Calculate the sum: $1+ 2q + 3q^2 +...+nq^{n-1}$

The roots of the equation $x^2 + (3a + b)x + a^2 + 2b^2 = 0$ are $x_1$ and $x_2$ with $x_1 \ne x_2$. Determine the values of $a$ and $b$ so that the roots of the equation $ x^2 - 2a(3a + 2b)x + 5a^2b^2 + 4b^4 = 0$ let $x^2_1$ and $x^2_2$.

Let $-1 \le x, y \le 1$. Prove the inequality $$2\sqrt{(1- x^2)(1 - y^2) } \le 2(1 - x)(1 - y) + 1 $$

Let $\{ a_n \}_{n=0}^{11}$ and $\{ b_n \}_{n=0}^{11}$ be sequences of real numbers. Suppose $a_0 = b_0 = -1$, $a_1 = b_1$, and for all integers $n \in \{2, 3, \ldots, 11\}$, \begin{align*} a_n & = a_{n-1} - (11 - n)^2(1 - (11 - (n - 1))^2)a_{n-2} \quad \text{and} \\ b_n & = b_{n-1} - (12 - n)^2(1 - (12 - (n - 1))^2)b_{n-2}. \end{align*} If $b_{11} = 2a_{11}$, then determine the value of $a_1$.

If $p,q\in\mathbb{R}[x]$ satisfy $p(p(x))=q(x)^2$, does it follow that $p(x)=r(x)^2$ for some $r\in\mathbb{R}[x]$?

Let a function $f : \Bbb{R}^+ \to \Bbb{R}$ satisfy: (i) $f$ is strictly increasing, (ii) $f(x) > -1/x$ for all $x > 0$, (iii)$ f(x)f (f(x) + 1/x) = 1$ for all $x > 0$. Determine $f(1)$.

Let $\mathcal{P}$ be a parabola that passes through the points $(0, 0)$ and $(12, 5)$. Suppose that the directrix of $\mathcal{P}$ takes the form $y = b$. (Recall that a parabola is the set of points equidistant from a point called the focus and line called the directrix) Find the minimum possible value of $|b|$. [i]Proposed by Kevin You[/i]

Elmo calls a monic polynomial with real coefficients [i]tasty[/i] if all of its coefficients are in the range $[-1,1]$. A monic polynomial $P$ with real coefficients and complex roots $\chi_1,\cdots,\chi_m$ (counted with multiplicity) is given to Elmo, and he discovers that there does not exist a monic polynomial $Q$ with real coefficients such that $PQ$ is tasty. Find all possible values of $\max\left(|\chi_1|,\cdots,|\chi_m|\right)$. [i]Proposed by Carl Schildkraut[/i]

The fraction $\frac{a^2+b^2-c^2+2ab}{a^2+c^2-b^2+2ac}$ is (with suitable restrictions of the values of $a$, $b$, and $c$): $ \textbf{(A) }\text{irreducible}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\text{reducible to negative 1}\qquad$ $\textbf{(C) }\text{reducible to a polynomial of three terms} \qquad\textbf{(D) }\text{reducible to} \frac{a-b+c}{a+b-c} \qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{reducible to} \frac{a+b-c}{a-b+c} $

Let $f(x) = 3(|x|+|x-1|-|x+1|)$ and let $x_{n+1}=f(x_n)$ $\forall n \ge 0$. How many real number $x_0$ are there, that satisfy $x_0=x_{2007}$ and $x_0,x_1,x_2,...,x_{2006}$ are distinct?

Let $\alpha$ be a root of $x^6-x-1$, and call two polynomials $p$ and $q$ with integer coefficients $\textit{equivalent}$ if $p(\alpha)\equiv q(\alpha)\pmod3$. It is known that every such polynomial is equivalent to exactly one of $0,1,x,x^2,\ldots,x^{727}$. Find the largest integer $n<728$ for which there exists a polynomial $p$ such that $p^3-p-x^n$ is equivalent to $0$.

Let \[f = X^{n}+a_{n-1}X^{n-1}+\ldots+a_{1}X+a_{0}\] be an integer polynomial of degree $n \geq 3$ such that $a_{k}+a_{n-k}$ is even for all $k \in \overline{1,n-1}$ and $a_{0}$ is even. Suppose that $f = gh$, where $g,h$ are integer polynomials and $\deg g \leq \deg h$ and all the coefficients of $h$ are odd. Prove that $f$ has an integer root.

Find all polynomials $P(x,y)$ with real coefficients such that for all real numbers $x,y$ and $z$: $$P(x,2yz)+P(y,2zx)+P(z,2xy)=P(x+y+z,xy+yz+zx).$$ [i]Proposed by Sina Saleh[/i]

Find all real numbers $x, y,z,t \in [0, \infty)$ so that $$x + y + z \le t, \,\,\, x^2 + y^2 + z^2 \ge t \,\,\, and \,\,\,x^3 + y^3 + z^3 \le t.$$

Determine all sets of real numbers $(x,y,z)$ which fulfills $$\begin{cases} x + y =2 \\ xy -z^2= 1\end{cases}$$

For fixed positive integers $s, t$, define $a_n$ as the following. $a_1 = s, a_2 = t$, and $\forall n \ge 1$, $a_{n+2} = \lfloor \sqrt{a_n+(n+2)a_{n+1}+2008} \rfloor$. Prove that the solution set of $a_n \not= n$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$ is finite.

Determine the least real number $M$ such that the inequality \[|ab(a^{2}-b^{2})+bc(b^{2}-c^{2})+ca(c^{2}-a^{2})| \leq M(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})^{2}\] holds for all real numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$.

Let $f: Z ^+ \to R$, such that $f (1) = 2018$ and $f (1) + f (2) + ...+ f (n) = n^2f (n)$, for all $n> 1$. Find the value $f (2017)$.

[b]p1.[/b] David runs at $3$ times the speed of Alice. If Alice runs $2$ miles in $30$ minutes, determine how many minutes it takes for David to run a mile. [b]p2.[/b] Al has $2019$ red jelly beans. Bob has $2018$ green jelly beans. Carl has $x$ blue jelly beans. The minimum number of jelly beans that must be drawn in order to guarantee $2$ jelly beans of each color is $4041$. Compute $x$. [b]p3.[/b] Find the $7$-digit palindrome which is divisible by $7$ and whose first three digits are all $2$. [b]p4.[/b] Determine the number of ways to put $5$ indistinguishable balls in $6$ distinguishable boxes. [b]p5.[/b] A certain reduced fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ (with $a,b > 1$) has the property that when $2$ is subtracted from the numerator and added to the denominator, the resulting fraction has $\frac16$ of its original value. Find this fraction. [b]p6.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $|\tau(n +1)-\tau(n)| = 7$. Here, $\tau(n)$ denotes the number of divisors of $n$. [b]p7.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $AB = 3$, $AC = 6$ and $\angle BAC = 120^o$. Let $D$ be the point on $BC$ such that $AD$ bisect $\angle BAC$. Compute the length of $AD$. [b]p8.[/b] $26$ points are evenly spaced around a circle and are labeled $A$ through $Z$ in alphabetical order. Triangle $\vartriangle LMT$ is drawn. Three more points, each distinct from $L, M$, and $T$ , are chosen to form a second triangle. Compute the probability that the two triangles do not overlap. [b]p9.[/b] Given the three equations $a +b +c = 0$ $a^2 +b^2 +c^2 = 2$ $a^3 +b^3 +c^3 = 19$ find $abc$. [b]p10.[/b] Circle $\omega$ is inscribed in convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ and tangent to $AB$ and $CD$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Given that $AP = 175$, $BP = 147$,$CQ = 75$, and $AB \parallel CD$, find the length of $DQ$. [b]p11. [/b]Let $p$ be a prime and m be a positive integer such that $157p = m^4 +2m^3 +m^2 +3$. Find the ordered pair $(p,m)$. [b]p12.[/b] Find the number of possible functions $f : \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\} \to \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\}$ that satisfy the following conditions. (1) $f (x) \ne f (y)$ when $x \ne y$ (2) There exists some $x$ such that $f (x)^2 = x^2$ [b]p13.[/b] Let $p$ be a prime number such that there exists positive integer $n$ such that $41pn -42p^2 = n^3$. Find the sum of all possible values of $p$. [b]p14.[/b] An equilateral triangle with side length $ 1$ is rotated $60$ degrees around its center. Compute the area of the region swept out by the interior of the triangle. [b]p15.[/b] Let $\sigma (n)$ denote the number of positive integer divisors of $n$. Find the sum of all $n$ that satisfy the equation $\sigma (n) =\frac{n}{3}$. [b]p16[/b]. Let $C$ be the set of points $\{a,b,c\} \in Z$ for $0 \le a,b,c \le 10$. Alice starts at $(0,0,0)$. Every second she randomly moves to one of the other points in $C$ that is on one of the lines parallel to the $x, y$, and $z$ axes through the point she is currently at, each point with equal probability. Determine the expected number of seconds it will take her to reach $(10,10,10)$. [b]p17.[/b] Find the maximum possible value of $$abc \left( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)^3$$ where $a,b,c$ are real such that $a +b +c = 0$. [b]p18.[/b] Circle $\omega$ with radius $6$ is inscribed within quadrilateral $ABCD$. $\omega$ is tangent to $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ at $E, F, G$, and $H$ respectively. If $AE = 3$, $BF = 4$ and $CG = 5$, find the length of $DH$. [b]p19.[/b] Find the maximum integer $p$ less than $1000$ for which there exists a positive integer $q$ such that the cubic equation $$x^3 - px^2 + q x -(p^2 -4q +4) = 0$$ has three roots which are all positive integers. [b]p20.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $\angle ABC = 60^o$,$\angle ACB = 20^o$. Let $P$ be the point such that $CP$ bisects $\angle ACB$ and $\angle PAC = 30^o$. Find $\angle PBC$. PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Let $k$ be a real number. Show that the polynomial $p (x) = x^3-24x + k$ has at most an integer root.

Suppose $a_1,a_2,a_3,b_1,b_2,b_3$ are distinct positive integers such that \[(n \plus{} 1)a_1^n \plus{} na_2^n \plus{} (n \minus{} 1)a_3^n|(n \plus{} 1)b_1^n \plus{} nb_2^n \plus{} (n \minus{} 1)b_3^n\] holds for all positive integers $n$. Prove that there exists $k\in N$ such that $ b_i \equal{} ka_i$ for $ i \equal{} 1,2,3$.

Let $(x_j,y_j)$, $1\le j\le 2n$, be $2n$ points on the half-circle in the upper half-plane. Suppose $\sum_{j=1}^{2n}x_j$ is an odd integer. Prove that $\displaystyle{\sum_{j=1}^{2n}y_j \ge 1}$.

Let $a, b, c$ be the side lengths of a triangle. Prove that $2 (a^3 + b^3 + c^3) < (a + b + c) (a^2 + b^2 + c^2) \le 3 (a^3 + b^3 + c^3)$

Consider solutions to the equation \[x^2-cx+1 = \dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)},\] where $f$ and $g$ are polynomials with nonnegative real coefficients. For each $c>0$, determine the minimum possible degree of $f$, or show that no such $f,g$ exist. [i]Proposed by Linus Hamilton and Calvin Deng[/i]

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