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2021 China Second Round A1, 4

There are 100 points on a circle that are about to be colored in two colors: red or blue. Find the largest number $k$ such that no matter how I select and color $k$ points, you can always color the remaining $100-k$ points such that you can connect 50 pairs of points of the same color with lines in a way such that no two lines intersect.

2012 India PRMO, 6

A postman has to deliver five letters to five different houses. Mischievously, he posts one letter through each door without looking to see if it is the correct address. In how many different ways could he do this so that exactly two of the five houses receive the correct letters?

2010 India IMO Training Camp, 7

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilaterla and let $E$ be the point of intersection of its diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Suppose $AD$ and $BC$ meet in $F$. Let the midpoints of $AB$ and $CD$ be $G$ and $H$ respectively. If $\Gamma $ is the circumcircle of triangle $EGH$, prove that $FE$ is tangent to $\Gamma $.

1990 IberoAmerican, 6

Let $f(x)$ be a cubic polynomial with rational coefficients. If the graph of $f(x)$ is tangent to the $x$ axis, prove that the roots of $f(x)$ are all rational.

2014 Contests, 4

For a positive integer $n$, define $f(n)$ to be the number of sequences $(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_k)$ such that $a_1a_2\cdots a_k=n$ where $a_i\geq 2$ and $k\ge 0$ is arbitrary. Also we define $f(1)=1$. Now let $\alpha>1$ be the unique real number satisfying $\zeta(\alpha)=2$, i.e $ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n^\alpha}=2 $ Prove that [list] (a) \[ \sum_{j=1}^{n}f(j)=\mathcal{O}(n^\alpha) \] (b) There is no real number $\beta<\alpha$ such that \[ \sum_{j=1}^{n}f(j)=\mathcal{O}(n^\beta) \] [/list]

2015 Cono Sur Olympiad, 2

$3n$ lines are drawn on the plane ($n > 1$), such that no two of them are parallel and no three of them are concurrent. Prove that, if $2n$ of the lines are coloured red and the other $n$ lines blue, there are at least two regions of the plane such that all of their borders are red. Note: for each region, all of its borders are contained in the original set of lines, and no line passes through the region.

2018 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 2

What is the largest possible height of a right cylinder with radius $3$ that can fit in a cube with side length $12$?

2012 ELMO Shortlist, 7

Let $f,g$ be polynomials with complex coefficients such that $\gcd(\deg f,\deg g)=1$. Suppose that there exist polynomials $P(x,y)$ and $Q(x,y)$ with complex coefficients such that $f(x)+g(y)=P(x,y)Q(x,y)$. Show that one of $P$ and $Q$ must be constant. [i]Victor Wang.[/i]

2008 Bulgarian Autumn Math Competition, Problem 9.1

Solve the system $\begin{cases} x^2y^2+|xy|=\frac{4}{9}\\ xy+1=x+y^2\\ \end{cases}$

2003 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 1

Tags: inequalities
Let $x$, $y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers satisfying $x^2+y^2+z^2=1$. Prove that \[x^2yz+xy^2z+xyz^2\le\frac{1}{3}.\]

2013 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 1

Decide whether there are infinitely many primes $p$ having a multiple in the form $n^2 + n + 1$ for some natural number $n$

2009 Nordic, 2

On a faded piece of paper it is possible to read the following: \[(x^2 + x + a)(x^{15}- \cdots ) = x^{17} + x^{13} + x^5 - 90x^4 + x - 90.\] Some parts have got lost, partly the constant term of the first factor of the left side, partly the majority of the summands of the second factor. It would be possible to restore the polynomial forming the other factor, but we restrict ourselves to asking the following question: What is the value of the constant term $a$? We assume that all polynomials in the statement have only integer coefficients.

2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 1

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Each third-grade classroom at Pearl Creek Elementary has $18$ students and $2$ pet rabbits. How many more students than rabbits are there in all $4$ of the third-grade classrooms? ${{ \textbf{(A)}\ 48\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 56\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 64\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 72}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 80} $

2021 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 3

Tags: geometry
Let $O$ be the center of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ of area $1/\pi$. As shown in the diagram below, a circle centered at $O$ meets the triangle at points $D$, $E$, $F$, $G$, $H$, and $I$, which trisect each of the triangle's sides. Compute the total area of all six shaded regions. [asy] unitsize(90); pair A = dir(0); pair B = dir(120); pair C = dir(240); draw(A -- B -- C -- cycle); pair D = (2*A + B)/3; pair E = (A + 2*B)/3; pair F = (2*B + C)/3; pair G = (B + 2*C)/3; pair H = (2*C + A)/3; pair I = (C + 2*A)/3; draw(E -- F); draw(G -- H); draw(I -- D); draw(D -- G); draw(E -- H); draw(F -- I); pair O = (0, 0); real r = 1/sqrt(3); draw(circle(O, r)); fill(O -- D -- E -- cycle, gray); fill(O -- F -- G -- cycle, gray); fill(O -- H -- I -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(O, r, -30, 30) -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(0, r, 90, 150) -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(0, r, 210, 270) -- cycle, gray); label("$A$", A, A); label("$B$", B, B); label("$C$", C, C); label("$D$", D, unit(D)); label("$E$", E, unit(E)); label("$F$", F, unit(F)); label("$G$", G, unit(G)); label("$H$", H, unit(H)); label("$I$", I, unit(I)); label("$O$", O, C); [/asy]

2017 Purple Comet Problems, 11

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Find the greatest prime divisor of $29! + 33!$.

1935 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 001

Find the ratio of two numbers if the ratio of their arithmetic mean to their geometric mean is $25 : 24$

KoMaL A Problems 2018/2019, A. 751

Let $c>0$ be a real number, and suppose that for every positive integer $n$, at least one percent of the numbers $1^c, 2^c, \cdots , n^c$ are integers. Prove that $c$ is an integer.

2020 AMC 10, 18

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Let $(a, b, c, d)$ be an ordered quadruple of not necessarily distinct integers, each one of them in the set $\{0,1,2,3\}$. For how many such quadruples is it true that $a\cdot d-b\cdot c$ is odd$?$ (For example, $(0, 3, 1, 1)$ is one such quadruple, because $0\cdot 1-3\cdot 1=-3$ is odd.) $\textbf{(A) } 48 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 64 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 96 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 128 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 192$

1992 Baltic Way, 3

Find an infinite non-constant arithmetic progression of natural numbers such that each term is neither a sum of two squares, nor a sum of two cubes (of natural numbers).

2009 Nordic, 4

$32$ competitors participate in a tournament. No two of them are equal and in a one against one match the better always wins. Show that the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners can be found in $39$ matches.

1993 Miklós Schweitzer, 8

Let H be a complex separable Hilbert space and denote $B(H)$ the algebra of bounded linear operators on H. Find all *-subalgebras C of $B(H)$ for which for all $A \in B(H)$ and $T \in C$ there exists $S \in C$ that $$TA-AT^{\ast} = TS-ST^{\ast}$$ note: *-algebra is also known as involutive algebra.

2020 Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, A4

A [i]regular spatial pentagon[/i] consists of five points $P_1,P_2,P_3,P_4$ and $P_5$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$ such that $|P_iP_{i+1}|=|P_jP_{j+1}|$ and $\angle P_{i-1}P_iP_{i+1}=\angle P_{j-1}P_jP_{j+1}$ for all $1\leq i,\leq 5$, where $P_0=P_5$ and $P_{6}=P_{1}$. A regular spatial pentagon is [i]planar[/i] if there is a plane passing through all five points $P_1,P_2,P_3,P_4$ and $P_5$. Show that every regular spatial pentagon is planar.

PEN H Problems, 71

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that the equation \[x+y+\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=3n\] does not have solutions in positive rational numbers.

2007 AMC 12/AHSME, 7

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All sides of the convex pentagon $ ABCDE$ are of equal length, and $ \angle A \equal{} \angle B \equal{} 90^{\circ}$. What is the degree measure of $ \angle E$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 90 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 108 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 120 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 144 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 150$

2012 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle of isosceles triangle $ABC$ with vertex $C$. An arbitrary point $M$ is chosen on the segment $BC$ and point $N$ lies on the ray $AM$ with $M$ between $A,N$ such that $AN=AC$. The circumcircle of $CMN$ cuts $\Gamma$ in $P$ other than $C$ and $AB,CP$ intersect at $Q$. Prove that $\angle BMQ = \angle QMN.$