[b]p1.[/b] Compute $$\left(\frac{1}{10}\right)^{\frac12}\left(\frac{1}{10^2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2^4}}\left(\frac{1}{10^3}\right)^{\frac{1}{2^3}} ...$$ [b]p2.[/b] Consider the sequence $1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4,...,$ where the positive integer $m$ appears $m$ times. Let $d(n)$ denote the $n$th element of this sequence starting with $n = 1$. Find a closed-form formula for $d(n)$. [b]p3.[/b] Let $0 < \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}$, prove that $$ \left( \frac{\sin^2 \theta}{2}+\frac{2}{\cos^2 \theta} \right)^{\frac14}+ \left( \frac{\cos^2 \theta}{2}+\frac{2}{\sin^2 \theta} \right)^{\frac14} \ge (68)^{\frac14} $$ and determine the value of \theta when the inequality holds as equality. [b]p4.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$, parallel lines to $AB$ and $AC$ are drawn from a point $Q$ lying on side $BC$. If $a$ is used to represent the ratio of the area of parallelogram $ADQE$ to the area of the triangle $\vartriangle ABC$, (i) find the maximum value of $a$. (ii) find the ratio $\frac{BQ}{QC}$ when $a =\frac{24}{49}.$ [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/8/eaa58df0d55e6e648855425e581a6ba0ad3ea6.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] Prove the following inequality $$\frac{1}{2009} < \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{5}{6} \cdot \frac{7}{8}...\frac{2007}{2008}<\frac{1}{40}$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].Thanks to gauss202 for sending the problems.

Points $A$, $B$, and $C$ lie on a line, in that order, with $AB=8$ and $BC=2$. $B$ is rotated $20^\circ$ counter-clockwise about $A$ to a point $B'$, tracing out an arc $R_1$. $C$ is then rotated $20^\circ$ clockwise about $A$ to a point $C'$, tracing out an arc $R_2$. What is the area of the region bounded by arc $R_1$, segment $B'C$, arc $R_2$, and segment $C'B$? [i]Proposed by Thomas Lam[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, $AD$ be the altitude from $A$ on to $BC$. Draw perpendiculars $DD_1$ and $DD_2$ from $D$ on to $AB$ and $AC$ respectively and let $p(A)$ be the length of the segment $D_1D_2$. Similarly define $p(B)$ and $p(C)$. Prove that $\frac{p(A)p(B)p(C)}{s^3}\le \frac18$ , where s is the semi-perimeter of the triangle $ABC$.

\item Two circles $ \Gamma_1$ and $ \Gamma_2$ intersect at points $ A$ and $ B$. Consider a circle $ \Gamma$ contained in $ \Gamma_1$ and $ \Gamma_2$, which is tangent to both of them at $ D$ and $ E$ respectively. Let $ C$ be one of the intersection points of line $ AB$ with $ \Gamma$, $ F$ be the intersection of line $ EC$ with $ \Gamma_2$ and $ G$ be the intersection of line $ DC$ with $ \Gamma_1$. Let $ H$ and $ I$ be the intersection points of line $ ED$ with $ \Gamma_1$ and $ \Gamma_2$ respectively. Prove that $ F$, $ G$, $ H$ and $ I$ are on the same circle.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB<AC$. Let $D$ be a point on the segment $BC$ such that $BD<CD$. The angle bisectors of $\angle ADB$ and $\angle ADC$ meet the segments $AB$ and $AC$ at $E$ and $F$ respectively. Let $\omega$ be the circumcircle of $AEF$ and $M$ be the midpoint of $EF$. The ray $AD$ meets $\omega$ at $X$ and the line through $X$ parallel to $EF$ meets $\omega$ again at $Y$. If $YM$ meets $\omega$ at $T$, show that $AT$, $EF$ and $BC$ are concurrent. [i]Authored by Nikola Velov[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a scalene acute-angled triangle with its incenter $I$ and circumcircle $\Gamma$. Line $AI$ intersects $\Gamma$ for the second time at $M$. Let $N$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and $T$ be the point on $\Gamma$ such that $IN \perp MT$. Finally, let $P $ and $Q$ be the intersection points of $TB $ and $TC$, respectively, with the line perpendicular to $AI$ at $I$. Show that $PB = CQ$. [i]Proposed by Patrik Bak - Slovakia[/i]

Let $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ be two circles that tangents each other at point $N$, with $\Gamma_2$ located inside $\Gamma_1$. Let $A, B, C$ be distinct points on $\Gamma_1$ such that $AB$ and $AC$ tangents $\Gamma_2$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. Line $ND$ cuts $\Gamma_1$ again at $K$, and line $CK$ intersects line $DE$ at $I$. (i) Prove that $CK$ is the angle bisector of $\angle ACB$. (ii) Prove that $IECN$ and $IBDN$ are cyclic quadrilaterals.

Let $ ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon. Let $ G$, $ H$, $ I$, $ J$, $ K$, and $ L$ be the midpoints of sides $ AB$, $ BC$, $ CD$, $ DE$, $ EF$, and $ AF$, respectively. The segments $ AH$, $ BI$, $ CJ$, $ DK$, $ EL$, and $ FG$ bound a smaller regular hexagon. Let the ratio of the area of the smaller hexagon to the area of $ ABCDEF$ be expressed as a fraction $ \frac {m}{n}$ where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m \plus{} n$.

Three circles of radius $1$ are inscribed in a square of side length $s$, such that the circles do not overlap or coincide with each other. What is the minimum $s$ where such a configuration is possible?

Given a circle $\tau$, let $P$ be a point in its interior, and let $l$ be a line through $P$. Construct with proof using ruler and compass, all circles which pass through $P$, are tangent to $\tau$ and whose center lies on line $l$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle ABC \neq 90^\circ$, and $AB$ its shortest side. Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $ABC$. Let $\Gamma$ be the circle with center $B$ and radius $BA$. Let $D$ be the second point where the line $CA$ meets $\Gamma$. Let $E$ be the second point where $\Gamma$ meets the circumcircle of the triangle $BCD$. Let $F$ be the intersection point of the lines $DE$ and $BH$. Prove that the line $BD$ is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $DFH$.

A [i]kite[/i] is a quadrilateral whose diagonals are perpendicular. Let kite $ABCD$ be such that $\angle B = \angle D = 90^\circ$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the points of tangency of the incircle of $ABCD$ to $AB$ and $BC$ respectively. Let $\omega$ be the circle centered at $C$ and tangent to $AB$ and $AD$. Construct another kite $AB^\prime C^\prime D^\prime$ that is similar to $ABCD$ and whose incircle is $\omega$. Let $N^\prime$ be the point of tangency of $B^\prime C^\prime$ to $\omega$. If $MN^\prime \parallel AC$, then what is the ratio of $AB:BC$?

$(GDR 4)$ Find the maximal number of regions into which a sphere can be partitioned by $n$ circles.

From a point $S$, which lies outside the circle $\Omega$, tangent lines $SA$ and $SB$ to that circle are drawn. On the chord $AB$ an arbitrary point $K$ is chosen. $SK$ intersects $\Omega$ at points $P$ and $Q$, and chords $RT$ and $UW$ pass through $K$ such that $W, Q$ and $T$ lie in the same half-plane with respect to $AB$. Lines $WR$ and $TU$ intersect chord $AB$ at $C$ and $D$, and $M$ is the midpoint of $PQ$. Prove that $\angle AMC = \angle BMD$

Three points $A\left(0,\frac{4}{3}\right),B(-1,0),C(1,0)$ are given. The distance from $P$ to line $BC$ is the geometric mean of that from $P$ to lines $AB$ and $AC$. [b](a)[/b] Find the path equation of point $P$. [b](b)[/b] If line $L$ passes $D$ ($D$ is the incenter of $\triangle ABC$ ), and it has three common points with the path of $P$, find the range value of slope $k$ of line $L$.

A sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron touches one face at the intersection of its angle bisectors, a second face at the intersection of its altitudes, and a third face at the intersection of its medians. Show that the tetrahedron is regular. [i]N. Agakhanov[/i]

In the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$, $M$ is the midpoint of side $AD$, $AD = BD$, lines $CM$ and $AB$ are parallel, and $3\angle LBAC = \angle LACD$. Find the measure of angle $\angle ACB$.

Let $A, B, C$ and $D$ be a triharmonic quadruple of points, i.e $AB\cdot CD = AC \cdot BD = AD \cdot BC.$ Let $A_1$ be a point distinct from $A$ such that the quadruple $A_1, B, C$ and $D$ is triharmonic. Points $B_1, C_1$ and $D_1$ are defined similarly. Prove that a) $A, B, C_1, D_1$ are concyclic; b) the quadruple $A_1, B_1, C_1, D_1$ is triharmonic.

Lines parallel to the sides of an equilateral triangle are drawn so that they cut each of the sides into n equal segments and the triangle into n congruent triangles. Each of these n triangles is called a “cell”. Also lines parallel to each of the sides of the original triangle are drawn through each of the vertices of the original triangle. The cells between any two adjacent parallel lines form a “stripe”. (a) If $n =10$, what is the maximum number of cells that can be chosen so that no two chosen cells belong to one stripe? (b)The same question for $n = 9$. (R Zhenodarov)

If $k$ is an integer, let $\mathrm{c}(k)$ denote the largest cube that is less than or equal to $k$. Find all positive integers $p$ for which the following sequence is bounded: $a_0 = p$ and $a_{n+1} = 3a_n-2\mathrm{c}(a_n)$ for $n \geqslant 0$.

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral. If $M, N, K$ are the midpoints of the segments $AB, BC$, and $CD$, respectively, and there is also a point $P$ inside the quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that, $\angle BPN= \angle PAD$ and $\angle CPN=\angle PDA$. Show that $AB \cdot CD=4PM\cdot PK$.

Find the smallest real number $x$ for which exist two non-congruent triangles, whose sides have integer lengths and the numerical value of the area of each triangle is $x$.

Given a plane $P$ and two fixed points $A$ and $B$ that do not lie in this plane. Denote two points $A'$ and $B'$ on plane $P$ and $M ,N$ the midpoints of the segments $AA'$, $BB'$. a) Determine the locus of the midpoint of the segment MN if the points are $A'$ and $B'$ move arbitrarily in plane $P$. b) A circle $O$ is considered in the plane $P$. Determine the locus $L$ of the midpoint of the segment $MN$ if the points $A'$ and $B'$ lie on the circle $O$ or inside it . c) $A'$ is assumed to be fixed on the circle $O$ or inside it and $B'$ is assumed to be movable inside it , except for $O$. Determine the locus of the point $B'$ such the above certain locus $L$ remains the same . Note: For b) and c) the following cases should be considered: 1. $A'$ and $B'$ are different, 2. $A'$ and $B'$ coincide.

Let $MABCD$ be a pyramid with the square $ABCD$ as the base, in which $MA=MD$, $MA^2+AB^2=MB^2$ and the area of $\triangle ADM$ is equal to $1$. Determine the radius of the largest ball that is contained in the given pyramid.

Let $O_1$ and $O_2$ be concentric circles with radii 4 and 6, respectively. A chord $AB$ is drawn in $O_1$ with length $2$. Extend $AB$ to intersect $O_2$ in points $C$ and $D$. Find $CD$.