Alice is thinking of a positive real number $x$, and Bob is thinking of a positive real number $y$. Given that $x^{\sqrt{y}}=27$ and $(\sqrt{x})^y=9$, compute $xy$.

[b]8.1[/b] Four circles are placed on planes so that each one touches the other two externally. Prove that the points of tangency lie on one circle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/8/883a82fb568954b09a4499a955372e2492dbb8.png[/img] [b]8.2[/b]. Let the integers $a$ and $b$ be represented as $x^2-5y^2$, where $x$ and $y$ are integer numbers. Prove that the number $ab$ can also be presented in this form. [b]8.3[/b] Solve the equation $x(x + d)(x + 2d)(x + 3d) = a$. [b]8.4 / 9.1[/b] Let $a+b+c=1$, $m+n+p=1 $. Prove that $$-1 \le am + bn + cp \le 1 $$ [b]8.5[/b] Inscribe a triangle with the largest area in a semicircle. [b]8.6[/b] Three circles of the same radius intersect at one point. Prove that the other three points intersections lie on a circle of the same radius. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/4/7/014952f2dcf0349d54b07230e45a42c242a49d.png[/img] [b]8.7[/b] Find the circle of smallest radius that contains a given triangle. [b]8.8 / 9.2[/b] Given a polynomial $$x^{2n} +a_1x^{2n-2} + a_2x^{2n-4} + ... + a_{n-1}x^2 + a_n,$$ which is divisible by $ x-1$. Prove that it is divisible by $x^2-1$. [b]8.9[/b] Prove that for any prime number $p$ other than $2$ and from $5$, there is a natural number $k$ such that only ones are involved in the decimal notation of the number $pk$.. PS. You should use hide for answers.Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3983459_1962_leningrad_math_olympiad]here[/url].

Suppose $f$ is a function that assigns to each real number $x$ a value $f(x)$, and suppose the equation $$f(x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 + x_5) = f(x_1) + f(x_2) + f(x_3) + f(x_4) + f(x_5) - 8$$ holds for all real numbers $x_1, x_2,x_3, x_4, x_5$. What is $f(0)$?

There are some counters in some cells of $100\times 100$ board. Call a cell [i]nice[/i] if there are an even number of counters in adjacent cells. Can exactly one cell be [i]nice[/i]? [i]K. Knop[/i]

Solve the system in reals: $(x+\sqrt{x^2+1})(y+\sqrt{y^2+1})=2022$ and $x+y=\frac{2021}{\sqrt{2022}}$

Let $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ be integer polynomials of degree $p$ and $q$ respectively. Assume that $P(x)$ divides $Q(x)$ and all their coefficients are either $1$ or $2002$. Show that $p+1$ is a divisor of $q+1$. [i]Mihai Cipu[/i]

Let $ A \equal{} (a_{ij})$, where $ i,j \equal{} 1,2,\ldots,n$, be a square matrix with all $ a_{ij}$ non-negative integers. For each $ i,j$ such that $ a_{ij} \equal{} 0$, the sum of the elements in the $ i$th row and the $ j$th column is at least $ n$. Prove that the sum of all the elements in the matrix is at least $ \frac {n^2}{2}$.

On a circular table sit $\displaystyle {n> 2}$ students. First, each student has just one candy. At each step, each student chooses one of the following actions: (A) Gives a candy to the student sitting on his left or to the student sitting on his right. (B) Separates all its candies in two, possibly empty, sets and gives one set to the student sitting on his left and the other to the student sitting on his right. At each step, students perform the actions they have chosen at the same time. A distribution of candy is called legitimate if it can occur after a finite number of steps. Find the number of legitimate distributions. (Two distributions are different if there is a student who has a different number of candy in each of these distributions.) （Forgive my poor English）

For a sequence $a_1<a_2<\cdots<a_n$ of integers, a pair $(a_i,a_j)$ with $1\leq i<j\leq n$ is called [i]interesting[/i] if there exists a pair $(a_k,a_l)$ of integers with $1\leq k<l\leq n$ such that $$\frac{a_l-a_k}{a_j-a_i}=2.$$ For each $n\geq 3$, find the largest possible number of interesting pairs in a sequence of length $n$.

Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b = 1$. Prove that $$\frac12 \le \frac{a^3+b^3}{a^2+b^2} \le 1$$

[b]p1.[/b] An $18$oz glass of apple juice is $6\%$ sugar and a $6$oz glass of orange juice is $12\%$ sugar. The two glasses are poured together to create a cocktail. What percent of the cocktail is sugar? [b]p2.[/b] Find the number of positive numbers that can be expressed as the difference of two integers between $-2$ and $2012$ inclusive. [b]p3.[/b] An annulus is defined as the region between two concentric circles. Suppose that the inner circle of an annulus has radius $2$ and the outer circle has radius $5$. Find the probability that a randomly chosen point in the annulus is at most $3$ units from the center. [b]p4.[/b] Ben and Jerry are walking together inside a train tunnel when they hear a train approaching. They decide to run in opposite directions, with Ben heading towards the train and Jerry heading away from the train. As soon as Ben finishes his $1200$ meter dash to the outside, the front of the train enters the tunnel. Coincidentally, Jerry also barely survives, with the front of the train exiting the tunnel as soon as he does. Given that Ben and Jerry both run at $1/9$ of the train’s speed, how long is the tunnel in meters? [b]p5.[/b] Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB = AC = 9$ and $\angle B = \angle C = 75^o$. Let $DEF$ be another triangle congruent to $ABC$. The two triangles are placed together (without overlapping) to form a quadrilateral, which is cut along one of its diagonals into two triangles. Given that the two resulting triangles are incongruent, find the area of the larger one. [b]p6.[/b] There is an infinitely long row of boxes, with a Ditto in one of them. Every minute, each existing Ditto clones itself, and the clone moves to the box to the right of the original box, while the original Ditto does not move. Eventually, one of the boxes contains over $100$ Dittos. How many Dittos are in that box when this first happens? [b]p7.[/b] Evaluate $$26 + 36 + 998 + 26 \cdot 36 + 26 \cdot 998 + 36 \cdot 998 + 26 \cdot 36 \cdot 998.$$ [b]p8. [/b]There are $15$ students in a school. Every two students are either friends or not friends. Among every group of three students, either all three are friends with each other, or exactly one pair of them are friends. Determine the minimum possible number of friendships at the school. [b]p9.[/b] Let $f(x) = \sqrt{2x + 1 + 2\sqrt{x^2 + x}}$. Determine the value of $$\frac{1}{f(1)}+\frac{1}{f(1)}+\frac{1}{f(3)}+...+\frac{1}{f(24)}.$$ [b]p10.[/b] In square $ABCD$, points $E$ and $F$ lie on segments $AD$ and $CD$, respectively. Given that $\angle EBF = 45^o$, $DE = 12$, and $DF = 35$, compute $AB$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $S = \{(x,y) | x = 1, 2, \ldots, 1993, y = 1, 2, 3, 4\}$. If $T \subset S$ and there aren't any squares in $T.$ Find the maximum possible value of $|T|.$ The squares in T use points in S as vertices.

Define a complexity of a set $a_1,a_2,\dots,$ consisting of 0 and 1 to be the smallest positive integer $k$ such that for some positive integers $\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2,\dots, \epsilon_k$ each number of the sequence $a_n$, $n>k$, has the same parity as $\epsilon_1 a_{n-1}+\epsilon_2 a_{n-2}+\dots+\epsilon_k a_{n-k}$. Sequence $a_1,a_2,\dots,$ has a complexity of $1000$. What is the complexity of sequence $1-a_1,1-a_2,\dots,$. [I]Proposed by A. Kirichenko[/i]

Find all polynomial $P(x,y)$ for any reals $x,y$ such that (i) $x^{100}+y^{100}\le P(x,y)\le 101(x^{100}+y^{100})$ (ii) $(x-y)P(x,y)=(x-1)P(x,1)+(1-y)P(1,y).$

Let $\mathbb{Z}_{>0} = \{1, 2, 3, \ldots \}$ be the set of all positive integers. Find all strictly increasing functions $f : \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that $f(f(n)) = 3n$.

Three of the roots of the equation $x^4 -px^3 +qx^2 -rx+s = 0$ are $\tan A, \tan B$, and $\tan C$, where $A, B$, and $C$ are angles of a triangle. Determine the fourth root as a function only of $p, q, r$, and $s.$

A sequence $(a_n)$ of real numbers is defined by $a_0=1$, $a_1=2015$ and for all $n\geq1$, we have $$a_{n+1}=\frac{n-1}{n+1}a_n-\frac{n-2}{n^2+n}a_{n-1}.$$ Calculate the value of $\frac{a_1}{a_2}-\frac{a_2}{a_3}+\frac{a_3}{a_4}-\frac{a_4}{a_5}+\ldots+\frac{a_{2013}}{a_{2014}}-\frac{a_{2014}}{a_{2015}}$.

Non-negative integers $a, b, c, d$ satisfy the equation $a + b + c + d = 100$ and there exists a non-negative integer n such that $$a+ n =b- n= c \times n = \frac{d}{n} $$ Find all 5-tuples $(a, b, c, d, n)$ satisfying all the conditions above.

Greater or less than one is the number $0.99999^{1.00001} \cdot 1.00001^{0.99999}$?

Let $a, b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers. Show that $\frac{a+b}{c^2}+ \frac{c+a}{b^2}+ \frac{b+c}{a^2}\ge \frac{9}{a+b+c}+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}$

It is known that $x$ and $y$ are reals satisfying \[ 5x^2 + 4xy + 11y^2 = 3. \] Without using calculus (differentials/integrals), determine the maximum value of $xy - 2x + 5y$.

Let $m$, $n$ be positive integers. Prove that, for some positive integer $a$, each of $\phi(a)$, $\phi(a+1)$, $\cdots$, $\phi(a+n)$ is a multiple of $m$.

Solve in $\mathbb{R}$ the equation $$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{\lfloor x\rfloor} + \frac{1}{\{x\}} = 0.$$ [i]Mathematical Gazette[/i]

If a polynomial of degree n has integer values when evaluated in each of $k,k+1,\ldots,k+n$, where $k$ is an integer, prove that the polynomial has integer values when evaluated at each integer $x$.

Determine whether there exists an arithimethical progression consisting of 40 terms and each of whose terms can be written in the form $ 2^m \plus{} 3^n$ or not. where $ m,n$ are nonnegative integers.