Found problems: 821
A circle with center $O$ is internally tangent to two circles inside it at points $S$ and $T$. Suppose the two circles inside intersect at $M$ and $N$ with $N$ closer to $ST$. Show that $OM$ and $MN$ are perpendicular if and only if $S,N, T$ are collinear.
Show that no matter how $15$ points are plotted within a circle of radius $2$ (circle border included), there will be a circle with radius $1$ (circle border including) which contains at least three of the $15$ points.
Given a point $E$ on the diameter $AC$ of the certain circle. Draw a chord $BD$ to maximise the area of the quadrangle $ABCD$.
Let $A$ be one of the two distinct points of intersection of two unequal coplanar circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ respectively. One of the common tangents to the circles touches $C_1$ at $P_1$ and $C_2$ at $P_2$, while the other touches $C_1$ at $Q_1$ and $C_2$ at $Q_2$. Let $M_1$ be the midpoint of $P_1Q_1$ and $M_2$ the midpoint of $P_2Q_2$. Prove that $\angle O_1AO_2=\angle M_1AM_2$.
A chord divides the interior of a circle $k$ into two parts. Variable circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ are inscribed in these two parts, touching the chord at the same point. Show that the ratio of the radii of circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ is constant, i.e. independent of the tangency point with the chord.
Two concentric circles have radii $R$ and $r$ respectively. Determine the greatest possible number of circles that are tangent to both these circles and mutually nonintersecting. Prove that this number lies between $\frac 32 \cdot \frac{\sqrt R +\sqrt r }{\sqrt R -\sqrt r } -1$ and $\frac{63}{20} \cdot \frac{R+r}{R-r}.$
The two circles $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ with the midpoints $O_1$ resp. $O_2$ intersect in the two distinct points $A$ and $B$. A line through $A$ meets $\Gamma_1$ in $C \neq A$ and $\Gamma_2$ in $D \neq A$. The lines $CO_1$ and $DO_2$ intersect in $X$.
Prove that the four points $O_1,O_2,B$ and $X$ are concyclic.
Let $O$ be the center of the circle circumscribed to triangle $ABC$ and let $ S_ {A} $, $ S_ {B} $, $ S_ {C} $ be the circles centered on $O$ that are tangent to the sides $BC, CA, AB$ respectively. Show that the sum of the angle between the two tangents $ S_ {A} $ from $A$ plus the angle between the two tangents $ S_ {B} $ from $B$ plus the angle between the two tangents $ S_ {C} $ from $C$ is $180$ degrees.
We have $1000$ balls in $40$ different colours, $25$ balls of each colour. Determine the smallest $n$ for which the following holds: if you place the $1000$ balls in a circle, in any arbitrary way, then there are always $n$ adjacent balls which have at least $20$ different colours.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $CA=CB$ and $\angle{ACB}=120^\circ$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Let $P$ be a variable point of the circumcircle of $ABC$, and let $Q$ be the point on the segment $CP$ such that $QP = 2QC$. It is given that the line through $P$ and perpendicular to $AB$ intersects the line $MQ$ at a unique point $N$.
Prove that there exists a fixed circle such that $N$ lies on this circle for all possible positions of $P$.
The radius $OM$ of a circle rotates uniformly at a rate of $360/n$ degrees per second , where $n$ is a positive integer . The initial radius is $OM_0$. After $1$ second the radius is $OM_1$ , after two more seconds (i.e. after three seconds altogether) the radius is $OM_2$ , after $3$ more seconds (after $6$ seconds altogether) the radius is $OM_3$, ..., after $n - 1$ more seconds its position is $OM_{n-1}$. For which values of $n$ do the points $M_0, M_1 , ..., M_{n-1}$ divide the circle into $n$ equal arcs?
(a) Is it true that the powers of $2$ are such values?
(b) Does there exist such a value which is not a power of $2$?
(V. V. Proizvolov , Moscow)
Two circles $C_1(O_1)$ and $C_2(O_2)$ with distinct radii meet at points $A$ and $B$. The tangent from $A$ to $C_1$ intersects the tangent from $B$ to $C_2$ at point $M$. Show that both circles are seen from $M$ under the same angle.
The cross-section of a ball bearing consists of two concentric circles $ C $ and $ C_1 $, between which there are $ n $ small circles $ k_1, k_2, \ldots, k_n $, each of which is tangent to the two adjacent circles and to both circles $ C $ and $ C_1 $. Given the radius $ r $ of the inner circle $ C $ and a natural number $ n $, calculate the radius $ x $ of circle $ C_2 $ passing through the points of tangency of circles $ k_1, k_2, \ldots, k_n $ and the sum $ s $ of the lengths of the arcs of circles $ k_1, k_2, \ldots, k_n $ that lie outside circle $ C_2 $.
The euclidean plane is divided into regions by drawing a finite number of circles. Show that it is possible to color each of these regions either red or blue in such a way that no two adjacent regions have the same color.
Four points are given $A, B, C, D$. Points $A_1, B_1, C_1,D_1$ are orthocenters of the triangles $BCD, CDA, DAB, ABC$ and $A_2, B_2, C_2,D_2$ are orthocenters of the triangles $B_1C_1D_1, C_1D_1A_1, D_1A_1B_1,A_1B_1C_1$ etc. Prove that the circles passing through the midpoints of the sides of all the triangles intersect at one point.
$AB$ and $CD$ are two parallel chords of a parabola. Circle $S_1$ passing through points $A,B$ intersects circle $S_2$ passing through $C,D$ at points $E,F$. Prove that if $E$ belongs to the parabola, then $F$ also belongs to the parabola.
I.Voronovich
In the plane, consider a circle with center $S$ and radius $1.$ Let $ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle having this circle as its incircle, and assume that $SA\leq SB\leq SC.$ Find the locus of
[b]a.)[/b] all vertices $A$ of such triangles;
[b]b.)[/b] all vertices $B$ of such triangles;
[b]c.)[/b] all vertices $C$ of such triangles.
The convex set $F$ does not cover a semi-circle of radius $R$.
Is it possible that two sets, congruent to $F$, cover the circle of radius $R$ ?
What if $F$ is not convex?
( N . B . Vasiliev , A. G . Samosvat)
On a circle, numbers from $1$ to $100$ are arranged in some order. We call a pair of numbers [i]good [/i] if these two numbers do not stand side by side, and at least on one of the two arcs into which they break a circle, all the numbers are less than each of them. What can be the total number of [i]good [/i] pairs?
Let $\Gamma_1$, $\Gamma_2$ be two circles, where$ \Gamma_1$ has a smaller radius, intersect at two points $A$ and $B$. Points $C, D$ lie on $\Gamma_1$, $\Gamma_2$ respectively so that the point $A$ is the midpoint of the segment $CD$ . Line$ CB$ intersects the circle $\Gamma_2$ for the second time at the point $F$, line $DB$ intersects the circle $\Gamma_1$ for the second time at the point $E$. The perpendicular bisectors of the segments $CD$ and $EF$ intersect at a point $P$. Knowing that $CA =12$ and $PE = 5$ , find $AP$.
The circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ intersect at points $D$ and $P$. The common tangent of the two circles on the side of $D$ touches $k_1$ at $A$ and $k_2$ at $B$. The straight line $AD$ intersects $k_2$ for a second time at $C$. Let $M$ be the center of the segment $BC$. Show that $ \angle DPM = \angle BDC$ .
$n$ numbers are written down along the circumference. Their sum equals to zero, and one of them equals $1$.
a) Prove that there are two neighbours with their difference not less than $n/4$.
b) Prove that there is a number that differs from the arithmetic mean of its two neighbours not less than on $8/(n^2)$.
c) Try to improve the previous estimation, i.e what number can be used instead of $8$?
d) Prove that for $n=30$ there is a number that differs from the arithmetic mean of its two neighbours not less than on $2/113$, give an example of such $30$ numbers along the circumference, that not a single number differs from the arithmetic mean of its two neighbours more than on $2/113$.
The figure shows a square and three circles of equal radius tangent to each other and square passes. Find the radius of the circles if the square length is $1$.
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Two circles $ \Omega_{1}$ and $ \Omega_{2}$ are externally tangent to each other at a point $ I$, and both of these circles are tangent to a third circle $ \Omega$ which encloses the two circles $ \Omega_{1}$ and $ \Omega_{2}$.
The common tangent to the two circles $ \Omega_{1}$ and $ \Omega_{2}$ at the point $ I$ meets the circle $ \Omega$ at a point $ A$. One common tangent to the circles $ \Omega_{1}$ and $ \Omega_{2}$ which doesn't pass through $ I$ meets the circle $ \Omega$ at the points $ B$ and $ C$ such that the points $ A$ and $ I$ lie on the same side of the line $ BC$.
Prove that the point $ I$ is the incenter of triangle $ ABC$.
[i]Alternative formulation.[/i] Two circles touch externally at a point $ I$. The two circles lie inside a large circle and both touch it. The chord $ BC$ of the large circle touches both smaller circles (not at $ I$). The common tangent to the two smaller circles at the point $ I$ meets the large circle at a point $ A$, where the points $ A$ and $ I$ are on the same side of the chord $ BC$. Show that the point $ I$ is the incenter of triangle $ ABC$.
It is known that the merchant’s $n$ clients live in locations laid along the ring road. Of these, $k$ customers have debts to the merchant for $a_1,a_2,...,a_k$ rubles, and the merchant owes the remaining $n-k$ clients, whose debts are $b_1,b_2,...,b_{n-k}$ rubles, moreover, $a_1+a_2+...+a_k=b_1+b_2+...+b_{n-k}$. Prove that a merchant who has no money can pay all his debts and have paid all the customer debts, by starting a customer walk along the road from one of points and not missing any of their customers.