The quadrangles $AMBE, AHBT, BKXM$, and $CKXP$ are parallelograms. Prove that the quadrangle $ABTE$ is also parallelogram. (the vertices are mentioned counterclockwise)

We are given a cube with edges of length $n$ cm. At our disposal is a long piece of insulating tape of width $1$ cm. It is required to stick this tape to the cube. The tape may freely cross an edge of the cube on to a different face but it must always be parallel to an edge of the cube. It may not overhang the edge of a face or cross over a vertex. How many pieces of the tape are necessary in order to completely cover the cube? (You may assume that $n$ is an integer.) (A Spivak)

Let $AA_1, BB_1$ and $CC_1$ be the altitudes of an acute-angled triangle $ABC.$ $AA_1$ meets $B_1C_1$ in a point $K.$ The circumcircles of triangles $A_1KC_1$ and $A_1KB_1$ intersect the lines $AB$ and $AC$ for the second time at points $N$ and $L$ respectively. Prove that [b]a)[/b] The sum of diameters of these two circles is equal to $BC,$ [b] b)[/b] $\frac{A_1N}{BB_1} + \frac{A_1L}{CC_1}=1.$

In a triangle $ABC$ let $D$ be the intersection of the angle bisector of $\gamma$, angle at $C$, with the side $AB.$ And let $F$ be the area of the triangle $ABC.$ Prove the following inequality: \[2 \cdot \ F \cdot \left( \frac{1}{AD} -\frac{1}{BD} \right) \leq AB.\]

A point $P$ lies inside a triangle $ABC$. The points $K$ and $L$ are the projections of $P$ onto $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. The point $M$ lies on the line $BC$ so that $KM = LM$, and the point $P'$ is symmetric to $P$ with respect to $M$. Prove that $\angle BAP = \angle P'AC$.

$A; B; C; D; E$ and $F$ are points in space such that $AB$ is parallel to $DE$, $BC$ is parallel to $EF$, $CD$ is parallel to $FA$, but $AB \neq DE$. Prove that all six points lie in the same plane. [i](4 points)[/i]

Three equal circles of radius $r$ each pass through the centres of the other two. What is the area of intersection that is common to all the three circles?

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.

Let $ABCD$ be rhombus $ABCD$ where the triangles $ABD$ and $BCD$ are equilateral. Let $M$ and $N$ be points on the sides $BC$ and $CD$, respectively, such that $\angle MAN = 30^o$. Let $X$ be the intersection point of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Prove that $\angle XMN = \angle\ DAM$ and $\angle XNM = \angle BAN$.

Diameter $AB$ of a circle has length a 2-digit integer (base ten). Reversing the digits gives the length of the perpendicular chord $CD$. The distance from their intersection point $H$ to the center $O$ is a positive rational number. Determine the length of $AB$.

A triangle is formed by joining three points whose coordinates are integers. If the $ x$-coordinate and the $ y$-coordinate each have a value of $ 1$, then the area of the triangle, in square units: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{must be an integer}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{may be irrational}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{must be irrational}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{must be rational}\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{will be an integer only if the triangle is equilateral.}$

Consider cubes of edge length 5 composed of 125 cubes of edge length 1 where each of the 125 cubes is either coloured black or white. A cube of edge length 5 is called "big", a cube od edge length is called "small". A posititve integer $ n$ is called "representable" if there is a big cube with exactly $ n$ small cubes where each row of five small cubes has an even number of black cubes whose centres lie on a line with distances $ 1,2,3,4$ (zero counts as even number). (a) What is the smallest and biggest representable number? (b) Construct 45 representable numbers.

We consider a point $P$ in a plane $p$ and a point $Q \not\in p$. Determine all the points $R$ from $p$ for which \[ \frac{QP+PR}{QR} \] is maximum.

What is the shortest possible side length of a four-dimensional hypercube that contains a regular octahedron with side 1?

Consider a right-angled triangle $ABC$ with $\angle C = 90^o$. Suppose that the hypotenuse $AB$ is divided into four equal parts by the points $D,E,F$, such that $AD = DE = EF = FB$. If $CD^2 +CE^2 +CF^2 = 350$, find the length of $AB$.

Two equally oriented regular $2n$-gons $A_1A_2\ldots A_{2n}$ and $B_1B_2\ldots B_{2n}$ are given. The perpendicular bisectors $\ell_i$ of the segments $A_iB_i$ are drawn. Let the lines $\ell_i$ and $\ell_{i+1}$ intersect at the point $K_i$ (hereafter we reduce indices modulo $2n$). Denote by $m_i$ the line $K_iK_{i+n}$. Prove that $n{}$ lines $m_i$ intersect at one point and at that the angles between the lines $m_i$ and $m_{i+1}$ are equal. [i]Proposed by Chan Quang Hung (Vietnam)[/i]

A point $D$ is chosen in the interior of the side $BC$ of an acute triangle $ABC$, and another point $P$ in the interior of the segment $AD$, but not lying on the median through $C$. This median (through $C$) intersects the circumcircle of a triangle $CPD$ at $K(\ne C)$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $AKP$ always passes through a fixed point $M(\ne A)$ independent of the choices of the points $D$ and $P.$

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral and let $K,L,M,N,S,T$ the midpoints of $AB, BC, CD, AD, AC, BD$ respectively. Prove that the circumcenters of $KLS, LMT, MNS, NKT$ form a cyclic quadrilateral which is similar to $ABCD$.

Let $A$ and $B$ be points on circle $\Gamma$ such that $AB=\sqrt{10}.$ Point $C$ is outside $\Gamma$ such that $\triangle ABC$ is equilateral. Let $D$ be a point on $\Gamma$ and suppose the line through $C$ and $D$ intersects $AB$ and $\Gamma$ again at points $E$ and $F \neq D.$ It is given that points $C, D, E, F$ are collinear in that order and that $CD=DE=EF.$ What is the area of $\Gamma?$ [i]Proposed by Kyle Lee[/i]

Inside a given convex quadrilateral, find a point such that the segments connecting this point with the midpoints of the quadrilateral's sides divide the quadrilateral into four parts with equal areas.

Three equilateral triangles $ABC, CDE, EHK$ (the vertices are mentioned counterclockwise) are lying in the plane so, that the vectors $\overrightarrow{AD}$ and $\overrightarrow{DK}$ are equal. Prove that the triangle $BHD$ is also equilateral

A convex pentagon $ABCDE$ with $DC = DE$ and $\angle DCB = \angle DEA = 90^o$ is given. Let $F$ be a point on the segment $AB$ such that $AF : BF = AE : BC$. Prove that $\angle FCE = \angle ADE$ and $\angle FEC = \angle BDC$.

Find the greatest possible number of lines in space that all pass through a single point and the angle between any two of them is the same.

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral, and let $P$, $Q$, $R$, and $S$ be points on the sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$, respectively. Let the line segment $PR$ and $QS$ meet at $O$. Suppose that each of the quadrilaterals $APOS$, $BQOP$, $CROQ$, and $DSOR$ has an incircle. Prove that the lines $AC$, $PQ$, and $RS$ are either concurrent or parallel to each other.

[b]p1.[/b] Each point in the interior and on the boundary of a square of side $2$ inches is colored either red or blue. Prove that there exists at least one pair of points of the same color whose distance apart is not less than $-\sqrt5$ inches. [b]p2.[/b] $ABC$ is an equilateral triangle of altitude $h$. A circle with center $0$ and radius $h$ is tangent to side $AB$ at $Z$ and intersects side $AC$ in point $X$ and side $BC$ in point $Y$. Prove that the circular arc $XZY$ has measure $60^o$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/e/ac70942f7a14cd0759ac682c3af3551687dd69.png[/img] [b]p3.[/b] Find all of the real and complex solutions (if any exist) of the equation $x^7 + 7^7 = (x + 7)^7$ [b]p4.[/b] The four points $A, B, C$, and $D$ are not in the same plane. Given that the three angles, angle $ABC$, angle $BCD$, and angle $CDA$, are all right angles, prove that the fourth angle, angle $DAB$, of this skew quadrilateral is acute. [b]p5.[/b] $A, B, C$ and $D$ are four positive whole numbers with the following properties: (i) each is less than the sum of the other three, and (ii) each is a factor of the sum of the other three. Prove that at least two of the numbers must be equal. (An example of four such numbers: $A = 4$, $B = 4$, $C = 2$, $D = 2$.) [b]p6.[/b] $S$ is a set of six points and $L$ is a set of straight line segments connecting certain pairs of points in $S$ so that each point of $S$ is connected with at least four of the other points. Let $A$ and $B$ denote two arbitrary points of $S$. Show that among the triangles having sides in $L$ and vertices in $S$ there are two with the properties: (i) The two triangles have no common vertex. (ii) $A$ is a vertex of one of the triangles, and $B$ is a vertex of the other. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].