Given is an isosceles triangle $ABC$ with $CA=CB$ and angle bisector $BD$, $D \in AC$. The line through the center $O$ of $(ABC)$, perpendicular to $BD$, meets $BC$ at $E$. The line through $E$, parallel to $BD$, meets $AC$ at $F$. Prove that $CE=DF$.

When four gallons are added to a tank that is one-third full, the tank is then one-half full. The capacity of the tank in gallons is $\text{(A)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 12 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 20 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 24 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 48$

There are a board with $2n \cdot 2n \ (= 4n^2)$ squares and $4n^2-1$ cards numbered with different natural numbers. These cards are put one by one on each of the squares. One square is empty. We can move a card to an empty square from one of the adjacent squares (two squares are adjacent if they have a common edge). Is it possible to exchange two cards on two adjacent squares of a column (or a row) in a finite number of movements?

When the IMO is over and students want to relax, they all do the same thing: download movies from the internet. There is a positive number of rooms with internet routers at the hotel, and each student wants to download a positive number of bits. The load of a room is defined as the total number of bits to be downloaded from that room. Nobody likes slow internet, and in particular each student has a displeasure equal to the product of her number of bits and the load of her room. The misery of the group is defined as the sum of the students’ displeasures. Right after the contest, students gather in the hotel lobby to decide who goes to which room. After much discussion they reach a balanced configuration: one for which no student can decrease her displeasure by unilaterally moving to another room. The misery of the group is computed to be $M_1$, and right when they seemed satisfied, Gugu arrived with a serendipitous smile and proposed another configuration that achieved misery $M_2$. What is the maximum value of $M_1/M_2$ taken over all inputs to this problem? [i]Proposed by Victor Reis (proglote), Brazil.[/i]

Suppose $x,y,z$, and $w$ are positive reals such that \[ x^2 + y^2 - \frac{xy}{2} = w^2 + z^2 + \frac{wz}{2} = 36 \] \[ xz + yw = 30. \] Find the largest possible value of $(xy + wz)^2$. [i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]

Let $O$ be the center of the regular triangle $ABC$. Find the set of all points $M$ such that any line containing the point $M$ intersects one of the segments $AB, OC$.

Suppose $x_1,x_2,...,x_{60}\in [-1,1]$ , find the maximum of $$ \sum_{i=1}^{60}x_i^2(x_{i+1}-x_{i-1}),$$ where $x_{i+60}=x_i$.

Given $\triangle ABC$, let $R$ be its circumradius and $q$ be the perimeter of its excentral triangle. Prove that $q\le 6\sqrt{3} R$. Typesetter's Note: the excentral triangle has vertices which are the excenters of the original triangle.

[b]p1.[/b] Show that the $n \times n$ determinant $$\begin{vmatrix} 1+x & 1 & 1 & . & . & . & 1 \\ 1 & 1+x & 1 & . & . & . & 1 \\ . & . & . & . & . & . & . \\ . & . & . & . & . & . & . \\ 1 & 1 & . & . & . & . & 1+x \\ \end{vmatrix}$$ has the value zero when $x = -n$ [b]p2.[/b] Let $c > a \ge b$ be the lengths of the sides of an obtuse triangle. Prove that $c^n = a^n + b^n$ for no positive integer $n$. [b]p3.[/b] Suppose that $p_1 = p_2^2+ p_3^2 + p_4^2$ , where $p_1$, $p_2$, $p_3$, and $p_4$ are primes. Prove that at least one of $p_2$, $p_3$, $p_4$ is equal to $3$. [b]p4.[/b] Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are points on tJhe boundary of the triangular region $ABC$ such that the segment $XY$ divides the region into two parts of equal area. If $XY$ is the shortest such segment and $AB = 5$, $BC = 4$, $AC = 3$ calculate the length of $XY$. Hint: Of all triangles having the same area and same vertex angle the one with the shortest base is isosceles. Clearly justify all claims. [b]p5.[/b] Find all solutions of the following system of simultaneous equations $$x + y + z = 7\,\, , \,\, x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 31\,\,, \,\,x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 154$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $x_0=2024^{2024}$ and $x_{n+1}=|x_n-\pi|$ for $n \ge 0$. Show that there exists a value of $n$ such that $x_{n+2}=x_n$.

Calculate $ \left\lfloor \frac{(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a+b+c)}{a^3+b^3+c^3} \right\rfloor , $ where $ a,b,c $ are the lengths of the side of a triangle. [i]Costel Anghel[/i]

If $a,b,c$ are non-negative real numbers such that $a+b+c=3m,(m\ge1)$ then prove that $$(a^a+b^a+c^a)(a^b+b^b+c^b)(a^c+b^c+c^c)\ge27m^{3m}$$ [i]Proposed by Dorin Mărghidanu[/i]

Let $q>3$ be a rational number, such that $q^2-4$ is a perfect square of a rational number. The sequence $a_0, a_1, \ldots$ is defined by $a_0=2, a_1=q, a_{i+1}=qa_i-a_{i-1}$ for all $i \geq 1$. Is it true that there exist a positive integer $n$ and nonzero integers $b_0, b_1, \ldots, b_n$ with sum zero, such that if $\sum_{i=0}^{n} a_ib_i=\frac{A} {B}$ for $(A, B)=1$, then $A$ is squarefree?

Let $f(k)$ be the number of integers $n$ satisfying the following conditions: (i) $0\leq n < 10^k$ so $n$ has exactly $k$ digits (in decimal notation), with leading zeroes allowed; (ii) the digits of $n$ can be permuted in such a way that they yield an integer divisible by $11$. Prove that $f(2m) = 10f(2m-1)$ for every positive integer $m$. [i]Proposed by Dirk Laurie, South Africa[/i]

A sequence is defined as follows $a_1=a_2=a_3=1$, and, for all positive integers $n$, $a_{n+3}=a_{n+2}+a_{n+1}+a_n$. Given that $a_{28}=6090307$, $a_{29}=11201821$, and $a_{30}=20603361$, find the remainder when $\displaystyle \sum^{28}_{k=1} a_k$ is divided by 1000.

Prove that, given a positive integrer $n$, there exists a positive integrer $k_n$ with the following property: Given any $k_n$ points in the space, $4$ by $4$ non-coplanar, and associated integrer numbers between $1$ and $n$ to each sharp edge that meets $2$ of this points, there's necessairly a triangle determined by $3$ of them, whose sharp edges have associated the same number.

The bisectors of trapezoid's angles form a quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals. Prove that this trapezoid is isosceles.

Two sets of intervals $A ,B$ on the line are given. The set $A$ contains $2m-1$ intervals, every two of which have an interior point in common. Moreover, every interval from $A$ contains at least two disjoint intervals from $B$. Show that there exists an interval in $B$ which belongs to at least $m$ intervals from $A$ .

There is a simple graph which chromatic number is equal to $k$. We painted all of the edges of graph using two colors. Prove that there exist a monochromatic tree with $k$ vertices

Given that $a,b,c,d,e$ are real numbers such that $a+b+c+d+e=8$, $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2=16$. Determine the maximum value of $e$.

Let $A{}$ be a subset formed of $16$ elements of the set $B=\{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 105, 106\}$ such that the difference between every two elements from $A$ is different from $6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21$. Prove that there are two elements in $A{}$ whose difference is $3$.

Let $b$ and $c$ be real numbers and define the polynomial $P(x)=x^2+bx+c$. Suppose that $P(P(1))=P(P(2))=0$, and that $P(1) \neq P(2)$. Find $P(0)$.

Let $a$ be a positive integer, but not a perfect square; $r$ is a real root of the equation $x^3-2ax+1=0$. Prove that $ r+\sqrt{a}$ is an irrational number.

The sequence $S_1, S_2, S_3, \cdots, S_{10}$ has the property that every term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous two. That is, \[ S_n = S_{n-2} + S_{n-1} \text{ for } n \ge 3. \] Suppose that $S_9 = 110$ and $S_7 = 42$. What is $S_4$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16\qquad $

Find all positive integers n>2 such that sum of n and any of its prime divisors is a perfect square.