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2010 Indonesia TST, 1

Find all functions $ f : R \to R$ that satisfies $$xf(y) - yf(x)= f\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)$$ for all $x, y \in R$.

2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 21

How many quadratic polynomials with real coefficients are there such that the set of roots equals the set of coefficients? (For clarification: If the polynomial is $ax^2+bx+c,a\neq 0,$ and the roots are $r$ and $s,$ then the requirement is that $\{a,b,c\}=\{r,s\}$.) $\textbf{(A) } 3 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(E) } \text{infinitely many}$

2019 German National Olympiad, 1

Determine all real solutions $(x,y)$ of the following system of equations: \begin{align*} x&=3x^2y-y^3,\\ y &= x^3-3xy^2 \end{align*}

2005 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1

Let $x,y$ be real numbers satisfying the condition: \[x-3\sqrt {x+1}=3\sqrt{y+2} -y\] Find the greatest value and the smallest value of: \[P=x+y\]

2013 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 3

The largest integer not exceeding $[(n+1)a]-[na]$ where $n$ is a natural number, $a=\frac{\sqrt{2013}}{\sqrt{2014}}$ is: (A): $1$, (B): $2$, (C): $3$, (D): $4$, (E) None of the above.

2002 Singapore MO Open, 2

Let $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ and $b_1,b_2,...,b_n$ be real numbers between $1001$ and $2002$ inclusive. Suppose $ \sum_{i=1}^n a_i^2= \sum_{i=1}^n b_i^2$. Prove that $$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{a_i^3}{b_i} \le \frac{17}{10} \sum_{i=1}^n a_i^2$$ Determine when equality holds.

2005 Taiwan National Olympiad, 3

If positive integers $p,q,r$ are such that the quadratic equation $px^2-qx+r=0$ has two distinct real roots in the open interval $(0,1)$, find the minimum value of $p$.

1992 IMO Longlists, 6

Suppose that n numbers $x_1, x_2, . . . , x_n$ are chosen randomly from the set $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$. Prove that the probability that $x_1^2+ x_2^2 +\cdots+ x_n^2 \equiv 0 \pmod 5$ is at least $\frac 15.$

2000 JBMO ShortLists, 11

Prove that for any integer $n$ one can find integers $a$ and $b$ such that \[n=\left[ a\sqrt{2}\right]+\left[ b\sqrt{3}\right] \]

1989 Balkan MO, 2

Let $\overline{a_{n}a_{n-1}\ldots a_{1}a_{0}}$ be the decimal representation of a prime positive integer such that $n>1$ and $a_{n}>1$. Prove that the polynomial $P(x)=a_{n}x^{n}+\ldots +a_{1}x+a_{0}$ cannot be written as a product of two non-constant integer polynomials.

EMCC Speed Rounds, 2018

[i]20 problems for 25 minutes.[/i] [b]p1.[/b] What is $2018 - 3018 + 4018$? [b]p2.[/b] What is the smallest integer greater than $100$ that is a multiple of both $6$ and $8$? [b]p3.[/b] What positive real number can be expressed as both $\frac{b}{a}$ and $a:b$ in base $10$ for nonzero digits $a$ and $b$? Express your answer as a decimal. [b]p4.[/b] A non-degenerate triangle has sides of lengths $1$, $2$, and $\sqrt{n}$, where $n$ is a positive integer. How many possible values of $n$ are there? [b]p5.[/b] When three integers are added in pairs, and the results are $20$, $18$, and $x$. If all three integers sum to $31$, what is $x$? [b]p6.[/b] A cube's volume in cubic inches is numerically equal to the sum of the lengths of all its edges, in inches. Find the surface area of the cube, in square inches. [b]p7.[/b] A $12$ hour digital clock currently displays$ 9 : 30$. Ignoring the colon, how many times in the next hour will the clock display a palindrome (a number that reads the same forwards and backwards)? [b]p8.[/b] SeaBay, an online grocery store, offers two different types of egg cartons. Small egg cartons contain $12$ eggs and cost $3$ dollars, and large egg cartons contain $18$ eggs and cost $4$ dollars. What is the maximum number of eggs that Farmer James can buy with $10$ dollars? [b]p9.[/b] What is the sum of the $3$ leftmost digits of $\underbrace{999...9}_{2018\,\,\ 9' \,\,s}\times 12$? [b]p10.[/b] Farmer James trisects the edges of a regular tetrahedron. Then, for each of the four vertices, he slices through the plane containing the three trisection points nearest to the vertex. Thus, Farmer James cuts off four smaller tetrahedra, which he throws away. How many edges does the remaining shape have? [b]p11.[/b] Farmer James is ordering takeout from Kristy's Krispy Chicken. The base cost for the dinner is $\$14.40$, the sales tax is $6.25\%$, and delivery costs $\$3.00$ (applied after tax). How much did Farmer James pay, in dollars? [b]p12.[/b] Quadrilateral $ABCD$ has $ \angle ABC = \angle BCD = \angle BDA = 90^o$. Given that $BC = 12$ and $CD = 9$, what is the area of $ABCD$? [b]p13.[/b] Farmer James has $6$ cards with the numbers $1-6$ written on them. He discards a card and makes a $5$ digit number from the rest. In how many ways can he do this so that the resulting number is divisible by $6$? [b]p14.[/b] Farmer James has a $5 \times 5$ grid of points. What is the smallest number of triangles that he may draw such that each of these $25$ points lies on the boundary of at least one triangle? [b]p15.[/b] How many ways are there to label these $15$ squares from $1$ to $15$ such that squares $1$ and $2$ are adjacent, squares $2$ and $3$ are adjacent, and so on? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/a/06dee288223a16fbc915f8b95c9e4f2e4e1c1f.png[/img] [b]p16.[/b] On Farmer James's farm, there are three henhouses located at $(4, 8)$, $(-8,-4)$, $(8,-8)$. Farmer James wants to place a feeding station within the triangle formed by these three henhouses. However, if the feeding station is too close to any one henhouse, the hens in the other henhouses will complain, so Farmer James decides the feeding station cannot be within 6 units of any of the henhouses. What is the area of the region where he could possibly place the feeding station? [b]p17.[/b] At Eggs-Eater Academy, every student attends at least one of $3$ clubs. $8$ students attend frying club, $12$ students attend scrambling club, and $20$ students attend poaching club. Additionally, $10$ students attend at least two clubs, and $3$ students attend all three clubs. How many students are there in total at Eggs-Eater Academy? [b]p18.[/b] Let $x, y, z$ be real numbers such that $8^x = 9$, $27^y = 25$, and $125^z = 128$. What is the value of $xyz$? [b]p19.[/b] Let $p$ be a prime number and $x, y$ be positive integers. Given that $9xy = p(p + 3x + 6y)$, find the maximum possible value of $p^2 + x^2 + y^2$. [b]p20.[/b] Farmer James's hens like to drop eggs. Hen Hao drops $6$ eggs uniformly at random in a unit square. Farmer James then draws the smallest possible rectangle (by area), with sides parallel to the sides of the square, that contain all $6$ eggs. What is the probability that at least one of the $6$ eggs is a vertex of this rectangle? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

1951 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 193

Prove that the first 3 digits after the decimal point in the decimal expression of the number $\frac{0.123456789101112 . . . 495051}{0.515049 . . . 121110987654321}$ are $239$.

2012 Argentina National Olympiad, 1

Determine if there are triplets ($x,y,z)$ of real numbers such that $$\begin{cases} x+y+z=7 \\ xy+yz+zx=11\end{cases}$$ If the answer is affirmative, find the minimum and maximum values ​​of $z$ in such a triplet.

1986 IMO Shortlist, 7

Let real numbers $x_1, x_2, \cdots , x_n$ satisfy $0 < x_1 < x_2 < \cdots< x_n < 1$ and set $x_0 = 0, x_{n+1} = 1$. Suppose that these numbers satisfy the following system of equations: \[\sum_{j=0, j \neq i}^{n+1} \frac{1}{x_i-x_j}=0 \quad \text{where } i = 1, 2, . . ., n.\] Prove that $x_{n+1-i} = 1- x_i$ for $i = 1, 2, . . . , n.$

2021 BMT, 5

Compute the sum of the real solutions to $\lfloor x \rfloor \{x\} = 2020x$. Here, $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is defined as the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and$ \{x\} = x -\lfloor x \rfloor$.

2006 Romania National Olympiad, 3

Prove that among the elements of the sequence $\left( \left\lfloor n \sqrt 2 \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor n \sqrt 3 \right\rfloor \right)_{n \geq 0}$ are an infinity of even numbers and an infinity of odd numbers.

2020-IMOC, A1

$\definecolor{A}{RGB}{190,0,60}\color{A}\fbox{A1.}$ Find all $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$\definecolor{A}{RGB}{80,0,200}\color{A} x^4+y^4+z^4\ge f(xy)+f(yz)+f(zx)\ge xyz(x+y+z)$$holds for all $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R}$. [i]Proposed by [/i][b][color=#FFFF00]usjl[/color][/b]. [color=#B6D7A8]#1733[/color]

2017 QEDMO 15th, 11

Let $G$ be a finite group and $f: G \to G$ a map, such that $f (xy) = f (x) f (y)$ for all $x, y \in G$ and $f (x) = x^{-1}$ for more than $\frac34$ of all $x \in G$ is fulfilled. Show that $f (x) =x^{-1}$ even holds for all $x \in G$ holds.

2013 Math Prize For Girls Problems, 10

The following figure shows a [i]walk[/i] of length 6: [asy] unitsize(20); for (int x = -5; x <= 5; ++x) for (int y = 0; y <= 5; ++y) dot((x, y)); label("$O$", (0, 0), S); draw((0, 0) -- (1, 0) -- (1, 1) -- (0, 1) -- (-1, 1) -- (-1, 2) -- (-1, 3)); [/asy] This walk has three interesting properties: [list] [*] It starts at the origin, labelled $O$. [*] Each step is 1 unit north, east, or west. There are no south steps. [*] The walk never comes back to a point it has been to.[/list] Let's call a walk with these three properties a [i]northern walk[/i]. There are 3 northern walks of length 1 and 7 northern walks of length 2. How many northern walks of length 6 are there?

2010 German National Olympiad, 5

The polynomial $x^8 +x^7$ is written on a blackboard. In a move, Peter can erase the polynomial $P(x)$ and write down $(x+1)P(x)$ or its derivative $P'(x).$ After a while, the linear polynomial $ax+b$ with $a\ne 0$ is written on the board. Prove that $a-b$ is divisible by $49.$

2022 Cyprus TST, 1

Find all pairs of integers $(m, n)$ which satisfy the equation \[(2n^2+5m-5n-mn)^2=m^3n\]

2006 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 3

Let $x, y, z$ be positive real numbers such that $\frac{1}{1 + x}+\frac{1}{1 + y}+\frac{1}{1 + z}= 2$. Prove that $8xyz \le 1$.

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 428

Let $ f(x)$ be a polynomial and $ C$ be a real number. Find the $ f(x)$ and $ C$ such that $ \int_0^x f(y)dy\plus{}\int_0^1 (x\plus{}y)^2f(y)dy\equal{}x^2\plus{}C$.

1961 IMO Shortlist, 1

Solve the system of equations: \[ x+y+z=a \] \[ x^2+y^2+z^2=b^2 \] \[ xy=z^2 \] where $a$ and $b$ are constants. Give the conditions that $a$ and $b$ must satisfy so that $x,y,z$ are distinct positive numbers.

2006 Korea Junior Math Olympiad, 4

In the coordinate plane, de fine $M = \{(a, b),a,b \in Z\}$. A transformation $S$, which is de fined on $M$, sends $(a,b)$ to $(a + b, b)$. Transformation $T$, also de fined on $M$, sends $(a, b)$ to $(-b, a)$. Prove that for all $(a, b) \in M$, we can use $S,T$ denitely to map it to $(g,0)$.