Found problems: 1581
Each grid point of a cartesian plane is colored with one of three colors, whereby all three colors are used. Show that one can always find a right-angled triangle, whose three vertices have pairwise different colors.
On the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, we erect (outwardly) the squares $BB_aC_aC$, $CC_bA_bA$, $AA_cB_cB$, respectively. On the sides $B_cB_a$ and $C_aC_b$ of the triangles $BB_cB_a$ and $CC_aC_b$, we erect (outwardly) the squares $B_cB_vB_uB_a$ and $C_aC_uC_vC_b$.
Prove that $B_uC_u\parallel BC$.
[i]Comment.[/i] This problem originates in the 68th Moscow MO 2005, and a solution was posted in http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=30184 . However ingenious this solution is, there is a different one which shows a bit more: $B_uC_u=4\cdot BC$.
Darij
The point $ P \equal{} (1,2,3)$ is reflected in the $ xy$-plane, then its image $ Q$ is rotated by $ 180^\circ$ about the $ x$-axis to produce $ R$, and finally, $ R$ is translated by 5 units in the positive-$ y$ direction to produce $ S$. What are the coordinates of $ S$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ (1,7, \minus{} 3) \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ ( \minus{} 1,7, \minus{} 3) \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ ( \minus{} 1, \minus{} 2,8) \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ ( \minus{} 1,3,3) \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ (1,3,3)$
Find the volume of the solid of a circle $x^2+(y-1)^2=4$ generated by a rotation about the $x$-axis.
A certain Oxford professor, assigned to espionage cryptography services British, role played by Dirk Bogarde in a film, recruits his proposing small attention exercises, such as mentally reading a word the other way around. Frequently he does it with his own name: $SEBASTIAN$, what will there be to read $NAITSABES$.
He wonders if there is any movement of the plane or of space that transforms one of these words in the other, just as they appear written. And if it had been called $AVITO$, like a certain Unamuno character? Give a reasoned explanation for each answer.
Triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in circle $\omega$ with $AB = 5$, $BC = 7$, and $AC = 3$. The bisector of angle $A$ meets side $BC$ at $D$ and circle $\omega$ at a second point $E$. Let $\gamma$ be the circle with diameter $DE$. Circles $\omega$ and $\gamma$ meet at $E$ and a second point $F$. Then $AF^2 = \frac mn$, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[b]points in plane[/b]
set $A$ containing $n$ points in plane is given. a $copy$ of $A$ is a set of points that is made by using transformation, rotation, homogeneity or their combination on elements of $A$. we want to put $n$ $copies$ of $A$ in plane, such that every two copies have exactly one point in common and every three of them have no common elements.
a) prove that if no $4$ points of $A$ make a parallelogram, you can do this only using transformation. ($A$ doesn't have a parallelogram with angle $0$ and a parallelogram that it's two non-adjacent vertices are one!)
b) prove that you can always do this by using a combination of all these things.
time allowed for this question was 1 hour and 30 minutes
We have an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, and $AA',BB'$ are its altitudes. A point $D$ is chosen on the arc $ACB$ of the circumcircle of $ABC$. If $P=AA'\cap BD,Q=BB'\cap AD$, show that the midpoint of $PQ$ lies on $A'B'$.
Isosceles right triangle $ ABC$ encloses a semicircle of area $ 2\pi$. The circle has its center $ O$ on hypotenuse $ \overline{AB}$ and is tangent to sides $ \overline{AC}$ and $ \overline{BC}$. What is the area of triangle $ ABC$?
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$ \textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4\pi $
Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ with orthocenter $H$. Reflection of nine-point circle about $AH$ intersects circumcircle at points $X$ and $Y$. Prove that $AH$ is the external bisector of $\angle XHY$.
[i]Proposed by Mohammad Javad Shabani[/i]
Let the major axis of an ellipse be $AB$, let $O$ be its center, and let $F$ be one of its foci. $P$ is a point on the ellipse, and $CD$ a chord through $O$, such that $CD$ is parallel to the tangent of the ellipse at $P$. $PF$ and $CD$ intersect at $Q$. Compare the lengths of $PQ$ and $OA$.
Let be given a triangle $ ABC$ and its internal angle bisector $ BD$ $ (D\in BC)$. The line $ BD$ intersects the circumcircle $ \Omega$ of triangle $ ABC$ at $ B$ and $ E$. Circle $ \omega$ with diameter $ DE$ cuts $ \Omega$ again at $ F$. Prove that $ BF$ is the symmedian line of triangle $ ABC$.
Let $ I(A)$ and $ I(B)$ be the centers of the excircles of a triangle $ ABC,$ which touches the sides $ BC$ and $ CA$ in its interior. Furthermore let $ P$ a point on the circumcircle $ \omega$ of the triangle $ ABC.$ Show that the center of the segment which connects the circumcenters of the triangles $ I(A)CP$ and $ I(B)CP$ coincides with the center of the circle $ \omega.$
Triangle $ ABC$ is inscribed in circle $ \omega$. The tangent lines to $ \omega$ at $ B$ and $ C$ meet at $ T$. Point $ S$ lies on ray $ BC$ such that $ AS \perp AT$. Points $ B_1$ and $ C_1$ lie on ray $ ST$ (with $ C_1$ in between $ B_1$ and $ S$) such that $ B_1T \equal{} BT \equal{} C_1T$. Prove that triangles $ ABC$ and $ AB_1C_1$ are similar to each other.
$a_{n}$ ($n$ is integer) is a sequence from positive reals that \[a_{n}\geq \frac{a_{n+2}+a_{n+1}+a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}}4\] Prove $a_{n}$ is constant.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $I$ and $O$ denote its incentre and circumcentre respectively. Let $\omega_A$ be the circle through $B$ and $C$ which is tangent to the incircle of the triangle $ABC$; the circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ are defined similarly. The circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ meet at a point $A'$ distinct from $A$; the points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined similarly. Prove that the lines $AA',BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent at a point on the line $IO$.
[i](Russia) Fedor Ivlev[/i]
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral, and let $E$ and $F$ be points on sides $AD$ and $BC$, respectively, such that $\frac{AE}{ED} = \frac{BF}{FC}$. Ray $FE$ meets rays $BA$ and $CD$ at $S$ and $T$, respectively. Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $SAE$, $SBF$, $TCF$, and $TDE$ pass through a common point.
The $100$ vertices of a prism, whose base is a $50$-gon, are labeled with numbers $1, 2, 3, \ldots, 100$ in any order. Prove that there are two vertices, which are connected by an edge of the prism, with labels differing by not more than $48$.
Note: In all the triangles the three vertices do not lie on a straight line.
Let $P_0$, $P_1$, $P_2$ be three points on the circumference of a circle with radius $1$, where $P_1P_2 = t < 2$. For each $i \ge 3$, define $P_i$ to be the centre of the circumcircle of $\triangle P_{i-1} P_{i-2} P_{i-3}$.
(1) Prove that the points $P_1, P_5, P_9, P_{13},\cdots$ are collinear.
(2) Let $x$ be the distance from $P_1$ to $P_{1001}$, and let $y$ be the distance from $P_{1001}$ to $P_{2001}$. Determine all values of $t$ for which $\sqrt[500]{ \frac xy}$ is an integer.
Let $AA',BB',CC'$ be three diameters of the circumcircle of an acute triangle $ABC$. Let $P$ be an arbitrary point in the interior of $\triangle ABC$, and let $D,E,F$ be the orthogonal projection of $P$ on $BC,CA,AB$, respectively. Let $X$ be the point such that $D$ is the midpoint of $A'X$, let $Y$ be the point such that $E$ is the midpoint of $B'Y$, and similarly let $Z$ be the point such that $F$ is the midpoint of $C'Z$. Prove that triangle $XYZ$ is similar to triangle $ABC$.
Two circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ with radii $r_1$ and $r_2$ touch each outside at point $Q$. The other endpoints of the diameters through $Q$ are $P$ on $k_1$ and $R$ on $k_2$.
We choose two points $A$ and $B$, one on each of the arcs $PQ$ of $k_1$. ($PBQA$ is a convex quadrangle.)
Further, let $C$ be the second point of intersection of the line $AQ$ with $k_2$ and let $D$ be the second point of intersection of the line $BQ$ with $k_2$.
The lines $PB$ and $RC$ intersect in $U$ and the lines $PA$ and $RD$ intersect in $V$ .
Show that there is a point $Z$ that lies on all of these lines $UV$.
Some $ m$ squares on the chessboard are marked. If among four squares at the intersection of some two rows and two columns three squares are marked then it is allowed to mark the fourth square. Find the smallest $ m$ for which it is possible to mark all squares after several such operations.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle . Let point $X$ be in the triangle and $AX$ intersects $BC$ in $Y$ . Draw the perpendiculars $YP,YQ,YR,YS$ to lines $CA,CX,BX,BA$ respectively. Find the necessary and sufficient condition for $X$ such that $PQRS$ be cyclic .
A quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle $\omega$. The tangent to $\omega$ at $A$ intersects the ray $CB$ at $K$, and the tangent to $\omega$ at $B$ intersects the ray $DA$ at $M$. Prove that if $AM=AD$ and $BK=BC$, then $ABCD$ is a trapezoid.
Consider the following statement: for any permutation $\pi_1\not=\mathbb{I}$ of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ there is a permutation $\pi_2$ such that any permutation on these numbers can be obtained by a finite compostion of $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$.
(a) Prove the statement for $n=3$ and $n=5$.
(b) Disprove the statement for $n=4$.