Let $a, b, c \in [0;1]$ be reals such that $ab+bc+ca=1$. Find the minimal and maximal value of $a^3+b^3+c^3$.

Let $n\geqslant 3$ be an integer and $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ be pairwise distinct positive real numbers with the property that there exists a permutation $b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n$ of these numbers such that\[\frac{a_1}{b_1}=\frac{a_2}{b_2}=\cdots=\frac{a_{n-1}}{b_{n-1}}\neq 1.\]Prove that there exist $a,b>0$ such that $\{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\}=\{ab,ab^2,\ldots,ab^n\}.$ [i]Cristi Săvescu[/i]

Let $q$ be a positive rational number. Two ants are initially at the same point $X$ in the plane. In the $n$-th minute $(n = 1,2,...)$ each of them chooses whether to walk due north, east, south or west and then walks the distance of $q^n$ metres. After a whole number of minutes, they are at the same point in the plane (not necessarily $X$), but have not taken exactly the same route within that time. Determine all possible values of $q$. Proposed by Jeremy King, UK

There are $3$ sticks of each color between blue, red and green, such that we can make a triangle $T$ with sides sticks with all different colors. Dana makes $2$ two arrangements, she starts with $T$ and uses the other six sticks to extend the sides of $T$, as shown in the figure. This leads to two hexagons with vertex the ends of these six sticks. Prove that the area of the both hexagons it´s the same. [asy]size(300); pair A, B, C, D, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, K; A = (0, 0); B = (1, 0); C=(-0.5,2); D=(-1.1063,4.4254); M=(-1.7369,3.6492); N=(3.5,0); P=(-2.0616,0); Q=(0.2425,-0.9701); R=(1.6,-0.8); S=(7.5164,0.8552); T=(8.5064,0.8552); U=(7.0214,2.8352); V=(8.1167,-1.546); W=(9.731,-0.7776); X=(10.5474,0.8552); Y=(6.7813,3.7956); Z=(6.4274,3.6272); K=(5.0414,0.8552); draw(A--B, blue); label("$b$", (A + B) / 2, dir(270), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (B+C) / 2, dir(10), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (A+C) / 2, dir(230), fontsize(10)); draw(B--C,green); draw(D--C,green); label("$g$", (C + D) / 2, dir(10), fontsize(10)); draw(C--A,red); label("$r$", (C + M) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); draw(B--N,green); label("$g$", (B + N) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); draw(A--P,red); label("$r$", (A+P) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); draw(A--Q,blue); label("$b$", (A+Q) / 2, dir(540), fontsize(10)); draw(B--R,blue); draw(C--M,red); label("$b$", (B+R) / 2, dir(600), fontsize(10)); draw(Q--R--N--D--M--P--Q, dashed); draw(Y--Z--K--V--W--X--Y, dashed); draw(S--T,blue); draw(U--T,green); draw(U--S,red); draw(T--W,red); draw(T--X,red); draw(S--K,green); draw(S--V,green); draw(Y--U,blue); draw(U--Z,blue); label("$b$", (Y+U) / 2, dir(0), fontsize(10)); label("$b$", (U+Z) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); label("$b$", (S+T) / 2, dir(100), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (S+U) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (T+W) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (T+X) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (U+T) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (S+K) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (V+S) / 2, dir(30), fontsize(10)); [/asy]

Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $a^3(b+c)+b^3(a+c)+c^3(a+b)=0$. Prove that $ab+bc+ca\leq0$.

Define functions $f,g: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$, $g$ is injective, satisfy: \[f(g(x)+y)=g(f(y)+x)\]

Call a triple of numbers [b]Nice[/b] if one of them is the average of the other two. Assume that we have $2k+1$ distinct real numbers with $k^2$ [b] Nice[/b] triples. Prove that these numbers can be devided into two arithmetic progressions with equal ratios Proposed by [i]Morteza Saghafian[/i]

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

For positive real numbers $a, b$ and $c$, prove that $$\frac{a^3}{a^2 + ab + b^2} +\frac{b^3}{b^2 + bc + c^2} +\frac{c^3}{ c^2 + ca + a^2} \ge\frac{ a + b + c}{3}$$

We are given two three-litre bottles, one containing $1$ litre of water and the other containing $1$ litre of $2\%$ salt solution . One can pour liquids from one bottle to the other and then mix them to obtain solutions of different concentration . Can one obtain a $1 . 5\%$ solution of salt in the bottle which originally contained water? (S . Fomin, Leningrad),

Find all quadrupels $(a, b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers that satisfy the following two equations: \begin{align*} ab + cd &= 8,\\ abcd &= 8 + a + b + c + d. \end{align*}

Let $x, y$ and $z$ be nonnegative real numbers satisfying the following conditions: (1) $x + cy \le 36$,(2) $2x+ 3z \le 72$, where $c$ is a given positive number. Prove that if $c \ge 3$ then the maximum of the sum $x + y + z$ is $36$, while if $c < 3$, the maximum of the sum is $24 + \frac{36}{c}$ .

Decide if it is possible to choose $330$ points in the plane so that among all the distances that are formed between two of them there are at least $1700$ that are equal.

Let $a > b$ be relatively prime positive integers. A grashopper stands at point $0$ in a number line. Each minute, the grashopper jumps according to the following rules: [list] [*] If the current minute is a multiple of $a$ and not a multiple of $b$, it jumps $a$ units forward. [*] If the current minute is a multiple of $b$ and not a multiple of $a$, it jumps $b$ units backward. [*] If the current minute is both a multiple of $b$ and a multiple of $a$, it jumps $a - b$ units forward. [*] If the current minute is neither a multiple of $a$ nor a multiple of $b$, it doesn't move. [/list] Find all positions on the number line that the grasshopper will eventually reach.

Prove that if for a real number $a $ , $a+\frac {1}{a} $is integer then $a^n+\frac {1}{a^n} $ is also integer where $n$ is positive integer.

A line segment is divided so that the lesser part is to the greater part as the greater part is to the whole. If $ R$ is the ratio of the lesser part to the greater part, then the value of \[ R^{[R^{(R^2\plus{}R^{\minus{}1})}\plus{}R^{\minus{}1}]}\plus{}R^{\minus{}1}\] is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2R \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ R^{\minus{}1} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2\plus{}R^{\minus{}1} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2\plus{}R$

Let $ X$ the set of all sequences $ \{a_1, a_2,\ldots , a_{2000}\}$, such that each of the first 1000 terms is 0, 1 or 2, and each of the remaining terms is 0 or 1. The [i]distance[/i] between two members $ a$ and $ b$ of $ X$ is defined as the number of $ i$ for which $ a_i$ and $ b_i$ are different. Find the number of functions $ f : X \to X$ which preserve the distance.

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]5.1[/b] A circle with a radius of $1$ is inscribed in a regular hexagon. This hexagon is inscribed in a larger circle. If the area that is outside the hexagon but inside the larger circle can be expressed as $\frac{a\pi}{b} - c\sqrt{d}$, where $a, b, c, d$ are positive integers, $a, b$ are relatively prime, and no prime perfect square divides into $d$. find the value of $a + b + c + d$. [b]5.2[/b] At a dinner party, $10$ people are to be seated at a round table. If person A cannot be seated next to person $B$ and person $C$ must be next to person $D$, how many ways can the 10 people be seated? Consider rotations of a configuration identical. [b]5.3[/b] Let $N$ be the sum of all the positive integers that are less than $2022$ and relatively prime to $1011$. Find $\frac{N}{2022}$. [u]Round 6[/u] [b]6.1[/b] The line $y = m(x - 6)$ passes through the point $ A$ $(6, 0)$, and the line $y = 8 -\frac{x}{m}$ pass through point $B$ $(0,8)$. The two lines intersect at point $C$. What is the largest possible area of triangle $ABC$? [b]6.2[/b] Let $N$ be the number of ways there are to arrange the letters of the word MATHEMATICAL such that no two As can be adjacent. Find the last $3$ digits of $\frac{N}{100}$. [b]6.3[/b] Find the number of ordered triples of integers $(a, b, c)$ such that $|a|, |b|, |c| \le 100$ and $3abc = a^3 + b^3 + c^3$. [u]Round 7[/u] [b]7.1[/b] In a given plane, let $A, B$ be points such that $AB = 6$. Let $S$ be the set of points such that for any point $C$ in $S$, the circumradius of $\vartriangle ABC$ is at most $6$. Find $a + b + c$ if the area of $S$ can be expressed as $a\pi + b\sqrt{c}$ where $a, b, c$ are positive integers, and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. [b]7.2[/b] Compute $\sum_{1\le a<b<c\le 7} abc$. [b]7.3[/b] Three identical circles are centered at points $A, B$, and $C$ respectively and are drawn inside a unit circle. The circles are internally tangent to the unit circle and externally tangent to each other. A circle centered at point $D$ is externally tangent to circles $A, B$, and $C$. If a circle centered at point $E$ is externally tangent to circles $A, B$, and $D$, what is the radius of circle $E$? The radius of circle $E$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}-c}{d}$ where $a, b, c$, and d are all positive integers, gcd(a, c, d) = 1, and b is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is the sum of $a + b + c + d$? [u]Round 8[/u] [b]8.[/b] Let $A$ be the number of unused Algebra problems in our problem bank. Let $B$ be the number of times the letter ’b’ appears in our problem bank. Let M be the median speed round score. Finally, let $C$ be the number of correct answers to Speed Round $1$. Estimate $$A \cdot B + M \cdot C.$$ Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input. $$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2826128p24988676]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

The product $$\frac12 \cdot \frac24 \cdot \frac38 \cdot \frac{4}{16} \cdot ... \cdot \frac{99}{2^{99}} \cdot \frac{100}{2^{100}}$$ is written in its most simplified form. What is the last digit of the denominator?

if $a$, $b$ and $c$ are real numbers such that $(a-b)(b-c)(c-a) \neq 0$, prove the equality: $\frac{b^2c^2}{(a-b)(a-c)}+\frac{c^2a^2}{(b-c)(b-a)}+\frac{a^2b^2}{(c-a)(c-b)}=ab+bc+ca$

Compute $\log_2 6 \cdot \log_3 72 - \log_2 9 - \log_3 8$.

Among the five statements on real numbers below, how many of them are correct? "If $a < b < 0$ then $a < b^2$" , "If $0 < a < b$ then $a < b^2$", "If $a^3 < b^3$ then $a < b$", "If $a^2 < b^2$ then $a < b$", "If $|a| < |b|$ then $a < b$", (A) $0$, (B) $1$, (C) $2$, (D) $3$, (E) $4$

If $y+4 = (x-2)^2, x+4 = (y-2)^2$, and $x \neq y$, what is the value of $x^2+y^2$? $ \textbf{(A) }10\qquad\textbf{(B) }15\qquad\textbf{(C) }20\qquad\textbf{(D) }25\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{30} $

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb {R} ^ + \to \mathbb {R} ^ + $ such that for any $ x, y \in \mathbb {R} ^ + $ the following equality holds: \[f (x) f (y) = f \left (\frac {xy} {x f (x) + y} \right). \] $ \mathbb {R} ^ + $ denotes the set of positive real numbers.

Find all continuous functions $f: R \to R$ such that for all reals $x$ and $y$, $f(x+f(y)) = y+f(x+1)$.