Find all value of $ n$ for which there are nonzero real numbers $ a, b, c, d$ such that after expanding and collecting similar terms, the polynomial $ (ax \plus{} b)^{100} \minus{} (cx \plus{} d)^{100}$ has exactly $ n$ nonzero coefficients.

Let $G$ be a simple graph with $11$ vertices labeled as $v_{1} , v_{2} , ... , v_{11}$ such that the degree of $v_1$ equals to $2$ and the degree of other vertices are equal to $3$.If for any set $A$ of these vertices which $|A| \le 4$ , the number of vertices which are adjacent to at least one verex in $A$ and are not in $A$ themselves is at least equal to $|A|$ , then find the maximum possible number for the diameter of $G$. (The distance between two vertices of graph is the number of edges of the shortest path between them and the diameter of a graph , is the largest distance between arbitrary pairs in $V(G)$. ) [i]Proposed by Alireza Haqi[/i]

Let $S$ be a set with $n$ elements. Take a positive integer $k$. Let $A_1, A_2, \ldots, A_k$ be any distinct subsets of $S$. For each $i$ take $B_i = A_i$ or $B_i = S - A_i$. Find the smallest $k$ such that we can always choose $B_i$ so that $\bigcup_{i=1}^k B_i = S$, no matter what the subsets $A_i$ are.

Kiko and Ñoño play with a rod of length $2n$ where $n \le 3$ is an integer. Kiko cuts the rod in $ k \le 2n$ pieces of integer lengths. Then Ñoño has to arrange these pieces so that they form a hexagon of equal opposite sides and equal angles. The pieces can not be split and they all have to be used. If Ñoño achieves his goal, he wins, in any other case, Kiko wins. Determine which victory can be secured based on $k$.

Initially one have the number $0$ in each cell of the table $29 \times 29$. A [i]moviment[/i] is when one choose a sub-table $5 \times 5$ and add $+1$ for every cell of this sub-table. Find the maximum value of $n$, where after $1000$ [i]moviments[/i], there are $4$ cells such that your centers are vertices of a square and the sum of this $4$ cells is at least $n$. [b]Note:[/b] A square does not, necessarily, have your sides parallel with the sides of the table.

It is known that among several banknotes of pairwise distinct face values (which are positive integers) there are exactly $N{}$ fakes. In a single test, a detector determines the sum of the face values of all real banknotes in an arbitrary set we have selected. Prove that by using the detector $N{}$ times, all fake banknotes can be identified, if a) $N=2$ and b) $N=3$. [i]Proposed by S. Tokarev[/i]

Aibek wrote 6 letters to 6 different person.[b][u]In how many ways[/u][/b] can he send the letters to them,such that no person gets his letter.

Let $N$ be a positive integer. Kingdom Wierdo has $N$ castles, with at most one road between each pair of cities. There are at most four guards on each road. To cost down, the King of Wierdos makes the following policy: (1) For any three castles, if there are roads between any two of them, then any of these roads cannot have four guards. (2) For any four castles, if there are roads between any two of them, then for any one castle among them, the roads from it toward the other three castles cannot all have three guards. Prove that, under this policy, the total number of guards on roads in Kingdom Wierdo is smaller than or equal to $N^2$. [i]Remark[/i]: Proving that the number of guards does not exceed $cN^2$ for some $c > 1$ independent of $N$ will be scored based on the value of $c$. [i]Proposed by usjl[/i]

Placing $n \in {\mathbb N}$ circles with radius $1$ $unit$ inside a square with side $100$ $unit$ such that, whichever line segment with lenght $10$ $unit$ intersect at least one circle. Prove that $$n \geq 416$$

Let $A_1,A_2,...$ be a sequence of sets such that for any positive integer $i$, there are only finitely many values of $j$ such that $A_j\subseteq A_i$. Prove that there is a sequence of positive integers $a_1,a_2,...$ such that for any pair $(i,j)$ to have $a_i\mid a_j\iff A_i\subseteq A_j$.

$50$ gangsters simultaneously shoot at each other, and each shoots at the nearest gangster (if there are several of them, then at one of them) and kills him. Find the smallest possible number of people killed.

[b]p1.[/b] How many perfect squares are in the set: $\{1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17, 25, 36, 49\}$? [b]p2.[/b] If $a \spadesuit b = a^b - ab - 5$, what is the value of $2 \spadesuit 11$? [b]p3.[/b] Joe can catch $20$ fish in $5$ hours. Jill can catch $35$ fish in $7$ hours. If they work together, and the number of days it takes them to catch $900$ fish is represented by $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, what is $m + n$? Assume that they work at a constant rate without taking breaks and that there are an infinite number of fish to catch. [b]p4.[/b] What is the units digit of $187^{10}$? [b]p5.[/b] What is the largest number of regions we can create by drawing $4$ lines in a plane? [b]p6.[/b] A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle. If the area of the circle is $2025\pi$, given that the area of the hexagon can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $gcd(a, c) = 1$ and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any number other than $1$, find $a + b + c$. [b]p7.[/b] Find the number of trailing zeroes in the product $3! \cdot 5! \cdot 719!$. [b]p8.[/b] How many ordered triples $(x, y, z)$ of odd positive integers satisfy $x + y + z = 37$? [b]p9.[/b] Let $N$ be a number with $2021$ digits that has a remainder of $1$ when divided by $9$. $S(N)$ is the sum of the digits of $N$. What is the value of $S(S(S(S(N))))$? [b]p10.[/b] Ayana rolls a standard die $10$ times. If the probability that the sum of the $10$ die is divisible by $6$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$, what is $m + n$? [b]p11.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $AB=13$, $BC=14$, and $CA=15$. The inscribed circle touches the side $BC$ at point $D$. The line $AI$ intersects side $BC$ at point $K$ given that $I$ is the incenter of triangle $ABC$. What is the area of the triangle $KID$? [b]p12.[/b] Given the cubic equation $2x^3+8x^2-42x-188$, with roots $a, b, c$, evaluate $|a^2b+a^2c+ab^2+b^2c+c^2a+bc^2|$. [b]p13.[/b] In tetrahedron $ABCD$, $AB=6$, $BC=8$, $CA=10$, and $DA$, $DB$, $DC=20$. If the volume of $ABCD$ is $a\sqrt{b}$ where $a$, $b$ are positive integers and in simplified radical form, what is $a + b$? [b]p14.[/b] A $2021$-digit number starts with the four digits $2021$ and the rest of the digits are randomly chosen from the set $0$,$1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$,$6$. If the probability that the number is divisible by $14$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$. what is $m + n$? [b]p15.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter $O_1$ and circumradius $20$, Let the intersection of $AC$ and $BD$ be $E$. Let the circumcenter of $\vartriangle EDC$ be $O_2$. Given that the circumradius of 4EDC is $13$; $O_1O_2 = 11$, $BE = 11 \sqrt2$, find $O_1E^2$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

There is an empty table with $2^{100}$ rows and $100$ columns. Alice and Eva take turns filling the empty cells of the first row of the table, Alice plays first. In each move, Alice chooses an empty cell and puts a cross in it; Eva in each move chooses an empty cell and puts a zero. When no empty cells remain in the first row, the players move on to the second row, and so on (in each new row Alice plays first). The game ends when all the rows are filled. Alice wants to make as many different rows in the table as possible, while Eva wants to make as few as possible. How many different rows will be there in the table if both follow their best strategies? Proposed by Denis Afrizonov

At a table tennis tournament, each one of the $ n\ge 2 $ participants play with all the others exactly once. Show that, at the end of the tournament, one and only one of these propositions will be true: $ \text{(1)} $ The players can be labeled with the numbers $ 1,2,...,n, $ such that $ 1 $ won $ 2, 2 $ won $ 3,...,n-1 $ won $ n $ and $ n $ won $ 1. $ $ \text{(2)} $ The players can be partitioned in two nonempty subsets $ A,B, $ such that whichever one from $ A $ won all that are in $ B. $

Prove that $ \sum_{k \equal{} 0}^{995} \frac {( \minus{} 1)^k}{1991 \minus{} k} {1991 \minus{} k \choose k} \equal{} \frac {1}{1991}$

Square $600\times 600$ is divided into figures of four types, shown in figure. In the figures of the two types, shown on the left, in painted black, the cells recorded number $2^k$, where $k$ is the number of the column, where is this cell (columns numbered from left to right by numbers from $1$ to $600$). Prove that the sum of all recorded numbers are divisible by $9$. [asy] // Set up the drawing area size(10cm,0); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); unitsize(0.8cm); // A helper function to draw a single unit square // c = coordinates of the lower-left corner // p = fill color (default is white) void drawsq(pair c, pen p=white) { fill(shift(c)*unitsquare, p); draw(shift(c)*unitsquare); } // --- Shape 1 (left) --- // 2 columns, 3 rows, black square in the middle-left drawsq((1,1), black); // middle-left black drawsq((2,0)); // bottom-right drawsq((2,1)); // middle-right drawsq((2,2)); // top-right // --- Shape 2 (next to the first) --- // 2 columns, 3 rows, black square in the middle-right drawsq((4,0)); drawsq((4,1)); drawsq((4,2)); drawsq((5,1), black); // middle-right black // --- Shape 3 (the "T" shape, 3 across the bottom + 1 in the middle top) --- drawsq((7,0)); drawsq((8,0)); drawsq((9,0)); drawsq((8,1)); // --- Shape 4 (the "T" shape, 3 across the top + 1 in the middle bottom) --- drawsq((11,1)); drawsq((12,1)); drawsq((13,1)); drawsq((12,0)); [/asy]

In the parliament of Nekurnekadzeme, all activities take place in commissions, which consist of exactly three members. The constitution stipulates that any three commissions must have at least five members. We will call a family of commissions a [i]clique[/i] if every two of them have exactly two members in common, but if any other commission is added to this family, this condition is no longer fulfilled. Prove that two different cliques cannot have more than one commission in common.

The wizard Albus and Brian are playing a game on a square of side length $2n+1$ meters surrounded by lava. In the centre of the square there sits a toad. In a turn, a wizard chooses a direction parallel to a side of the square and enchants the toad. This will cause the toad to jump $d$ meters in the chosen direction, where $d$ is initially equal to $1$ and increases by $1$ after each jump. The wizard who sends the toad into the lava loses. Albus begins and they take turns. Depending on $n$, determine which wizard has a winning strategy.

Mr. Ganzgenau would like to take his tea mug out of the microwave right at the front. But Mr. Ganzgenau's microwave doesn't really want to be very precise play along. To be precise, the two of them play the following game: Let $n$ be a positive integer. The turntable of the microwave makes one in $n$ seconds full turn. Each time the microwave is switched on, an integer number of seconds turned either clockwise or counterclockwise so that there are n possible positions in which the tea mug can remain. One of these positions is right up front. At the beginning, the microwave turns the tea mug to one of the $n$ possible positions. After that Mr. Ganzgenau enters an integer number of seconds in each move, and the microwave decides either clockwise or counterclockwise this number of spin for seconds. For which $n$ can Mr. Ganzgenau force the tea cup after a finite number of puffs to be able to take it out of the microwave right up front? (Birgit Vera Schmidt) [hide=original wording, in case it doesn't make much sense]Herr Ganzgenau möchte sein Teehäferl ganz genau vorne aus der Mikrowelle herausnehmen. Die Mikrowelle von Herrn Ganzgenau möchte da aber so ganz genau gar nicht mitspielen. Ganz genau gesagt spielen die beiden das folgende Spiel: Sei n eine positive ganze Zahl. In n Sekunden macht der Drehteller der Mikrowelle eine vollständige Umdrehung. Bei jedem Einschalten der Mikrowelle wird eine ganzzahlige Anzahl von Sekunden entweder im oder gegen den Uhrzeigersinn gedreht, sodass es n mögliche Positionen gibt, auf denen das Teehäferl stehen bleiben kann. Eine dieser Positionen ist ganz genau vorne. Zu Beginn dreht die Mikrowelle das Teehäferl auf eine der n möglichen Positionen. Danach gibt Herr Ganzgenau in jedem Zug eine ganzzahlige Anzahl von Sekunden ein, und die Mikrowelle entscheidet, entweder im oder gegen den Uhrzeigersinn diese Anzahl von Sekunden lang zu drehen. Für welche n kann Herr Ganzgenau erzwingen, das Teehäferl nach endlich vielen Zügen ganz genau vorne aus der Mikrowelle nehmen zu können? (Birgit Vera Schmidt) [/hide]

Let $f_1,f_2,\ldots $ be a sequence of non-increasing functions from the naturals to the naturals. Show there exists $i < j$ such that $$f_i(n) \leq f_j(n) \text{ for all } n \in \mathbb{N}.$$

For each natural number $k$ find the least number $n$ such that in every tournament with $n$ vertices, there exists a vertex with in-degree and out-degree at least $k$. (Tournament is directed complete graph.)

Each of 9 girls participates in several (one or more) theater groups, so that there are no two identical groups. Each of them is randomly assigned a positive integer between 1 and 30 inclusive. We call a group \textit{small} if the sum of the numbers of its members does not exceed the sum of any other group. Prove that regardless of which girl participates in which group, the probability that after receiving the numbers there will be a unique small group is at least \( \frac{7}{10} \).

Let $n\ge 5$ be a positive integer and let $\{a_1,a_2,...,a_n\}=\{1,2,...,n\}$.Prove that at least $\lfloor \sqrt{n}\rfloor +1$ numbers from $a_1,a_1+a_2,...,a_1+a_2+...+a_n$ leave different residues when divided by $n$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Two players $A$ and $B$ play a game in which they take turns choosing positive integers $k \le n$. The rules of the game are: (i) A player cannot choose a number that has been chosen by either player on any previous turn. (ii) A player cannot choose a number consecutive to any of those the player has already chosen on any previous turn. (iii) The game is a draw if all numbers have been chosen; otherwise the player who cannot choose a number anymore loses the game. The player $A$ takes the first turn. Determine the outcome of the game, assuming that both players use optimal strategies. [i]Proposed by Finland[/i]

Consider the Sierpinski triangle iterations drawn below. $S_0$ is a single triangle, and $S_{n+1}$ consists of three copies of $S_n.$ Let a [i]maximal line segment[/i] be line segment in the drawing of $S_k$ which cannot be extended any further while remaining in $S_k.$ For example, $S_0$ has three maximal line segments and $S_1$ has $6$ maximal line segments. How many maximal line segments are there in $S_5$? [center] [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/2/51d83da65910cd32ce0b235a9615ec467870e1.png[/img] [/center]