Let $c_1, \ldots, c_n \in \mathbb{R}$ with $n \geq 2$ such that \[ 0 \leq \sum^n_{i=1} c_i \leq n. \] Show that we can find integers $k_1, \ldots, k_n$ such that \[ \sum^n_{i=1} k_i = 0 \] and \[ 1-n \leq c_i + n \cdot k_i \leq n \] for every $i = 1, \ldots, n.$ [hide="Another formulation:"] Let $x_1, \ldots, x_n,$ with $n \geq 2$ be real numbers such that \[ |x_1 + \ldots + x_n| \leq n. \] Show that there exist integers $k_1, \ldots, k_n$ such that \[ |k_1 + \ldots + k_n| = 0. \] and \[ |x_i + 2 \cdot n \cdot k_i| \leq 2 \cdot n -1 \] for every $i = 1, \ldots, n.$ In order to prove this, denote $c_i = \frac{1+x_i}{2}$ for $i = 1, \ldots, n,$ etc. [/hide]

Prove that $(100!)^{99} > (99!)^{100} > (100!)^{98}$. [i]K.A.Sukhov[/i]

Solve the system of equations $$\begin{cases} x^2+ [y]=10 \\ y^2+[x]=13 \end{cases}$$ ($[x]$ is the integer part of $x$, $[x]$ is equal to the largest integer not exceeding $x$. For example, $[3,33] = 3$, $[2] = 2$, $[- 3.01] = -4$).

Find all the solutions of the equation \[\left(x+1\right)^y-x^z=1\] For $x,y,z$ integers greater than 1.

Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients satisfying: $P(2017) = 2016$ and $$(P(x)+1)^2=P(x^2+1).$$

Consider the polynomials \[f(p) = p^{12} - p^{11} + 3p^{10} + 11p^3 - p^2 + 23p + 30;\] \[g(p) = p^3 + 2p + m.\] Find all integral values of $m$ for which $f$ is divisible by $g$.

[b]p1.[/b] Compute the degree of the least common multiple of the polynomials $x - 1$, $x^2 - 1$, $x^3 - 1$,$...$, $x^{10} -1$. [b]p2.[/b] A line in the $xy$ plane is called wholesome if its equation is $y = mx+b$ where $m$ is rational and $b$ is an integer. Given a point with integer coordinates $(x,y)$ on a wholesome line $\ell$, let $r$ be the remainder when $x$ is divided by $7$, and let $s$ be the remainder when y is divided by $7$. The pair $(r, s)$ is called an [i]ingredient[/i] of the line $\ell$. The (unordered) set of all possible ingredients of a wholesome line $\ell$ is called the [i]recipe [/i] of $\ell$. Compute the number of possible recipes of wholesome lines. [b]p3.[/b] Let $\tau (n)$ be the number of distinct positive divisors of $n$. Compute $\sum_{d|15015} \tau (d)$, that is, the sum of $\tau (d)$ for all $d$ such that $d$ divides $15015$. [b]p4.[/b] Suppose $2202010_b - 2202010_3 = 71813265_{10}$. Compute $b$. ($n_b$ denotes the number $n$ written in base $b$.) [b]p5.[/b] Let $x = (3 -\sqrt5)/2$. Compute the exact value of $x^8 + 1/x^8$. [b]p6.[/b] Compute the largest integer that has the same number of digits when written in base $5$ and when written in base $7$. Express your answer in base $10$. [b]p7.[/b] Three circles with integer radii $a$, $b$, $c$ are mutually externally tangent, with $a \le b \le c$ and $a < 10$. The centers of the three circles form a right triangle. Compute the number of possible ordered triples $(a, b, c)$. [b]p8.[/b] Six friends are playing informal games of soccer. For each game, they split themselves up into two teams of three. They want to arrange the teams so that, at the end of the day, each pair of players has played at least one game on the same team. Compute the smallest number of games they need to play in order to achieve this. [b]p9.[/b] Let $A$ and $B$ be points in the plane such that $AB = 30$. A circle with integer radius passes through $A$ and $B$. A point $C$ is constructed on the circle such that $AC$ is a diameter of the circle. Compute all possible radii of the circle such that $BC$ is a positive integer. [b]p10.[/b] Each square of a $3\times 3$ grid can be colored black or white. Two colorings are the same if you can rotate or reflect one to get the other. Compute the total number of unique colorings. [b]p11.[/b] Compute all positive integers $n$ such that the sum of all positive integers that are less than $n$ and relatively prime to $n$ is equal to $2n$. [b]p12.[/b] The distance between a point and a line is defined to be the smallest possible distance between the point and any point on the line. Triangle $ABC$ has $AB = 10$, $BC = 21$, and $CA = 17$. Let $P$ be a point inside the triangle. Let $x$ be the distance between $P$ and $\overleftrightarrow{BC}$, let $y$ be the distance between $P$ and $\overleftrightarrow{CA}$, and let $z$ be the distance between $P$ and $\overleftrightarrow{AB}$. Compute the largest possible value of the product $xyz$. [b]p13.[/b] Alice, Bob, David, and Eve are sitting in a row on a couch and are passing back and forth a bag of chips. Whenever Bob gets the bag of chips, he passes the bag back to the person who gave it to him with probability $\frac13$ , and he passes it on in the same direction with probability $\frac23$ . Whenever David gets the bag of chips, he passes the bag back to the person who gave it to him with probability $\frac14$ , and he passes it on with probability $\frac34$ . Currently, Alice has the bag of chips, and she is about to pass it to Bob when Cathy sits between Bob and David. Whenever Cathy gets the bag of chips, she passes the bag back to the person who gave it to her with probability $p$, and passes it on with probability $1-p$. Alice realizes that because Cathy joined them on the couch, the probability that Alice gets the bag of chips back before Eve gets it has doubled. Compute $p$. [b]p14.[/b] Circle $O$ is in the plane. Circles $A$, $B$, and $C$ are congruent, and are each internally tangent to circle $O$ and externally tangent to each other. Circle $X$ is internally tangent to circle $O$ and externally tangent to circles $A$ and $B$. Circle $X$ has radius $1$. Compute the radius of circle $O$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/d/8ddab540dca0051f660c840c0432f9aa5fe6b0.png[/img] [b]p15.[/b] Compute the number of primes $p$ less than 100 such that $p$ divides $n^2 +n+1$ for some integer $n$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

[b]p1.[/b] Suppose that $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers such that not all of them are even, $a < b$, $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$, and $c - b = 289$. What is the smallest possible value for $c$? [b]p2.[/b] If $a, b > 1$ and $a^2$ is $11$ in base $b$, what is the third digit from the right of $b^2$ in base $a$? [b]p3.[/b] Find real numbers $a, b$ such that $x^2 - x - 1$ is a factor of $ax^{10} + bx^9 + 1$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Determine all the triples $(a, b, c)$ of positive real numbers such that the system \[ax + by -cz = 0,\]\[a \sqrt{1-x^2}+b \sqrt{1-y^2}-c \sqrt{1-z^2}=0,\] is compatible in the set of real numbers, and then find all its real solutions.

Let $P=(x^4-40x^2+144)(x^3-16x)$. $a)$ Factor $P$ as a product of irreducible polynomials. $b)$ We write down the values of $P(10)$ and $P(91)$. What is the greatest common divisor of the two numbers?

Prove that the non-negative numbers $ a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n $ ($ n = 1, 2, \ldots $) satisfy the inequality $ x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n $ for any real numbers $$ \left( \sum_{i=1}^n a_i x_i^2 \right)^2 \leq \sum_{i=1}^n a_i x_i^4.$$ it is necessary and sufficient that $ \sum_{i=1}^n a_i \leq 1 $.

Suppose that $F,G,H$ are polynomials of degree at most $2n+1$ with real coefficients such that: i) For all real $x$ we have $F(x)\le G(x)\le H(x)$. ii) There exist distinct real numbers $x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n$ such that $F(x_i)=H(x_i)\quad\text{for}\ i=1,2,3,\ldots ,n$. iii) There exists a real number $x_0$ different from $x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n$ such that $F(x_0)+H(x_0)=2G(x_0)$. Prove that $F(x)+H(x)=2G(x)$ for all real numbers $x$.

The math team at Jupiter Falls Middle School meets twice a month during the Summer, and the math team coach, Mr. Fischer, prepares some Olympics-themed problems for his students. One of the problems Joshua and Alexis work on boils down to a system of equations: \begin{align*}2x+3y+3z&=8,\\3x+2y+3z&=808,\\3x+3y+2z&=80808.\end{align*} Their goal is not to find a solution $(x,y,z)$ to the system, but instead to compute the sum of the variables. Find the value of $x+y+z$.

Find all functions $f: \mathbb R^+ \rightarrow \mathbb R^+$ satisfying the following condition: for any three distinct real numbers $a,b,c$, a triangle can be formed with side lengths $a,b,c$, if and only if a triangle can be formed with side lengths $f(a),f(b),f(c)$.

Two points $A$ and $B$ lie on two branches of hyperbola given by equation $y=\frac1x$. Let $A_x$ and $A_y$ be projections of $A$ onto coordinate axis, similarly, let $B_x$ and $B_y$ be projections of $B$ onto coordinate axis. Prove that triangles $AB_xB_y$ and $BA_xA_y$ have equal areas.

[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Compute the sum $2019 + 201 + 20 + 2$. [b]p2.[/b] The sequence $100, 102, 104,..., 996$ and $998$ is the sequence of all three-digit even numbers. How many three digit even numbers are there? [b]p3.[/b] Find the units digit of $25\times 37\times 113\times 22$. [b]p4.[/b] Samuel has a number in his head. He adds $4$ to the number and then divides the result by $2$. After doing this, he ends up with the same number he had originally. What is his original number? [b]p5.[/b] According to Shay's Magazine, every third president is terrible (so the third, sixth, ninth president and so on were all terrible presidents). If there have been $44$ presidents, how many terrible presidents have there been in total? [b]p6.[/b] In the game Tic-Tac-Toe, a player wins by getting three of his or her pieces in the same row, column, or diagonal of a $3\times 3$ square. How many configurations of $3$ pieces are winning? Rotations and reflections are considered distinct. [b]p7.[/b] Eddie is a sad man. Eddie is cursed to break his arm $4$ times every $20$ years. How many times would he break his arm by the time he reaches age $100$? [b]p8. [/b]The figure below is made from $5$ congruent squares. If the figure has perimeter $24$, what is its area? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/9/6295b26b1b09cacf0c32bf9d3ba3ce76ddb658.png[/img] [b]p9.[/b] Sancho Panza loves eating nachos. If he eats $3$ nachos during the first minute, $4$ nachos during the second, $5$ nachos during the third, how many nachos will he have eaten in total after $15$ minutes? [b]p10.[/b] If the day after the day after the day before Wednesday was two days ago, then what day will it be tomorrow? [b]p11.[/b] Neetin the Rabbit and Poonam the Meerkat are in a race. Poonam can run at $10$ miles per hour, while Neetin can only hop at $2$ miles per hour. If Neetin starts the race $2$ miles ahead of Poonam, how many minutes will it take for Poonam to catch up with him? [b]p12.[/b] Dylan has a closet with t-shirts: $3$ gray, $4$ blue, $2$ orange, $7$ pink, and $2$ black. Dylan picks one shirt at random from his closet. What is the probability that Dylan picks a pink or a gray t-shirt? [b]p13.[/b] Serena's brain is $200\%$ the size of Eric's brain, and Eric's brain is $200\%$ the size of Carlson's. The size of Carlson's brain is what percent the size of Serena's? [b]p14.[/b] Find the sum of the coecients of $(2x + 1)^3$ when it is fully expanded. [b]p15. [/b]Antonio loves to cook. However, his pans are weird. Specifically, the pans are rectangular prisms without a top. What is the surface area of the outside of one of Antonio's pans if their volume is $210$, and their length and width are $6$ and $5$, respectively? [b]p16.[/b] A lattice point is a point on the coordinate plane with $2$ integer coordinates. For example, $(3, 4)$ is a lattice point since $3$ and $4$ are both integers, but $(1.5, 2)$ is not since $1.5$ is not an integer. How many lattice points are on the graph of the equation $x^2 + y^2 = 625$? [b]p17.[/b] Jonny has a beaker containing $60$ liters of $50\%$ saltwater ($50\%$ salt and $50\%$ water). Jonny then spills the beaker and $45$ liters pour out. If Jonny adds $45$ liters of pure water back into the beaker, what percent of the new mixture is salt? [b]p18.[/b] There are exactly 25 prime numbers in the set of positive integers between $1$ and $100$, inclusive. If two not necessarily distinct integers are randomly chosen from the set of positive integers from $1$ to $100$, inclusive, what is the probability that at least one of them is prime? [b]p19.[/b] How many consecutive zeroes are at the end of $12!$ when it is expressed in base $6$? [b]p20.[/b] Consider the following figure. How many triangles with vertices and edges from the following figure contain exactly $1$ black triangle? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/2/a1c400ff7d06b583c1906adf8848370e480895.png[/img] [b]p21.[/b] After Akshay got kicked o the school bus for rowdy behavior, he worked out a way to get home from school with his dad. School ends at $2:18$ pm, but since Akshay walks slowly he doesn't get to the front door until $2:30$. His dad doesn't like to waste time, so he leaves home everyday such that he reaches the high school at exactly $2:30$ pm, instantly picks up Akshay and turns around, then drives home. They usually get home at $3:30$ pm. However, one day Akshay left school early at exactly $2:00$ pm because he was expelled. Trying to delay telling his dad for as long as possible, Akshay starts jogging home. His dad left home at the regular time, saw Akshay on the way, picked him up and turned around instantly. They then drove home while Akshay's dad yelled at him for being a disgrace. They reached home at $3:10$ pm. How long had Akshay been walking before his dad picked him up? [b]p22.[/b] In quadrilateral $ABCD$, diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ intersect at $O$. Then $\angle BOC = \angle BCD$, $\angle COD =\angle BAD$, $AB = 4$, $DC = 6$, and $BD = 5$. What is the length of $BO$? [b]p23.[/b] A standard six-sided die is rolled. The number that comes up first determines the number of additional times the die will be rolled (so if the first number is $3$, then the die will be rolled $3$ more times). Each time the die is rolled, its value is recorded. What is the expected value of the sum of all the rolls? [b]p24.[/b] Dora has a peculiar calculator that can only perform $2$ operations: either adding $1$ to the current number or squaring the current number. Each minute, Dora randomly chooses an operation to apply to her number. She starts with $0$. What is the expected number of minutes it takes Dora's number to become greater than or equal to $10$? [b]p25.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be such that $AB = 2$, $BC = 1$, and $\angle ACB = 90^o$. Let points $D$ and $E$ be such that $\vartriangle ADE$ is equilateral, $D$ is on segment $\overline{BC}$, and $D$ and $E$ are not on the same side of $\overline{AC}$. Segment $\overline{BE}$ intersects the circumcircle of $\vartriangle ADE$ at a second point $F$. If $BE =\sqrt{6}$, find the length of $\overline{BF}$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Professor Oak is feeding his $100$ Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a bowl whose capacity is a positive real number of kilograms. These capacities are known to Professor Oak. The total capacity of all the bowls is $100$ kilograms. Professor Oak distributes $100$ kilograms of food in such a way that each Pokémon receives a non-negative integer number of kilograms of food (which may be larger than the capacity of the bowl). The [i]dissatisfaction level[/i] of a Pokémon who received $N$ kilograms of food and whose bowl has a capacity of $C$ kilograms is equal to $\lvert N-C\rvert$. Find the smallest real number $D$ such that, regardless of the capacities of the bowls, Professor Oak can distribute food in a way that the sum of the dissatisfaction levels over all the $100$ Pokémon is at most $D$. [i]Oleksii Masalitin, Ukraine[/i]

Let $x_1,x_2,x_3,\dots$ be sequence of nonzero real numbers satisfying $$x_n=\frac{x_{n-2}x_{n-1}}{2x_{n-2}-x_{n-1}}, \quad \quad n=3,4,5,\dots$$ Establish necessary and sufficient conditions on $x_1,x_2$ for $x_n$ to be an integer for infinitely many values of $n$.

Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the set of real numbers. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the following condition. Here, $f^{100}(x)$ is the function obtained by composing $f(x)$ $100$ times, that is, $(\underbrace{f \circ f \circ \cdots \circ f}_{100 \ \text{times}})(x).$ [b](Condition)[/b] For all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$, $$f(x + f^{100}(y)) = x + y \ \ \ \text{or} \ \ \ f(f^{100}(x) + y) = x + y$$

Find all pairs of numbers $x, y \in \left( 0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ , satisfying the equality $$\sin x + \sin y = \sin (xy)$$

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $ such that $$ f\left(f\left(x\right)+y\right) = f\left(x^2-y\right)+4\left(y-2\right)\left(f\left(x\right)+2\right) $$ holds for all $ x, y \in \mathbb{R} $

Specify all functions $y = f(x)$, each in the largest possible domain (within the range of real numbers) of the equation $$a \cdot f(x^n) + f(-x^n) = bx$$ suffice, where $b$ is any real number, $n$ is any odd natural number and $a$ is a real number with $|a| \ne 1$.

Solve the system of equations \[ |a_1-a_2|x_2+|a_1-a_3|x_3+|a_1-a_4|x_4=1 \] \[ |a_2-a_1|x_1+|a_2-a_3|x_3+|a_2-a_4|x_4=1 \] \[ |a_3-a_1|x_1+|a_3-a_2|x_2+|a_3-a_4|x_4=1 \] \[ |a_4-a_1|x_1+|a_4-a_2|x_2+|a_4-a_3|x_3=1 \] where $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4$ are four different real numbers.

Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers such that $abcd=1$. Prove the inequality \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{a+2b+3c+10}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{b+2c+3d+10}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{c+2d+3a+10}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{d+2a+3b+10}} \le 1.\]

Find all functions $f:\mathbb Q\to\mathbb Q$ such that for all $x,y,z,w\in\mathbb Q$, $$f(f(xyzw)+x+y)+f(z)+f(w)=f(f(xyzw)+z+w)+f(x)+f(y).$$