Found problems: 15925
1999 Hungary-Israel Binational, 1
$ f(x)$ is a given polynomial whose degree at least 2. Define the following polynomial-sequence: $ g_1(x)\equal{}f(x), g_{n\plus{}1}(x)\equal{}f(g_n(x))$, for all $ n \in N$. Let $ r_n$ be the average of $ g_n(x)$'s roots. If $ r_{19}\equal{}99$, find $ r_{99}$.
2001 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4
A square $ R$ of sidelength $ 250$ lies inside a square $ Q$ of sidelength $ 500$. Prove that: One can always find two points $ A$ and $ B$ on the perimeter of $ Q$ such that the segment $ AB$ has no common point with the square $ R$, and the length of this segment $ AB$ is greater than $ 521$.
2000 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 8.6
The electric train traveled from platform A to platform B in $X$ minutes ($0< X<60$). Find $X$ if it is known that as at the moment departure from A, and at the time of arrival at B, the angle between hourly and the minute hand was equal to $X$ degrees.
2018 PUMaC Algebra B, 4
If $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ is a sequence of real numbers such that for all $n$,
$$\sum_{k = 1}^n a_k \left( \frac{k}{n} \right)^2 = 1,$$
find the smallest $n$ such that $a_n < \frac{1}{2018}$.
1990 AMC 12/AHSME, 30
If $R_n=\frac{1}{2}(a^n+b^n)$ where $a=3+2\sqrt{2}$, $b=3-2\sqrt{2}$, and $n=0,1,2, ...,$ then $R_{12345}$ is an integer. Its units digit is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9 $
2014 District Olympiad, 4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}\to \mathbb{Q}$ such that
\[ f(x+3f(y))=f(x)+f(y)+2y \quad \forall x,y\in \mathbb{Q}\]
1976 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 4
For $a,b, x \in R$ holds: $x^2 - (2a^2 + 4)x + a^2 + 2a + b = 0$. For which $b$ does this equation have at least one root between $0$ and $1$ for all $a$?
2012 USAMTS Problems, 5
Let $P$ and $Q$ be two polynomials with real coeficients such that $P$ has degree greater than $1$ and \[P(Q(x)) = P(P(x)) + P(x).\]Show that $P(-x) = P(x) + x$.
2018 Purple Comet Problems, 1
Find the positive integer $n$ such that $\frac12 \cdot \frac34 + \frac56 \cdot \frac78 + \frac{9}{10}\cdot \frac{11}{12 }= \frac{n}{1200}$ .
1997 Akdeniz University MO, 2
Let $x,y,z,t$ be real numbers such that, $1 \leq x \leq y \leq z \leq t \leq 100$. Find minimum value of
$$\frac{x}{y}+\frac{z}{t}$$
2013 IFYM, Sozopol, 1
Let $u_1=1,u_2=2,u_3=24,$ and
$u_{n+1}=\frac{6u_n^2 u_{n-2}-8u_nu_{n-1}^2}{u_{n-1}u_{n-2}}, n \geq 3.$
Prove that the elements of the sequence are natural numbers and that $n\mid u_n$ for all $n$.
2008 CHKMO, 2
is there any polynomial of $deg=2007$ with integer coefficients,such that for any integer $n$,$f(n),f(f(n)),f(f(f(n))),...$ is coprime to each other?
2006 Mathematics for Its Sake, 3
Let be two complex numbers $ a,b $ chosen such that $ |a+b|\ge 2 $ and $ |a+b|\ge 1+|ab|. $ Prove that
$$ \left| a^{n+1} +b^{n+1} \right|\ge \left| a^{n} +b^{n} \right| , $$
for any natural number $ n. $
[i]Alin Pop[/i]
2022 CMWMC, R3
[u]Set 3[/u]
[b]p7.[/b] On unit square $ABCD$, a point $P$ is selected on segment $CD$ such that $DP =\frac14$ . The segment $BP$ is drawn and its intersection with diagonal $AC$ is marked as $E$. What is the area of triangle $AEP$?
[b]p8.[/b] Five distinct points are arranged on a plane, creating ten pairs of distinct points. Seven pairs of points are distance $1$ apart, two pairs of points are distance $\sqrt3$ apart, and one pair of points is distance $2$ apart. Draw a line segment from one of these points to the midpoint of a pair of these points. What is the longest this line segment can be?
[b]p9.[/b] The inhabitants of Mars use a base $8$ system. Mandrew Mellon is competing in the annual Martian College Interesting Competition of Math (MCICM). The first question asks to compute the product of the base $8$ numerals $1245415_8$, $7563265_8$, and $ 6321473_8$. Mandrew correctly computed the product in his scratch work, but when he looked back he realized he smudged the middle digit. He knows that the product is $1014133027\blacksquare 27662041138$. What is the missing digit?
PS. You should use hide for answers.
2014 Kosovo National Mathematical Olympiad, 2
Solve $|x-1|-2|x+5|>3+x$.
1997 Belarusian National Olympiad, 4
$$Problem 4:$$The sum of $5$ positive numbers equals $2$. Let $S_k$ be the sum of the $k-th$ powers of
these numbers. Determine which of the numbers $2,S_2,S_3,S_4$ can be the greatest among them.
2012 Online Math Open Problems, 26
Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that
\[\binom{x+kb}{12} \equiv \binom{x}{12} \pmod{b}\]
for all positive integers $b$ and $x$. ([i]Note:[/i] For integers $a,b,c$ we say $a \equiv b \pmod c$ if and only if $a-b$ is divisible by $c$.)
[i]Alex Zhu.[/i]
[hide="Clarifications"][list=1][*]${{y}\choose{12}} = \frac{y(y-1)\cdots(y-11)}{12!}$ for all integers $y$. In particular, ${{y}\choose{12}} = 0$ for $y=1,2,\ldots,11$.[/list][/hide]
2013 BAMO, 5
Let $F_1,F_2,F_3,...$ be the [i]Fibonacci sequence[/i], the sequence of positive integers with $F_1 =F_2 =1$ and $F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_n$ for all $n \ge 1$. A [i]Fibonacci number[/i] is by definition a number appearing in this sequence.
Let $P_1,P_2,P_3,...$ be the sequence consisting of all the integers that are products of two Fibonacci numbers (not
necessarily distinct) in increasing order. The first few terms are $1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,13,...$ since, for example $3 = 1 \cdot 3, 4 = 2 \cdot 2$, and $10 = 2 \cdot 5$.
Consider the sequence $D_n$ of [i]successive [/i] differences of the $P_n$ sequence, where $D_n = P_{n+1}-P_n$ for $n \ge 1$. The first few terms of D_n are $1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,3, ...$ .
Prove that every number in $D_n$ is a [i]Fibonacci number[/i].
1970 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 1
A cylindrical container of revolution is partially filled with a liquid whose density we ignore. Placing it with the axis inclined $30^o$ with respect to the vertical, we observe that when removing liquid so that the level falls $1$ cm, the weight of the contents decreases $40$ g. How much will the weight of that content decrease for each centimeter that lower the level if the axis makes an angle of $45^o$ with the vertical? It is supposed that the horizontal surface of the liquid does not touch any of the bases of the container.
1984 Putnam, A3
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $a,b,x$ be real numbers, with $a \neq b$ and let $M_n$ denote the $2n x 2n $ matrix whose $(i,j)$ entry $m_{ij}$ is given by
$m_{ij}=x$ if $i=j$,
$m_{ij}=a$ if $i \not= j$ and $i+j$ is even,
$m_{ij}=b$ if $i \not= j$ and $i+j$ is odd.
For example
$ M_2=\begin{vmatrix}x& b& a & b\\ b& x & b &a\\ a
& b& x & b\\ b & a & b & x \end{vmatrix}$.
Express $\lim_{x\to\ 0} \frac{ det M_n}{ (x-a)^{(2n-2)} }$ as a polynomial in $a,b $ and $n$ .
P.S. How write in latex $m_{ij}=...$ with symbol for the system (because is multiform function?)
2024 Korea Summer Program Practice Test, 1
Find all $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that the equation
$$f(x^2+yf(x))=(1-x)f(y-x)$$
holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.
Dumbest FE I ever created, 7.
Find all function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$ . $$f(x+f(y))+f(x+y)=2x+f(y)+f(f(y))$$ . [hide=Original]$$f(x+f(y))+f(x+y)=2x+f(y)+y$$[/hide]
2024 Malaysian IMO Training Camp, 3
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all integers $x$, $y$, $$f(x-f(y))=f(f(y))+f(x-2y)$$
[i]Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]
2015 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 5
Find the smallest real constant $p$ for which the inequality holds $\sqrt{ab}- \frac{2ab}{a + b} \le p \left( \frac{a + b}{2} -\sqrt{ab}\right)$ with any positive real numbers $a, b$.
1946 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 110
Prove that after completing the multiplication and collecting the terms
$$(1 - x + x^2 - x^3 +... - x^{99} + x^{100})(1 + x + x^2 + ...+ x^{99} + x^{100})$$
has no monomials of odd degree.