Found problems: 85335
2009 IMO Shortlist, 2
For any integer $n\geq 2$, let $N(n)$ be the maxima number of triples $(a_i, b_i, c_i)$, $i=1, \ldots, N(n)$, consisting of nonnegative integers $a_i$, $b_i$ and $c_i$ such that the following two conditions are satisfied:
[list][*] $a_i+b_i+c_i=n$ for all $i=1, \ldots, N(n)$,
[*] If $i\neq j$ then $a_i\neq a_j$, $b_i\neq b_j$ and $c_i\neq c_j$[/list]
Determine $N(n)$ for all $n\geq 2$.
[i]Proposed by Dan Schwarz, Romania[/i]
1939 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 043
Solve the system $\begin{cases} 3xyz -x^3 - y^3-z^3 = b^3 \\
x + y+ z = 2b \\
x^2 + y^2-z^2 = b^2
\end{cases}$ in $C$
2014 Postal Coaching, 5
Let $(x_j,y_j)$, $1\le j\le 2n$, be $2n$ points on the half-circle in the upper half-plane. Suppose $\sum_{j=1}^{2n}x_j$ is an odd integer. Prove that $\displaystyle{\sum_{j=1}^{2n}y_j \ge 1}$.
2025 Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad, 7
It is known that from segments of lengths $a$, $b$ and $c$, a triangle can be formed. Could it happen that from segments of lengths $$\sqrt{a^2 + \frac{2}{3} bc},\quad \sqrt{b^2 + \frac{2}{3} ca}\quad \text{and} \quad \sqrt{c^2 + \frac{2}{3} ab},$$ a right-angled triangle can be formed?
2012-2013 SDML (High School), 9
Sammy and Tammy run laps around a circular track that has a radius of $1$ kilometer. They begin and end at the same point and at the same time. Sammy runs $3$ laps clockwise while Tammy runs $4$ laps counterclockwise. How many times during their run is the straight-line distance between Sammy and Tammy exactly $1$ kilometer?
$\text{(A) }7\qquad\text{(B) }8\qquad\text{(C) }13\qquad\text{(D) }14\qquad\text{(E) }21$
2018 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 6
Martha writes down a random mathematical expression consisting of 3 single-digit positive integers with an addition sign "$+$" or a multiplication sign "$\times$" between each pair of adjacent digits. (For example, her expression could be $4 + 3\times 3$, with value 13.) Each positive digit is equally likely, each arithmetic sign ("$+$" or "$\times$") is equally likely, and all choices are independent. What is the expected value (average value) of her expression?
2006 AIME Problems, 12
Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius 2. Extend $\overline{AB}$ through $B$ to point $D$ so that $AD=13$, and extend $\overline{AC}$ through $C$ to point $E$ so that $AE=11$. Through $D$, draw a line $l_1$ parallel to $\overline{AE}$, and through $E$, draw a line ${l}_2$ parallel to $\overline{AD}$. Let $F$ be the intersection of ${l}_1$ and ${l}_2$. Let $G$ be the point on the circle that is collinear with $A$ and $F$ and distinct from $A$. Given that the area of $\triangle CBG$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{p\sqrt{q}}{r}$, where $p$, $q$, and $r$ are positive integers, $p$ and $r$ are relatively prime, and $q$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $p+q+r$.
2015 Saudi Arabia GMO TST, 3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, with $AB < AC$, $D$ the foot of the altitude from $A, M$ the midpoint of $BC$, and $B'$ the symmetric of $B$ with respect to $D$. The perpendicular line to $BC$ at $B'$ intersects $AC$ at point $P$ . Prove that if $BP$ and $AM$ are perpendicular then triangle $ABC$ is right-angled.
Liana Topan
2025 India STEMS Category A, 4
Alice and Bob play a game on a connected graph with $2n$ vertices, where $n\in \mathbb{N}$ and $n>1$.. Alice and Bob have tokens named A and B respectively. They alternate their turns with Alice going first. Alice gets to decide the starting positions of A and B. Every move, the player with the turn moves their token to an adjacent vertex. Bob's goal is to catch Alice, and Alice's goal is to prevent this. Note that positions of A, B are visible to both Alice and Bob at every moment.
Provided they both play optimally, what is the maximum possible number of edges in the graph if Alice is able to evade Bob indefinitely?
[i]Proposed by Shashank Ingalagavi and Vighnesh Sangle[/i]
PEN Q Problems, 5
(Eisentein's Criterion) Let $f(x)=a_{n}x^{n} +\cdots +a_{1}x+a_{0}$ be a nonconstant polynomial with integer coefficients. If there is a prime $p$ such that $p$ divides each of $a_{0}$, $a_{1}$, $\cdots$,$a_{n-1}$ but $p$ does not divide $a_{n}$ and $p^2$ does not divide $a_{0}$, then $f(x)$ is irreducible in $\mathbb{Q}[x]$.
2020 Thailand TST, 6
There are 60 empty boxes $B_1,\ldots,B_{60}$ in a row on a table and an unlimited supply of pebbles. Given a positive integer $n$, Alice and Bob play the following game.
In the first round, Alice takes $n$ pebbles and distributes them into the 60 boxes as she wishes. Each subsequent round consists of two steps:
(a) Bob chooses an integer $k$ with $1\leq k\leq 59$ and splits the boxes into the two groups $B_1,\ldots,B_k$ and $B_{k+1},\ldots,B_{60}$.
(b) Alice picks one of these two groups, adds one pebble to each box in that group, and removes one pebble from each box in the other group.
Bob wins if, at the end of any round, some box contains no pebbles. Find the smallest $n$ such that Alice can prevent Bob from winning.
[i]Czech Republic[/i]
1999 Brazil National Olympiad, 5
There are $n$ football teams in [i]Tumbolia[/i]. A championship is to be organised in which each team plays against every other team exactly once. Ever match takes place on a sunday and each team plays at most one match each sunday. Find the least possible positive integer $m_n$ for which it is possible to set up a championship lasting $m_n$ sundays.
2011 Dutch IMO TST, 1
Let $n \ge 2$ and $k \ge1$ be positive integers. In a country there are $n$ cities and between each pair of cities there is a bus connection in both directions. Let $A$ and $B$ be two different cities. Prove that the number of ways in which you can travel from $A$ to $B$ by using exactly $k$ buses is equal to $\frac{(n - 1)^k - (-1)^k}{n}$
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2022 Bulgarian Autumn Math Competition, Problem 10.2
Fix a triangle $ABC$. The variable point $M$ in its interior is such that $\angle MAC = \angle MBC$ and $N$ is the reflection of $M$ with respect to the midpoint of $AB$. Prove that $|AM| \cdot |BM| + |CM| \cdot |CN|$ is independent of the choice of $M$.
2006 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 6
A circle of radius $t$ is tangent to the hypotenuse, the incircle, and one leg of an isosceles right triangle with inradius $r=1+\sin \frac{\pi}{8}$. Find $rt$.
2023 Simon Marais Mathematical Competition, A2
Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $f_1(x), f_2(x) \dots f_n(x)$ be affine functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$ such that, amongst the graph of these functions, no two are parallel and no three are concurrent. Let $S$ be the set of all convex functions $g(x)$ from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$ such that for each $x \in \mathbb{R}$, there exists $i$ such that $g(x) = f_i(x)$.
Determine the largest and smallest possible values of $|S|$ in terms of $n$.
(A function $f(x)$ is affine if it is of form $f(x) = ax + b$ for some $a, b \in \mathbb{R}$. A function $g(x)$ is convex if $g(\lambda x + (1 - \lambda) y) \leq \lambda g(x) + (1-\lambda)g(y)$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$ and $0 \leq \lambda \leq 1$)
VI Soros Olympiad 1999 - 2000 (Russia), 10.7
The numbers $1, 2, 3, ..., 99, 100$ are randomly arranged in the cells of a square table measuring $10\times 10$ (each number is used only once). Prove that there are three cells in the table whose sum of numbers does not exceed 1$82$. The centers of these cells form an isosceles right triangle, the legs of which are parallel to the edges of the table.
2010 Indonesia TST, 1
Given $ a,b, c $ positive real numbers satisfying $ a+b+c=1 $.
Prove that \[ \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{ab+bc+ca}}\ge \sqrt{\dfrac{2a}{3(b+c)}} +\sqrt{\dfrac{2b}{3(c+a)}} + \sqrt{\dfrac{2c}{3(a+b)}} \ge \sqrt{a} +\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c} \]
1991 IMO Shortlist, 1
Given a point $ P$ inside a triangle $ \triangle ABC$. Let $ D$, $ E$, $ F$ be the orthogonal projections of the point $ P$ on the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Let the orthogonal projections of the point $ A$ on the lines $ BP$ and $ CP$ be $ M$ and $ N$, respectively. Prove that the lines $ ME$, $ NF$, $ BC$ are concurrent.
[i]Original formulation:[/i]
Let $ ABC$ be any triangle and $ P$ any point in its interior. Let $ P_1, P_2$ be the feet of the perpendiculars from $ P$ to the two sides $ AC$ and $ BC.$ Draw $ AP$ and $ BP,$ and from $ C$ drop perpendiculars to $ AP$ and $ BP.$ Let $ Q_1$ and $ Q_2$ be the feet of these perpendiculars. Prove that the lines $ Q_1P_2,Q_2P_1,$ and $ AB$ are concurrent.
1992 IMO, 2
Let $\,S\,$ be a finite set of points in three-dimensional space. Let $\,S_{x},\,S_{y},\,S_{z}\,$ be the sets consisting of the orthogonal projections of the points of $\,S\,$ onto the $yz$-plane, $zx$-plane, $xy$-plane, respectively. Prove that \[ \vert S\vert^{2}\leq \vert S_{x} \vert \cdot \vert S_{y} \vert \cdot \vert S_{z} \vert, \] where $\vert A \vert$ denotes the number of elements in the finite set $A$.
[hide="Note"] Note: The orthogonal projection of a point onto a plane is the foot of the perpendicular from that point to the plane. [/hide]
2005 MOP Homework, 2
The sequence of real numbers $\{a_n\}$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$ satisfies the following condition: $a_{n+1}=a_n(a_n+2)$ for any $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Find all possible values for $a_{2004}$.
2002 ITAMO, 2
The plan of a house has the shape of a capital $L$, obtained by suitably placing side-by-side four squares whose sides are $10$ metres long. The external walls of the house are $10$ metres high. The roof of the house has six faces, starting at the top of the six external walls, and each face forms an angle of $30^\circ$ with respect to a horizontal plane.
Determine the volume of the house (that is, of the solid delimited by the six external walls, the six faces of the roof, and the base of the house).
Kvant 2020, M2608
A hinged convex quadrilateral was made of four slats. Then, two points on its opposite sides were connected with another slat, but the structure remained non-rigid. Does it follow from this that this quadrilateral is a parallelogram?
[i]Proposed by A. Zaslavsky[/i]
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2003 National Olympiad First Round, 11
What is the probability of having no $B$ before the first $A$ in a random permutation of the word $\text{ABRAKADABRA}$?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac 23
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac 57
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac 56
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac 67
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the preceding}
$
2021 HMNT, 5
A chord is drawn on a circle by choosing two points uniformly at random along its circumference. This is done two more times to obtain three total random chords. The circle is cut along these three lines, splitting it into pieces. The probability that one of the pieces is a triangle is $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$, $n$ are positive integers and gcd $(m,n) = 1$. Find $100m + n$.