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II Soros Olympiad 1995 - 96 (Russia), 9.3
Is there a convex pentagon in which each diagonal is equal to some side?
PEN H Problems, 46
Let $a, b, c, d, e, f$ be integers such that $b^{2}-4ac>0$ is not a perfect square and $4acf+bde-ae^{2}-cd^{2}-fb^{2}\neq 0$. Let \[f(x, y)=ax^{2}+bxy+cy^{2}+dx+ey+f\] Suppose that $f(x, y)=0$ has an integral solution. Show that $f(x, y)=0$ has infinitely many integral solutions.
2021 LMT Fall, 1
Kevin writes the multiples of three from $1$ to $100$ on the whiteboard. How many digits does he write?
2021 Indonesia MO, 2
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Let $D$ and $E$ be the midpoint of segment $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. Suppose $L_1$ and $L_2$ are circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ and $ADE$ respectively. $CD$ intersects $L_1$ and $L_2$ at $M (M \not= C)$ and $N (N \not= D)$. If $DM = DN$, prove that $\triangle ABC$ is isosceles.
2011 Romanian Masters In Mathematics, 1
Prove that there exist two functions $f,g \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, such that $f\circ g$ is strictly decreasing and $g\circ f$ is strictly increasing.
[i](Poland) Andrzej Komisarski and Marcin Kuczma[/i]
2023 Taiwan TST Round 2, N
Find all polynomials $P$ with real coefficients satisfying that there exist infinitely many pairs $(m, n)$ of coprime positives integer such that $P(\frac{m}{n})=\frac{1}{n}$.
[i]
Proposed by usjl[/i]
2011 China Girls Math Olympiad, 6
Do there exist positive integers $m,n$, such that $m^{20}+11^n$ is a square number?
2019 BMT Spring, 5
What is the minimum distance between $(2019, 470)$ and $(21a - 19b, 19b + 21a)$ for $a, b \in Z$?
2015 Latvia Baltic Way TST, 8
Given a fixed rational number $q$. Let's call a number $x$ [i]charismatic [/i] if we can find a natural number $n$ and integers $a_1, a_2,.., a_n$ such that
$$x = (q + 1)^{a_1} \cdot (q + 2)^{a_2} \cdot ... \cdot(q + n)^{a_n} .$$
i) Prove that one can find a $q$ such that all positive rational numbers are charismatic.
ii) Is it true that for all $q$, if the number $x$ is charismatic, then $x + 1$ is also charismatic?
1997 AMC 8, 22
A two-inch cube $(2\times 2\times 2)$ of silver weighs 3 pounds and is worth \$200. How much is a three-inch cube of silver worth?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 300\text{ dollars} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 375\text{ dollars} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 450\text{ dollars} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 560\text{ dollars} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 675\text{ dollars}$
India EGMO 2025 TST, 3
Let $\Delta ABC$ be an acute angled scalene triangle with circumcircle $\omega$. Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and orthocenter of $\Delta ABC,$ respectively. Let $E,F$ and $Q$ be points on segments $AB,AC$ and $\omega$, respectively, such that
$$\angle BHE=\angle CHF=\angle AQH=90^\circ.$$
Prove that $OQ$ and $AH$ intersect on the circumcircle of $\Delta AEF$.
[i] Proposed by Antareep Nath [/i]
1970 Poland - Second Round, 3
Prove the theorem:
There is no natural number $ n > 1 $ such that the number $ 2^n - 1 $ is divisible by $ n $.
2018 Taiwan APMO Preliminary, 6
Let $ABCD$ be an unit aquare.$E,F$ be the midpoints of $CD,BC$ respectively. $AE$ intersects the diagonal $BD$ at $P$. $AF$ intersects $BD,BE$ at $Q,R$ respectively. Find the area of quadrilateral $PQRE$.
2020 Brazil Cono Sur TST, 3
Let $a_1,a_2, \cdots$ be a sequence of integers that satisfies: $a_1=1$ and $a_{n+1}=a_n+a_{\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor} , \forall n\geq 1 $. Prove that for all positive $k$, there is $m \geq 1$ such that $k \mid a_m$.
2014 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 32
Find all ordered pairs $(a,b)$ of complex numbers with $a^2+b^2\neq 0$, $a+\tfrac{10b}{a^2+b^2}=5$, and $b+\tfrac{10a}{a^2+b^2}=4$.
2012 CHMMC Fall, Individual
[b]p1.[/b] How many nonzero digits are in the number $(5^{94} + 5^{92})(2^{94} + 2^{92})$?
[b]p2.[/b] Suppose $A$ is a set of $2013$ distinct positive integers such that the arithmetic mean of any subset of $A$ is also an integer. Find an example of $A$.
[b]p3.[/b] How many minutes until the smaller angle formed by the minute and hour hands on the face of a clock is congruent to the smaller angle between the hands at $5:15$ pm? Round your answer to the nearest minute.
[b]p4.[/b] Suppose $a$ and $b$ are positive real numbers, $a + b = 1$, and $$1 +\frac{a^2 + 3b^2}{2ab}=\sqrt{4 +\frac{a}{b}+\frac{3b}{a}}.$$ Find $a$.
[b]p5.[/b] Suppose $f(x) = \frac{e^x- 12e^{-x}}{ 2}$ . Find all $x$ such that $f(x) = 2$.
[b]p6.[/b] Let $P_1$, $P_2$,$...$,$P_n$ be points equally spaced on a unit circle. For how many integer $n \in \{2, 3, ... , 2013\}$ is the product of all pairwise distances: $\prod_{1\le i<j\le n} P_iP_j$ a rational number?
Note that $\prod$ means the product. For example, $\prod_{1\le i\le 3} i = 1\cdot 2 \cdot 3 = 6$.
[b]p7.[/b] Determine the value $a$ such that the following sum converges if and only if $r \in (-\infty, a)$ :
$$\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}(\sqrt{n^4 + n^r} - n^2).$$
Note that $\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\frac{1}{n^s}$ converges if and only if $s > 1$.
[b]p8.[/b] Find two pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ with $a > b$ such that $a^2 + b^2 = 40501$.
[b]p9.[/b] Consider a simplified memory-knowledge model. Suppose your total knowledge level the night before you went to a college was $100$ units. Each day, when you woke up in the morning you forgot $1\%$ of what you had learned. Then, by going to lectures, working on the homework, preparing for presentations, you had learned more and so your knowledge level went up by $10$ units at the end of the day.
According to this model, how long do you need to stay in college until you reach the knowledge level of exactly $1000$?
[b]p10.[/b] Suppose $P(x) = 2x^8 + x^6 - x^4 +1$, and that $P$ has roots $a_1$, $a_2$, $...$ , $a_8$ (a complex number $z$ is a root of the polynomial $P(x)$ if $P(z) = 0$). Find the value of $$(a^2_1-2)(a^2_2-2)(a^2_3-2)...(a^2_8-2).$$
[b]p11.[/b] Find all values of $x$ satisfying $(x^2 + 2x-5)^2 = -2x^2 - 3x + 15$.
[b]p12.[/b] Suppose $x, y$ and $z$ are positive real numbers such that
$$x^2 + y^2 + xy = 9,$$
$$y^2 + z^2 + yz = 16,$$
$$x^2 + z^2 + xz = 25.$$
Find $xy + yz + xz$ (the answer is unique).
[b]p13.[/b] Suppose that $P(x)$ is a monic polynomial (i.e, the leading coefficient is $1$) with $20$ roots, each distinct and of the form $\frac{1}{3^k}$ for $k = 0,1,2,..., 19$. Find the coefficient of $x^{18}$ in $P(x)$.
[b]p14.[/b] Find the sum of the reciprocals of all perfect squares whose prime factorization contains only powers of $3$, $5$, $7$ (i.e. $\frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{25} + \frac{1}{419} + \frac{1}{811} + \frac{1}{215} + \frac{1}{441} + \frac{1}{625} + ...$).
[b]p15.[/b] Find the number of integer quadruples $(a, b, c, d)$ which also satisfy the following system of equations:
$$1+b + c^2 + d^3 =0,$$ $$a + b^2 + c^3 + d^4 =0,$$ $$a^2 + b^3 + c^4 + d^5 =0,$$ $$a^3+b^4+c^5+d^6 =0.$$
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2003 Cuba MO, 2
Prove that if $$\frac{p}{q}=1-\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3}- \frac{1}{4} + ... -\frac{1}{1334} + \frac{1}{1335}$$ where $p, q \in Z_+$ then $p$ is divisible by $2003$.
LMT Guts Rounds, 2017
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]p1.[/b] Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers with $a > b$ and $a^2 -b^2 =111$.
[b]p2.[/b] Alice drives at a constant rate of $2017$ miles per hour. Find all positive values of $x$ such that she can drive a distance of $x^2$ miles in a time of $x$ minutes.
[b]p3.[/b] $ABC$ is a right triangle with right angle at $B$ and altitude $BH$ to hypotenuse $AC$. If $AB = 20$ and $BH = 12$, find the area of triangle $\vartriangle ABC$.
[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]p4.[/b] Regular polygons $P_1$ and $P_2$ have $n_1$ and $n_2$ sides and interior angles $x_1$ and $x_2$, respectively. If $\frac{n_1}{n_2}= \frac75$ and $\frac{x_1}{x_2}=\frac{15}{14}$ , find the ratio of the sum of the interior angles of $P_1$ to the sum of the interior angles of $P_2$.
[b]p5.[/b] Joey starts out with a polynomial $f (x) = x^2 +x +1$. Every turn, he either adds or subtracts $1$ from
$f$ . What is the probability that after $2017$ turns, $f$ has a real root?
[b]p6.[/b] Find the difference between the greatest and least positive integer values $x$ such that $\sqrt[20]{\lfloor \sqrt[17]{x}\rfloor}=1$.
[u]Round 3[/u]
[b]p7.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square and suppose $P$ and $Q$ are points on sides $AB$ and $CD$ respectively such that $\frac{AP}{PB} = \frac{20}{17}$ and $\frac{CQ}{QD}=\frac{17}{20}$ . Suppose that $PQ = 1$. Find the area of square $ABCD$.
[b]p8.[/b] If $$\frac{\sum_{n \ge 0} r^n}{\sum_{n \ge 0} r^{2n}}=\frac{1+r +r^2 +r^3 +...}{1+r^2 +r^4 +r^6 +...}=\frac{20}{17},$$ find $r$ .
[b]p9.[/b] Let $\overline{abc}$ denote the $3$ digit number with digits $a,b$ and $c$. If $\overline{abc}_{10}$ is divisible by $9$, what is the probability that $\overline{abc}_{40}$ is divisible by $9$?
[u]Round 4[/u]
[b]p10.[/b] Find the number of factors of $20^{17}$ that are perfect cubes but not perfect squares.
[b]p11.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $x \le 100$ such that $x^2$ leaves the same remainder as $x$ does
upon division by $100$.
[b]p12.[/b] Find all $b$ for which the base-$b$ representation of $217$ contains only ones and zeros.
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2024 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 10.1
The diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ meet at point $P$. The bisector of angle $ABD$ meets $AC$ at point $E$, and the bisector of angle $ACD$ meets $BD$ at point $F$. Prove that the lines $AF$ and $DE$ meet on the median of triangle $APD$.
2017 NIMO Problems, 8
Let $N$ be the number of integer sequences $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_{2^{16}-1}$ satisfying \[0 \le a_{2k + 1} \le a_k \le a_{2k + 2} \le 1\] for all $1 \le k \le 2^{15}-1$. Find the number of positive integer divisors of $N$.
[i]Proposed by Ankan Bhattacharya[/i]
1989 IMO Longlists, 5
The sequences $ a_0, a_1, \ldots$ and $ b_0, b_1, \ldots$ are defined for $ n \equal{} 0, 1, 2, \ldots$ by the equalities
\[ a_0 \equal{} \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}, \quad a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2} \cdot \sqrt {1 \minus{} \sqrt {1 \minus{} a^2_n}}
\]
and
\[ b_0 \equal{} 1, \quad b_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} \frac {\sqrt {1 \plus{} b^2_n} \minus{} 1}{b_n}
\]
Prove the inequalities for every $ n \equal{} 0, 1, 2, \ldots$
\[ 2^{n \plus{} 2} a_n < \pi < 2^{n \plus{} 2} b_n.
\]
2018 Austria Beginners' Competition, 1
Let $a, b$ and $c$ denote positive real numbers. Prove that $\frac{a}{c}+\frac{c}{b}\ge \frac{4a}{a + b}$ .
When does equality hold?
(Walther Janous)
2016 Olympic Revenge, 1
It is given the sequence defined by
$$\{a_{n+2}=6a_{n+1}-a_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0}},a_1=1, a_2=7 \text{.}$$
Find all $n$ such that there exists an integer $m$ for which $a_n=2m^2-1$.
2020 Ecuador NMO (OMEC), 3
Let $ABC$ a triangle with circumcircle $\Gamma$ and circumcenter $O$. A point $X$, different from $A$, $B$, $C$, or their diametrically opposite points, on $\Gamma$, is chosen. Let $\omega$ the circumcircle of $COX$. Let $E$ the second intersection of $XA$ with $\omega$, $F$ the second intersection of $XB$ with $\omega$ and $D$ a point on line $AB$ such that $CD \perp EF$.
Prove that $E$ is the circumcenter of $ADC$ and $F$ is the circumcenter of $BDC$.
1999 AMC 12/AHSME, 23
The equiangular convex hexagon $ ABCDEF$ has $ AB \equal{} 1$, $ BC \equal{} 4$, $ CD \equal{} 2$, and $ DE \equal{} 4$. The area of the hexagon is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{15}{2}\sqrt{3}\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 9\sqrt{3}\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 16\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{39}{4}\sqrt{3}\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{43}{4}\sqrt{3}$