Found problems: 649
Let $P$ be an interior point of triangle $ABC$. Let $a,b,c$ be the sidelengths of triangle $ABC$ and let $p$ be it's semiperimeter. Find the maximum possible value of
$$ \min\left(\frac{PA}{p-a},\frac{PB}{p-b},\frac{PC}{p-c}\right)$$
taking into consideration all possible choices of triangle $ABC$ and of point $P$.
by Elton Bojaxhiu, Albania
On a semicircle centred at $O$ and with radius $1$ choose the respective points $A_1,A_2,...,A_{2n}$ , for $n \in N^*$. The lenght of the projection of the vector $\overrightarrow {u}=\overrightarrow{OA_1} +\overrightarrow{OA_2}+...+\overrightarrow{OA_{2n}}$ on the diameter is an odd integer. Show that the projection of that vector on the diameter is at least $1$.
On the side $AB$ of an isosceles triangle $AB$ ($AC=BC$) lie points $P$ and $Q$ such that $\angle PCQ \le \frac{1}{2} \angle ACB$. Prove that $PQ \le \frac{1}{2} AB$.
Let $p, q$, and $r$ be the angles of a triangle, and let $a = \sin2p, b = \sin2q$, and $c = \sin2r$. If $s = \frac{(a + b + c)}2$, show that
\[s(s - a)(s - b)(s -c) \geq 0.\]
When does equality hold?
On the sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ of triangle $ABC$, respectively, points $D, E$ and $F$ are chosen. Prove that
$\frac12 (BC + CA + AB)<AD + BE + CF<\frac 32 (BC + CA + AB)$.
In the plane, there are $n \geqslant 6$ pairwise disjoint disks $D_{1}, D_{2}, \ldots, D_{n}$ with radii $R_{1} \geqslant R_{2} \geqslant \ldots \geqslant R_{n}$. For every $i=1,2, \ldots, n$, a point $P_{i}$ is chosen in disk $D_{i}$. Let $O$ be an arbitrary point in the plane. Prove that \[O P_{1}+O P_{2}+\ldots+O P_{n} \geqslant R_{6}+R_{7}+\ldots+R_{n}.\]
(A disk is assumed to contain its boundary.)
In a right circular cone of wood, the radius of the circumference $T$ of the base circle measures $10$ cm, while every point on said circumference is $20$ cm away. from the apex of the cone. A red ant and a termite are located at antipodal points of $T$. A black ant is located at the midpoint of the segment that joins the vertex with the position of the termite. If the red ant moves to the black ant's position by the shortest possible path, how far does it travel?
Let $P$ be a regular hexagon. For a point $A$, let $d_1\le d_2\le ...\le d_6$ the distances from $A$ to the six vertices of $P$, ordered by magnitude. Find the locus of all points $A$ in the interior or on the boundary of $P$ such that:
(a) $d_3$ takes the smallest possible value.
(b) $d_4$ takes the smallest possible value.
Let $l$ denote the length of the smallest diagonal of all rectangles inscribed in a triangle $T$ . (By inscribed, we mean that all four vertices of the rectangle lie on the boundary of $T$ .) Determine the maximum value of $\frac{l^2}{S(T)}$ taken over all triangles ($S(T )$ denotes the area of triangle $T$ ).
Given two acute triangles $\vartriangle ABC, \vartriangle DEF$. If $AB \ge DE, BC \ge EF$ and $CA \ge FD$, show that the area of $\vartriangle ABC$ is not less than the area of $\vartriangle DEF$
Show that for any vectors $a, b$ in Euclidean space,
\[|a \times b|^3 \leq \frac{3 \sqrt 3}{8} |a|^2 |b|^2 |a-b|^2\]
Remark. Here $\times$ denotes the vector product.
Let $O$ be the center of the circle $\omega$, and let $A$ be a point inside this circle, different from $O$. Find all points $P$ on the circle $\omega$ for which the angle $\angle OPA$ acquires the greatest value.
In a triangle $ABC$, let $x=\cos\frac{A-B}{2},y=\cos\frac{B-C}{2},z=\cos\frac{C-A}{2}$. Prove that $$x^4+y^4+z^2\leq 1+2x^2y^2z^2.$$
Let $ n$ and $ k$ be positive integers and let $ S$ be a set of $ n$ points in the plane such that
[b]i.)[/b] no three points of $ S$ are collinear, and
[b]ii.)[/b] for every point $ P$ of $ S$ there are at least $ k$ points of $ S$ equidistant from $ P.$
Prove that:
\[ k < \frac {1}{2} \plus{} \sqrt {2 \cdot n}
\]
Given a circle of radius $R$. Find the ratio of the largest area of the circumscribed quadrilateral to the smallest area of the inscribed one.
The lengths of the sides of a convex hexagon $ ABCDEF$ satisfy $ AB \equal{} BC$, $ CD \equal{} DE$, $ EF \equal{} FA$. Prove that:
\[ \frac {BC}{BE} \plus{} \frac {DE}{DA} \plus{} \frac {FA}{FC} \geq \frac {3}{2}.
\]
Denote $\overline{w_a}, \overline{w_b}, \overline{w_c}$ the external angle-bisectors in triangle $ABC$, prove that $$\sum \limits_{cyc} \frac{1}{w_a}\leq \sqrt{\frac{(s^2 - r^2 - 4Rr)(8R^2 - s^2 - r^2 - 2Rr)}{8s^2R^2r}}$$
On the extension of the angle bisector $AL$ of the triangle $ABC$, a point $P$ is placed such that $P L = AL$. Prove that the perimeter of triangle $PBC$ does not exceed the perimeter of triangle $ABC$.
Prove that the side $AB$ of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ is less than its diagonal $AC$ if $|AB|+|BC| \le |AC| +| CD|$.
A rectangle with sides of lengths $a$ and $b$ ($a > b$) is cut into rightangled triangles so that any two of these triangles either have a common side, a common vertex or no common points. Moreover, any common side of two triangles is a leg of one of them and the hypotenuse of the other. Prove that $a > 2b$.
(A Shapovalov)
Prove that the product of the radii of three circles exscribed to a given triangle does not exceed $A=\frac{3\sqrt 3}{8}$ times the product of the side lengths of the triangle. When does equality hold?
Inside $\vartriangle ABC$, there is fixed a point $D$ such that $AC - DA > 1$ and $BC - BD > 1$. Prove that $EC - ED > 1$ for any point $E$ on segment $AB$.
A point $X$ is the origin of three rays such that the angle between any two of them equals $120^{\circ}$. Let $\omega$ be an arbitrary circle with radius $R$ such that $X$ lies inside it, and $A$, $B$, $C$ be the common points of the rays with this circle. Find $max(XA+XB+XC)$.
Proposed by: F.Nilov
Given an acute triangle $ABC$. Point $H$ denotes the foot of the altitude drawn from $A$. Prove that $$AB + AC \ge BC cos \angle BAC + 2AH sin \angle BAC$$
Let $M$ be the midpoint of segment $BC$ of $\triangle ABC$. Let $D$ be a point such that $AD=AB$, $AD\perp AB$ and points $C$ and $D$ are on different sides of $AB$. Prove that: $$\sqrt{AB\cdot AC+BC\cdot AM}\geq\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}CD.$$