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1982 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1

Given a tetrahedron $ABCD$ and inside the tetrahedron points $K, L, M, N$ that do not lie on a plane. Denote also the centroids of $P$, $Q$, $R$, $S$ of the tetrahedrons $KBCD$, $ALCD$, $ABMD$, $ABCN$ do not lie on a plane. Let $T$ be the centroid of the tetrahedron ABCD, $T_o$ be the centroid of the tetrahedron $PQRS$ and $T_1$ be the centroid of the tetrahedron $KLMN$. a) Prove that the points $T, T_0, T_1$ lie in one straight line. b) Determine the ratio $|T_0T| : |T_0 T_1|$.

2024 ELMO Shortlist, N9

Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients that has at least one rational root. Let $n$ be a positive integer. Alan and Allan are playing a game. First, Alan writes down $n$ integers at $n$ different locations on a board. Then Allan may make moves of the following kind: choose a position that has integer $a$ written, then choose a different position that has integer $b$ written, then at the first position erase $a$ and in its place write $a+P(b)$. After any nonnegative number of moves, Allan may choose to end the game. Once Allan ends the game, his score is the number of times the mode (most common element) of the integers on the board appears. Find, in terms of $P(x)$ and $n$, the maximum score Allan can guarantee. [i]Henrick Rabinovitz[/i]

2012 South africa National Olympiad, 3

Sixty points, of which thirty are coloured red, twenty are coloured blue and ten are coloured green, are marked on a circle. These points divide the circle into sixty arcs. Each of these arcs is assigned a number according to the colours of its endpoints: an arc between a red and a green point is assigned a number $1$, an arc between a red and a blue point is assigned a number $2$, and an arc between a blue and a green point is assigned a number $3$. The arcs between two points of the same colour are assigned a number $0$. What is the greatest possible sum of all the numbers assigned to the arcs?

2019 Baltic Way, 20

Let us consider a polynomial $P(x)$ with integers coefficients satisfying $$P(-1)=-4,\ P(-3)=-40,\text{ and } P(-5)=-156.$$ What is the largest possible number of integers $x$ satisfying $$P(P(x))=x^2?$$

1999 National Olympiad First Round, 25

Tags: geometry
$ \angle BAC \equal{} 80{}^\circ$, $ \left|AB\right| \equal{} \left|AC\right|$, $ K\in \left[AB\right]$, $ L\in \left[AB\right.$, $ \left|AB\right|^{2} \equal{} \left|AK\right|\cdot \left|AL\right|$, $ \left|BL\right| \equal{} \left|BC\right|$, $ \angle KCB \equal{} ?$ $\textbf{(A)}\ 20^\circ \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 25^\circ \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 30^\circ \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 35^\circ \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 40^\circ$

2021 Kosovo National Mathematical Olympiad, 2

Tags: function , algebra
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ so that the following relation holds for all $x, y\in\mathbb R$. $$f(f(x)f(y)-1) = xy - 1$$

2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 16

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Amy, Beth, and Jo listen to four different songs and discuss which ones they like. No song is liked by all three. Furthermore, for each of the three pairs of the girls, there is at least one song liked by those two girls but disliked by the third. In how many different ways is this possible? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 108\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 132\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 671\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 846\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1105 $

2020 LMT Fall, 7

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$2020*N$ is a perfect cube. If $N$ can be expressed as $2^a*5^b*101^c,$ find the least possible value of $a+b+c$ such that $a,b,c$ are all positive integers and not necessarily distinct. [i]Proposed by Ephram Chun[/i]

2023 Taiwan TST Round 1, A

Given some monic polynomials $P_1, \ldots, P_n$ with real coefficients, for any real number $y$, let $S_y$ be the set of real number $x$ such that $y = P_i(x)$ for some $i = 1, 2, ..., n$. If the sets $S_{y_1}, S_{y_2}$ have the same size for any two real numbers $y_1, y_2$, show that $P_1, \ldots, P_n$ have the same degree. [i] Proposed by usjl[/i]

2018 PUMaC Combinatorics B, 6

If $a$ and $b$ are selected uniformly from $\{0,1,\ldots,511\}$ without replacement, the expected number of $1$'s in the binary representation of $a+b$ can be written in simplest from as $\tfrac{m}{n}$. Compute $m+n$.

2003 Tournament Of Towns, 1

Tags: quadratic , algebra
Johnny writes down quadratic equation \[ax^2 + bx + c = 0.\] with positive integer coefficients $a, b, c$. Then Pete changes one, two, or none “$+$” signs to “$-$”. Johnny wins, if both roots of the (changed) equation are integers. Otherwise (if there are no real roots or at least one of them is not an integer), Pete wins. Can Johnny choose the coefficients in such a way that he will always win?

1993 Denmark MO - Mohr Contest, 1

Tags: algebra
Three friends A, B and C have a total of $120$ kroner. First, A gives as much money to B as B already has. Next, B gives as many money to C that C already has. In the end, C gives the same amount of money to A as A now has. After these transactions, A, B and C have equal amounts of money. How many money did each of the three companions have originally?

2018 PUMaC Combinatorics B, 8

Frankie the Frog starts his morning at the origin in $\mathbb{R}^2$. He decides to go on a leisurely stroll, consisting of $3^1+3^{10}+3^{11}+3^{100}+3^{111}+3^{1000}$ moves, starting with the first move. On the $n$th move, he hops a distance of $$\max\{k\in\mathbb{Z}:3^k|n\}+1,$$ then turns $90^{\circ}$ counterclockwise. What is the square of the distance from his final position to the origin?

2005 Tournament of Towns, 3

Tags: geometry
$M$ and $N$ are the midpoints of sides $BC$ and $AD$, respectively, of a square $ABCD$. $K$ is an arbitrary point on the extension of the diagonal $AC$ beyond $A$. The segment $KM$ intersects the side $AB$ at some point $L$. Prove that $\angle KNA = \angle LNA$. [i](4 points)[/i]

2011 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 737

Let $a,\ b$ real numbers such that $a>1,\ b>1.$ Prove the following inequality. \[\int_{-1}^1 \left(\frac{1+b^{|x|}}{1+a^{x}}+\frac{1+a^{|x|}}{1+b^{x}}\right)\ dx<a+b+2\]

2007 Switzerland - Final Round, 3

The plane is divided into unit squares. Each box should be be colored in one of $n$ colors , so that if four squares can be covered with an $L$-tetromino, then these squares have four different colors (the $L$-Tetromino may be rotated and be mirrored). Find the smallest value of $n$ for which this is possible.

2023 Purple Comet Problems, 3

Tags: geometry
Mike has two similar pentagons. The first pentagon has a perimeter of $18$ and an area of $8 \frac{7}{16}$ . The second pentagon has a perimeter of $24$. Find the area of the second pentagon.

2022 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3

Tags: algebra
Let $x_1, x_2, . . . , x_{2022}$ be nonzero real numbers. Suppose that $x_k + \frac{1}{x_{k+1}} < 0$ for each $1 \leq k \leq 2022$, where $x_{2023}=x_1$. Compute the maximum possible number of integers $1 \leq n \leq 2022$ such that $x_n > 0$.

2022 Iran MO (3rd Round), 2

For two rational numbers $r,s$ we say:$$r\mid s$$whenever there exists $k\in\mathbb{Z}$ such that:$$s=kr$$ ${(a_n)}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ is an increasing sequence of pairwise coprime natural numbers and ${(b_n)}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ is a sequence of distinct natural numbers. Assume that for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$ we have: $$\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{a_i}\mid\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{b_i}$$ Prove that [b]for all[/b] $n\in\mathbb{N}$ we have: $a_n=b_n$.

2014 BMT Spring, 1

Tags: geometry
Consider a regular hexagon with an incircle. What is the ratio of the area inside the incircle to the area of the hexagon?

2023 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 5

Tags: algebra
Bartek patiently performs operations on fractions. In each move, he adds its inverse to the current result, obtaining a new result. Bartek starts with the number $1$: after the first move, he receives the result 2, after the second move, the result is $\frac{5}{2}$, after the third move $\frac{29}{10}$, etc. After $300$ moves, Bartek receives the result $x$. Determine the largest integer not greater than $x$.

2004 Irish Math Olympiad, 3

Tags: vector , geometry
$AB$ is a chord of length $6$ of a circle centred at $O$ and of radius $5$. Let $PQRS$ denote the square inscribed in the sector $OAB$ such that $P$ is on the radius $OA$, $S$ is on the radius $OB$ and $Q$ and $R$ are points on the arc of the circle between $A$ and $B$. Find the area of $PQRS$.

2009 Brazil National Olympiad, 3

There are $ 2009$ pebbles in some points $ (x,y)$ with both coordinates integer. A operation consists in choosing a point $ (a,b)$ with four or more pebbles, removing four pebbles from $ (a,b)$ and putting one pebble in each of the points \[ (a,b\minus{}1),\ (a,b\plus{}1),\ (a\minus{}1,b),\ (a\plus{}1,b)\] Show that after a finite number of operations each point will necessarily have at most three pebbles. Prove that the final configuration doesn't depend on the order of the operations.

2013 ELMO Shortlist, 10

Let $AB=AC$ in $\triangle ABC$, and let $D$ be a point on segment $AB$. The tangent at $D$ to the circumcircle $\omega$ of $BCD$ hits $AC$ at $E$. The other tangent from $E$ to $\omega$ touches it at $F$, and $G=BF \cap CD$, $H=AG \cap BC$. Prove that $BH=2HC$. [i]Proposed by David Stoner[/i]

2012 National Olympiad First Round, 25

The midpoint $M$ of $[AC]$ of a triangle $\triangle ABC$ is between $C$ and the feet $H$ of the altitude from $B$. If $m(\widehat{ABH}) = m(\widehat{MBC})$, $m(\widehat{ACB}) = 15^{\circ}$, and $|HM|=2\sqrt{3}$, then $|AC|=?$ $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \sqrt 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{16}{\sqrt3} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 10$