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1979 AMC 12/AHSME, 27

An ordered pair $( b , c )$ of integers, each of which has absolute value less than or equal to five, is chosen at random, with each such ordered pair having an equal likelihood of being chosen. What is the probability that the equation $x^ 2 + bx + c = 0$ will [i]not[/i] have distinct positive real roots? $\textbf{(A) }\frac{106}{121}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{108}{121}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{110}{121}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{112}{121}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{none of these}$

2014 Contests, 1

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB>AC$. Let $D$ be the foot of the internal angle bisector of $A$. Points $F$ and $E$ are on $AC,AB$ respectively such that $B,C,F,E$ are concyclic. Prove that the circumcentre of $DEF$ is the incentre of $ABC$ if and only if $BE+CF=BC$.

2008 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 2

Solve the system of equation $$x+y+z=2;$$$$(x+y)(y+z)+(y+z)(z+x)+(z+x)(x+y)=1;$$$$x^2(y+z)+y^2(z+x)+z^2(x+y)=-6.$$

2012 Nordic, 3

Find the smallest positive integer $n$, such that there exist $n$ integers $x_1, x_2, \dots , x_n$ (not necessarily different), with $1\le x_k\le n$, $1\le k\le n$, and such that \[x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n =\frac{n(n + 1)}{2},\quad\text{ and }x_1x_2 \cdots x_n = n!,\] but $\{x_1, x_2, \dots , x_n\} \ne \{1, 2, \dots , n\}$.

2019 Tournament Of Towns, 6

Tags: geometry
Given is a isosceles triangle ABC so that AB=BC. Point K is in ABC, so that CK=AB=BC and <KAC=30°.Find <AKB=?

1990 AMC 8, 12

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There are twenty-four 4-digit numbers that use each of the four digits 2, 5, 7, and 4exactly once. Listed in numerical order from smallest to largest, the number in the $17th$ position in the list is $ \text{(A)}\ 4527\qquad\text{(B)}\ 5724\qquad\text{(C)}\ 5742\qquad\text{(D)}\ 7245\qquad\text{(E)}\ 7524 $

2021 Bolivian Cono Sur TST, 1

Inside a rhombus $ABCD$ with $\angle BAD=60$, points $F,H,G$ are choosen on lines $AD,DC,AC$ respectivily such that $DFGH$ is a paralelogram. Show that $BFH$ is a equilateral triangle.

2013 Miklós Schweitzer, 6

Let ${\mathcal A}$ be a ${C^{\ast}}$ algebra with a unit element and let ${\mathcal A_+}$ be the cone of the positive elements of ${\mathcal A}$ (this is the set of such self adjoint elements in ${\mathcal A}$ whose spectrum is in ${[0,\infty)}$. Consider the operation \[ \displaystyle x \circ y =\sqrt{x}y\sqrt{x},\ x,y \in \mathcal A_+\] Prove that if for all ${x,y \in \mathcal A_+}$ we have \[ \displaystyle (x\circ y)\circ y = x \circ (y \circ y), \] then ${\mathcal A}$ is commutative. [i]Proposed by Lajos Molnár[/i]

2000 AMC 12/AHSME, 8

Figures $ 0$, $ 1$, $ 2$, and $ 3$ consist of $ 1$, $ 5$, $ 13$, and $ 25$ nonoverlapping squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping squares would there be in figure $ 100$? [asy] unitsize(8); draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle); draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle); draw((8,1)--(11,1)--(11,2)--(8,2)--cycle); draw((19,0)--(20,0)--(20,5)--(19,5)--cycle); draw((18,1)--(21,1)--(21,4)--(18,4)--cycle); draw((17,2)--(22,2)--(22,3)--(17,3)--cycle); draw((32,0)--(33,0)--(33,7)--(32,7)--cycle); draw((29,3)--(36,3)--(36,4)--(29,4)--cycle); draw((31,1)--(34,1)--(34,6)--(31,6)--cycle); draw((30,2)--(35,2)--(35,5)--(30,5)--cycle); label("Figure",(0.5,-1),S); label("$0$",(0.5,-2.5),S); label("Figure",(9.5,-1),S); label("$1$",(9.5,-2.5),S); label("Figure",(19.5,-1),S); label("$2$",(19.5,-2.5),S); label("Figure",(32.5,-1),S); label("$3$",(32.5,-2.5),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 10401 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 19801 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 20201 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 39801 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 40801$

1997 Portugal MO, 1

A test has twenty questions. Seven points are awarded for each correct answer, two points are deducted for each incorrect answer and no points are awarded or deducted for each unanswered question. Joana obtained $87$ points. How many questions did she not answer?

2005 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 6

In a group of nine persons it is not possible to choose four persons such that every one knows the three others. Prove that this group of nine persons can be partitioned into four groups such that nobody knows anyone from his or her group.

2009 India IMO Training Camp, 4

Let $ \gamma$ be circumcircle of $ \triangle ABC$.Let $ R_a$ be radius of circle touching $ AB,AC$&$ \gamma$ internally.Define $ R_b,R_c$ similarly. Prove That $ \frac {1}{aR_a} \plus{} \frac {1}{bR_b} \plus{} \frac {1}{cR_c} \equal{} \frac {s^2}{rabc}$.

1960 IMO, 5

Consider the cube $ABCDA'B'C'D'$ (with face $ABCD$ directly above face $A'B'C'D'$). a) Find the locus of the midpoints of the segments $XY$, where $X$ is any point of $AC$ and $Y$ is any piont of $B'D'$; b) Find the locus of points $Z$ which lie on the segment $XY$ of part a) with $ZY=2XZ$.

2007 Tournament Of Towns, 1

Pictures are taken of $100$ adults and $100$ children, with one adult and one child in each, the adult being the taller of the two. Each picture is reduced to $\frac 1k$ of its original size, where $k$ is a positive integer which may vary from picture to picture. Prove that it is possible to have the reduced image of each adult taller than the reduced image of every child.

2025 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 15

Tags: guts
Right triangle $\triangle{DEF}$ with $\angle{D}=90^\circ$ and $\angle{F}=30^\circ$ is inscribed in equilateral triangle $\triangle{ABC}$ such that $D, E,$ and $F$ lie on segments $\overline{BC}, \overline{CA},$ and $\overline{AB},$ respectively. Given that $BD=7$ and $DC=4,$ compute $DE.$

2009 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 1

At the start of a game there are three boxes with $2008, 2009$ and $2010$ game pieces Anja and Bernd play in turns according to the following rule: [i]When it is your turn, select two boxes, empty them and then distribute the pieces from the third box to the three boxes, such that no box may remain empty.If you can no longer complete a turn, you have lost. [/i] Who has a winning strategy when Anja starts?

2011 CentroAmerican, 3

A [i]slip[/i] on an integer $n\geq 2$ is an operation that consists in choosing a prime divisor $p$ of $n$ and replacing $n$ by $\frac{n+p^2}{p}.$ Starting with an arbitrary integer $n\geq 5$, we successively apply the slip operation on it. Show that one eventually reaches $5$, no matter the slips applied.

2023 LMT Spring, 9

Tags: algebra
Evin’s calculator is broken and can only perform $3$ operations: Operation $1$: Given a number $x$, output $2x$. Operation $2$: Given a number $x$, output $4x +1$. Operation $3$: Given a number $x$, output $8x +3$. After initially given the number $0$, how many numbers at most $128$ can he make?

2010 Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, 3

We are given a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ with a point $E$ on the diagonal $AC$ such that $AD=AE$ and $CB=CE$. Let $M$ be the center of the circumcircle $k$ of the triangle $BDE$. The circle $k$ intersects the line $AC$ in the points $E$ and $F$. Prove that the lines $FM$, $AD$ and $BC$ meet at one point. [i](4th Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, Individual Competition, Problem 3)[/i]

2014 AMC 12/AHSME, 24

Tags: function
Let $f_0(x)=x+|x-100|-|x+100|$, and for $n\geq 1$, let $f_n(x)=|f_{n-1}(x)|-1$. For how many values of $x$ is $f_{100}(x)=0$? $\textbf{(A) }299\qquad \textbf{(B) }300\qquad \textbf{(C) }301\qquad \textbf{(D) }302\qquad \textbf{(E) }303\qquad$

2024 CMIMC Team, 7

Tags: team
In the national math league, there are $7$ teams. Their season is a round robin format, where each team plays other. Find the number of ways the games could go such that they have equal number of wins. [i]Proposed by Ishin Shah[/i]

2021 AMC 12/AHSME Spring, 6

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A deck of cards has only red cards and black cards. The probability of a randomly chosen card being red is $\frac13$. When $4$ black cards are added to the deck, the probability of choosing red becomes $\frac14$. How many cards were in the deck originally. $\textbf{(A) }6 \qquad \textbf{(B) }9 \qquad \textbf{(C) }12 \qquad \textbf{(D) }15 \qquad \textbf{(E) }18$

2014 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $\mathbb{Z} _{>0}$ be the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z} _{>0}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z} _{>0}$ such that \[ m^2 + f(n) \mid mf(m) +n \] for all positive integers $m$ and $n$.

2012 Turkey MO (2nd round), 5

Let $P$ be the set of all $2012$ tuples $(x_1, x_2, \dots, x_{2012})$, where $x_i \in \{1,2,\dots 20\}$ for each $1\leq i \leq 2012$. The set $A \subset P$ is said to be decreasing if for each $(x_1,x_2,\dots ,x_{2012} ) \in A$ any $(y_1,y_2,\dots, y_{2012})$ satisfying $y_i \leq x_i (1\leq i \leq 2012)$ also belongs to $A$. The set $B \subset P$ is said to be increasing if for each $(x_1,x_2,\dots ,x_{2012} ) \in B$ any $(y_1,y_2,\dots, y_{2012})$ satisfying $y_i \geq x_i (1\leq i \leq 2012)$ also belongs to $B$. Find the maximum possible value of $f(A,B)= \dfrac {|A\cap B|}{|A|\cdot |B|}$, where $A$ and $B$ are nonempty decreasing and increasing sets ($\mid \cdot \mid$ denotes the number of elements of the set).

2023 CMIMC Geometry, 7

Tags: geometry
Four distinct circles of radius $r$ are on the surface of a unit sphere such that they are pairwise tangent. Find $r$. [i]Proposed by Thomas Lam[/i]