Positive real $a,b,c$ satisfy the condition $$\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{a+c}+\frac{c}{a+b}=1+\frac{1}{6}\left( \frac{a}{c}+\frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{b} \right)$$ Prove that $$\frac{a^3bc}{b+c}+\frac{b^3ca}{a+c}+\frac{c^3ab}{a+b}\ge \frac{1}{6}(ab+bc+ca)^2$$ I.Voronovich

Find all functions $f:R \to R$ such that $$f(x^2+f(y)-y) =(f(x))^2-f(y)$$ for all $x,y \in R$

[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 $\overline{AE}$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/3/8e11caf2d7dbb143a296573f265e696b4ab27e.png[/img] [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 $m$? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Do there exist a natural number $n$ and real numbers $a_0, a_1, \dots, a_n$, each equal to $1$ or $-1$, such that the polynomial $a_nx^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + \dots + a_1x + a_0$ is divisible by the polynomial $x^{2023} - 2x^{2022} + c$, where: \\ (a) $c = 1$ \\ (b) $c = -1$? [i] (For polynomials $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ with real coefficients, we say that $P(x)$ is divisible by $Q(x)$ if there exists a polynomial $R(x)$ with real coefficients such that $P(x) = Q(x)R(x)$.)[/i]

Let $a$ be a positive integer and let $\{a_n\}$ be defined by $a_0 = 0$ and \[a_{n+1 }= (a_n + 1)a + (a + 1)a_n + 2 \sqrt{a(a + 1)a_n(a_n + 1)} \qquad (n = 1, 2 ,\dots ).\] Show that for each positive integer $n$, $a_n$ is a positive integer.

Consider the polynomial $p(x)=x^{1999}+2x^{1998}+3x^{1997}+\ldots+2000$. Find a nonzero polynomial whose roots are the reciprocal values of the roots of $p(x)$.

Solve the following system for real $x,y,z$ \[ \{ \begin{array}{ccc} x+ y -z & =& 4 \\ x^2 - y^2 + z^2 & = & -4 \\ xyz & =& 6. \end{array} \]

Find all functions $f,g: \mathbb{Q}\to \mathbb{Q}$ such that the following two conditions hold: $$f(g(x)-g(y))=f(g(x))-y \ \ (1)$$ $$g(f(x)-f(y))=g(f(x))-y\ \ (2)$$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}$.

If $ x$, $ y$, $ z$, and $ n$ are natural numbers, and $ n\geq z$ then prove that the relation $ x^n \plus{} y^n \equal{} z^n$ does not hold.

Calculate the sum $$S=\sqrt{1+\frac{8\cdot 1^2-1}{1^2\cdot 3^2}}+\sqrt{1+\frac{8\cdot 2^2-1}{3^2\cdot 5^2}}+...+ \sqrt{1+\frac{8\cdot 1003^2-1}{2005^2\cdot 2007^2}}$$

a) Given a chain of $60$ links each weighing $1$ g. Find the smallest number of links that need to be broken if we want to be able to get from the obtained parts all weights $1$ g, $2$ g, . . . , $59$ g, $60$ g? A broken link also weighs $1$ g. b) Given a chain of $150$ links each weighing $1$ g. Find the smallest number of links that need to be broken if we want to be able to get from the obtained parts all weights $1$ g, $2$ g, . . . , $149$ g, $150$ g? A broken link also weighs $1$ g.

Let $n, k, \ell$ be positive integers and $\sigma : \lbrace 1, 2, \ldots, n \rbrace \rightarrow \lbrace 1, 2, \ldots, n \rbrace$ an injection such that $\sigma(x)-x\in \lbrace k, -\ell \rbrace$ for all $x\in \lbrace 1, 2, \ldots, n \rbrace$. Prove that $k+\ell|n$.

How many integers between $123$ and $789$ have at least two identical digits, when written in base $10?$ $$ \mathrm a. ~ 180\qquad \mathrm b.~184\qquad \mathrm c. ~186 \qquad \mathrm d. ~189 \qquad \mathrm e. ~191 $$

Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients satisfying $$(x^2+1)P(x-1)=(x^2-10x+26)P(x)$$ for all real numbers $x.$ Find the sum of all possible values of $P(0)$ between $1$ and $5000,$ inclusive.

A finite set $S$ of unit squares is chosen out of a large grid of unit squares. The squares of $S$ are tiled with isosceles right triangles of hypotenuse $2$ so that the triangles do not overlap each other, do not extend past $S$, and all of $S$ is fully covered by the triangles. Additionally, the hypotenuse of each triangle lies along a grid line, and the vertices of the triangles lie at the corners of the squares. Show that the number of triangles must be a multiple of $4$.

Determine all integers $n$ such that both of the numbers: $$|n^3 - 4n^2 + 3n - 35| \text{ and } |n^2 + 4n + 8|$$ are both prime numbers.

Prove that for any positive integer $n\ge $, $2 \cdot \sqrt3 \cdot \sqrt[3]{4} ...\sqrt[n-1]{n} > n$

If $a,b,c,$ and $d$ are non-zero numbers such that $c$ and $d$ are the solutions of $x^2+ax+b=0$ and $a$ and $b$ are the solutions of $x^2+cx+d=0$, then $a+b+c+d$ equals $\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }-2\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }(-1+\sqrt{5})/2$

Prove that if the numbers $p_1, p_2, q_1, q_2$ satisfy the condition $$(q_1 - q_2)^2 + (p_1 - p_2)(p_1q_2 -p_2q_1)<0$$ then the square polynomials $x^2 + p_1x + q_1$ and $x^2 + p_2x + q_2$ have real roots, and between the roots of each there is a root of another one.

Let $a, b,$ and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 3$. Prove that $$\frac{a^2 + b^2}{2ab} + \frac{b^2 + c^2}{2bc} + \frac{c^2 + a^2}{2ca} + \frac{2(ab + bc + ca)}{3} \ge 5 + |(a - b)(b - c)(c - a)|.$$

Find all non-decreasing functions $ f\,:\,\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N} $, such that $f(f(m)f(n)+m)=f(mf(n))+f(m)$

Let $x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4,x_5$ ve non-negative real numbers, so that $x_1\le4$ and $x_1+x_2\le13$ and $x_1+x_2+x_3\le29$ and $x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4\le54$ and $x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4+x_5\le90$. Prove that $\sqrt{x_1}+\sqrt{x_2}+\sqrt{x_3}+\sqrt{x_4}+\sqrt{x_5}\le20$.

Let $x, y,$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xy + yz + zx = 3$. Prove that $$\frac{x + 3}{y + z} + \frac{y + 3}{z + x} + \frac{z + 3}{x + y} + 3 \ge 27 \cdot \frac{(\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} + \sqrt{z})^2}{(x + y + z)^3}.$$ Proposed by [i]Petar Filipovski, Macedonia[/i]

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]

Suppose that $a,b,c,d$ are positive real numbers satisfying $(a+c)(b+d)=ac+bd$. Find the smallest possible value of $$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{d}+\frac{d}{a}.$$ [i]Israel[/i]