Let $P_c(x)=x^4+ax^3+bx^2+cx+1$ and $Q_c(x)=x^4+cx^3+bx^2+ax+1$ with $a,b$ real numbers, $c \in \{1,2, \dots, 2017\}$ an integer and $a \ne c$. Define $A_c=\{\alpha | P_c(\alpha)=0\}$ and $B_c=\{\beta | P(\beta)=0\}$. (a) Find the number of unordered pairs of polynomials $P_c(x), Q_c(x)$ with exactly two common roots. (b) For any $1 \le c \le 2017$, find the sum of the elements of $A_c \Delta B_c$.

Let $a_{ij}$ $i=1,2,3$; $j=1,2,3$ be real numbers such that $a_{ij}$ is positive for $i=j$ and negative for $i\neq j$. Prove the existence of positive real numbers $c_{1}$, $c_{2}$, $c_{3}$ such that the numbers \[a_{11}c_{1}+a_{12}c_{2}+a_{13}c_{3},\qquad a_{21}c_{1}+a_{22}c_{2}+a_{23}c_{3},\qquad a_{31}c_{1}+a_{32}c_{2}+a_{33}c_{3}\] are either all negative, all positive, or all zero. [i]Proposed by Kiran Kedlaya, USA[/i]

Solve the following system of equations in rational numbers: \[ (x^2+1)^3=y+1,\\ (y^2+1)^3=z+1,\\ (z^2+1)^3=x+1.\]

Let $n$ be a fixed natural number. [b]a)[/b] Find all solutions to the following equation : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-1 \] [b]b)[/b] Find the number of solutions to the following equation ($m$ is a fixed natural) : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-m \]

Is there a positive integer $m$ such that the equation \[ {1\over a}+{1\over b}+{1\over c}+{1\over abc}={m\over a+b+c} \] has infinitely many solutions in positive integers $a,b,c$?

Let $m$ and $n$ are fixed natural numbers and $Oxy$ is a coordinate system in the plane. Find the total count of all possible situations of $n+m-1$ points $P_1(x_1,y_1),P_2(x_2,y_2),\ldots,P_{n+m-1}(x_{n+m-1},y_{n+m-1})$ in the plane for which the following conditions are satisfied: (i) The numbers $x_i$ and $y_i~(i=1,2,\ldots,n+m-1)$ are integers and $1\le x_i\le n,1\le y_i\le m$. (ii) Every one of the numbers $1,2,\ldots,n$ can be found in the sequence $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_{n+m-1}$ and every one of the numbers $1,2,\ldots,m$ can be found in the sequence $y_1,y_2,\ldots,y_{n+m-1}$. (iii) For every $i=1,2,\ldots,n+m-2$ the line $P_iP_{i+1}$ is parallel to one of the coordinate axes. [i](Ivan Gochev, Hristo Minchev)[/i]

[b]p1.[/b] If Bob takes $6$ hours to build $4$ houses, how many hours will he take to build $ 12$ houses? [b]p2.[/b] Compute the value of $\frac12+ \frac16+ \frac{1}{12} + \frac{1}{20}$. [b]p3.[/b] Given a line $2x + 5y = 170$, find the sum of its $x$- and $y$-intercepts. [b]p4.[/b] In some future year, BmMT will be held on Saturday, November $19$th. In that year, what day of the week will April Fool’s Day (April $1$st) be? [b]p5.[/b] We distribute $78$ penguins among $10$ people in such a way that no person has the same number of penguins and each person has at least one penguin. If Mr. Popper (one of the $10$ people) wants to take as many penguins as possible, what is the largest number of penguins that Mr. Popper can take? [b]p6.[/b] A letter is randomly chosen from the eleven letters of the word MATHEMATICS. What is the probability that this letter has a vertical axis of symmetry? [b]p7. [/b]Alice, Bob, Cara, David, Eve, Fred, and Grace are sitting in a row. Alice and Bob like to pass notes to each other. However, anyone sitting between Alice and Bob can read the notes they pass. How many ways are there for the students to sit if Eve wants to be able to read Alice and Bob’s notes, assuming reflections are distinct? [b]p8.[/b] The pages of a book are consecutively numbered from $1$ through $480$. How many times does the digit $8$ appear in this numbering? [b]p9.[/b] A student draws a flower by drawing a regular hexagon and then constructing semicircular petals on each side of the hexagon. If the hexagon has side length $2$, what is the area of the flower? [b]p10.[/b] There are two non-consecutive positive integers $a, b$ such that $a^2 - b^2 = 291$. Find $a$ and $b$. [b]p11.[/b] Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. Let $P, Q, R$ be the midpoints of the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ respectively. Suppose the area of triangle $PQR$ is $1$. Among the $6$ points $A, B, C, P, Q, R$, how many distinct triangles with area $1$ have vertices from that set of $6$ points? [b]p12.[/b] A positive integer is said to be binary-emulating if its base three representation consists of only $0$s and $1$s. Determine the sum of the first $15$ binary-emulating numbers. [b]p13.[/b] Professor $X$ can choose to assign homework problems from a set of problems labeled $ 1$ to $30$, inclusive. No two problems in his assignment can share a common divisor greater than $ 1$. What is the maximum number of problems that Professor $X$ can assign? [b]p14.[/b] Trapezoid $ABCD$ has legs (non-parallel sides) $BC$ and $DA$ of length $5$ and $6$ respectively, and there exists a point $X$ on $CD$ such that $\angle XBC = \angle XAD = \angle AXB = 90^o$ . Find the area of trapezoid $ABCD$. [b]p15.[/b] Alice and Bob play a game of Berkeley Ball, in which the first person to win four rounds is the winner. No round can end in a draw. How many distinct games can be played in which Alice is the winner? (Two games are said to be identical if either player wins/loses rounds in the same order in both games.) [b]p16.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle and M be the midpoint of $BC$. If $AB = AM = 5$ and $BC = 12$, what is the area of triangle $ABC$? [b]p17. [/b] A positive integer $n$ is called good if it can be written as $5x+ 8y = n$ for positive integers $x, y$. Given that $42$, $43$, $44$, $45$ and $46$ are good, what is the largest n that is not good? [b]p18.[/b] Below is a $ 7 \times 7$ square with each of its unit squares labeled $1$ to $49$ in order. We call a square contained in the figure [i]good [/i] if the sum of the numbers inside it is odd. For example, the entire square is [i]good [/i] because it has an odd sum of $1225$. Determine the number of [i]good [/i] squares in the figure. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 [hide][img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/2/1039c3319ae1eab7102433694acc20fb995ebb.png[/hide] [b]p19.[/b] A circle of integer radius $ r$ has a chord $PQ$ of length $8$. There is a point $X$ on chord $PQ$ such that $\overline{PX} = 2$ and $\overline{XQ} = 6$. Call a chord $AB$ euphonic if it contains $X$ and both $\overline{AX}$ and $\overline{XB}$ are integers. What is the minimal possible integer $ r$ such that there exist $6$ euphonic chords for $X$? [b]p20.[/b] On planet [i]Silly-Math[/i], two individuals may play a game where they write the number $324000$ on a whiteboard and take turns dividing the number by prime powers – numbers of the form $p^k$ for some prime $p$ and positive integer $k$. Divisions are only legal if the resulting number is an integer. The last player to make a move wins. Determine what number the first player should select to divide $324000$ by in order to ensure a win. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $n\geq 3$ be a fixed positive integer. Determine the minimum possible value of \[\sum_{1\leq i<j<k\leq n} \max(x_ix_j + x_k, x_jx_k + x_i, x_kx_i + x_j)^2\]over all non-negative reals $x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n$ satisfying $x_1+x_2+\dots+x_n=n$.

Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $a + b + c = 1$ and $P(x) = 3^{2005}x^{2007 }- 3^{2005}x^{2006} - x^2$. Prove that $P(a) + P(b) + P(c) \le -1$.

For which integers $k$ does there exist a function $f : N \to Z$ such that $f(1995) =1996$ and $f(xy) = f(x)+ f(y)+k f(gcd(x,y))$ for all $x,y \in N$?

Let $x,\ y$ be real numbers. For a function $f(t)=x\sin t+y\cos t$, draw the domain of the points $(x,\ y)$ for which the following inequality holds. \[\left|\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} f(t)\cos t\ dt\right|\leq \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} \{f(t)\}^2dt.\]

Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be complex numbers such that $abc = 1$. Find the value of the cubic root of \begin{tabular}{|ccc|} $b + n^3c$ & $n(c - b)$ & $n^2(b - c)$\\ $n^2(c - a)$ & $c + n^3a$ & $n(a - c)$\\ $n(b - a)$ & $n^2(a - b)$ & $a + n^3b$ \end{tabular}

Find all polynomials $p(x)$ such that $p(x^2) = p(x)^2$ for all $x$. Hence find all polynomials $q(x)$ such that \[ q\left(x^2 - 2x\right) = q\left(x-2\right)^2 \]

Solve the equation: $\sin ^3x+\sin ^32x+\sin ^33x=(\sin x + \sin 2x + \sin 3x)^3$.

Solve in $ \mathbb{N}^2: $ $$ x+y=\sqrt x+\sqrt y+\sqrt{xy} . $$

Find all functions $f: R\to R$ such that for all real numbers $x, y$ is satisfied that $$f (x + y) = (f (x))^{ 2013} + f (y).$$

Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$, $ e$, $ f$ be positive integers and let $ S = a+b+c+d+e+f$. Suppose that the number $ S$ divides $ abc+def$ and $ ab+bc+ca-de-ef-df$. Prove that $ S$ is composite.

Find the least value of $k\in \mathbb{N}$ with the following property: There doesn’t exist an arithmetic progression with 2019 members, from which exactly $k$ are integers.

Let $n\geq 2$ be an integer and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be positive real numbers with sum $1$. Prove that $$\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{a_k}{1-a_k}(a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_{k-1})^2 < \frac{1}{3}.$$

Let $(a_n)_{n \geq 0}$ and $(b_n)_{n \geq 0}$ be sequences of real numbers such that $ a_0>\frac{1}{2}$ , $a_{n+1} \geq a_n$ and $b_{n+1}=a_n(b_n+b_{n+2})$ for all non-negative integers $n$ . Show that the sequence $(b_n)_{n \geq 0}$ is bounded .

The discriminant of the equation $ x^2\plus{}2x\sqrt{3}\plus{}3\equal{}0$ is zero. Hence, its roots are: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{real and equal} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{rational and equal} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{rational and unequal} \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{irrational and unequal} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{imaginary}$

Given that the expression $\frac{20^{21}}{20^{20}} +\frac{20^{20}}{20^{21}}$ can be written in the form $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m +n$. [i]Proposed by Ada Tsui[/i]

Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ xf(xy) + xyf(x) \ge f(x^2)f(y) + x^2y \] holds for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.

Determine all functions $f : R\to R$ satisfying: $$f(xy + 2x + 2y - 1) = f(x)f(y) + f(y) + x -2$$ for all real numbers $x, y$.

Prove the inequality $$ \frac{y^2-x^2}{2x^2+1}+\frac{z^2-y^2}{2y^2+1}+\frac{x^2-z^2}{2z^2+1} \geq 0$$ where $x$, $y$ and $z$ are real numbers