Found problems: 252
2006 Australia National Olympiad, 4
There are $n$ points on a circle, such that each line segment connecting two points is either red or blue.
$P_iP_j$ is red if and only if $P_{i+1} P_{j+1}$ is blue, for all distinct $i, j$ in $\left\{1, 2, ..., n\right\}$.
(a) For which values of $n$ is this possible?
(b) Show that one can get from any point on the circle to any other point, by doing a maximum of 3 steps, where one step is moving from a point to another point through a red segment connecting these points.
2012 AIME Problems, 12
For a positive integer $p$, define the positive integer $n$ to be $p$-safe if $n$ differs in absolute value by more than $2$ from all multiples of $p$. For example, the set of $10$-safe numbers is $\{3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,23, \ldots \}$. Find the number of positive integers less than or equal to $10,000$ which are simultaneously $7$-safe, $11$-safe, and $13$-safe.·
2012 EGMO, 4
A set $A$ of integers is called [i]sum-full[/i] if $A \subseteq A + A$, i.e. each element $a \in A$ is the sum of some pair of (not necessarily different) elements $b,c \in A$. A set $A$ of integers is said to be [i]zero-sum-free[/i] if $0$ is the only integer that cannot be expressed as the sum of the elements of a finite nonempty subset of $A$.
Does there exist a sum-full zero-sum-free set of integers?
[i]Romania (Dan Schwarz)[/i]
Today's calculation of integrals, 852
Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial. Prove that if $\int_0^1 f(x)g_n(x)\ dx=0\ (n=0,\ 1,\ 2,\ \cdots)$, then all coefficients of $f(x)$ are 0 for each case as follows.
(1) $g_n(x)=(1+x)^n$
(2) $g_n(x)=\sin n\pi x$
(3) $g_n(x)=e^{nx}$
2002 Baltic Way, 12
A set $S$ of four distinct points is given in the plane. It is known that for any point $X\in S$ the remaining points can be denoted by $Y,Z$ and $W$ so that
$|XY|=|XZ|+|XW|$
Prove that all four points lie on a line.
2007 National Olympiad First Round, 28
$n$ integers are arranged along a circle in such a way that each number is equal to the absolute value of the difference of the two numbers following that number in clockwise direction. If the sum of all numbers is $278$, how many different values can $n$ take?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 1
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 139
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the above}
$
1969 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 4
Determine all complex numbers $z$ such that \[\Bigl|z-\bigl|z+|z|\bigr|\Bigr|-|z|\sqrt3\ge0\] and draw the set of all such $z$ in complex plane.
2020 HK IMO Preliminary Selection Contest, 10
Let $k$ be an integer. If the equation $(x-1)|x+1|=x+\frac{k}{2020}$ has three distinct real roots, how many different possible values of $k$ are there?
2024 ITAMO, 1
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 $x_{n+2}=x_n$.
2004 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3
Prove that for any three real numbers $x,y,z$ the following inequality holds:
$$|x|+|y|+|z|-|x+y|-|y+z|-|z+x|+|x+y+z|\ge0.$$
2023 Ecuador NMO (OMEC), 1
Find all reals $(a, b, c)$ such that
$$\begin{cases}a^2+b^2+c^2=1\\ |a+b|=\sqrt{2}\end{cases}$$
1956 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 3
Find all real pairs $x,y$ such that
\begin{align*}
x-|y+1|&=1, \\
x^2+y&=10.
\end{align*}
2003 Putnam, 4
Suppose that $a, b, c, A, B, C$ are real numbers, $a \not= 0$ and $A \not= 0$, such that \[|ax^2+ bx + c| \le |Ax^2+ Bx + C|\] for all real numbers $x$. Show that \[|b^2- 4ac| \le |B^2- 4AC|\]
1990 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 517
What is the largest possible value of $|...| |a_1 - a_2| - a_3| - ... - a_{1990}|$, where $a_1, a_2, ... , a_{1990}$ is a permutation of $1, 2, 3, ... , 1990$?
2003 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 8.5
Numbers from$ 1$ to $8$ were written at the vertices of the cube, and on each edge the absolute value of the difference between the numbers at its ends.. What is the smallest number of different numbers that can be written on the edges?
2014 Contests, 1
In a bag there are $1007$ black and $1007$ white balls, which are randomly numbered $1$ to $2014$. In every step we draw one ball and put it on the table; also if we want to, we may choose two different colored balls from the table and put them in a different bag. If we do that we earn points equal to the absolute value of their differences. How many points can we guarantee to earn after $2014$ steps?
IV Soros Olympiad 1997 - 98 (Russia), 9.4
Find the smallest and largest values of the expression $$\frac{ \left| ...\left| |x-1|-1\right| ... -1\right| +1}{\left| |x-2|-1 \right|+1}$$ (The number of units in the numerator of a fraction, including the last one, is eleven, of which ten are under the absolute value sign.)
2013-2014 SDML (High School), 4
If $\left|x\right|-x+y=42$ and $x+\left|y\right|+y=24$, then what is the value of $x+y$? Express your answer in simplest terms.
$\text{(A) }-4\qquad\text{(B) }\frac{26}{5}\qquad\text{(C) }6\qquad\text{(D) }10\qquad\text{(E) }18$
2009 All-Russian Olympiad, 5
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be three real numbers satisfying that \[ \left\{\begin{array}{c c c} \left(a\plus{}b\right)\left(b\plus{}c\right)\left(c\plus{}a\right)&\equal{}&abc\\ \left(a^3\plus{}b^3\right)\left(b^3\plus{}c^3\right)\left(c^3\plus{}a^3\right)&\equal{}&a^3b^3c^3\end{array}\right.\] Prove that $ abc\equal{}0$.
PEN O Problems, 9
Let $n$ be an integer, and let $X$ be a set of $n+2$ integers each of absolute value at most $n$. Show that there exist three distinct numbers $a, b, c \in X$ such that $c=a+b$.
2001 Tournament Of Towns, 7
The vertices of a triangle have coordinates $(x_1,y_1)$, $(x_2,y_2)$ and $(x_3,y_3)$. For any integers $h$ and $k$, not both 0, both triangles whose vertices have coordinates $(x_1+h,y_1+k),(x_2+h,y_2+k)$ and $(x_3+h,y_3+k)$ has no common interior points with the original triangle.
(a) Is it possible for the area of this triangle to be greater than $\tfrac{1}{2}$?
(b) What is the maximum area of this triangle?
1993 Brazil National Olympiad, 2
A real number with absolute value less than $1$ is written in each cell of an $n\times n$ array, so that the sum of the numbers in each $2\times 2$ square is zero. Show that for odd $n$ the sum of all the numbers is less than $n$.
1997 India National Olympiad, 6
Suppose $a$ and $b$ are two positive real numbers such that the roots of the cubic equation $x^3 - ax + b = 0$ are all real. If $\alpha$ is a root of this cubic with minimal absolute value, prove that \[ \dfrac{b}{a} < \alpha < \dfrac{3b}{2a}. \]
2006 German National Olympiad, 5
Let $x \neq 0$ be a real number satisfying $ax^2+bx+c=0$ with $a,b,c \in \mathbb{Z}$ obeying $|a|+|b|+|c| > 1$. Then prove \[ |x| \geq \frac{1}{|a|+|b|+|c|-1}. \]
1980 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1
Let $\alpha_{1}, \alpha_{2}, \cdots , \alpha_{ n}$ be numbers in the interval $[0, 2\pi]$ such that the number $\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n (1 + \cos \alpha_{ i})$ is an odd integer. Prove that
\[\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n \sin \alpha_i \ge 1\]