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1967 IMO Shortlist, 1

Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than $1$ has volume at most $ \frac{1}{8}.$

1974 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 1

A convex quadrilateral with area $1$ is divided into four quadrilaterals divided by connecting the midpoints of the opposite sides. Prove that each of those four quadrilaterals has area $< \frac38$.

1995 Tournament Of Towns, (465) 3

A paper rectangle $ABCD $ of area $1$ is folded along a straight line so that $C$ coincides with $A$. Prove that the area of the pentagon thus obtained is less than $3/4$.

1953 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 240

Let $AB$ and $A_1B_1$ be two skew segments, $O$ and $O_1$ their respective midpoints. Prove that $OO_1$ is shorter than a half sum of $AA_1$ and $BB_1$.

OMMC POTM, 2024 7

Let $A$ and $B$ be two points on the same line $\ell$. If the points $P$ and $Q$ are two points $X$ on $\ell$ that mazimize and minimize the ratio $\frac{AX}{BX}$ respectively, prove that $A,B,P$ and $Q$ are concyclic.

2019 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Prove that the distance between the midpoint of side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$ and the midpoint of the arc $ABC$ of its circumscribed circle is not less than $AB / 2$

2002 China Girls Math Olympiad, 7

An acute triangle $ ABC$ has three heights $ AD, BE$ and $ CF$ respectively. Prove that the perimeter of triangle $ DEF$ is not over half of the perimeter of triangle $ ABC.$

1967 IMO Shortlist, 5

Prove that for an arbitrary pair of vectors $f$ and $g$ in the space the inequality \[af^2 + bfg +cg^2 \geq 0\] holds if and only if the following conditions are fulfilled: \[a \geq 0, \quad c \geq 0, \quad 4ac \geq b^2.\]

1981 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 320

A pupil has tried to make a copy of a convex polygon, drawn inside the unit circle. He draw one side, from its end -- another, and so on. Having finished, he has noticed that the first and the last vertices do not coincide, but are situated $d$ units of length far from each other. The pupil draw angles precisely, but made relative error less than $p$ in the lengths of sides. Prove that $d < 4p$.

1988 Greece National Olympiad, 2

Let $ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in circle $C(O,R)$. Let $M$ ba apoint on the arc $BC$ . Let $D,E,Z$ be the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from $M$ on lines $AB,AC,BC$ respectively. Prove that $\frac{(BC)^2}{(MZ)^2} \ge 8\frac{R U_a}{(MD)\cdot(ME)}$ where $U_a$ is the altitude drawn on $BC$.

1996 IMO Shortlist, 9

In the plane, consider a point $ X$ and a polygon $ \mathcal{F}$ (which is not necessarily convex). Let $ p$ denote the perimeter of $ \mathcal{F}$, let $ d$ be the sum of the distances from the point $ X$ to the vertices of $ \mathcal{F}$, and let $ h$ be the sum of the distances from the point $ X$ to the sidelines of $ \mathcal{F}$. Prove that $ d^2 \minus{} h^2\geq\frac {p^2}{4}.$

1949-56 Chisinau City MO, 28

Prove the inequality $2\sqrt{(p-b)(p-c)}\le a$, where $a, b, c$ are the lengths of the sides, and $p$ is the semiperimeter of some triangle..

1999 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 5

The distances from the centroid $G$ of a triangle $ABC$ to its sides $a,b,c$ are denoted $g_a,g_b,g_c$ respectively. Let $r$ be the inradius of the triangle. Prove that: a) $g_a,g_b,g_c \ge \frac{2}{3}r$ b) $g_a+g_b+g_c \ge 3r$

1966 All Russian Mathematical Olympiad, 073

a) Points $B$ and $C$ are inside the segment $[AD]$. $|AB|=|CD|$. Prove that for all of the points P on the plane holds inequality $$|PA|+|PD|>|PB|+|PC|$$ b) Given four points $A,B,C,D$ on the plane. For all of the points $P$ on the plane holds inequality $$|PA|+|PD| > |PB|+|PC|.$$ Prove that points $B$ and C are inside the segment $[AD]$ and$ |AB|=|CD|$.

2010 Saudi Arabia BMO TST, 2

Show that in any triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A = 90^o$ the following inequality holds $$(AB -AC)^2(BC^2 + 4AB \cdot AC)^ 2 < 2BC^6.$$

2019 BMT Spring, 16

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 26$, $BC = 51$, and $CA = 73$, and let $O$ be an arbitrary point in the interior of $\vartriangle ABC$. Lines $\ell_1$, $\ell_2$, and $\ell_3$ pass through $O$ and are parallel to $\overline{AB}$, $\overline{BC}$, and $\overline{CA}$, respectively. The intersections of $\ell_1$, $\ell_2$, and $\ell_3$ and the sides of $\vartriangle ABC$ form a hexagon whose area is $A$. Compute the minimum value of $A$.

1950 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 176

Let $a, b, c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle and $A, B, C$, the opposite angles. Prove that $$Aa + Bb + Cc \ge \frac{Ab + Ac + Ba + Bc + Ca + Cb}{2}$$

2018 Ukraine Team Selection Test, 5

Find the smallest positive number $\lambda$ such that for an arbitrary $12$ points on the plane $P_1,P_2,...P_{12}$ (points may coincide), with distance between arbitrary two of them does not exceeds $1$, holds the inequality $\sum_{1\le i\le j\le 12} P_iP_j^2 \le \lambda$

1978 IMO Shortlist, 4

Let $T_1$ be a triangle having $a, b, c$ as lengths of its sides and let $T_2$ be another triangle having $u, v,w$ as lengths of its sides. If $P,Q$ are the areas of the two triangles, prove that \[16PQ \leq a^2(-u^2 + v^2 + w^2) + b^2(u^2 - v^2 + w^2) + c^2(u^2 + v^2 - w^2).\] When does equality hold?

1999 Tournament Of Towns, 2

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle, $C'$ and $A'$ be arbitrary points on the sides $AB$ and $BC$ respectively, and $B'$ be the midpoint of the side $AC$. (a) Prove that the area of triangle $A'B'C'$ is at most half the area of triangle $ABC$. (b) Prove that the area of triangle $A'B'C'$ is equal to one fourth of the area of triangle $ABC$ if and only if at least one of the points $A'$, $C'$ is the midpoint of the corresponding side. (E Cherepanov)

LMT Team Rounds 2010-20, 2017 MaxArea

The goal of this problem is to show that the maximum area of a polygon with a fixed number of sides and a fixed perimeter is achieved by a regular polygon. (a) Prove that the polygon with maximum area must be convex. (Hint: If any angle is concave, show that the polygon’s area can be increased.) (b) Prove that if two adjacent sides have different lengths, the area of the polygon can be increased without changing the perimeter. (c) Prove that the polygon with maximum area is equilateral, that is, has all the same side lengths. It is true that when given all four side lengths in order of a quadrilateral, the maximum area is achieved in the unique configuration in which the quadrilateral is cyclic, that is, it can be inscribed in a circle. (d) Prove that in an equilateral polygon, if any two adjacent angles are different then the area of the polygon can be increased without changing the perimeter. (e) Prove that the polygon of maximum area must be equiangular, or have all angles equal. (f ) Prove that the polygon of maximum area is a regular polygon. PS. You had better use hide for answers.

1985 IMO Longlists, 77

Two equilateral triangles are inscribed in a circle with radius $r$. Let $A$ be the area of the set consisting of all points interior to both triangles. Prove that $2A \geq r^2 \sqrt 3.$

Indonesia Regional MO OSP SMA - geometry, 2009.3

Given triangle $ABC$ and point $D$ on the $AC$ side. Let $r_1, r_2$ and $r$ denote the radii of the incircle of the triangles $ABD, BCD$, and $ABC$, respectively. Prove that $r_1 + r_2> r$.

2010 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 1

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle B \ge 2\angle C$. Denote by $D$ the foot of the altitude from $A$ and by $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Prove that $DM \ge \frac{AB}{2}$.

1997 Brazil Team Selection Test, Problem 5

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with incenter $I$. Consider the point $A_1$ on $AI$ different from $A$, such that the midpoint of $AA_1$ lies on the circumscribed circle of $ABC$. Points $B_1$ and $C_1$ are defined similarly. (a) Prove that $S_{A_1B_1C_1}=(4R+r)p$, where $p$ is the semi-perimeter, $R$ is the circumradius and $r$ is the inradius of $ABC$. (b) Prove that $S_{A_1B_1C_1}\ge9S_{ABC}$.