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2018 Brazil Undergrad MO, 24

What is the value of the series $\sum_{1 \leq l <m<n} \frac{1}{5^l3^m2^n}$

2003 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 9.1

Prove that the sides of any equilateral triangle you can either increase everything or decrease everything by the same amount so that you get a right triangle.

2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 22

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For a certain positive integer $n$ less than $1000$, the decimal equivalent of $\frac{1}{n}$ is $0.\overline{abcdef}$, a repeating decimal of period $6$, and the decimal equivalent of $\frac{1}{n+6}$ is $0.\overline{wxyz}$, a repeating decimal of period $4$. In which interval does $n$ lie? $\textbf{(A)}\ [1,200] \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ [201,400] \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ [401,600] \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ [601,800] \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ [801,999] $

2017 ASDAN Math Tournament, 2

Tags: algebra test
Eric has $2$ boxes of apples, with the first box containing red and yellow apples and the second box containing green apples. Eric observes that the red apples make up $\tfrac{1}{2}$ of the apples in the first box. He then moves all of the red apples to the second box, and observes that the red apples now make up $\tfrac{1}{3}$ of the apples in the second box. Suppose that Eric has $28$ apples in total. How many red apples does Eric have?

2000 Belarus Team Selection Test, 5.3

Suppose that every integer has been given one of the colours red, blue, green or yellow. Let $x$ and $y$ be odd integers so that $|x| \neq |y|$. Show that there are two integers of the same colour whose difference has one of the following values: $x,y,x+y$ or $x-y$.

2001 Federal Math Competition of S&M, Problem 2

Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_{2001}$ be positive numbers such that $$x_i^2\ge x_1^2+\frac{x_2^2}{2^3}+\frac{x_3^2}{3^3}+\ldots+\frac{x_{i-1}^2}{(i-1)^3}\enspace\text{for }2\le i\le2001.$$Prove that $\sum_{i=2}^{2001}\frac{x_i}{x_1+x_2+\ldots+x_{i-1}}>1.999$.

2000 National Olympiad First Round, 7

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Some of $A,B,C,D,$ and $E$ are truth tellers, and the others are liars. Truth tellers always tell the truth. Liars always lie. We know $A$ is a truth teller. According to below conversation, $B: $ I'm a truth teller. $C: $ $D$ is a truth teller. $D: $ $B$ and $E$ are not both truth tellers. $E: $ $A$ and $B$ are truth tellers. How many truth tellers are there? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{More information is needed} $

2023 Iran MO (2nd Round), P4

4. A positive integer n is given.Find the smallest $k$ such that we can fill a $3*k$ gird with non-negative integers such that: $\newline$ $i$) Sum of the numbers in each column is $n$. $ii$) Each of the numbers $0,1,\dots,n$ appears at least once in each row.

2023 CMIMC TCS, 1

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Carnegie Corporation is trying to promote a new department director from its employees. Carnegie Corporation has $n$ employees each with some unknown real-valued score and wants to pick the $M$-th highest scoring employee to be the new department director. The corporation has a magical machine that, once a day, can be used to compare two employees to see which one has a higher score. Unfortunately, this machine has a magical consequence: after every $k$ uses of this machine, if a new department director has not been chosen by the end of the day, one random employee is fired and a new employee (who has not necessarily the same score) is hired. Assume no two employees have equal scores and scores don't change over time. Machines with a higher constant of $k$ will be more expensive, so management wants to minimize the value of $k$. Devise an algorithm which uses the minimum possible $k$ guaranteeing that, given any $1\leq M \leq n$, we can promote the $M$-th highest scoring employee as the new department director in finitely many days. [b]Scoring:[/b] An algorithm that solves the case for a certain $k$ in terms of $n\geq 2$ and some constant $c\in \mathbb{R}^+$ will be awarded: [list] [*] $10$ pts for any finite $k$ [*] $20$ pts for any $k\leq cn\log(n)$ for some constant $c>0$ [*] $40$ pts for any $k\leq cn$ for some constant $c>1$ [*] $70$ pts for $k\leq n$ [*] $85$ pts for $k\leq n-\lfloor\sqrt{n/2}-\tfrac{1}{2}\rfloor + 1$ [*] $100$ pts for $k\leq n-\lfloor\sqrt{n}-\tfrac{1}{2}\rfloor + 1$ [/list] [i]Proposed by David Tang[/i]

2023 CMIMC Integration Bee, 9

\[\int_{-1}^1 x^{2022}\cos\left(\tfrac \pi {12}-x\right)\sin\left(\tfrac \pi{12}+x\right)\,\mathrm dx\] [i]Proposed by Michael Duncan, Connor Gordon, and Vlad Oleksenko[/i]

2003 National Olympiad First Round, 1

Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $|AB|=7$, $|BC|=8$, $|AC|=6$. Let $D$ be the midpoint of side $[BC]$. If the circle through $A$, $B$ and $D$ cuts $AC$ at $A$ and $E$, what is $|AE|$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac 23 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac 32 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 3 $

1991 Kurschak Competition, 1

Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $a,b\ge 1$, $c>0$ arbitrary real numbers. Prove that \[\frac{(ab+c)^n-c}{(b+c)^n-c}\le a^n.\]

MBMT Guts Rounds, 2015.26

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Choose a real number between $0$ and $10$, inclusive. If your number is less than the average of all numbers chosen, you will get your number's worth of points, but if your number is greater than or equal to the average, you will get $0$ points. For example, if the average of all numbers chosen is $1.2$, and you pick $1.6$, then you will receive $0$ points, but if you pick $0.5$, then you will receive $0.5$ points. Express your answer to the nearest thousandth. For example, $7.800$, $2.110$, and $0.234$ are valid responses, but $7.8$ and $0.2345$ are not. An invalid response will receive a score of zero.

2021 Peru MO (ONEM), 1

[b]a)[/b] Determine if it's possible write $6$ positive rational numbers, pairwise distinct, in a circle such that each one is equal to the product of your [b]neighbor[/b] numbers. [b]b)[/b] Determine if it's possible write $8$ positive rational numbers, pairwise distinct, in a circle such that each one is equal to the product of your [b]neighbor[/b] numbers.

2017 IFYM, Sozopol, 2

With $\sigma (n)$ we denote the sum of the positive divisors of the natural number $n$. Prove that there exist infinitely many natural numbers $n$, for which $n$ divides $2^{\sigma (n)} -1$.

2008 Tournament Of Towns, 2

Alice and Brian are playing a game on the real line. To start the game, Alice places a checker on a number $x$ where $0 < x < 1$. In each move, Brian chooses a positive number $d$. Alice must move the checker to either $x + d$ or $x - d$. If it lands on $0$ or $1$, Brian wins. Otherwise the game proceeds to the next move. For which values of $x$ does Brian have a strategy which allows him to win the game in a finite number of moves?

2000 Austrian-Polish Competition, 3

For each integer $n \ge 3$ solve in real numbers the system of equations: $$\begin{cases} x_1^3 = x_2 + x_3 + 1 \\...\\x_{n-1}^3 = x_n+ x_1 + 1\\x_{n}^3 = x_1+ x_2 + 1 \end{cases}$$

2007 Purple Comet Problems, 1

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The sum of nine consecutive odd numbers is $2007$. Find the greatest of these nine numbers.

2017 Princeton University Math Competition, 13

Tags: geometry
A point-sized cue ball is fired in a straight path from the center of a regular hexagonal billiards table of side length $1$. If it is not launched directly into a pocket but travels an integer distance before falling into one of the pockets (located in the corners), find the minimum distance that it could have traveled.

2024 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 22

Tags: guts
Let $x<y$ be positive real numbers such that $$\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}=4 \quad \text{and} \quad \sqrt{x+2}+\sqrt{y+2}=5.$$ Compute $x.$

1993 APMO, 3

Let \begin{eqnarray*} f(x) & = & a_n x^n + a_{n-1} x^{n-1} + \cdots + a_0 \ \ \mbox{and} \\ g(x) & = & c_{n+1} x^{n+1} + c_n x^n + \cdots + c_0 \end{eqnarray*} be non-zero polynomials with real coefficients such that $g(x) = (x+r)f(x)$ for some real number $r$. If $a = \max(|a_n|, \ldots, |a_0|)$ and $c = \max(|c_{n+1}|, \ldots, |c_0|)$, prove that $\frac{a}{c} \leq n+1$.

2023 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 10

Tags: guts
The number $$316990099009901=\frac{32016000000000001}{101}$$ is the product of two distinct prime numbers. Compute the smaller of these two primes.

2020 Tournament Of Towns, 3

There are $41$ letters on a circle, each letter is $A$ or $B$. It is allowed to replace $ABA$ by $B$ and conversely, as well as to replace $BAB$ by $A$ and conversely. Is it necessarily true that it is possible to obtain a circle containing a single letter repeating these operations? Maxim Didin

2009 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 1

Tags: geometry
The sum of all of the interior angles of seven polygons is $180\times17$. Find the total number of sides of the polygons.

2005 District Olympiad, 1

Let $A_1$, $A_2$, $\ldots$, $A_n$, $n\geq 2$ be $n$ finite sets with the properties i) $|A_i| \geq 2$, for all $1\leq i \leq n$; ii) $|A_i\cap A_j| \neq 1$, for all $1\leq i<j\leq n$. Prove that the elements of the set $\displaystyle \bigcup_{i=1}^n A_i$ can be colored with 2 colors, such that all the sets $A_i$ are bi-color, for all $1\leq i \leq n$.