Found problems: 85335
2018 AMC 10, 20
A function $f$ is defined recursively by $f(1)=f(2)=1$ and $$f(n)=f(n-1)-f(n-2)+n$$ for all integers $n \geq 3$. What is $f(2018)$?
$\textbf{(A)} \text{ 2016} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \text{ 2017} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \text{ 2018} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \text{ 2019} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \text{ 2020}$
1956 Polish MO Finals, 1
Solve the system of equations
$$
\begin{array}{l}<br />
x^2y^2 + x^2z^2 = axyz\\<br />
y^2z^2 + y^2x^2 = bxyz\\<br />
z^2x^2 + z^2y^2 = cxyz.<br />
\end{array}$$
2023 CMWMC, R2
[u]Set 2[/u]
[b]2.1[/b] A school has $50$ students and four teachers. Each student has exactly one teacher, such that two teachers have $10$ students each and the other two teachers have $15$ students each. You survey each student in the school, asking the number of classmates they have (not including themself or the teacher). What is the average of all $50$ responses?
[b]2.2[/b] Let $T$ be the answer from the previous problem. A ball is thrown straight up from the ground, reaching (maximum) height $T+1$. Then the ball bounces on the ground and rebounds to height $T-1$. The ball continues bouncing indefinitely, and the height of each bounce is $r$ times the height of the previous bounce for some constant $r$. What is the total vertical distance that the ball travels?
[b]2.3[/b] Let $T$ be the answer from the previous problem. The polynomial equation $$x^3 + x^2 - (T + 1)x + (T- 1) = 0$$
has one (integer) solution for x which does not depend on $T$ and two solutions for $x$ which do depend on $T$. Find the greatest solution for $x$ in this equation. (Hint: Find the independent solution for $x$ while you wait for $T$.)
PS. You should use hide for answers.
1994 Abels Math Contest (Norwegian MO), 2a
Find all primes $p,q,r$ and natural numbers $n$ such that $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{r}=\frac{1}{n}$.
1956 Putnam, B3
A sphere is inscribed in a tetrahedron and each point of contact of the sphere with the four faces is joined to the vertices of the face containing the point. Show that the four sets of three angles so formed are identical.
2016 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 6
(a). Given any natural number \(N\), prove that there exists a strictly increasing sequence of \(N\) positive integers in harmonic progression.
(b). Prove that there cannot exist a strictly increasing infinite sequence of positive integers which is in harmonic progression.
2004 Olympic Revenge, 2
If $a,b,c,x$ are positive reals, show that
$$\frac{a^{x+2}+1}{a^xbc+1}+\frac{b^{x+2}+1}{b^xac+1}+\frac{c^{x+2}+1}{c^xab+1}\geq 3$$
2020 Balkan MO Shortlist, C4
A strategical video game consists of a map of finitely many towns. In each town there are $k$ directions, labelled from $1$ through $k$. One of the towns is designated as initial, and one – as terminal. Starting from the initial town the hero of the game makes a finite sequence of moves. At each move the hero selects a direction from the current town. This determines the next town he visits and a certain positive amount of points he receives. Two strategical video games are equivalent if for every sequence of directions the hero can reach the terminal town from the initial in one game, he can do so in the other game, and, in addition, he accumulates the same amount of points in both games. For his birthday John receives two strategical video games – one with $N$ towns and one with $M$ towns. He claims they are equivalent. Marry is convinced they are not. Marry is right. Prove that she can provide a sequence of at most $N +M$ directions that shows the two games are indeed not equivalent.
[i]Stefan Gerdjikov, Bulgaria[/i]
2001 AMC 10, 22
In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $ v$, $ w$, $ x$, $ y$, and $ z$. Find $ y \plus{} z$.
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 43 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 44 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 46 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 47$
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defaultpen(linewidth(1pt));
for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i)
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draw((0,i)--(3,i));
draw((i,0)--(i,3));
}
label("$25$",(0.5,0.5));
label("$z$",(1.5,0.5));
label("$21$",(2.5,0.5));
label("$18$",(0.5,1.5));
label("$x$",(1.5,1.5));
label("$y$",(2.5,1.5));
label("$v$",(0.5,2.5));
label("$24$",(1.5,2.5));
label("$w$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]
2002 Moldova National Olympiad, 3
Prove that for any $ n\in \mathbb N$ the number $ 1\plus{}\dfrac{1}{3}\plus{}\dfrac{1}{5}\plus{}\ldots\plus{}\dfrac{1}{2n\plus{}1}$ is not an integer.
2023 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incenter $I$. Let $M_b$ and $M_a$ be the midpoints of $AC$ and $BC$, respectively. Let $B'$ be the point of intersection of lines $M_bI$ and $BC$, and let $A'$ be the point of intersection of lines $M_aI$ and $AC$.
If triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C$ have the same area, what are the possible values of $\angle ACB$?
1986 China Team Selection Test, 3
Let $x_i,$ $1 \leq i \leq n$ be real numbers with $n \geq 3.$ Let $p$ and $q$ be their symmetric sum of degree $1$ and $2$ respectively. Prove that:
i) $p^2 \cdot \frac{n-1}{n}-2q \geq 0$
ii) $\left|x_i - \frac{p}{n}\right| \leq \sqrt{p^2 - \frac{2nq}{n-1}} \cdot \frac{n-1}{n}$ for every meaningful $i$.
2024 Princeton University Math Competition, B1
Sunay is in the bottom-left square of a checkerboard which is $5$ squares wide (the left-right direction) and $3$ squares tall (the up-down direction). From any square, he may move one square up, one square down, or one square to the right, provided that he does not fall off the checkerboard and provided that he does not revisit a square. How many paths are there for Sunay from the bottom-left square to the top-right square?
2024 Indonesia TST, 3
Let $a_1<a_2<a_3<\dots$ be positive integers such that $a_{k+1}$ divides $2(a_1+a_2+\dots+a_k)$ for every $k\geqslant 1$. Suppose that for infinitely many primes $p$, there exists $k$ such that $p$ divides $a_k$. Prove that for every positive integer $n$, there exists $k$ such that $n$ divides $a_k$.
2022 Costa Rica - Final Round, 4
Maria was a brilliant mathematician who found the following property about her year of birth: if $f$ is a function defined in the set of natural numbers $N = \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...\}$ such that $f(1) = 1335$ and $f(n+1) = f(n)-2n+43$ for all $n \in N$, then his year of birth is the maximum value that $f(n)$ can reach when $n$ takes values in $N$. Determine the year of birth of Mary.
2016 Saudi Arabia GMO TST, 2
Find all functions $f : Z \to Z$ such that $f (2m + f (m) + f (m)f (n)) = nf (m) + m$ for any integers $m, n$
2018 Kyiv Mathematical Festival, 4
Find all positive integers $n$ for which the largest prime divisor of $n^2+3$ is equal to the least prime divisor of $n^4+6.$
2013 AMC 12/AHSME, 17
Let $a,b,$ and $c$ be real numbers such that \begin{align*}
a+b+c &= 2, \text{ and} \\
a^2+b^2+c^2&= 12
\end{align*}
What is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of $c$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{10}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{16}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{20}{3} $
2010 Philippine MO, 1
Find all primes that can be written both as a sum of two primes and as a difference of two primes.
2000 China Team Selection Test, 1
Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB = AC$. Let $D,E$ be points on $AB,AC$ respectively such that $DE = AC$. Let $DE$ meet the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at point $T$. Let $P$ be a point on $AT$. Prove that $PD + PE = AT$ if and only if $P$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ADE$.
2007 Estonia Math Open Junior Contests, 10
Prove that for every integer $k$, there exists a integer $n$ which can be expressed in at least $k$ different ways as the sum of a number of squares of integers (regardless of the order of additions) where the additions are all in different pairs.
1993 Denmark MO - Mohr Contest, 5
In a cardboard box are a large number of loose socks. Some of the socks are red, the others are blue. It is stated that the total number of socks does not exceed $1993$. Furthermore, it is stated that the probability of pulling two socks from the same color when two socks are randomly drawn from the box is $1/2$. What is according to the available information, the largest number of red socks that can exist in the box?
Today's calculation of integrals, 861
Answer the questions as below.
(1) Find the local minimum of $y=x(1-x^2)e^{x^2}.$
(2) Find the total area of the part bounded the graph of the function in (1) and the $x$-axis.
2018 Mathematical Talent Reward Programme, SAQ: P 2
$P(x)$ is polynomial with real coefficients such that $\forall n \in \mathbb{Z}, P(n) \in \mathbb{Z}$. Prove that every coefficients of $P(x)$ is rational numbers.
PEN P Problems, 9
The integer $9$ can be written as a sum of two consecutive integers: 9=4+5. Moreover it can be written as a sum of (more than one) consecutive positive integers in exactly two ways, namely 9=4+5= 2+3+4. Is there an integer which can be written as a sum of $1990$ consecutive integers and which can be written as a sum of (more than one) consecutive positive integers in exactly $1990$ ways?