Do there exist points $A, B, C, D$ in space, such that $AB = CD = 8, AC = BD = 10$, and $AD = BC = 13$?

The straight lines $k$ and $\ell$ intersect at right angles. A line intersects $k$ in $A$ and $\ell$ in $B$. Consider all straight line segments $PQ$ ($P$ on $k$ and $Q$ on $\ell$), which makes an angle of $45^o$ with $AB$. (a) Determine the locus of the midpoints of the line segments $PQ$, (b) If the perpendicular bisector of such a line segment $PQ$ intersects the line $k$ at $K$ and the line $\ell$ at $L$, then prove that $KL \ge PQ$. [hide=original wording of second sentence]De loodrechte snijlijn van k en l snijdt k in A en t in B[/hide]

A triangle and a circle are in the same plane. Show that the area of the intersection of the triangle and the circle is at most one third of the area of the triangle plus one half of the area of the circle. [i]Krit Boonsiriseth[/i]

Consider the triangles $[ABC]$ and $[EDC]$, right at $A$ and $D$, respectively. Show that, if $E$ is the midpoint of $[AC]$, then $AB <BD$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/c/3/75bc1bda1a22bcf00d4fe7680c80a81a9aaa4c.png[/img]

Let $a, b, c$ be the side lengths of an non-degenerate triangle with $a \le b \le c$. With $t (a, b, c)$ denote the minimum of the quotients $\frac{b}{a}$ and $\frac{c}{b}$ . Find all values that $t (a, b, c)$ can take.

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.)

Given a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ so that $AB = AD$ and $AB + BC <CD$. Prove that the angle $ABC$ is more than $120$ degrees.

In an $n$-gon $A_{1}A_{2}\ldots A_{n}$, all of whose interior angles are equal, the lengths of consecutive sides satisfy the relation \[a_{1}\geq a_{2}\geq \dots \geq a_{n}. \] Prove that $a_{1}=a_{2}= \ldots= a_{n}$.

Find the smallest real number $A$, such that there are two different triangles, with integer sidelengths and so that the area of each be $A$.

All four angles of quadrilateral are greater than $60^o$. Prove that we can choose three sides to make a triangle.

In a triangle $ABC$, points $D, E$ and $F$ are considered on the sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ respectively, such that the areas of the triangles $AFE, BFD$ and $CDE$ are equal. Prove that $$\frac{(DEF) }{ (ABC)} \ge \frac{1}{4}$$ Note: $(XYZ)$ is the area of triangle $XYZ$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $\Omega$, and let $P$ be a point on the arc $BC$ of $\Omega$ not containing $A$. Let $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ be circles respectively passing through $B$ and $C$ and such that both of them are tangent to line $AP$ at point $P$. Let $R$, $R_B$, $R_C$ be the radii of $\Omega$, $\omega_B$, and $\omega_C$, respectively. Prove that if $h$ is the distance from $A$ to line $BC$, then \[ \frac{R_B+R_C}{R} \le \frac{BC}{h}. \]

Which of all planes, the one and the same body diagonal of a cube with the edge length $a$, cuts out a cut figure with the smallest area from the cube? Calculate the area of such a cut figure. [hide=original wording]Welche von allen Ebenen, die eine und dieselbe Korperdiagonale eines Wurfels mit der Kantenlange a enthalten, schneiden aus den W¨urfel eine Schnittfigur kleinsten Flacheninhaltes heraus? Berechnen Sie den Fl¨acheninhalt solch einer Schnittfigur![/hide]

Consider in a plane $ P$ the points $ O,A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ such that \[ \sigma(OA_iA_j) \geq 1 \quad \forall i, j \equal{} 1, 2, 3, 4, i \neq j.\] where $ \sigma(OA_iA_j)$ is the area of triangle $ OA_iA_j.$ Prove that there exists at least one pair $ i_0, j_0 \in \{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ such that \[ \sigma(OA_iA_j) \geq \sqrt{2}.\]

The lengths, $a$ and $b$, of two sides of a triangle are known. (a) What length should the third side be, in order for the largest angle of the triangle to be of the least possible value? (b) What length should the third side be in order for the smallest angle of the triangle to be of the greatest possible value?

In triangle $ABC$, the incircle is tangent to $BC$ at $D$, to $AC$ at $E$, and to $AB$ at $F$. Prove that: $$\frac{CE-EA}{\sqrt{AB}}+\frac{AF-FB}{\sqrt{BC}} +\frac{BD-DC}{\sqrt{CA}} \ge \frac{BD-DC}{\sqrt{AB}} +\frac{CE-EA}{\sqrt{BC}} +\frac{AF-FB}{\sqrt{CA}}$$

Let $P$ be a polygon that is convex and symmetric to some point $O$. Prove that for some parallelogram $R$ satisfying $P\subset R$ we have \[\frac{|R|}{|P|}\leq \sqrt 2\] where $|R|$ and $|P|$ denote the area of the sets $R$ and $P$, respectively. [i]Proposed by Witold Szczechla, Poland[/i]

Let $a,b,c$ be the length sides of a given triangle and $x,y,z$ be the sides length of bisectrices, respectively. Prove the following inequality $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}>\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}$

Two straight lines are given on a plane, intersecting at point $O$ at an angle $a$. Let $A$, $B$ and $C $ be three points on one of the lines, located on one side of$ O$ and following in the indicated order, $M$ be an arbitrary point on another line, different from $O$, Let $\angle AMB=\gamma$, $\angle BMC = \phi$. Consider the function $F(M) = ctg \gamma + ctg \phi$ . Prove that$ F(M)$ takes the smallest value on each of the rays into which $O$ divides the second straight line. (Each has its own.) Let us denote one of these smallest values by $q$, and the other by $p$. Prove that the exprseeion $\frac{p}{q}$ is independent of choice of points $A$, $B$ and $C$. Express this relationship in terms of $a$.

One side of the rectangle is $1$ cm. It is known that the rectangle can be divided by two orthogonal lines onto four rectangles, and each of the smaller rectangles has the area not less than $1$ square centimetre, and one of them is not less than $2$ square centimetres. What is the least possible length of another side of big rectangle?

The parallelogram $ABCD$ has $AB=a,AD=1,$ $\angle BAD=A$, and the triangle $ABD$ has all angles acute. Prove that circles radius $1$ and center $A,B,C,D$ cover the parallelogram if and only \[a\le\cos A+\sqrt3\sin A.\]

An angle $< 45^o$ is given in the plane of the drawing. Furthermore, the projection $P_1$ of a point $P$ lying above the plane of the drawing and the distance from $P$ to $P_1$ are given. $P_1$ lies within the given angle. On the legs of the given angle, construct points $A$ and $B$, respectively, such that the triangle $PAB$ has a minimal perimeter.

The lengths of the sides of a convex hexagon $ ABCDEF$ satisfy $ AB \equal{} BC$, $ CD \equal{} DE$, $ EF \equal{} FA$. Prove that: \[ \frac {BC}{BE} \plus{} \frac {DE}{DA} \plus{} \frac {FA}{FC} \geq \frac {3}{2}. \]

The edge lengths of the base of a tetrahedron are $a,b,c$, and the lateral edge lengths are $x,y,z$. If $d$ is the distance from the top vertex to the centroid of the base, prove that $x+y+z \le a+b+c+3d$.

A convex octahedron in Cartesian space contains the origin in its interior. Two of its vertices are on the $x$-axis, two are on the $y$-axis, and two are on the $z$-axis. One triangular face $F$ has side lengths $\sqrt{17}$, $\sqrt{37}$, $\sqrt{52}$. A second triangular face $F_0$ has side lengths $\sqrt{13}$, $\sqrt{29}$, $\sqrt{34}$. What is the minimum possible volume of the octahedron?