The base of a triangle is of length $b$, and the latitude is of length $h$. A rectangle of height $x$ is inscribed in the triangle with the base of the rectangle in the base of the triangle. The area of the rectangle is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{bx}{h}(h-x)\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{hx}{b}(b-x)\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{bx}{h}(h-2x)\qquad$ $\textbf{(D)}\ x(b-x)\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ x(h-x) $

The quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in circle $\omega$. $F$ is the intersection point of $AC$ and $BD$. $BA$ and $CD$ meet at $E$. Let the projection of $F$ on $AB$ and $CD$ be $G$ and $H$, respectively. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $BC$ and $EF$, respectively. If the circumcircle of $\triangle MNG$ only meets segment $BF$ at $P$, and the circumcircle of $\triangle MNH$ only meets segment $CF$ at $Q$, prove that $PQ$ is parallel to $BC$.

Given a triangle $ABC$ for which $C=90$ degrees, prove that given $n$ points inside it, we can name them $P_1, P_2 , \ldots , P_n$ in some way such that: $\sum^{n-1}_{k=1} \left( P_K P_{k+1} \right)^2 \leq AB^2$ (the sum is over the consecutive square of the segments from $1$ up to $n-1$). [i]Edited by orl.[/i]

An isosceles triangle $ABC$ with base $AC$ is given. Point $H$ is the intersection of altitudes. On the sides $AB$ and $BC$, points $M$ and $K$ are selected, respectively, so that the angle $KMH$ is right. Prove that a right-angled triangle can be constructed from the segments $AK, CM$ and $MK$.

In rectangle $ABCD$, $AB=6$, $AD=30$, and $G$ is the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$. Segment $AB$ is extended $2$ units beyond $B$ to point $E$, and $F$ is the intersection of $\overline{ED}$ and $\overline{BC}$. What is the area of $BFDG$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{133}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 67\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{135}{2}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 68\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{137}{2}$

Let $a,b,c,x,y,z$ be positive real numbers, such that $a+b+c=xyz=1$ Prove that: $$ \frac{x^2}{3a+2}+\frac{y^2}{3b+2}+\frac{z^2}{3c+2} \ge 1 $$ When does equality hold?

Fold the next seven corners into a rectangle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/b/2b8b9d6d4b72024996a66d41f865afb91bb9b7.png[/img]

Define a domino to be an ordered pair of distinct positive integers. A proper sequence of dominos is a list of distinct dominos in which the first coordinate of each pair after the first equals the second coordinate of the immediately preceding pair, and in which $(i,j)$ and $(j,i)$ do not both appear for any $i$ and $j.$ Let $D_{40}$ be the set of all dominos whose coordinates are no larger than 40. Find the length of the longest proper sequence of dominos that can be formed using the dominos of $D_{40}.$

A ball of mass $m_\text{1}$ travels along the x-axis in the positive direction with an initial speed of $v_{\text{0}}$. It collides with a ball of mass $m_\text{2}$ that is originally at rest. After the collision, the ball of mass $m_\text{1}$ has velocity $v_{\text{1x}}\hat{x}+v_{\text{1y}}\hat{y}$ and the ball of mass $m_\text{2}$ has velocity $v_{\text{2x}}\hat{x}+v_{\text{2y}}\hat{y}$. Consider the following five statements: $\text{I)} \ \ \ \ \ \ 0=m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1x}}+m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{2x}}$ $\text{II)} \ \ \ \ \ m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{0}}=m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1y}}+m_{\text{2}}v_{\text{2y}}$ $\text{III)} \ \ \ \ 0=m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1y}}+m_{\text{2}}v_{\text{2y}}$ $\text{IV)} \ \ \ \ m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{0}}=m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1x}}+m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1y}}$ $\text{V)} \ \ \ \ \ m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{0}}=m_{\text{1}}v_{\text{1x}}+m_{\text{2}}v_{\text{2x}}$ Of these five statements, the system must satisfy (a) $\text{I and II}$ (b) $\text{III and V}$ (c) $\text{II and V}$ (d) $\text{III and IV}$ (e) $\text{I and III}$

Find the number of pairs of elements, from a group of order $ 2011, $ such that the square of the first element of the pair is equal to the cube of the second element. [i]Teodor Radu[/i]

Find all positive integers $n>2$ such that $$ n! \mid \prod_{ p<q\le n, p,q \, \text{primes}} (p+q)$$

1. Let $f(n) = n^2+6n+11$ be a function defined on positive integers. Find the sum of the first three prime values $f(n)$ takes on. [i]Proposed by winnertakeover[/i]

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle whose angle bisectors of $B$ and $C$ intersect at $D$. Perpendicular bisectors of $BD$ and $CD$ intersect $BC$ at points $E$ and $Z$ respectively. a) Prove that $BE=EZ=ZC$. b) Find the ratio of the areas of the triangles $BDE$ to $ABC$

A cube was split into 8 parallelepipeds by three planes parallel to its faces. The resulting parts were painted in a chessboard pattern. The volumes of the black parallelepipeds are 1, 6, 8, 12. Find the volumes of the white parallelepipeds. [i]Oleg Smirnov[/i]

In triangle $ABC$, $\angle A=90^{\circ}$ and $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Point $D$ is chosen on segment $AC$ such that $AM=AD$ and $P$ is the second meet point of the circumcircles of triangles $\Delta AMC,\Delta BDC$. Prove that the line $CP$ bisects $\angle ACB$.

Let $k$ be a circle with diameter $AB$. Let $C$ be a point on the straight line $AB$, so that $B$ between $A$ and $C$ lies. Let $T$ be a point on $k$ such that $CT$ is a tangent to $k$. Let $l$ be the parallel to $CT$ through $A$ and $D$ the intersection of $l$ and the perpendicular to $AB$ through $T$. Show that the line $DB$ bisects segment $CT$.

On plane circles $\omega_1, \omega_2, \omega_3$ with centers $O_1,O_2,O_3$ are given such that $\omega_1$ is externally tangent $\omega_2$ and $\omega_3$ at points $P, Q$ respectively. On $\omega_1$ point $C$ is chosen arbitrarily. Line $CP$ intersects $\omega_2$ at $B$, line $CQ$ intersects $\omega_3$ at $A$. Point $O$ is the circumcenter of $ABC$. Prove that the locus of points $O$ (when $C$ changes) is a circle, the center of which lies on the circumcircle of $O_1O_2O_3$

Prove that the sum of the distances of the vertices of a regular tetrahedron from the center of its circumscribed sphere is less than the sum of the distances of these vertices from any other point in space.

In the figure below, $3$ of the $6$ disks are to be painted blue, $2$ are to be painted red, and $1$ is to be painted green. Two paintings that can be obtained from one another by a rotation or a reflection of the entire figure are considered the same. How many different paintings are possible? [asy] size(100); pair A, B, C, D, E, F; A = (0,0); B = (1,0); C = (2,0); D = rotate(60, A)*B; E = B + D; F = rotate(60, A)*C; draw(Circle(A, 0.5)); draw(Circle(B, 0.5)); draw(Circle(C, 0.5)); draw(Circle(D, 0.5)); draw(Circle(E, 0.5)); draw(Circle(F, 0.5)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 15$

Let $A,B,C$ be nodes of the lattice $Z\times Z$ such that inside the triangle $ABC$ lies a unique node $P$ of the lattice. Denote $E = AP \cap BC$. Determine max $\frac{AP}{PE}$ , over all such configurations.

Find the smallest real $\alpha$, such that for any convex polygon $P$ with area $1$, there exist a point $M$ in the plane, such that the area of convex hull of $P\cup Q$ is at most $\alpha$, where $Q$ denotes the image of $P$ under central symmetry with respect to $M$.

Let $ABCD$ be a square with side 1. On the sides $BC$ and $CD$ are chosen points $P$ and $Q$ where $AP$ and $AQ$ intersect the diagonal $BD$ in points $M$ and $N$ respectively. If $DQ\neq BP$ and the line through $A$ and the intersection point of $MQ$ and $NP$ is perpendicular to $PQ$, prove that $\angle MAN=45^\circ$.

Let $N \geq 2$ be an integer, and let $\mathbf a$ $= (a_1, \ldots, a_N)$ and $\mathbf b$ $= (b_1, \ldots b_N)$ be sequences of non-negative integers. For each integer $i \not \in \{1, \ldots, N\}$, let $a_i = a_k$ and $b_i = b_k$, where $k \in \{1, \ldots, N\}$ is the integer such that $i-k$ is divisible by $n$. We say $\mathbf a$ is $\mathbf b$-[i]harmonic[/i] if each $a_i$ equals the following arithmetic mean: \[a_i = \frac{1}{2b_i+1} \sum_{s=-b_i}^{b_i} a_{i+s}.\] Suppose that neither $\mathbf a $ nor $\mathbf b$ is a constant sequence, and that both $\mathbf a$ is $\mathbf b$-[i]harmonic[/i] and $\mathbf b$ is $\mathbf a$-[i]harmonic[/i]. Prove that at least $N+1$ of the numbers $a_1, \ldots, a_N,b_1, \ldots, b_N$ are zero.

Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be three integers. Prove that there exist six integers $ x$, $ y$, $ z$, $ x^{\prime}$, $ y^{\prime}$, $ z^{\prime}$ such that $ a\equal{}yz^{\prime}\minus{}zy^{\prime};\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ b\equal{}zx^{\prime}\minus{}xz^{\prime};\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ c\equal{}xy^{\prime}\minus{}yx^{\prime}$.

Let $A, E, H, L, T,$ and $V$ be chosen independently and at random from the set $\{0, \tfrac{1}{2}, 1\}.$ Compute the probability that $\lfloor T \cdot H \cdot E \rfloor = L \cdot A \cdot V \cdot A.$