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2006 Brazil National Olympiad, 3
Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(xf(y)+f(x)) = 2f(x)+xy\]
for every reals $x,y$.
2021 Science ON all problems, 1
Consider the sequence $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ such that $a_1=1$ and $a_{n+1}=\sqrt{a_n+n^2}$, $\forall n\ge 1$.
$\textbf{(a)}$ Prove that there is exactly one rational number among the numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$.
$\textbf{(b)}$ Consider the sequence $(S_n)_{n\ge 1}$ such that
$$S_n=\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{4}{\left (\left \lfloor a_{i+1}^2\right \rfloor-\left \lfloor a_i^2\right \rfloor\right)\left(\left \lfloor a_{i+2}^2\right \rfloor-\left \lfloor a_{i+1}^2\right \rfloor\right)}.$$
Prove that there exists an integer $N$ such that $S_n>0.9$, $\forall n>N$.
[i] (Stefan Obadă)[/i]
2001 Moldova National Olympiad, Problem 2
Let $m\ge2$ be an integer. The sequence $(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ is defined by $a_0=0$ and $a_n=\left\lfloor\frac nm\right\rfloor+a_{\left\lfloor\frac nm\right\rfloor}$ for all $n$. Determine $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_n}n$.
ABMC Online Contests, 2021 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] In rectangle $ABMC$, $AB= 5$ and $BM= 8$. If point $X$ is the midpoint of side $AC$, what is the area of triangle $XCM$?
[b]p2.[/b] Find the sum of all possible values of $a+b+c+d$ such that $(a, b, c, d)$ are quadruplets of (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers satisfying $a \cdot b \cdot c \cdot d = 4792$.
[b]p3.[/b] How many integers from $1$ to $2022$ inclusive are divisible by $6$ or $24$, but not by both?
[b]p4.[/b] Jerry begins his English homework at $07:39$ a.m. At $07:44$ a.m., he has finished $2.5\%$ of his homework. Subsequently, for every five minutes that pass, he completes three times as much homework as he did in the previous five minute interval. If Jerry finishes his homework at $AB : CD$ a.m., what is $A + B + C + D$? For example, if he finishes at $03:14$ a.m., $A + B + C + D = 0 + 3 + 1 + 4$.
[b]p5.[/b] Advay the frog jumps $10$ times on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He jumps $7$ times on Tuesdays and Saturdays. He jumps $5$ times on Thursdays and Sundays. How many times in total did Advay jump in November if November $17$th falls on a Thursday? (There are $30$ days in November).
[b]p6.[/b] In the following diagram, $\angle BAD\cong \angle DAC$, $\overline{CD} = 2\overline{BD}$, and $ \angle AEC$ and $\angle ACE$ are complementary. Given that $\overline{BA} = 210$ and $\overline{EC} = 525$, find $\overline{AE}$.
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[b]p7.[/b] How many trailing zeros are there when $2021!$ is expressed in base $2021$?
[b]p8.[/b] When two circular rings of diameter $12$ on the Olympic Games Logo intersect, they meet at two points, creating a $60^o$ arc on each circle. If four such intersections exist on the logo, and no region is in $3$ circles, the area of the regions of the logo that exist in exactly two circles is $a\pi - b\sqrt{c}$ where $a$, $b$, $c$ are positive integers and $\sqrt{c}$ is fully simplified find $a + b + c$.
[b]p9.[/b] If $x^2 + ax - 3$ is a factor of $x^4 - x^3 + bx^2 - 5x - 3$, then what is $|a + b|$?
[b]p10.[/b] Let $(x, y, z)$ be the point on the graph of $x^4 +2x^2y^2 +y^4 -2x^2 -2y^2 +z^2 +1 = 0$ such that $x+y +z$ is maximized. Find $a+b$ if $xy +xz +yz$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ where $a$, $b$ are relatively prime positive integers.
[b]p11.[/b] Andy starts driving from Pittsburgh to Columbus and back at a random time from $12$ pm to $3$ pm. Brendan starts driving from Pittsburgh to Columbus and back at a random time from $1$ pm to $4$ pm. Both Andy and Brendan take $3$ hours for the round trip, and they travel at constant speeds. The probability that they pass each other closer to Pittsburgh than Columbus is$ m/n$, for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. What is $m + n$?
[b]p12.[/b] Consider trapezoid $ABCD$ with $AB$ parallel to $CD$ and $AB < CD$. Let $AD \cap BC = O$, $BO = 5$, and $BC = 11$. Drop perpendicular $AH$ and $BI$ onto $CD$. Given that $AH : AD = \frac23$ and $BI : BC = \frac56$ , calculate $a + b + c + d - e$ if $AB + CD$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b} + c\sqrt{d}}{e}$ where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$, $e$ are integers with $gcd(a, c, e) = 1$ and $\sqrt{b}$, $\sqrt{d}$ are fully simplified.
[b]p13.[/b] The polynomials $p(x)$ and $q(x)$ are of the same degree and have the same set of integer coefficients but the order of the coefficients is different. What is the smallest possible positive difference between $p(2021)$ and $q(2021)$?
[b]p14.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $12$, and $P$ be a point inside $ABCD$. Let line $AP$ intersect $DC$ at $E$. Let line $DE$ intersect the circumcircle of $ADP$ at $F \ne D$. Given that line $EB$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $ABP$ at $B$, and $FD = 8$, find $m + n$ if $AP$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$.
[b]p15.[/b] A three digit number $m$ is chosen such that its hundreds digit is the sum of the tens and units digits. What is the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $n$ cannot divide $m$?
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2000 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4
Tickets for the football game are $\$10$ for students and $\$15$ for non-students. If $3000$ fans attend and pay $\$36250$, how many students went?
2004 Estonia National Olympiad, 2
The positive differences $a_i-a_j$ of five different positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5$ are all different (there are altogether $10$ such differences). Find the least possible value of the largest number among the $a_i$.
2017 HMNT, 5
Given that $a,b,c$ are integers with $abc = 60$, and that complex number $\omega \neq 1$ satisfies $\omega^3=1$, find the minimum possible value of $|a + b\omega + c\omega^2|$.
2022 Balkan MO Shortlist, A2
Let $k > 1{}$ be a real number, $n\geqslant 3$ be an integer, and $x_1 \geqslant x_2\geqslant\cdots\geqslant x_n$ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[\frac{x_1+kx_2}{x_2+x_3}+\frac{x_2+kx_3}{x_3+x_4}+\cdots+\frac{x_n+kx_1}{x_1+x_2}\geqslant\frac{n(k+1)}{2}.\][i]Ilija Jovcheski[/i]
2020 Poland - Second Round, 1.
Assume that for pairwise distinct real numbers $a,b,c,d$ holds:
$$ (a^2+b^2-1)(a+b)=(b^2+c^2-1)(b+c)=(c^2+d^2-1)(c+d).$$
Prove that $ a+b+c+d=0.$
1998 All-Russian Olympiad, 8
Each square of a $(2^n-1) \times (2^n-1)$ board contains either $1$ or $-1$. Such an arrangement is called [i]successful[/i] if each number is the product of its neighbors. Find the number of successful arrangements.
2010 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 6
For positive is true $$\frac{3}{abc} \geq a+b+c$$
Prove $$\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c} \geq a+b+c$$
2016 BMT Spring, 12
What is the number of nondecreasing positive integer sequences of length $7$ whose last term is at most $9$?
2010 Belarus Team Selection Test, 4.1
Find all finite sets $M \subset R, |M| \ge 2$, satisfying the following condition:
[i]for all $a, b \in M, a \ne b$, the number $a^3 - \frac{4}{9}b$ also belongs to $M$.
[/i]
(I. Voronovich)
V Soros Olympiad 1998 - 99 (Russia), 10.6
Find the formula for the general term of the sequence an, for which $a_1 = 1$, $a_2 = 3$, $a_{n+1} = 3a_n-2a_{n-1}$ (you need to express an in terms of $n$).
1968 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 113
The sequence $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ satisfies the following conditions: $$a_1=0, |a_2|=|a_1+1|, ..., |a_n|=|a_{n-1}+1|.$$ Prove that $$(a_1+a_2+...+a_n)/n \ge -1/2$$
2024 Indonesia TST, A
Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the set of real numbers. Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function such that \[f(x+y)f(x-y)\geqslant f(x)^2-f(y)^2\] for every $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$. Assume that the inequality is strict for some $x_0,y_0\in\mathbb{R}$.
Prove that either $f(x)\geqslant 0$ for every $x\in\mathbb{R}$ or $f(x)\leqslant 0$ for every $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
1999 Baltic Way, 1
Determine all real numbers $a,b,c,d$ that satisfy the following equations
\[\begin{cases} abc + ab + bc + ca + a + b + c = 1\\ bcd + bc + cd + db + b + c + d = 9\\ cda + cd + da + ac + c + d + a = 9\\ dab + da + ab + bd + d + a + b = 9\end{cases}\]
IV Soros Olympiad 1997 - 98 (Russia), 9.2
Solve the equation
$$2\sqrt{1+x\sqrt{1+(x+1)\sqrt{1+(x+2)\sqrt{1+(x+3)(x+5)}}}}=x$$
1965 German National Olympiad, 1
For a given positive real parameter $p$, solve the equation $\sqrt{p+x}+\sqrt{p-x }= x$.
2010 Ukraine Team Selection Test, 4
For the nonnegative numbers $a, b, c$ prove the inequality:
$$\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a}+\frac{c}{a+b}+\sqrt{\frac{ab+bc+ca}{a^2+b^2+c^2}}\ge \frac52$$
2017 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Let $p$ be an odd prime and $S_{q} = \frac{1}{2*3*4} + \frac{1}{5*6*7} + ... + \frac{1}{q(q+1)(q+2)}$, where $q = \frac{3p-5}{2}$.
We write $\frac{1}{2}-2S_{q}$ in the form $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are integers. Prove that $m \equiv n (mod p)$
2016 European Mathematical Cup, 3
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that equality
$$f(x + y + yf(x)) = f(x) + f(y) + xf(y)$$
holds for all real numbers $x$, $y$.
Proposed by Athanasios Kontogeorgis
2019 USA TSTST, 6
Suppose $P$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients such that for every positive integer $n$, the sum of the decimal digits of $|P(n)|$ is not a Fibonacci number. Must $P$ be constant?
(A [i]Fibonacci number[/i] is an element of the sequence $F_0, F_1, \dots$ defined recursively by $F_0=0, F_1=1,$ and $F_{k+2} = F_{k+1}+F_k$ for $k\ge 0$.)
[i]Nikolai Beluhov[/i]
1901 Eotvos Mathematical Competition, 3
Let $a$ and $b$ be two natural numbers whose greatest common divisor is $d$. Prove that exactly $d$ of the numbers $$a, 2a, 3a, ..., (b-1)a, ba$$ is divisible by $b$.
1971 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 1
Show that
\[
\left(1 + a + a^2\right)^2 < 3\left(1 + a^2 + a^4\right)
\]
for real $a \neq 1$.