[b]a)[/b] Let be a nonnegative integer $ n. $ Solve in the complex numbers the equation $ z^n\cdot\Re z=\bar z^n\cdot\Im z. $ [b]b)[/b] Let be two complex numbers $ v,d $ satisfying $ v+1/v=d/\bar d +\bar d/d. $ Show that $$ v^n+1/v^n=d^n/\bar d^n + \bar d^n/d^n, $$ for any nonnegative integer $ n. $

Find the sum of the $2007$ roots of \[(x-1)^{2007}+2(x-2)^{2006}+3(x-3)^{2005}+\cdots+2006(x-2006)^2+2007(x-2007).\]

Determine all real numbers $q$ for which the equation $x^4 -40x^2 +q = 0$ has four real solutions which form an arithmetic progression

Evaluate the sum $$1 + 2 + 3 - 4 - 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 - 9 - 1 0 + . . . - 2010$$ , where each three consecutive signs $+$ are followed by two signs $-$.

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ which satisfy the equality, \[f(x+f(y))=f(x-f(y))+4xf(y)\] for any $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.

Decipher the equality $(\overline{LARN} -\overline{ACA}) : (\overline{CYP} +\overline{RUS}) = C^{Y^P} \cdot R^{U^S} $ where different symbols correspond to different digits and equal symbols correspond to equal digits. It is also supposed that all these digits are different from $0$.

Let $a,b,c$ be non-zero distinct real numbers so that there exist functions $f,g:\mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}$ so that: $af(xy)+bf(\frac{x}{y})=cf(x)+g(y)$ For all positive real $x$ and large enough $y$. Prove that there exists a function $h:\mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}$ so that: $f(xy)+f(\frac{x}{y})=2f(x)+h(y)$ For all positive real $x$ and large enough $y$.

Determine all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying the condition $ f(xy) \le xf(y)$ for all real numbers $ x$ and $ y$.

Call a triple $(a,b,c)$ of positive numbers [i]mysterious [/i]if \[\sqrt{a^2+\frac{1}{a^2c^2}+2ab}+\sqrt{b^2+\frac{1}{b^2a^2}+2bc}+\sqrt{c^2+\frac{1}{c^2b^2}+2ca}=2(a+b+c).\] Prove that if the triple $(a,b,c)$ is mysterious, then so is the triple $(c,b,a)$. [i]Proposed by A. Kuznetsov, K. Sukhov[/i]

The real-valued function $f$ is defined for positive integers, and the positive integer $a$ satisfies $f(a) = f(1995), f(a+1) = f(1996), f(a+2) = f(1997), f(n + a) = \frac{f(n) - 1}{f(n) + 1}$ for all positive integers $n$. (i) Show that $f(n+ 4a) = f(n)$ for all positive integers $n$. (ii) Determine the smallest possible $a$.

The $100$th degree polynomial $P(x)$ satisfies $P(2^k) = k$ for $k = 0, 1, . . . 100$. Let $a$ denote the leading coefficient of $P(x)$. Find the unique integer $M$ such that $2^M < |a| < 2^{M+1}$. .

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]5.1.[/b] In a triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ with $AB = 48$, let the angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$ and $\angle BCA$ meet at $I$. Given $\frac{[ABI]}{[BCI]}=\frac{24}{7}$ and $\frac{[ACI]}{[ABI]}=\frac{25}{24}$ , find the area of $\vartriangle ABC$. [b]5.2.[/b] At a dinner party, $9$ people are to be seated at a round table. If person $A$ cannot be seated next to person $B$ and person $C$ cannot be next to person $D$, how many ways can the $9$ people be seated? Rotations of the table are indistinguishable. [b]5.3.[/b] Let $f(x)$ be a monic cubic polynomial such that $f(1) = f(7) = f(10) = a$ and $f(2) = f(5) = f(11) = b$. Find $|a - b|$. [u]Round 6[/u] [b]6.1.[/b] If $N$ has $16$ positive integer divisors and the sum of all divisors of $N$ that are multiples of $3$ is $39$ times the sum of divisors of $N$ that are not multiples of $3$, what is the smallest value of $N$? [b]6.2.[/b] In the two parabolas $y = x^2/16$ and $x = y^2/16$, the single line tangent to both parabolas intersects the parabolas at $A$ and $B$. If the parabolas intersect each other at $C$ which is not the origin, find the area of $\vartriangle ABC$. [b]6.3.[/b] Five distinguishable noncollinear points are drawn. How many ways are there to draw segments connecting the points, such that there are exactly two disjoint groups of connected points? Note that a single point can be considered a connected group of points. [u]Round 7[/u] [b]7.1.[/b] Let $a, b$ be positive integers, and $1 = d_1 < d_2 < d_3 < ... < d_n = a$ be the divisors of $a$, and $1 = e_1 < e_2 <e_3 < ... < e_m = b$ be the divisors of b. Given $gcd(a, b) = d_2 = e_6$, find the smallest possible value of $a + b$. [b]7.2.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB = 2$ and $AC = 3$. Let X be the point on $BC$ such that $m \angle BAX =\frac13 m\angle BAC$. Given that $AX = 1$, the sum of all possible values of $CX^2$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a, b$. Find $a + b$. [b]7.3.[/b] Bob has a playlist of $6$ different songs in some order, and he listens to his playlist repeatedly. Every time he finishes listening to the third song in the playlist, he randomly shuffles his playlist and listens to the playlist starting with the new first song. The expected number of times Bob shuffles his songs before he listens each one of his $6$ songs at least once can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a$ and $b$. Find $a+b$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]8.1.[/b] $\underline{A}, \underline{B}, \underline{C}, \underline{D}, \underline{E}, \underline{F}, \underline{G}, \underline{H}, \underline{I}$, and $\underline{J}$ represent distinct digits ($0$ to $9$) in the equation $\underline{FBGA} - \underline{ABAC} = \underline{DCE}$ (where $\underline{ABAC}$ and $\underline{F BGA}$ are four-digit numbers, and $\underline{DCE }$ is a three-digit number). If $\underline{A} < \underline{B} < \underline{C} < \underline{D}$ and $\underline{ABCDEF GHIJ}$ is minimized, find $\underline{ABCD} + \underline{EF G} + \underline{HI} + \underline{J}$. [b]8.2.[/b] $\underline{A}, \underline{B}, \underline{C}, \underline{D}, \underline{E}$,,, and $\underline{F}$ represent distinct digits ($0$ to $9$) in the equations $\underline{ABC} \cdot \underline{C} = \underline{DEA}, \underline{ABC} \cdot \underline{D} = \underline{BAF E}$, and $ \underline{DEA} + \underline{BAF E}0 = \underline{BF ACA}$ (where $\underline{ABC}$ and $\underline{DEA}$ are three-digit numbers, $\underline{BAF E}$ is a four-digit number, and $\underline{BF ACA}$ is a five-digit number). Find $\underline{ABC} + \underline{DE} + \underline{F}$. [b]8.3.[/b] $\underline{A}, \underline{B}, \underline{C}, \underline{D}, \underline{E}, \underline{F}, \underline{G}$, and $\underline{H}$ represent distinct digits ($0$ to $9$) in the equations $\underline{ABC } \cdot \underline{D} = \underline{AF GE}$, $\underline{ABC } \cdot \underline{C} = \underline{GHC}$, $\underline{GHC} + \underline{HF F} = \underline{AEHC}$, and $\underline{AF GE}0 + \underline{AEHC} = \underline{AEABC}$ (where $\underline{ABC}$, $\underline{GHC}$ and $\underline{HF F}$ are three-digit numbers, $\underline{AF GE}$ is a four-digit number, and $\underline{AEABC}$ is a five-digit number). Find $\underline{ABCD} + \underline{EF GH}$. [u]Round 9[/u] Estimate the arithmetic mean of all answers to this question. Only integer answers between $0$ to $100, 000$ will count for credit and count toward the average. Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input. $$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05|I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3129699p28347299]here [/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

[b]p1.[/b] Jack made $3$ quarts of fruit drink from orange and apple juice. His drink contains $45\%$ of orange juice. Nick prefers more orange juice in the drink. How much orange juice should he add to the drink to obtain a drink composed of $60\%$ of orange juice? [b]p2.[/b] A square is tiled by smaller squares as shown in the figure. Find the area of the black square in the middle if the perimeter of the big square $ABCD$ is $40$ cm. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/8/c/d54925cba07f63ec8578048f46e1e730cb8df3.png[/img] [b]p3.[/b] For one particular number $a > 0$ the function f satisfies the equality $f(x + a) =\frac{1 + f(x)}{1 - f(x)}$ for all $x$. Show that $f$ is a periodic function. (A function $f$ is periodic with the period $T$ if $f(x + T) = f(x)$ for any $x$.) [b]p4.[/b] If $a, b, c, x, y, z$ are numbers so that $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}+\frac{z}{c}= 1$ and $\frac{a}{x}+\frac{b}{y}+\frac{c}{z}= 0$. Show that $\frac{x^2}{a^2} +\frac{y^2}{b^2} +\frac{z^2}{c^2} = 1$ [b]p5.[/b] Is it possible that a four-digit number $AABB$ is a perfect square? (Same letters denote the same digits). [b]p6.[/b] A finite number of arcs of a circle are painted black (see figure). The total length of these arcs is less than $\frac15$ of the circumference. Show that it is possible to inscribe a square in the circle so that all vertices of the square are in the unpainted portion of the circle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/c/bdfa61917a47f3de5dd3684627792a9ebf05d5.png[/img] PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Binhao has a fair coin. He writes the number $+1$ on a blackboard. Then he flips the coin. If it comes up heads (H), he writes $+\frac12$ , and otherwise, if he flips tails (T), he writes $-\frac12$ . Then he flips the coin again. If it comes up heads, he writes $+\frac14$ , and otherwise he writes $-\frac14$ . Binhao continues to flip the coin, and on the nth flip, if he flips heads, he writes $+ \frac{1}{2n}$ , and otherwise he writes $- \frac{1}{2n}$ . For example, if Binhao flips HHTHTHT, he writes $1 + \frac12 + \frac14 - \frac18 + \frac{1}{16} -\frac{1}{32} + \frac{1}{64} -\frac{1}{128}$ . The probability that Binhao will generate a series whose sum is greater than $\frac17$ is $\frac{p}{q}$ , where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p + 10q$.

If $a$,$b$,$c$ are positive reals, prove that $$\frac{a+bc}{a+a^2}+\frac{b+ca}{b+b^2}+\frac{c+ab}{c+c^2} \geq 3$$

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Given is a subset $A$ of $\{0,1,...,5^n\}$ with $4n+2$ elements. Prove that there exist three elements $a<b<c$ from $A$ such that $c+2a>3b$. [i]Proposed by Dominik Burek and Tomasz Ciesla, Poland[/i]

Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ be a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers, such that for any positive integer $n$, $a_n$ is not representable in the for $\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}c_ia_i$ for $c_i \in \{0, 1\}$. For every positive integer $m$, let $f(m)$ denote the number of $a_i$ that are at most $m$. Show that for any positive integers $m, k$, we have that $$f(m) \leq a_k+\frac{m} {k+1}.$$

Prove that the fraction $0.123456789101112...$ is not periodic.

$ a>0,\quad\lim_{n\to\infty }\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{n+a^i} $

A sequence of real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ satisfies the relation $$a_n=-\max_{i+j=n}(a_i+a_j)\qquad\text{for all}\quad n>2017.$$ Prove that the sequence is bounded, i.e., there is a constant $M$ such that $|a_n|\leq M$ for all positive integers $n$.

$f(x),g(x),h(x)$ are square trinomials with discriminant, that equals $2$. And $f(x)+g(x),f(x)+h(x),g(x)+h(x)$ are square trinomials with discriminant, that equals $1$. Prove,that $f(x)+g(x)+h(x)$ has not roots.

[b]p1.[/b] You are on a flat planet. There are $100$ cities at points $x = 1, ..., 100$ along the line $y = -1$, and another $100$ cities at points $x = 1, ... , 100$ along the line $y = 1$. The planet’s terrain is scalding hot, and you cannot walk over it directly. Instead, you must cross archways from city to city. There are archways between all pairs of cities with different $y$ coordinates, but no other pairs: for instance, there is an archway from $(1, -1)$ to $(50, 1)$, but not from $(1, -1)$ to $(50, -1)$. The amount of “effort” necessary to cross an archway equals the square of the distance between the cities it connects. You are at $(1, -1)$, and you want to get to $(100, -1)$. What is the least amount of effort this journey can take? [b]p2.[/b] Let $f(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + 25$. Suppose $a, b, c$ are integers and $f(x)$ has $4$ distinct integer roots. Find $f(3)$. [b]p3.[/b] Frankenstein starts at the point $(0, 0, 0)$ and walks to the point $(3, 3, 3)$. At each step he walks either one unit in the positive $x$-direction, one unit in the positive $y$-direction, or one unit in the positive $z$-direction. How many distinct paths can Frankenstein take to reach his destination? [b]p4.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with $AB = 20$, $BC = 15$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be on the diagonal $\overline{BD}$ of $ABCD$ such that $BX > BY$ . Suppose $A$ and $X$ are two vertices of a square which has two sides on lines $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AD}$, and suppose that $C$ and $Y$ are vertices of a square which has sides on $\overline{CB}$ and $\overline{CD}$. Find the length $XY$ . [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/8/a3f7706171ff3c93389ff80a45886e306476d1.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] $n \ge 2$ kids are trick-or-treating. They enter a haunted house in a single-file line such that each kid is friends with precisely the kids (or kid) adjacent to him. Inside the haunted house, they get mixed up and out of order. They meet up again at the exit, and leave in single file. After leaving, they realize that each kid (except the first to leave) is friends with at least one kid who left before him. In how many possible orders could they have left the haunted house? [b]p6.[/b] Call a set $S$ sparse if every pair of distinct elements of S differ by more than $1$. Find the number of sparse subsets (possibly empty) of $\{1, 2,... , 10\}$. [b]p7.[/b] How many ordered triples of integers $(a, b, c)$ are there such that $1 \le a, b, c \le 70$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2$ is divisible by $28$? [b]p8.[/b] Let $C_1$, $C_2$ be circles with centers $O_1$, $O_2$, respectively. Line $\ell$ is an external tangent to $C_1$ and $C_2$, it touches $C_1$ at $A$ and $C_2$ at $B$. Line segment $\overline{O_1O_2}$ meets $C_1$ at $X$. Let $C$ be the circle through $A, X, B$ with center $O$. Let $\overline{OO_1}$ and $\overline{OO_2}$ intersect circle $C$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. Suppose the radii of $C_1$ and $C_2$ are $16$ and $9$, respectively, and suppose the area of the quadrilateral $O_1O_2BA$ is $300$. Find the length of segment $DE$. [b]p9.[/b] What is the remainder when $5^{5^{5^5}}$ is divided by $13$? [b]p10.[/b] Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the smallest and largest real numbers satisfying $$x^2 = 13 + \lfloor x \rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{x}{2} \right\rfloor +\left\lfloor \frac{x}{3} \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{x}{4} \right\rfloor .$$ Find $\beta - \alpha$ . ($\lfloor a \rfloor$ is defined as the largest integer that is not larger than $a$.) PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

For how many integers $n$ between $ 1$ and $2021$ does the infinite nested expression $$\sqrt{n + \sqrt{n +\sqrt{n + \sqrt{...}}}}$$ give a rational number?

Given positive integer $n$, find the biggest real number $C$ which satisfy the condition that if the sum of the reciprocals of a set of integers (They can be the same.) that are greater than $1$ is less than $C$, then we can divide the set of numbers into no more than $n$ groups so that the sum of reciprocals of every group is less than $1$.

Find all triplets of real numbers $(x,y,z)$ that are solutions to the system of equations $x^2+y^2+25z^2=6xz+8yz$ $ 3x^2+2y^2+z^2=240$