Found problems: 32
$n$ numbers are written on a blackboard. Someone then repeatedly erases two numbers and writes half their arithmetic mean instead, until only a single number remains. If all the original numbers were $1$, show that the final number is not less than $\frac{1}{n}$.
Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .
A data set consists of $6$ (not distinct) positive integers: $1$, $7$, $5$, $2$, $5$, and $X$. The average (arithmetic mean) of the $6$ numbers equals a value in the data set. What is the sum of all positive values of $X$?
$\textbf{(A) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 26 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 32 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 36 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 40$
Let $S$ be a set of $n$ distinct real numbers, and $A_S$ set of arithemtic means of two distinct numbers from $S$. For given $n \geq 2$ find minimal number of elements in $A_S$
Let $n \geq 2$ be an integer and let \[M=\bigg\{\frac{a_1 + a_2 + ... + a_k}{k}: 1 \le k \le n\text{ and }1 \le a_1 < \ldots < a_k \le n\bigg\}\] be the set of the arithmetic means of the elements of all non-empty subsets of $\{1, 2, ..., n\}$. Find \[\min\{|a - b| : a, b \in M\text{ with } a \neq b\}.\]
Let $S$ be a set of real numbers with mean $M$. If the means of the sets $S\cup \{15\}$ and $S\cup \{15,1\}$ are $M + 2$ and $M + 1$, respectively, then how many elements does $S$ have?
The arithmetic mean (average) of a set of $50$ numbers is $38$. If two numbers, namely, $45$ and $55$, are discarded, the mean of the remaining set of numbers is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 36.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 37\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 37.2\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 37.5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 37.52 $
Find the ratio of two numbers if the ratio of their arithmetic mean to their geometric mean is $25 : 24$
Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .
The number halfway between $ \frac {1}{8}$ and $ \displaystyle \frac {1}{10}$ is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{80} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{40} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{18} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {1}{9} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {9}{80}$
For positive real numbers $x$ and $y$, define their special mean to be average of their arithmetic and geometric means. Find the total number of pairs of integers $(x, y)$, with $x \le y$, from the set of numbers $\{1,2,...,2016\}$, such that the special mean of $x$ and $y$ is a perfect square.
Let $n \geq 2$ be an integer and let \[M=\bigg\{\frac{a_1 + a_2 + ... + a_k}{k}: 1 \le k \le n\text{ and }1 \le a_1 < \ldots < a_k \le n\bigg\}\] be the set of the arithmetic means of the elements of all non-empty subsets of $\{1, 2, ..., n\}$. Find \[\min\{|a - b| : a, b \in M\text{ with } a \neq b\}.\]
$a)$ Prove that for all positive integers $n$ exists a set $M_n$ of positive integers with exactly $n$ elements and:
$i)$ Arithmetic mean of arbitrary non-empty subset of $M_n$ is integer
$ii)$ Geometric mean of arbitrary non-empty subset of $M_n$ is integer
$iii)$ Both arithmetic mean and geometry mean of arbitrary non-empty subset of $M_n$ is integer
$b)$ Does there exist infinite set $M$ of positive integers such that arithmetic mean of arbitrary non-empty subset of $M$ is integer
Let $n \ge 3$ be a natural number.
Determine the number $a_n$ of all subsets of $\{1, 2,...,n\}$ consisting of three elements such that one of them is the arithmetic mean of the other two.
[i]Proposed by Walther Janous[/i]
What is the sum of the mean, median, and mode of the numbers, $2,3,0,3,1,4,0,3$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 6.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7.5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8.5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9 $
For $n$positive integers $ x_1,x2,...,x_n$, $a_n$ is their arithmetic and $g_n$ the geometric mean. Consider the statement $S_n$: If $a_n/g_n$ is a positive integer, then $x_1 = x_2 = ··· = x_n$. Prove $S_2$ and disprove $S_n$ for all even $n > 2$.
Integers $1, 2, 3, ... ,n$, where $n > 2$, are written on a board. Two numbers $m, k$ such that $1 < m < n, 1 < k < n$ are removed and the average of the remaining numbers is found to be $17$. What is the maximum sum of the two removed numbers?
What number is exactly halfway between $\frac 1 6$ and $\frac 1 4$?
Show that for all positive real numbers $a, b, c$, we have that $$\frac{a+b+c}{3}-\sqrt[3]{abc} \leq \max\{(\sqrt{a}-\sqrt{b})^2, (\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^2, (\sqrt{c}-\sqrt{a})^2\}$$
Last academic year Yolanda and Zelda took different courses that did not necessarily administer the same number of quizzes during each of the two semesters. Yolanda's average on all the quizzes she took during the first semester was 3 points higher than Zelda's average on all the quizzes she took during the first semester. Yolanda's average on all the quizzes she took during the second semester was 18 points higher than her average for the first semester and was again 3 points higher than Zelda's average on all the quizzes Zelda took during her second semester. Which one of the following statements cannot possibly be true?
(A) Yolanda's quiz average for the academic year was 22 points higher than Zelda's.
(B) Zelda's quiz average for the academic year was higher than Yolanda's.
(C) Yolanda's quiz average for the academic year was 3 points higher than Zelda's.
(D) Zelda's quiz average for the academic year equaled Yolanda's.
(E) If Zelda had scored 3 points higher on each quiz she took, then she would have had the same average for the academic year as Yolanda.
Prove that there are infinitely many integers $n$ such that both the arithmetic mean of its divisors and the geometric mean of its divisors are integers.
(Recall that for $k$ positive real numbers, $a_1, a_2, \dotsc, a_k$, the arithmetic mean is $\frac{a_1 +a_2 +\dotsb +a_k}{k}$, and the geometric mean is $\sqrt[k]{a_1 a_2\dotsb a_k}$.)
A deck of $n > 1$ cards is given. A positive integer is written on each card. The deck has the property that the arithmetic mean of the numbers on each pair of cards is also the geometric mean of the numbers on some collection of one or more cards.
For which $n$ does it follow that the numbers on the cards are all equal?
[i]Proposed by Oleg Košik, Estonia[/i]
The arithmetic mean (average) of the first $n$ positive integers is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{n}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{n^2}{2}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ n\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{n-1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{n+1}{2} $
Some numbers are written in the notebook. We can add to that list the arithmetic mean of some of them, if it doesn't equal to the number, already having been included in it. Let us start with two numbers, $0$ and $1$. Prove that it is possible to obtain :
a) $1/5$,
b) an arbitrary rational number between $0$ and $1$.
What is the sum of the mean, median, and mode of the numbers, $2,3,0,3,1,4,0,3$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 6.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7.5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8.5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9 $