The polynomials $P$, $Q$, $R$ with real coefficients, one of which is degree $2$ and two of degree $3$, satisfy the equality $P^2+Q^2=R^2$. Prove that one of the polynomials of degree $3$ has three real roots.

Given an integer number $n \ge 2$, show that there exists a function $f : R \to R$ such that $f(x) + f(2x) + ...+ f(nx) = 0$, for all $x \in R$, and $f(x) = 0$ if and only if $x = 0$.

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]1.1.[/b] A classroom has $29$ students. A teacher needs to split up the students into groups of at most $4$. What is the minimum number of groups needed? [b]1.2.[/b] On his history map quiz, Eric recalls that Sweden, Norway and Finland are adjacent countries, but he has forgotten which is which, so he labels them in random order. The probability that he labels all three countries correctly can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [b]1.3.[/b] In a class of $40$ sixth graders, the class average for their final test comes out to be $90$ (out of a $100$). However, a student brings up an issue with problem $5$, and $10$ students receive credit for this question, bringing the class average to a $90.75$. How many points was problem $5$ worth? [u]Round 2[/u] [b]2.1.[/b] Compute $1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + ... - 2022 + 2023$. [b]2.2.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $\angle ABC = 75^o$. Point $D$ lies on side $AC$ such that $BD = CD$ and $\angle BDC$ is a right angle. Compute the measure of $\angle A$. [b]2.3.[/b] Joe is rolling three four-sided dice each labeled with positive integers from $1$ to $4$. The probability the sum of the numbers on the top faces of the dice is $6$ can be written as $\frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime integers. Find $p + q$. [u]Round 3[/u] [b]3.1.[/b] For positive integers $a, b, c, d$ that satisfy $a + b + c + d = 23$, what is the maximum value of $abcd$? [b]3.2.[/b] A buckball league has twenty teams. Each of the twenty teams plays exactly five games with each of the other teams. If each game takes 1 hour and thirty minutes, then how many total hours are spent playing games? [b]3.3.[/b] For a triangle $\vartriangle ABC$, let $M, N, O$ be the midpoints of $AB$, $BC$, $AC$, respectively. Let $P, Q, R$ be points on $AB$, $BC$, $AC$ such that $AP =\frac13 AB$, $BQ =\frac13 BC$, and $CR =\frac13 AC$. The ratio of the areas of $\vartriangle MNO$ and $\vartriangle P QR$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $ m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [u]Round 4[/u] [b]4.1.[/b] $2023$ has the special property that leaves a remainder of $1$ when divided by $2$, $21$ when divided by $22$, and $22$ when divided by $23$. Let $n$ equal the lowest integer greater than $2023$ with the above properties. What is $n$? [b]4.2.[/b] Ants $A, B$ are on points $(0, 0)$ and $(3, 3)$ respectively, and ant A is trying to get to $(3, 3)$ while ant $B$ is trying to get to $(0, 0)$. Every second, ant $A$ will either move up or right one with equal probability, and ant $B$ will move down or left one with equal probability. The probability that the ants will meet each other be $\frac{a}{b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$. [b]4.3.[/b] Find the number of trailing zeros of $100!$ in base $ 49$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-9 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3129723p28347714]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $n>1$ be an integer. Find all non-constant real polynomials $P(x)$ satisfying , for any real $x$ , the identy \[P(x)P(x^2)P(x^3)\cdots P(x^n)=P(x^{\frac{n(n+1)}{2}})\]

Let $a$ be a complex number, and set $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$ to be the roots of the polynomial $x^3 - x^2 + ax - 1$. Suppose \[(\alpha^3+1)(\beta^3+1)(\gamma^3+1) = 2018.\] Compute the product of all possible values of $a$.

Let $\mathbb{Q}^+$ denote the set of all positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}^+\to \mathbb{Q}^+$ satisfying$$f(x^2f(y)^2)=f(x^2)f(y)$$for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Q}^+$

Let $P_n(x)=a_0 + a_1x + \cdots + a_nx^n$, with $n \geq 2$, be a real-coefficient polynomial. Prove that if there exists $a > 0$ such that \begin{align*} P_n(x) = (x + a)^2 \left( \sum_{i=0}^{n-2} b_i x^i \right), \end{align*} where $b_i$ are positive real numbers, then there exists some $i$, with $1 \leq i \leq n-1$, such that \[a_i^2 - 4a_{i-1}a_{i+1} \leq 0.\]

Find all functions $f:(0,\infty)\rightarrow (0,\infty)$ such that for any $x,y\in (0,\infty)$, $$xf(x^2)f(f(y)) + f(yf(x)) = f(xy) \left(f(f(x^2)) + f(f(y^2))\right).$$

Determine the number of distinct values which appear in the sequence \[\left\lfloor\frac{2025}{1}\right\rfloor,\left\lfloor\frac{2025}{2}\right\rfloor,\left\lfloor\frac{2025}{3}\right\rfloor,\dots,\left\lfloor\frac{2025}{2024}\right\rfloor,\left\lfloor\frac{2025}{2025}\right\rfloor.\]

Let $n \in N, n\ge 2$, and $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n, b_1, b_2, ..., b_n$ be real positive numbers such that $$\frac{a_1}{b_1} \le \frac{a_2}{b_2} \le ... \le\frac{a_n}{b_n}.$$ Find the largest real $c$ so that $$(a_1-b_1c)x_1+(a_2-b_2c)x_2+...+(a_n-b_nc)x_n \ge 0,$$ for every $x_1, x_2,..., x_n > 0$, with $x_1\le x_2\le ...\le x_n$.

For real numbers $a,b,c,d$ not all equal to $0$ , define a real function $f(x) = a +b\cos{2x} + c\sin{5x} +d \cos{8x}$. Suppose $f(t) = 4a$ for some real $t$. prove that there exist a real number $s$ s.t. $f(s)<0$

Determine if there exist four polynomials such that the sum of any three of them has a real root while the sum of any two of them does not.

Find all solutions to the equation: \[ \left(\left\lfloor x+\frac{7}{3} \right\rfloor \right)^2-\left\lfloor x-\frac{9}{4} \right\rfloor = 16 \]

Do there exist functions $f$ and $g$, $f : R \to R$, $g : R \to R$ such that $f(x + f(y)) = y^2 + g(x)$ for all real $x$ and $y$ ? (I. Gorodnin)

$x\sqrt8 + \frac{1}{x\sqrt8} = \sqrt8$ has two real solutions $x_1, x_2$. The decimal expansion of $x_1$ has the digit $6$ in place $1994$. What digit does $x_2$ have in place $1994$?

Consider the inequality \[(a_1+a_2+\dots+a_n)^2\ge 4(a_1a_2+a_2a_3+\cdots+a_na_1).\] a) Find all $n\ge 3$ such that the inequality is true for positive reals. b) Find all $n\ge 3$ such that the inequality is true for reals.

Let $n$ a positive integer and let $x_1, \ldots, x_n, y_1, \ldots, y_n$ real positive numbers such that $x_1+\ldots+x_n=y_1+\ldots+y_n=1$. Prove that: $$|x_1-y_1|+\ldots+|x_n-y_n|\leq 2-\underset{1\leq i\leq n}{min} \;\dfrac{x_i}{y_i}-\underset{1\leq i\leq n}{min} \;\dfrac{y_i}{x_i}$$

[b]p1.[/b] If $A = 0$, $B = 1$, $C = 2$, $...$, $Z = 25$, then what is the sum of $A + B + M+ C$? [b]p2.[/b] Eric is playing Tetris against Bryan. If Eric wins one-fifth of the games he plays and he plays $15$ games, find the expected number of games Eric will win. [b]p3.[/b] What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a regular $2023$-gon in degrees? [b]p4.[/b] If $N$ is a base $10$ digit of $90N3$, what value of $N$ makes this number divisible by $477$? [b]p5.[/b] What is the rightmost non-zero digit of the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{2^{2023}}$ ? [b]p6.[/b] if graphs of $y = \frac54 x + m$ and $y = \frac32 x + n$ intersect at $(16, 27)$, what is the value of $m + n$? [b]p7.[/b] Bryan is hitting the alphabet keys on his keyboard at random. If the probability he spells out ABMC at least once after hitting $6$ keys is $\frac{a}{b^c}$ , for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $b$, $c$ are both as small as possible, find $a+b+c$. Note that the letters ABMC must be adjacent for it to count: AEBMCC should not be considered as correctly spelling out ABMC. [b]p8.[/b] It takes a Daniel twenty minutes to change a light bulb. It takes a Raymond thirty minutes to change a light bulb. It takes a Bryan forty-five minutes to change a light bulb. In the time that it takes two Daniels, three Raymonds, and one and a half Bryans to change $42$ light bulbs, how many light bulbs could half a Raymond change? Assume half a person can work half as productively as a whole person. [b]p9.[/b] Find the value of $5a + 4b + 3c + 2d + e$ given $a, b, c, d, e$ are real numbers satisfying the following equations: $$a^2 = 2e + 23$$ $$b^2 = 10a - 34$$ $$c^2 = 8b - 23$$ $$d^2 = 6c - 14$$ $$e^2 = 4d - 7.$$ [b]p10.[/b] How many integers between $1$ and $1000$ contain exactly two $1$’s when written in base $2$? [b]p11.[/b] Joe has lost his $2$ sets of keys. However, he knows that he placed his keys in one of his $12$ mailboxes, each labeled with a different positive integer from $1$ to $12$. Joe plans on opening the $2$ mailbox labeled $1$ to see if any of his keys are there. However, a strong gust of wind blows by, opening mailboxes $11$ and $12$, revealing that they are empty. If Joe decides to open one of the mailboxes labeled $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$ , or $10$, the probability that he finds at least one of his sets of keys can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$, where a and b are relatively prime positive integers. Find the sum $a + b$. Note that a single mailbox can contain $0$, $1$, or $2$ sets of keys, and the mailboxes his sets of keys were placed in are determined independently at random. [b]p12.[/b] As we all know, the top scientists have recently proved that the Earth is a flat disc. Bob is standing on Earth. If he takes the shortest path to the edge, he will fall off after walking $1$ meter. If he instead turns $90$ degrees away from the shortest path and walks towards the edge, he will fall off after $3$ meters. Compute the radius of the Earth. [b]p13.[/b] There are $999$ numbers that are repeating decimals of the form $0.abcabcabc...$ . The sum of all of the numbers of this form that do not have a $1$ or $2$ in their decimal representation can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a$, $b$. Find $a + b$. [b]p14.[/b] An ant is crawling along the edges of a sugar cube. Every second, it travels along an edge to another adjacent vertex randomly, interested in the sugar it notices. Unfortunately, the cube is about to be added to some scalding coffee! In $10$ seconds, it must return to its initial vertex, so it can get off and escape. If the probability the ant will avoid a tragic doom can be expressed as $\frac{a}{3^{10}}$ , where $a$ is a positive integer, find $a$. Clarification: The ant needs to be on its initial vertex in exactly $10$ seconds, no more or less. [b]p15.[/b] Raymond’s new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Collector’s book arrived in the mail! The book’s pages measure $4\sqrt3$ inches by $12$ inches, and are bound on the longer side. If Raymond keeps one corner in the same plane as the book, what is the total area one of the corners can travel without ripping the page? If the desired area in square inches is $a\pi+b\sqrt{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers and $c$ is squarefree, find $a + b + c$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Describe the region $R$ consisting of the points $(a,b)$ of the cartesian plane for which both (possibly complex) roots of the polynomial $z^2+az+b$ have absolute value smaller than $1$.

Let $\{a_n\}$, $\{b_n\}$ be sequences of positive real numbers satisfying $$a_n=\sqrt{\frac{1}{100} \sum\limits_{j=1}^{100} b_{n-j}^2}$$ and $$b_n=\sqrt{\frac{1}{100} \sum\limits_{j=1}^{100} a_{n-j}^2}$$ For all $n\ge 101$. Prove that there exists $m\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $|a_m-b_m|<0.001$ [url=https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/417529866] Link [/url]

Without calculating the value of the determinant $$ \begin{vmatrix}1 &1 &3& 1\\1& 2& 3 &5\\ 3& 0& 5& 5\\ 0& a& -11a& a^{13}+9a\end{vmatrix} , $$ show that it is divisible by $ 26, $ for any integer $ a. $

Find the smallest positive real $t$ such that \[\left\{ \begin{array}{l} x_1 + x_3 = 2t x_2 \\ x_2 + x_4 = 2t x_3 \\ x_3 + x_5=2t x_4 \\ \end{array} \right. \] has a solution $x_1$, $x_2$, $x_3$, $x_4$, $x_5$ in non-negative reals, not all zero.

Find all real-coefficient polynomials $f(x)$ which satisfy the following conditions: [b]i.[/b] $f(x) = a_0 x^{2n} + a_2 x^{2n - 2} + \cdots + a_{2n - 2} x^2 + a_{2n}, a_0 > 0$; [b]ii.[/b] $\sum_{j=0}^n a_{2j} a_{2n - 2j} \leq \left( \begin{array}{c} 2n\\ n\end{array} \right) a_0 a_{2n}$; [b]iii.[/b] All the roots of $f(x)$ are imaginary numbers with no real part.

Consider an arithmetic progression $a_0,\ldots,a_n$ with $n\ge2$. Prove that $$\sum_{k=0}^n(-1)^k\binom{n}{k}a_k=0.$$

Find all functions $f:(0,\infty)\mapsto\mathbb{R}$ such that $\displaystyle{(y^2+1)f(x)-yf(xy)=yf\left(\frac{x}{y}\right),}$ for every $x,y>0$.