Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $D, E, F$ the feet of the altitudes lying on $BC, CA, AB$ respectively. One of the intersection points of the line $EF$ and the circumcircle is $P.$ The lines $BP$ and $DF$ meet at point $Q.$ Prove that $AP = AQ.$ [i]Proposed by Christopher Bradley, United Kingdom[/i]

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcircle $\Gamma$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be points in the half plane defined by $BC$ containing $A$, such that $BP$ and $CQ$ are tangents to $\Gamma$ and $PB = BC = CQ$. Let $K$ and $L$ be points on the external bisector of the angle $\angle CAB$ , such that $BK = BA, CL = CA$. Let $M$ be the intersection point of the lines $PK$ and $QL$. Prove that $MK=ML$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in the parabola $y=x^2$ such that the line $AB \parallel$ the axis $Ox$. Also point $C$ is closer to the axis $Ox$ than the line $AB$. Given that the length of the segment $AB$ is 1 shorter than the length of the altitude $CH$ (of the triangle $ABC$). Determine the angle $\angle{ACB}$ .

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, the orthocenter is $H$. $I_H$ is the incenter of $\vartriangle BHC$. The bisector of $\angle BAC$ intersects the perpendicular from $I_H$ to the side $BC$ at point $K$. Let $F$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $K$ to $AB$. Prove that $2KF+BC=BH +HC$ A. Voidelevich

Jane can walk any distance in half the time it takes Hector to walk the same distance. They set off in opposite directions around the outside of the 18-block area as shown. When they meet for the first time, they will be closest to [asy] for(int i = -2; i <= 2; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,3),dashed); } draw((-3,1)--(3,1),dashed); draw((-3,2)--(3,2),dashed); draw((-3,0)--(-3,3)--(3,3)--(3,0)--cycle); dot((-3,0)); label("$A$",(-3,0),SW); dot((-3,3)); label("$B$",(-3,3),NW); dot((0,3)); label("$C$",(0,3),N); dot((3,3)); label("$D$",(3,3),NE); dot((3,0)); label("$E$",(3,0),SE); dot((0,0)); label("start",(0,0),S); label("$\longrightarrow$",(0,-0.75),E); label("$\longleftarrow$",(0,-0.75),W); label("$\textbf{Jane}$",(0,-1.25),W); label("$\textbf{Hector}$",(0,-1.25),E); [/asy] $\text{(A)}\ A \qquad \text{(B)}\ B \qquad \text{(C)}\ C \qquad \text{(D)}\ D \qquad \text{(E)}\ E$

A circle stands in a plane perpendicular to the ground and a point $A$ lies in this plane exterior to the circle and higher than its bottom. A particle starting from rest at $A$ slides without friction down an inclined straight line until it reaches the circle. Which straight line allows descent in the shortest time?

[u]Set 7[/u] [b]G19.[/b] How many ordered triples $(x, y, z)$ with $1 \le x, y, z \le 50$ are there such that both $x + y + z$ and $xy + yz + zx$ are divisible by$ 6$? [b]G20.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ has orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. If $D$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $BC$, then $AH = 8$ and $HD = 3$. If $\angle AOH = 90^o$, find $BC^2$. [b]G21.[/b] Nate flips a fair coin until he gets two heads in a row, immediately followed by a tails. The probability that he flips the coin exactly $12$ times is $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [u]Set 8[/u] [b]G22.[/b] Let $f$ be a function defined by $f(1) = 1$ and $$f(n) = \frac{1}{p}f\left(\frac{n}{p}\right)f(p) + 2p - 2,$$ where $p$ is the least prime dividing $n$, for all integers $n \ge 2$. Find $f(2022)$. [b]G23.[/b] Jessica has $15$ balls numbered $1$ through $15$. With her left hand, she scoops up $2$ of the balls. With her right hand, she scoops up $2$ of the remaining balls. The probability that the sum of the balls in her left hand is equal to the sum of the balls in her right hand can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [b]G24.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral such that its diagonal $BD = 17$ is the diameter of its circumcircle. Given $AB = 8$, $BC = CD$, and that a line $\ell$ through A intersects the incircle of $ABD$ at two points $P$ and $Q$, the maximum area of $CP Q$ can be expressed as a fraction $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Find $m + n$. [u]Set 9[/u] [i]This set consists of three estimation problems, with scoring schemes described.[/i] [b]G25.[/b] Estimate $N$, the total number of participants (in person and online) at MOAA this year. An estimate of $e$ gets a total of max $ \left( 0, \lfloor 150 \left( 1- \frac{|N-e|}{N}\right) \rfloor -120 \right)$ points. [b]G26.[/b] If $A$ is the the total number of in person participants at MOAA this year, and $B$ is the total number of online participants at MOAA this year, estimate $N$, the product $AB$. An estimate of $e$ gets a total of max $(0, 30 - \lceil \log10(8|N - e| + 1)\rceil )$ points. [b]G27.[/b] Estimate $N$, the total number of letters in all the teams that signed up for MOAA this year, both in person and online. An estimate of e gets a total of max $(0, 30 - \lceil 7 log5(|N - E|)\rceil )$ points. PS. You should use hide for answers. Sets 1-3 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3131303p28367061]here [/url] and 4-6 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3131305p28367080]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

A point $ P$ is chosen at random in the interior of equilateral triangle $ ABC$. What is the probability that $ \triangle ABP$ has a greater area than each of $ \triangle ACP$ and $ \triangle BCP$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{6} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{2}{3}$

In the rectangle $ABCD, BC = 5, EC = 1/3 CD$ and $F$ is the point where $AE$ and $BD$ are cut. The triangle $DFE$ has area $12$ and the triangle $ABF$ has area $27$. Find the area of the quadrilateral $BCEF$ . [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4w6e729AF9o/XNY9hqHaBaI/AAAAAAAAKL0/eCaNnWmgc7Yj9uV4z29JAvTcWCe21NIMgCK4BGAYYCw/s400/may%2B2011%2Bl1.png[/img]

[b]p1.[/b] Let $A\% B = BA - B - A + 1$. How many digits are in the number $1\%(3\%(3\%7))$ ? [b]p2. [/b]Three circles, of radii $1, 2$, and $3$ are all externally tangent to each other. A fourth circle is drawn which passes through the centers of those three circles. What is the radius of this larger circle? [b]p3.[/b] Express $\frac13$ in base $2$ as a binary number. (Which, similar to how demical numbers have a decimal point, has a “binary point”.) [b]p4. [/b] Isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$ with $AB$ parallel to $CD$ is constructed such that $DB = DC$. If $AD = 20$, $AB = 14$, and $P$ is the point on $AD$ such that $BP + CP$ is minimized, what is $AP/DP$? [b]p5.[/b] Let $f(x) = \frac{5x-6}{x-2}$ . Define an infinite sequence of numbers $a_0, a_1, a_2,....$ such that $a_{i+1} = f(a_i)$ and $a_i$ is always an integer. What are all the possible values for $a_{2014}$ ? [b]p6.[/b] $MATH$ and $TEAM$ are two parallelograms. If the lengths of $MH$ and $AE$ are $13$ and $15$, and distance from $AM$ to $T$ is $12$, find the perimeter of $AMHE$. [b]p7.[/b] How many integers less than $1000$ are there such that $n^n + n$ is divisible by $5$ ? [b]p8.[/b] $10$ coins with probabilities of $1, 1/2, 1/3 ,..., 1/10$ of coming up heads are flipped. What is the probability that an odd number of them come up heads? [b]p9.[/b] An infinite number of coins with probabilities of $1/4, 1/9, 1/16, ...$ of coming up heads are all flipped. What is the probability that exactly $ 1$ of them comes up heads? [b]p10.[/b] Quadrilateral $ABCD$ has side lengths $AB = 10$, $BC = 11$, and $CD = 13$. Circles $O_1$ and $O_2$ are inscribed in triangles $ABD$ and $BDC$. If they are both tangent to $BD$ at the same point $E$, what is the length of $DA$ ? PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Let $\omega$ be the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Tangent lines to $\omega$ at points $A$ and $C$ intersect at $K$. Line $BK$ intersects $\omega$ for the second time at $M$. On the line $BC$ point $N$ is chosen such that $\angle BAN = 90$. Line $MN$ intersects $\omega$ for the second time at $D$. Prove that $BD=BC$ [i]P. Chernikova[/i]

Fix the triangle $ABC$ on the plane. 1. Denote by $S_L,S_M$ and $S_K$ the areas of triangles whose vertices are, respectively, the bases of bisectors, medians and points of tangency of the inscribed circle of a given triangle $ABC$. Prove that $S_K\le S_L\le S_M$. 2. For the point $X$, which is inside the triangle $ABC$, consider the triangle $T_X$, the vertices of which are the points of intersection of the lines $AX, BX, CX$ with the lines $BC, AC, AB$, respectively. 2.1. Find the position of the point $X$ for which the area of ​​the triangle $T_x$ is the largest possible. 2.2. Suggest an effective criterion for comparing the areas of triangles $T_x$ for different positions of the point $X$. 2.3. Find the positions of the point $X$ for which the perimeter of the triangle $T_x$ is the smallest possible and the largest possible. 2.4. Propose an effective criterion for comparing the perimeters of triangles $T_x$ for different positions of point $X$. 2.5. Suggest and solve similar problems with respect to the extreme values ​​of other parameters (for example, the radius of the circumscribed circle, the length of the greatest height) of triangles $T_x$. 3. For the point $Y$, which is inside the circle $\omega$, circumscribed around the triangle $ABC$, consider the triangle $\Delta_Y$, the vertices of which are the points of intersection $AY, BX, CX$ with the circle $\omega$. Suggest and solve similar problems for triangles $\Delta_Y$ for different positions of point $Y$. 4. Suggest and solve similar problems for convex polygons. 5. For the point $Z$, which is inside the circle $\omega$, circumscribed around the triangle $ABC$, consider the triangle $F_Z$, the vertices of which are orthogonal projections of the point $Z$ on the lines $BC$, $AC$ and $AB$. Suggest and solve similar problems for triangles $F_Z$ for different positions of the point $Z$.

The inscribed circle of an acute $\Delta ABC$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ in $K$ and $L$ respectively. The altitude $AH$ intersects the angle bisectors of $\angle ABC$ and $\angle ACB$ in $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Prove that the middle point $M$ of $AH$ lies on the radical axis of the circumscribed circles of $\Delta KPB$ and $\Delta LQC$.

$(NET 6)$ A curve determined by $y =\sqrt{x^2 - 10x+ 52}, 0\le x \le 100,$ is constructed in a rectangular grid. Determine the number of squares cut by the curve.

Prove that the sums of the opposite dihedral angles of a tetrahedron are equal if and only if the sums of the opposite edges of this tetrahedron are equal.

A plane in space is equidistant from a set of points if its distances from the points in the set are equal. What is the largest possible number of equidistant planes from five points, no four of which are coplanar?

Let $I$ be the incenter of the acute triangle $\triangle ABC$, and $BI$, $CI$ intersect the altitude of $\triangle ABC$ through $A$ at $U$, $V$, respectively. The circle with $AI$ as a diameter intersects $\odot(ABC)$ again at $T$, and $\odot(TUV)$ intersects the segment $BC$ and $\odot(ABC)$ at $P$, $Q$, respectively. Let $R$ be another intersection of $PQ$ and $\odot(ABC)$. Show that $AR\parallel BC$.

Give an isosceles triangle $ABC$ at $A$. Draw ray $Cx$ being perpendicular to $CA, BE$ perpendicular to $Cx$ ($E \in Cx$).Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BE$, and $D$ be the intersection point of $AM$ and $Cx$. Prove that $BD \perp BC$.

Given points $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ on circle $\omega$ such that lines $AB$ and $CD$ intersect on point $T$ where $A$ is between $B$ and $T$, moreover $D$ is between $C$ and $T$. It is known that the line passing through $D$ which is parallel to $AB$ intersects $\omega$ again on point $E$ and line $ET$ intersects $\omega$ again on point $F$. Let $CF$ and $AB$ intersect on point $G$, $X$ be the midpoint of segment $AB$, and $Y$ be the reflection of point $T$ to $G$. Prove that $X$, $Y$, $C$, and $D$ are concyclic.

A cube is divided into $8$ smaller cubes of the same size, as shown in the figure. Then, each of these small cubes is divided again into $8$ smaller cubes of the same size. This process is done $4$ more times to each resulting cube. What is the ratio between the sum of the total areas of all the small cubes resulting from the last division and the total area of the initial cube?

Determine all pairs $(m,n)$ of positive integers such that a $m\times n$ rectangle can be tiled with L-trominoes.

On the sides $BC$ and $CD$ of the square $ABCD$ of side $1$, are chosen the points $E$, respectively $F$, so that $<$ $EAB$ $=$ $20$ If $<$ $EAF$ $=$ $45$, calculate the distance from point $A$ to the line $EF$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle A=60^o$ and $T$ be a point such that $\angle ATB=\angle BTC=\angle ATC$. A circle passing through $B,C$ and $T$ meets $AB$ and $AC$ for the second time at points $K$ and $L$.Prove that the distances from $K$ and $L$ to $AT$ are equal.

Let $K$ and $L$ be the points on the semicircle with diameter $AB$. Denote intersection of $AK$ and $AL$ as $T$ and let $N$ be the point such that $N$ is on segment $AB$ and line $TN$ is perpendicular to $AB$. If $U$ is the intersection of perpendicular bisector of $AB$ an $KL$ and $V$ is a point on $KL$ such that angles $UAV$ and $UBV$ are equal. Prove that $NV$ is perpendicular to $KL$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute angled triangle with $\angle{BAC}=60^\circ$ and $AB > AC$. Let $I$ be the incenter, and $H$ the orthocenter of the triangle $ABC$ . Prove that $2\angle{AHI}= 3\angle{ABC}$.