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Found problems: 492

2003 AIME Problems, 8

Find the eighth term of the sequence $1440,$ $1716,$ $1848,\ldots,$ whose terms are formed by multiplying the corresponding terms of two arithmetic sequences.

2004 Romania National Olympiad, 1

Let $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function such that $|f(x)-f(y)| \leq |x-y|$, for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$. Prove that if for any real $x$, the sequence $x,f(x),f(f(x)),\ldots$ is an arithmetic progression, then there is $a \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)=x+a$, for all $x \in \mathbb R$.

2015 Ukraine Team Selection Test, 7

Let $A$ and $B$ be two sets of real numbers. Suppose that the elements of the set $AB = \{ab: a\in A, b\in B\}$ form a finite arithmetic progression. Prove that one of these sets contains no more than three elements

2022 AMC 10, 4

A donkey suffers an attack of hiccups and the first hiccup happens at $\text{4:00}$ one afternoon. Suppose that the donkey hiccups regularly every $5$ seconds. At what time does the donkey’s $\text{700th}$ hiccup occur? $\textbf{(A) }$ $15$ seconds after $\text{4:58}$ $\textbf{(B) }$ $20$ seconds after $\text{4:58}$ $\textbf{(C)}$ $25$ seconds after $\text{4:58}$ $\textbf{(D) }$ $30$ seconds after $\text{4:58}$ $\textbf{(E) }$ $35$ seconds after $\text{4:58}$

1973 USAMO, 5

Show that the cube roots of three distinct prime numbers cannot be three terms (not necessarily consecutive) of an arithmetic progression.

2023 Grosman Mathematical Olympiad, 1

An arithmetic progression of natural numbers of length $10$ and with difference $11$ is given. Prove that the product of the numbers in this progression is divisible by $10!$.

1952 AMC 12/AHSME, 30

When the sum of the first ten terms of an arithmetic progression is four times the sum of the first five terms, the ratio of the first term to the common difference is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1: 2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2: 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1: 4 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4: 1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1: 1$

1998 National High School Mathematics League, 10

Arithmetic sequence with all items real, and the common difference is $4$. If the sum of the square of the first item and all items else is not more than $100$, then there are________items at most.

2018 IMO Shortlist, N7

Let $n \ge 2018$ be an integer, and let $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n, b_1, b_2, \dots, b_n$ be pairwise distinct positive integers not exceeding $5n$. Suppose that the sequence \[ \frac{a_1}{b_1}, \frac{a_2}{b_2}, \dots, \frac{a_n}{b_n} \] forms an arithmetic progression. Prove that the terms of the sequence are equal.

1999 Finnish National High School Mathematics Competition, 2

Suppose that the positive numbers $a_1, a_2,.. , a_n$ form an arithmetic progression; hence $a_{k+1}- a_k = d,$ for $k = 1, 2,... , n - 1.$ Prove that \[\frac{1}{a_1a_2}+\frac{1}{a_2a_3}+...+\frac{1}{a_{n-1}a_n}=\frac{n-1}{a_1a_n}.\]

2003 Tournament Of Towns, 1

An increasing arithmetic progression consists of one hundred positive integers. Is it possible that every two of them are relatively prime?

1999 Mexico National Olympiad, 2

Prove that there are no $1999$ primes in an arithmetic progression that are all less than $12345$.

2023 AMC 12/AHSME, 17

Triangle $ABC$ has side lengths in arithmetic progression, and the smallest side has length $6.$ If the triangle has an angle of $120^\circ,$ what is the area of $ABC$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 12\sqrt 3 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\sqrt 6 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14\sqrt 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 20\sqrt 2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15\sqrt 3$

2004 District Olympiad, 1

From a fixed set formed by the first consecutive natural numbers, find the number of subsets having exactly three elements, and these in arithmetic progression.

2000 National High School Mathematics League, 4

Give positive numbers $p,q,a,b,c$, if $p,a,q$ is a geometric series, $p,b,c,q$ is an arithmetic sequence. Then, wich is true about the equation $bx^2-ax+c=0$? $\text{(A)}$ It has no real roots. $\text{(B)}$ It has two equal real roots. $\text{(C)}$ It has two different real roots, and their product is positive. $\text{(D)}$ It has two different real roots, and their product is negative.

2019 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 1

For a non-constant arithmetic progression $(a_n)$ there exists a natural $n$ such that $a_{n}+a_{n+1} = a_{1}+…+a_{3n-1}$ . Prove that there are no zero terms in this progression.

2023 Girls in Mathematics Tournament, 1

Define $(a_n)$ a sequence, where $a_1= 12, a_2= 24$ and for $n\geq 3$, we have: $$a_n= a_{n-2}+14$$ a) Is $2023$ in the sequence? b) Show that there are no perfect squares in the sequence.

1985 AMC 8, 2

$ 90\plus{}91\plus{}92\plus{}93\plus{}94\plus{}95\plus{}96\plus{}97\plus{}98\plus{}99\equal{}$ \[ \textbf{(A)}\ 845 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 945 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1005 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1025 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1045 \]

2012 Albania National Olympiad, 3

Let $S_i$ be the sum of the first $i$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3\ldots $. Show that the value of the expression \[\frac{S_i}{i}(j-k) + \frac{S_j}{j}(k-i) +\ \frac{S_k}{k}(i-j)\] does not depend on the numbers $i,j,k$ nor on the choice of the arithmetic sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots$.

PEN O Problems, 38

Prove that for every real number $M$ there exists an infinite arithmetical progression of positive integers such that [list] [*] the common difference is not divisible by $10$, [*] the sum of digits of each term exceeds $M$. [/list]

2022 Kyiv City MO Round 1, Problem 4

You are given $n\ge 4$ positive real numbers. It turned out that all $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ of their pairwise products form an arithmetic progression in some order. Show that all given numbers are equal. [i](Proposed by Anton Trygub)[/i]

2004 Austrian-Polish Competition, 6

For $n=2^m$ (m is a positive integer) consider the set $M(n) = \{ 1,2,...,n\}$ of natural numbers. Prove that there exists an order $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$ of the elements of M(n), so that for all $1\leq i < j < k \leq n$ holds: $a_j - a_i \neq a_k - a_j$.

1999 National High School Mathematics League, 1

Give a geometric series $(a_n)$ with common ratio of $q$, let $b_1=a_1+a_2+a_3,b_2=a_4+a_5+a_6,\cdots,b_n=a_{3n}+a_{3n+1}+a_{3n+2}$, then sequence $(b_n)$ $\text{(A)}$ is an arithmetic sequence $\text{(B)}$ is a geometric series with common ratio of $q$ $\text{(C)}$ is a geometric series with common ratio of $q^3$ $\text{(D)}$ is neither an arithmetic sequence nor a geometric series

1992 IMTS, 4

In an attempt to copy down from the board a sequence of six positive integers in arithmetic progression, a student wrote down the five numbers, \[ 113,137,149,155,173, \] accidentally omitting one. He later discovered that he also miscopied one of them. Can you help him and recover the original sequence?

1998 China Team Selection Test, 1

Find $k \in \mathbb{N}$ such that [b]a.)[/b] For any $n \in \mathbb{N}$, there does not exist $j \in \mathbb{Z}$ which satisfies the conditions $0 \leq j \leq n - k + 1$ and $\left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j\end{array} \right), \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j + 1\end{array} \right), \ldots, \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j + k - 1\end{array} \right)$ forms an arithmetic progression. [b]b.)[/b] There exists $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that there exists $j$ which satisfies $0 \leq j \leq n - k + 2$, and $\left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j\end{array} \right), \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j + 1\end{array} \right), \ldots , \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\ j + k - 2\end{array} \right)$ forms an arithmetic progression. Find all $n$ which satisfies part [b]b.)[/b]