arc((-2,-1),1,0,180) -- cycle, gray(1.0)); filldraw(arc((2,-1),1,0,180) -- cycle, gray(1.0)); dot((-3,-1)); label("$A$",(-3,-1),S); dot((-2,0)); label("$E$",(-2,0),NW); dot((-1,-1)); label("$B$",(-1,-1),S); dot((0,0)); label("$F$",(0,0),N); dot((1,-1)); label("$C$",(1,-1), S); dot((2,0)); label("$G$", (2,0),NE); dot((3,-1)); label("$D$", (3,-1), S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 13 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 14 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 16\qquad\textbf{(E) } 17$

Let $A$ be one of the two distinct points of intersection of two unequal coplanar circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ respectively. One of the common tangents to the circles touches $C_1$ at $P_1$ and $C_2$ at $P_2$, while the other touches $C_1$ at $Q_1$ and $C_2$ at $Q_2$. Let $M_1$ be the midpoint of $P_1Q_1$ and $M_2$ the midpoint of $P_2Q_2$. Prove that $\angle O_1AO_2=\angle M_1AM_2$.

For her daughter’s $12\text{th}$ birthday, Ingrid decides to bake a dodecagon pie in celebration. Unfortunately, the store does not sell dodecagon shaped pie pans, so Ingrid bakes a circular pie first and then trims off the sides in a way such that she gets the largest regular dodecagon possible. If the original pie was $8$ inches in diameter, the area of pie that she has to trim off can be represented in square inches as $a\pi - b$ where $a, b$ are integers. What is $a + b$?

There are $86400$ seconds in a day, which can be deduced from the conversions between seconds, minutes, hours, and days. However, the leading scientists decide that we should decide on $3$ new integers $x, y$, and $z$, such that there are $x$ seconds in a minute, $y$ minutes in an hour, and $z$ hours in a day, such that $xyz = 86400$ as before, but such that the sum $x + y + z$ is minimized. What is the smallest possible value of that sum?

The diagonals of parallelogram $ABCD$ intersect at $E$ . The bisectors of $\angle DAE$ and $\angle EBC$ intersect at $F$. Assume $ECFD$ is a parellelogram . Determine the ratio $AB:AD$.

For a positive integer $K$, define a sequence, $\{a_n\}_n$, as following $a_1=K$, \[ a_{n+1} = \{ \begin{array} {cc} a_n-1 , & \mbox{ if } a_n \mbox{ is even} \\ \frac{a_n-1}2 , & \mbox{ if } a_n \mbox{ is odd} \end{array}, \] for all $n\geq 1$. Find the smallest value of $K$, which makes $a_{2005}$ the first term equal to 0.

i) Prove that if a function $f$ is continuous on the closed interval $[0, \pi]$ and $$ \int_{0}^{\pi} f(t) \cos t \; dt= \int_{0}^{\pi} f(t) \sin t \; dt=0,$$ then there exist points $0 < \alpha < \beta < \pi$ such that $f(\alpha) =f(\beta) =0.$ ii) Let $R$ be a bounded, convex, and open region in the Euclidean plane. Prove with the help of i) that the centroid of $R$ bisects at least three different chords of the boundary of $ R.$

Let $P$ be a set of $7$ different prime numbers and $C$ a set of $28$ different composite numbers each of which is a product of two (not necessarily different) numbers from $P$. The set $C$ is divided into $7$ disjoint four-element subsets such that each of the numbers in one set has a common prime divisor with at least two other numbers in that set. How many such partitions of $C$ are there ?

a) Divide $a^{128} - b^{128}$ by $(a + b)(a^2 + b^2)(a^4 + b^4)(a^8 + b^8)(a^{16} + b^{16})(a^{32} + b^{32})(a^{64} + b^{64}) $. b) Divide $a^{2^k} - b^{2^k}$ by $(a + b)(a^2 + b^2)(a^4 + b^4) ... (a^{2^{k-1}} + b^{2^{k-1}})$

Suppose we have a cubic polynomial $p(x)$ such that $p(0)=0,p(1)=1,$ and $p(x)\leq \sqrt x$ for $0\leq x \leq 1.$ Suppose $p(0.5)$ is maximized. What is the sum of $p(0.25)+p(0.75)?$ [i]Proposed by Ishin Shah[/i]

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

Raashan, Sylvia, and Ted play the following game. Each starts with $\$1$. A bell rings every $15$ seconds, at which time each of the players who currently have money simultaneously chooses one of the other two players independently and at random and gives $\$1$ to that player. What is the probability that after the bell has rung $2019$ times, each player will have $\$1$? (For example, Raashan and Ted may each decide to give $\$1$ to Sylvia, and Sylvia may decide to give her dollar to Ted, at which point Raashan will have $\$0$, Sylvia would have $\$2$, and Ted would have $\$1$, and and that is the end of the first round of play. In the second round Raashan has no money to give, but Sylvia and Ted might choose each other to give their $\$1$ to, and and the holdings will be the same as the end of the second [sic] round. $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{7} \qquad\textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(D) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \frac{2}{3}$

In $\triangle ABC$, $DB$ and $DC$ are tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$. Let $B'$ be the reflection of $B$ with respect to the line $AC$ and similarly define $C'$. If line $BC$ intersects the circumcircle of $\triangle DB'C'$ at $E$ and $F$, prove that $AE = AF$.

A positive integer $m$ is called triangular if $m = 1 + 2 + ... + n$, for an integer $n$. Show that a positive integer $m$ is triangular if and only if $8m + 1$ is the square of an integer.