The finite set $M$ of real numbers is such that among any three of its elements there are two whose sum is in $M$. What is the maximum possible cardinality of $M$? [hide=Remark about the other problems] Problem 2 is UK National Round 2022 P2, Problem 3 is UK National Round 2022 P4, Problem 4 is Balkan MO 2021 Shortlist N2 (the one with Bertrand), Problem 5 is IMO Shortlist 2021 A1 and Problem 6 is USAMO 2002/1. Hence neither of these will be posted here. [/hide]

There is a wolf in the centre of a square field, and four dogs in the corners. The wolf can easily kill one dog, but two dogs can kill the wolf. The wolf can run all over the field, and the dogs -- along the fence (border) only. Prove that if the dog's speed is $1.5$ times more than the wolf's, than the dogs can prevent the wolf escaping.

Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[f(x+yf(x))=f(xf(y))-x+f(y+f(x))\]

Solve the system of equations in reals: \[ \begin{cases} y = x^2 + 2x \\ z = y^2 + 2y \\ x = z^2 + 2z \end{cases} \] [i]Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko[/i]

Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all integers $m,n$, \[f(m - n + f(n)) = f(m) + f(n).\]

A(x,y), B(x,y), and C(x,y) are three homogeneous real-coefficient polynomials of x and y with degree 2, 3, and 4 respectively. we know that there is a real-coefficient polinimial R(x,y) such that $B(x,y)^2-4A(x,y)C(x,y)=-R(x,y)^2$. Proof that there exist 2 polynomials F(x,y,z) and G(x,y,z) such that $F(x,y,z)^2+G(x,y,z)^2=A(x,y)z^2+B(x,y)z+C(x,y)$ if for any x, y, z real numbers $A(x,y)z^2+B(x,y)z+C(x,y)\ge 0$

Prove that for every positive integer $n$ there exists a unique ordered pair $(a,b)$ of positive integers such that \[ n = \frac{1}{2}(a + b - 1)(a + b - 2) + a . \]

The positive numbers $a, b$ and $c$ satisfy $a \ge b \ge c$ and $a + b + c \le 1$ . Prove that $a^2 + 3b^2 + 5c^2 \le 1$ . (F . L . Nazarov)

Find all $n \in N$ for which the value of the expression $x^n+y^n+z^n$ is constant for all $x,y,z \in R$ such that $x+y+z=0$ and $xyz=1$. D. Bazylev

Determine all pairs $(a, b)$ of positive real numbers with $a \neq 1$ such that \[\log_a b < \log_{a+1} (b + 1).\]

Let $\mathbb R^\ast$ denote the set of nonzero reals. Find all functions $f: \mathbb R^\ast \to \mathbb R^\ast$ satisfying \[ f(x^2+y)+1=f(x^2+1)+\frac{f(xy)}{f(x)} \] for all $x,y \in \mathbb R^\ast$ with $x^2+y\neq 0$. [i]Proposed by Ryan Alweiss[/i]

Find all function $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfied \[f(x+y) + f(x)f(y) = f(xy) + 1 \] $\forall x, y \in \mathbb{R}$

$\boxed{\text{A2}}$ Prove that for all Positive reals $a,b,c$ $\frac{a^2-bc}{2a^2+bc}+\frac{b^2-ca}{2b^2+ca}+\frac{c^2-ab}{2c^2+ab}\leq 0$

Find the sum of all the real values of x satisfying $(x+\frac{1}{x}-17)^2$ $= x + \frac{1}{x} + 17.$

[b]M[/b]ary has a sequence $m_2,m_3,m_4,...$ , such that for each $b \ge 2$, $m_b$ is the least positive integer m for which none of the base-$b$ logarithms $log_b(m),log_b(m+1),...,log_b(m+2017)$ are integers. Find the largest number in her sequence.

If there are as many boys in the class as there are girls in the class now, the percentage of girls will decrease by $1.4$ times. Find out what percentage of the students in the class were boys.

Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, where $\mathbb{R}$ is the set of all real numbers, satisfying the following two conditions: 1) There exists a real number $M$ such that for every real number $x,f(x)<M$ is satisfied. 2) For every pair of real numbers $x$ and $y$, \[ f(xf(y))+yf(x)=xf(y)+f(xy)\] is satisfied.

Prove that the set of positive integers cannot be partitioned into three nonempty subsets such that, for any two integers $x,y$ taken from two different subsets, the number $x^2-xy+y^2$ belongs to the third subset.

In $10$ years the product of Melanie's age and Phil's age will be $400$ more than it is now. Find what the sum of Melanie's age and Phil's age will be $6$ years from now.

p1. Let $U_n$ be a sequence of numbers that satisfy: $U_1=1$, $U_n=1+U_1U_2U_3...U_{n-1}$ for $n=2,3,...,2020$ Prove that $\frac{1}{U_1}+\frac{1}{U_2}+...+\frac{1}{U_{2019}}<2$ p2. If $a= \left \lceil \sqrt{2020+\sqrt{2020+...+\sqrt{2020}}} \right\rceil$ , $b= \left \lfloor \sqrt{1442+\sqrt{1442+...+\sqrt{1442}}} \right \rfloor$, and $c=a-b$, then determine the value of $c$. p3. Fajar will buy a pair of koi fish in the aquarium. If he randomly picks $2$ fish, then the probability that the $2$ fish are of the same sex is $1/2$. Prove that the number of koi fish in the aquarium is a perfect square. p4. A pharmacist wants to put $155$ ml of liquid into $3$ bottles. There are 3 bottle choices, namely a. Bottle A $\bullet$ Capacity: $5$ ml $\bullet$ The price of one bottle is $10,000$ Rp $\bullet$ If you buy the next bottle, you will get a $20\%$ discount, up to the $4$th purchase or if you buy $4$ bottles, get $ 1$ free bottle A b. Bottle B $\bullet$ Capacity: $8$ ml $\bullet$ The price of one bottle is $15.000$ Rp $\bullet$ If you buy $2$ : $20\%$ discount $\bullet$ If you buy $3$ : Free $ 1$ bottle of B c. Bottle C $\bullet$ Capacity : $14$ ml $\bullet$ Buy $ 1$ : $25.000$ Rp $\bullet$ Buy $2$ : Free $ 1$ bottle of A $\bullet$ Buy $3$ : Free $ 1$ bottle of B If in one purchase, you can only buy a maximum of $4$ bottles, then look for the possibility of pharmacists putting them in bottles so that the cost is minimal (bottles do not have to be filled to capacity). p5. Two circles, let's say $L_1$ and $L_2$ have the same center, namely at point $O$. Radius of $L_1$ is $10$ cm and radius of $L_2$ is $5$ cm. The points $A, B, C, D, E, F$ lie on $L_1$ so the arcs $AB,BC,CD,DE,EF,FA$ are equal. The points $P, Q, R$ lie on $L_2$ so that the arcs $PQ,QR,RS$ are equal and $PA=PF=QB=QC=RD=RD$ . Determine the area of ​​the shaded region. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/5/0729eca97488ddfc82ab10eda02c708fecd7ae.png[/img]

Let $a, b, c$ be distinct real numbers and $x$ be a real number. Given that three numbers among $ax^2+bx+c, ax^2+cx+b, bx^2+cx+a, bx^2+ax+c, cx^2+ax+b, cx^2+bx+a$ coincide, prove that $x=1$.

Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers with $abcd=1$. Prove that $$\sqrt{\frac{a}{b+c+d^2+a^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{b}{c+d+a^2+b^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{c}{d+a+b^2+c^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{d}{a+b+c^2+d^3}} \leq 2$$

10. The sum $\sum_{k=1}^{2020} k \cos \left(\frac{4 k \pi}{4041}\right)$ can be written in the form $$ \frac{a \cos \left(\frac{p \pi}{q}\right)-b}{c \sin ^{2}\left(\frac{p \pi}{q}\right)} $$ where $a, b, c$ are relatively prime positive integers and $p, q$ are relatively prime positive integers where $p<q$. Determine $a+b+c+p+q$.

Real number $C > 1$ is given. Sequence of positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$, in which $a_1=1$ and $a_2=2$, satisfy the conditions \[a_{mn}=a_ma_n, \] \[a_{m+n} \leq C(a_m + a_n),\] for $m, n = 1, 2, 3, \ldots$. Prove that $a_n = n$ for $n=1, 2, 3, \ldots$.

Given a nonzero natural number $n$, let $f_n$ be the function of the closed interval $[0, 1]$ in $R$ defined like this: $$f_n(x) = \begin{cases}n^2x, \,\,\, if \,\,\, 0 \le x < 1/n\\ 3/n, \,\,\,if \,\,\,1/n \le x \le 1 \end{cases}$$ a) Represent the function graphically. b) Calculate $A_n =\int_0^1 f_n(x) dx$. c) Find, if it exists, $\lim_{n\to \infty} A_n$ .