Show that for all positive integer $n$ the following inequality holds $3^{n^2} > (n!)^4$ .

Which number is larger, $A$ or $B$, where $$A = \dfrac{1}{2015} (1 + \dfrac12 + \dfrac13 + \cdots + \dfrac{1}{2015})$$ and $$B = \dfrac{1}{2016} (1 + \dfrac12 + \dfrac13 + \cdots + \dfrac{1}{2016}) \text{ ?}$$ Prove your answer is correct.

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Express the number $3024_8$ in base $2$. [b]p14.[/b] $\vartriangle ABC$ has a perimeter of $10$ and has $AB = 3$ and $\angle C$ has a measure of $60^o$. What is the maximum area of the triangle? [b]p15.[/b] A weighted coin comes up as heads $30\%$ of the time and tails $70\%$ of the time. If I flip the coin $25$ times, howmany tails am I expected to flip? [u]Round 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] A rectangular box with side lengths $7$, $11$, and $13$ is lined with reflective mirrors, and has edges aligned with the coordinate axes. A laser is shot from a corner of the box in the direction of the line $x = y = z$. Find the distance traveled by the laser before hitting a corner of the box. [b]p17.[/b] The largest solution to $x^2 + \frac{49}{x^2}= 2018$ can be represented in the form $\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}$. Compute $a +b$. [b]p18.[/b] What is the expected number of black cards between the two jokers of a $54$ card deck? [u]Round 7[/u] p19. Compute ${6 \choose 0} \cdot 2^0 + {6 \choose 1} \cdot 2^1+ {6 \choose 2} \cdot 2^2+ ...+ {6 \choose 6} \cdot 2^6$. [b]p20.[/b] Define a sequence by $a_1 =5$, $a_{n+1} = a_n + 4 * n -1$ for $n\ge 1$. What is the value of $a_{1000}$? [b]p21.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $\angle B = 15^o$ and $\angle C = 30^o$. Let $D$ be the point such that $\vartriangle ADC$ is an isosceles right triangle where $D$ is in the opposite side from $A$ respect to $BC$ and $\angle DAC = 90^o$. Find the $\angle ADB$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]p22.[/b] Say the answer to problem $24$ is $z$. Compute $gcd (z,7z +24).$ [b]p23.[/b] Say the answer to problem $22$ is $x$. If $x$ is $1$, write down $1$ for this question. Otherwise, compute $$\sum^{\infty}_{k=1} \frac{1}{x^k}$$ [b]p24.[/b] Say the answer to problem $23$ is $y$. Compute $$\left \lfloor \frac{y^2 +1}{y} \right \rfloor$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3165983p28809209]here [/url] and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166045p28809814]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

The graphs of the following equations divide the $xy$ plane into some number of regions. $4 + (x + 2)y =x^2$ $(x + 2)^2 + y^2 =16$ Find the area of the second smallest region.

Suppose a function $f : \mathbb{Z}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^+$ satisfies $f(f(n)) + f(n+1) = n+2$ for all positive integer $n$. Prove that $f(f(n)+n) = n+1$ for all positive integer $n$.

Call a polynomial $f(x)$ [i]excellent[/i] if its coefficients are all in [0, 1) and $f(x)$ is an integer for all integers $x$. a) Compute the number of excellent polynomials with degree at most 3. b) Compute the number of excellent polynomials with degree at most $n$, in terms of $n$. c) Find the minimum $n\ge3$ for which there exists an excellent polynomial of the form $\frac{1}{n!}x^n+g(x)$, where $g(x)$ is a polynomial of degree at most $n-3$.

Find all real numbers$p, q$ for which the polynomial equation $P(x) = x^4 - \frac{8p^2}{q}x^3 + 4qx^2 - 3px + p^2 = 0$ has four positive roots.

A subset of the real numbers has the property that for any two distinct elements of it such as $x$ and $y$, we have $(x+y-1)^2 = xy+1$. What is the maximum number of elements in this set? $\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Infinity}$

Let $f(x):\mathbb {Q} \rightarrow \mathbb {Q}$ be a function satisfying $f(x+2y)+f(2x-y)=5f(x)+5f(y)$ Find all such functions.

Equations $x^2+ax+b=0$ and $x^2+px+q=0$ have a common root.Find quadratic equation roots of which are two other roots.

Find all functions from the reals to the reals satisfying \[f(xf(y) + x) = xy + f(x)\]

Find $x$ such that trigonometric \[\frac{\sin 3x \cos (60^\circ -4x)+1}{\sin(60^\circ - 7x) - \cos(30^\circ + x) + m}=0\] where $m$ is a fixed real number.

Let $a$,$b$,$c$ be real numbers different from 0 for which $ab$ + $bc$+ $ca$ = 0 holds a) Prove that ($a$+$b$)($b$+$c$)($c$+$a$)≠ 0 b) Let $X$ = $a$ + $b$ + $c$ and $Y$ = $\frac{1}{a+b}$ + $\frac{1}{b+c}$ + $\frac{1}{c+a}$. Prove that numbers $X$ and $Y$ are both positive or both negative.

Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^{2022^{2022}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{n^3+2n^2+n}}<\frac{19}{10}$.

Suppose $\{x_n\}$ is a decreasing sequence that $\displaystyle\lim_{n \rightarrow\infty}x_n=0$. Prove that $\sum(-1)^nx_n$ is convergent

Find all funtions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that: $$f(xy-1)+f(x)f(y)=2xy-1$$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.

In a right triangle with the length legs $b$ and $c$, and the length hypotenuse $a$, the ratio between the length of the hypotenuse and the length of the diameter of the inscribed circle does not exceed $1 + \sqrt2$. Determine the numerical value of the expression of $E =\frac{a}{b + c}+\frac{b}{c + a}+\frac{c}{a + b}$.

A function $ f$ defined on the positive integers (and taking positive integers values) is given by: $ \begin{matrix} f(1) \equal{} 1, f(3) \equal{} 3 \\ f(2 \cdot n) \equal{} f(n) \\ f(4 \cdot n \plus{} 1) \equal{} 2 \cdot f(2 \cdot n \plus{} 1) \minus{} f(n) \\ f(4 \cdot n \plus{} 3) \equal{} 3 \cdot f(2 \cdot n \plus{} 1) \minus{} 2 \cdot f(n), \end{matrix}$ for all positive integers $ n.$ Determine with proof the number of positive integers $ \leq 1988$ for which $ f(n) \equal{} n.$

Let $x, y, z \in R^+$. Prove that $$\frac{x}{x +\sqrt{(x + y)(x + z)}}+\frac{y}{y +\sqrt{(y + z)(y + x)}}+\frac{z}{z +\sqrt{(x + z)(z + y)}} \le 1$$

Find all functions $f : R \to R$ satisfying the conditions: 1. $f (x + 1) \ge f (x) + 1$ for all $x \in R$ 2. $f (x y) \ge f (x)f (y)$ for all $x, y \in R$

Determine all functions $f:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $$\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)f(y)=f(xy)+f\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)$$ for all $x,y>0$.

Find, with proof, all integers $n$ such that there is a solution in nonnegative real numbers $(x,y,z)$ to the system of equations \[2x^2+3y^2+6z^2=n\text{ and }3x+4y+5z=23.\]

Let $m,n,a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ be positive integers and $r$ be a real number. Prove that the equation \[\lfloor a_1x\rfloor+\lfloor a_2x\rfloor+\cdots+\lfloor a_nx\rfloor=sx+r\] has exactly $ms$ solutions in $x$, where $s=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n+\frac1m$. [i]Linus Tang[/i]

In an arithmetic sequence, the difference of consecutive terms in constant. We consider sequences of integers in which the difference of consecutive terms equals the sum of the differences of all preceding consecutive terms. Which of these sequences with $a_0 = 2012$ and $1\leqslant d = a_1-a_0 \leqslant 43$ contain square numbers?

[b]p1.[/b] Find the largest k such that the equation $x^2 - 2x + k = 0$ has at least one real root. [b]p2.[/b] Indiana Jones needs to cross a flimsy rope bridge over a mile long gorge. It is so dark that it is impossible to cross the bridge without a flashlight. Furthermore, the bridge is so weak that it can only support the weight of two people. The party has only one flashlight, which has a weak beam so whenever two people cross, they are constrained to walk together, at the speed of the slower person. Indiana Jones can cross the bridge in $5$ minutes. His girlfriend can cross in $10$ minutes. His father needs $20$ minutes, and his father’s side kick needs $25$ minutes. They need to get everyone across safely in on hour to escape the bay guys. Can they do it? [b]p3.[/b] There are ten big bags with coins. Nine of them contain fare coins weighing $10$ g. each, and one contains counterfeit coins weighing $9$ g. each. By one weighing on a digital scale find the bag with counterfeit coins. [b]p4.[/b] Solve the equation: $\sqrt{x^2 + 4x + 4} = x^2 + 5x + 5$. [b]p5.[/b] (a) In the $x - y$ plane, analytically determine the length of the path $P \to A \to C \to B \to P$ around the circle $(x - 6)^2 + (y - 8)^2 = 25$ from the point $P(12, 16)$ to itself. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/b/24888b5b478fa6576a54d0424ce3d3c6be2855.png[/img] (b) Determine coordinates of the points $A$ and $B$. [b]p6.[/b] (a) Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral (it means that diagonals are inside the quadrilateral). Prove that $$Area\,\, (ABCD) \le \frac{|AB| \cdot |AD| + |BC| \cdot |CD|}{2}$$ (b) Let $ABCD$ be an arbitrary quadrilateral (not necessary convex). Prove the same inequality as in part (a). (c) For an arbitrary quadrilateral $ABCD$ prove that $Area\,\, (ABCD) \le \frac{|AB| \cdot |CD| + |BC| \cdot |AD|}{2}$ PS. You should use hide for answers.