Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled, nonisosceles triangle. Altitudes $AA'$ and $BB' $meet at point $H$, and the medians of triangle $AHB$ meet at point $M$. Line $CM$ bisects segment $A'B'$. Find angle $C$. (D. Krekov)

Circle I passes through the center of, and is tangent to, circle II. The area of circle I is 4 square inches. Then the area of circle II, in square inches, is: $ \textbf{(A) }8\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }8\sqrt{\pi}\qquad\textbf{(D) }16\qquad\textbf{(E) }16\sqrt{2} $

Let $O$ be the center of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ of area $1/\pi$. As shown in the diagram below, a circle centered at $O$ meets the triangle at points $D$, $E$, $F$, $G$, $H$, and $I$, which trisect each of the triangle's sides. Compute the total area of all six shaded regions. [asy] unitsize(90); pair A = dir(0); pair B = dir(120); pair C = dir(240); draw(A -- B -- C -- cycle); pair D = (2*A + B)/3; pair E = (A + 2*B)/3; pair F = (2*B + C)/3; pair G = (B + 2*C)/3; pair H = (2*C + A)/3; pair I = (C + 2*A)/3; draw(E -- F); draw(G -- H); draw(I -- D); draw(D -- G); draw(E -- H); draw(F -- I); pair O = (0, 0); real r = 1/sqrt(3); draw(circle(O, r)); fill(O -- D -- E -- cycle, gray); fill(O -- F -- G -- cycle, gray); fill(O -- H -- I -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(O, r, -30, 30) -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(0, r, 90, 150) -- cycle, gray); fill(arc(0, r, 210, 270) -- cycle, gray); label("$A$", A, A); label("$B$", B, B); label("$C$", C, C); label("$D$", D, unit(D)); label("$E$", E, unit(E)); label("$F$", F, unit(F)); label("$G$", G, unit(G)); label("$H$", H, unit(H)); label("$I$", I, unit(I)); label("$O$", O, C); [/asy]

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and let $P$ be the intersection of the tangents at $B$ and $C$ of the circumscribed circle of $\vartriangle ABC$. The line through $A$ perpendicular on $AB$ and cuts the line perpendicular on $AC$ through $C$ at $X$. The line through $A$ perpendicular on $AC$ cuts the line perpendicular on $AB$ through $B$ at $Y$. Show that $AP \perp XY$.

$d$ and $n$ are positive integers such that $d \mid n$. The n-number sets $(x_1, x_2, \cdots x_n)$ satisfy the following condition: (1) $0 \leq x_1 \leq x_2 \leq \cdots \leq x_n \leq n$ (2) $d \mid (x_1+x_2+ \cdots x_n)$ Prove that in all the n-number sets that meet the conditions, there are exactly half satisfy $x_n=n$.

On a unit circle with center $O$, $AB$ is an arc with the central angle $\alpha<90^\circ$. Point $H$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $OB$, $T$ is a point on arc $AB$, and $l$ is the tangent to the circle at $T$. The line $l$ and the angle $AHB$ form a triangle $\Delta$. (a) Prove that the area of $\Delta$ is minimal when $T$ is the midpoint of arc $AB$. (b) Prove that if $S_\alpha$ is the minimal area of $\Delta$ then the function $\frac{S_\alpha}\alpha$ has a limit when $\alpha\to0$ and find this limit.

Find the area of the region bounded by $C: y=-x^4+8x^3-18x^2+11$ and the tangent line which touches $C$ at distinct two points.

[b]p1.[/b] Find all $x$ such that $(\ln (x^4))^2 = (\ln (x))^6$. [b]p2.[/b] On a piece of paper, Alan has written a number $N$ between $0$ and $2010$, inclusive. Yiwen attempts to guess it in the following manner: she can send Alan a positive number $M$, which Alan will attempt to subtract from his own number, which we will call $N$. If $M$ is less than or equal $N$, then he will erase $N$ and replace it with $N -M$. Otherwise, Alan will tell Yiwen that $M > N$. What is the minimum number of attempts that Yiwen must make in order to determine uniquely what number Alan started with? [b]p3.[/b] How many positive integers between $1$ and $50$ have at least $4$ distinct positive integer divisors? (Remember that both $1$ and $n$ are divisors of $n$.) [b]p4.[/b] Let $F_n$ denote the $n^{th}$ Fibonacci number, with $F_0 = 0$ and $F_1 = 1$. Find the last digit of $$\sum^{97!+4}_{i=0}F_i.$$ [b]p5.[/b] Find all prime numbers $p$ such that $2p + 1$ is a perfect cube. [b]p6.[/b] What is the maximum number of knights that can be placed on a $9\times 9$ chessboard such that no two knights attack each other? [b]p7.[/b] $S$ is a set of $9$ consecutive positive integers such that the sum of the squares of the $5$ smallest integers in the set is the sum of the squares of the remaining $4$. What is the sum of all $9$ integers? [b]p8.[/b] In the following infinite array, each row is an arithmetic sequence, and each column is a geometric sequence. Find the sum of the infinite sequence of entries along the main diagonal. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/1/481dd1e496fed6931ee2912775df630908c16e.png[/img] [b]p9.[/b] Let $x > y > 0$ be real numbers. Find the minimum value of $\frac{x}{y} + \frac{4x}{x-y}$ . [b]p10.[/b] A regular pentagon $P = A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5$ and a square $S = B_1B_2B_3B_4$ are both inscribed in the unit circle. For a given pentagon $P$ and square $S$, let $f(P, S)$ be the minimum length of the minor arcs $A_iB_j$ , for $1 \le i \le 5$ and $1 \le j \le4$. Find the maximum of $f(P, S)$ over all pairs of shapes. [b]p11.[/b] Find the sum of the largest and smallest prime factors of $9^4 + 3^4 + 1$. [b]p12.[/b] A transmitter is sending a message consisting of $4$ binary digits (either ones or zeros) to a receiver. Unfortunately, the transmitter makes errors: for each digit in the message, the probability that the transmitter sends the correct digit to the receiver is only $80\%$. (Errors are independent across all digits.) To avoid errors, the receiver only accepts a message if the sum of the first three digits equals the last digit modulo $2$. If the receiver accepts a message, what is the probability that the message was correct? [b]p13.[/b] Find the integer $N$ such that $$\prod^{8}_{i=0}\sec \left( \frac{\pi}{9}2^i \right)= N.$$ PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ be the midpoints of sides $BC$, $AC$ and $AB$ of triangle $ABC$, $AK$ be the altitude from $A$, and $L$ be the tangency point of the incircle $\gamma$ with $BC$. Let the circumcircles of triangles $LKB_1$ and $A_1LC_1$ meet $B_1C_1$ for the second time at points $X$ and $Y$ respectively, and $\gamma$ meet this line at points $Z$ and $T$. Prove that $XZ = YT$.

A positive integer $n$ is [i]nice[/i] if there is a positive integer $m$ with exactly four positive divisors (including $1$ and $m$) such that the sum of the four divisors is equal to $n$. How many numers in the set $\{2010, 2011, 2012,\ldots,2019\}$ are nice? ${ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D}}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5 $

Let $\triangle ABC$ have $\angle A=20^{\circ}$ and $\angle C=40^{\circ}$. We've constructed the angle bisector $AL$ ($L\in BC$) and the external angle bisector $CN$ ($N\in AB$). Find $\angle CLN$.

In triangle $ABC$, the altitude through $B$ intersects $AC$ at $E$ and the altitude through $C$ intersects $AB$ at $F$. Point $T$ is such that $AETF$ is a parallelogram and points $ A$ ,$T$ lie on different half-planes wrt the line $EF$. Point $D$ is such that $ABDC$ is a parallelogram and points $ A$ ,$D$ lie in different half-planes wrt line $BC$. Prove that $T, D$ and the orthocenter of $ABC$ are collinear.

There are $100$ lines in the plane, such that no two are parallel and no three are concurrent. Consider the quadrilaterals such that all their sides lie on these lines (including the quadrilaterals whose interior is crossed by some of these lines). Is it true that the number of convex quadrilaterals equals the number of non-convex ones?

Problems 15, 16, and 17 all refer to the following: In the very center of the Irenic Sea lie the beautiful Nisos Isles. In 1998 the number of people on these islands is only 200, but the population triples every 25 years. Queen Irene has decreed that there must be at least 1.5 square miles for every person living in the Isles. The total area of the Nisos Isles is 24,900 square miles. 16. Estimate the year in which the population of Nisos will be approximately 6,000. $ \text{(A)}\ 2050\qquad\text{(B)}\ 2075\qquad\text{(C)}\ 2100\qquad\text{(D)}\ 2125\qquad\text{(E)}\ 2150 $

Two circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ respectively touch externally at $A$. Let $M$ be a point inside $k_2$ and outside the line $O_1O_2$. Find a line $d$ through $M$ which intersects $k_1$ and $k_2$ again at $B$ and $C$ respectively so that the circumcircle of $\Delta ABC$ is tangent to $O_1O_2$.

Triangle $ABC$ has sidelengths $AB = 14, BC = 15,$ and $CA = 13$. We draw a circle with diameter $AB$ such that it passes $BC$ again at $D$ and passes $CA$ again at $E$. If the circumradius of $\triangle CDE$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{m}{n}$ where $m, n$ are coprime positive integers, determine $100m+n$. [i]Proposed by Lewis Chen[/i]

Let $I$ be the incenter of a triangle $ABC$. $D,E,F$ are the symmetric points of $I$ with respect to $BC,AC,AB$ respectively. Knowing that $D,E,F,B$ are concyclic,find all possible values of $\angle B$.

When all vertex angles of a convex polygon are equal, call it equiangular. Prove that $ p > 2$ is a prime number, if and only if the lengths of all sides of equiangular $ p$ polygon are rational numbers, it is a regular $ p$ polygon.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Suppose $D$ is on $BC$ such that $AD$ bisects $\angle BAC$. Suppose $M$ is on $AB$ such that $\angle MDA = \angle ABC$, and $N$ is on $AC$ such that $\angle NDA = \angle ACB$. If $AD$ and $MN$ intersect on $P$, prove that $AD^3 = AB \cdot AC \cdot AP$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $\angle A < \angle B \le \angle C$, and $O$ its circumcenter. The perpendicular bisector of side $AB$ intersects side $AC$ at $D$. The perpendicular bisector of side $AC$ intersects side $AB$ at $E$. Express the angles of triangle $DEO$ in terms of the angles of triangle $ABC$.

Let $CX, CY$ be the tangents from vertex $C$ of triangle $ABC$ to the circle passing through the midpoints of its sides. Prove that lines $XY , AB$ and the tangent to the circumcircle of $ABC$ at point $C$ concur.

Let $D$ be an interior point of the triangle $ABC$. $CD$ and $AB$ intersect at $D_{c}$, $BD$ and $AC$ intersect at $D_{b}$, $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at $D_{a}$. Prove that there exists a triangle $KLM$ with orthocenter $H$ and the feet of altitudes $H_{k}\in LM, H_{l}\in KM, H_{m}\in KL$, so that $(AD_{c}D) = (KH_{m}H)$ $(BD_{c}D) = (LH_{m}H)$ $(BD_{a}D) = (LH_{k}H)$ $(CD_{a}D) = (MH_{k}H)$ $(CD_{b}D) = (MH_{l}H)$ $(AD_{b}D) = (KH_{l}H)$ where $(PQR)$ denotes the area of the triangle $PQR$

The triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $C.$ The point $P$ is located on segment $AC$ such that triangles $PBA$ and $PBC$ have congruent inscribed circles. Express the length $x = PC$ in terms of $a = BC, b = CA$ and $c = AB.$

Let $ABC$ be a scalene triangle. The tangents at the perpendicular foot dropped from $A$ on the line $BC$ and the midpoint of the side $BC$ to the nine-point circle meet at the point $A'$\,; the points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined similarly. Prove that the lines $AA'$, $BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent. [i]Gazeta Matematica[/i]

The point $X$ is marked inside the triangle $ABC$. The circumcircles of the triangles $AXB$ and $AXC$ intersect the side $BC$ again at $D$ and $E$ respectively. The line $DX$ intersects the side $AC$ at $K$, and the line $EX$ intersects the side $AB$ at $L$. Prove that $LK\parallel BC$.