Consider a triangle $ABC$, with corresponding sides $a,b,c$, inradius $r$ and circumradius $R$. If $r_{A}, r_{B}, r_{C}$ are the radii of the respective excircles of the triangle, show that \[a^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{A}}-\frac{r}{r_{B}r_{C}}\right)+b^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{B}}-\frac{r}{r_{A}r_{C}}\right)+c^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{C}}-\frac{r}{r_{A}r_{B}}\right)=4(R+3r) \]

An equilateral triangle $ABC$ is divided by nine lines parallel to $BC$ into ten bands that are equally wide. We colour the bands alternately red and blue, with the smallest band coloured red. The difference between the total area in red and the total area in blue is $20$ $\text{cm}^2$. What is the area of triangle $ABC$?

Let $O$ be the circumcentre of the acute triangle $ABC$ and let lines $AO$ and $BC$ intersect at point $K$. On sides $AB$ and $AC$, points $L$ and $M$ are chosen such that $|KL|= |KB|$ and $|KM| = |KC|$. Prove that segments $LM$ and $BC$ are parallel.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $\angle BAD < \angle ADC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the arc $CD$ not containing $A$. Suppose there is a point $P$ inside $ABCD$ such that $\angle ADB = \angle CPD$ and $\angle ADP = \angle PCB$. Prove that lines $AD, PM$, and $BC$ are concurrent.

Circle $O$ has three chords, $AD$, $DF$, and $EF$. Point E lies along the arc $AD$. Point $C$ is the intersection of chords $AD$ and $EF$. Point $B$ lies on segment $AC$ such that $EB = EC = 8$. Given $AB = 6$, $BC = 10$, and $CD = 9$, find $DF$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/c/c36bff9ad04f13f7e227c57bddb53a0bfc0569.png[/img]

Given a rectangular strip of measure $12 \times 1$. Paste this strip in two layers over the cube with edge $1$ (the strip can be bent, but cannot be cut). (V. Shevyakov)

(1) For integer $n=0,\ 1,\ 2,\ \cdots$ and positive number $a_{n},$ let $f_{n}(x)=a_{n}(x-n)(n+1-x).$ Find $a_{n}$ such that the curve $y=f_{n}(x)$ touches to the curve $y=e^{-x}.$ (2) For $f_{n}(x)$ defined in (1), denote the area of the figure bounded by $y=f_{0}(x), y=e^{-x}$ and the $y$-axis by $S_{0},$ for $n\geq 1,$ the area of the figure bounded by $y=f_{n-1}(x),\ y=f_{n}(x)$ and $y=e^{-x}$ by $S_{n}.$ Find $\lim_{n\to\infty}(S_{0}+S_{1}+\cdots+S_{n}).$

In each lateral face of a pentagonal prism at least one of the four angles is equal to $f$. Find all possible values of $f$. (A Shapovalov)

Let $ABC$ be convex quadrilateral and $X$ lying inside it such that $XA \cdot XC^2 = XB \cdot XD^2$ and $\angle AXD + \angle BXC = \angle CXD$. Prove that $\angle XAD + \angle XCD = \angle XBC + \angle XDC$.

Circles $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ have centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ and intersect at $P$ and $Q$. A line through $P$ intersects $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ at $A$ and $B$, respectively, such that $AB$ is not perpendicular to $PQ$. Let $X$ be the point on $PQ$ such that $XA=XB$ and let $Y$ be the point within $AO_1 O_2 B$ such that $AYO_1$ and $BYO_2$ are similar. Prove that $2\angle{O_1 AY}=\angle{AXB}$. [i]Author: Matthew Brennan[/i]

Let a point $P$ lie inside a triangle $ABC$. The rays starting at $P$ and crossing the sides $BC$, $AC$, $AB$ under the right angle meet the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $A_{1}$, $B_{1}$, $C_{1}$ respectively. It is known that lines $AA_{1}$, $BB_{1}$, $CC_{1}$ concur at point $Q$. Prove that all such lines $PQ$ concur.

$A$ and $B$ lie on a circle. $P$ lies on the minor arc $AB$. $Q$ and $R$ (distinct from $P$) also lie on the circle, so that $P$ and $Q$ are equidistant from $A$, and $P$ and $R$ are equidistant from $B$. Show that the intersection of $AR$ and $BQ$ is the reflection of $P$ in $AB$.

In a $100\times25$ rectangle table, fill in a positive real number in each blank. Let the number in the $i$th line, the $j$th column be $x_{i,j}(i=1,2,\cdots,100,j=1,2,\cdots,25)$ (shown in Fig.1 ). Then, we rearrange the numbers in each column: $x'_{1,j}\geq x'_{2,j}\geq\cdots\geq x'_{100,j}(j=1,2,\cdots,25)$ (shown in Fig.2 ). Find the minumum value of $k$, satisfying: As long as $\sum_{j=1}^{25}x_{i,j}\leq1$ for numbers in Fig.1 ($i=1,2,\cdots,100$), then $\sum_{j=1}^{25}x'_{i,j}\leq1$ for $i\geq k$ in Fig.2. $$\textbf{Fig.1}\\ \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline $x_{1,1}$&$x_{1,2}$&$\cdots$&$x_{1,25}$\\ \hline $x_{2,1}$&$x_{2,2}$&$\cdots$&$x_{2,25}$\\ \hline $\cdots$&$\cdots$&$\cdots$&$\cdots$\\ \hline $x_{100,1}$&$x_{100,2}$&$\cdots$&$x_{100,25}$\\ \hline \end{tabular} \qquad\textbf{Fig.2}\\ \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline $x'_{1,1}$&$x'_{1,2}$&$\cdots$&$x'_{1,25}$\\ \hline $x'_{2,1}$&$x'_{2,2}$&$\cdots$&$x'_{2,25}$\\ \hline $\cdots$&$\cdots$&$\cdots$&$\cdots$\\ \hline $x'_{100,1}$&$x'_{100,2}$&$\cdots$&$x'_{100,25}$\\ \hline \end{tabular}$$

We consider the inscriptible pentagon $ABCDE$ in which $AB=BC=CD$ and the centroid of the pentagon coincides with the circumcenter. Prove that the pentagon $ABCDE$ is regular. [i]The centroid of a pentagon is the point in the plane of the pentagon whose position vector is equal to the average of the position vectors of the vertices.[/i]

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezium (trapezoid) with $AD$ parallel to $BC$ and $J$ be the intersection of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Point $P$ a chosen on the side $BC$ such that the distance from $C$ to the line $AP$ is equal to the distance from $B$ to the line $DP$. [i]The following three questions 1, 2 and 3 are independent, so that a condition in one question does not apply in another question.[/i] 1.Suppose that $Area( \vartriangle AJB) =6$ and that $Area(\vartriangle BJC) = 9$. Determine $Area(\vartriangle APD)$. 2. Find all points $Q$ on the plane of the trapezium such that $Area(\vartriangle AQB) = Area(\vartriangle DQC)$. 3. Prove that $PJ$ is the angle bisector of $\angle APD$.

A convex hexagon is called [i]pretty[/i] if it has four diagonals of length 1, such that their endpoints are all the vertex of the hexagon. ($a$) Given any real number $k$ with $0<k<1$ find a [i]pretty[/i] hexagon with area equal to $k$ ($b$) Show that the area of any [i]pretty[/i] hexagon is less than 1.

A set of $n\ge 9$ points is given on the plane. For any 9 it points can be selected from all circles so that all these points end up on selected circles. Prove that all n points lie on two circles

The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on sides $ AB$, $CD$ and $EF$ of a regular hexagon $ABCDEF$. Prove that the triangle and the hexagon have a common centre. (N Sedrakyan, Yerevan )

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Today, the date $4/9/16$ has the property that it is written with three perfect squares in strictly increasing order. What is the next date with this property? [b]p2.[/b] What is the greatest integer less than $100$ whose digit sumis equal to its greatest prime factor? [b]p3.[/b] In chess, a bishop can only move diagonally any number of squares. Find the number of possible squares a bishop starting in a corner of a $20\times 16$ chessboard can visit in finitely many moves, including the square it stars on. [u]Round 2 [/u] [b]p4.[/b] What is the fifth smallest positive integer with at least $5$ distinct prime divisors? [b]p5.[/b] Let $\tau (n)$ be the number of divisors of a positive integer $n$, including $1$ and $n$. Howmany positive integers $n \le 1000$ are there such that $\tau (n) > 2$ and $\tau (\tau (n)) = 2$? [b]p6.[/b] How many distinct quadratic polynomials $P(x)$ with leading coefficient $1$ exist whose roots are positive integers and whose coefficients sum to $2016$? [u]Round 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Find the largest prime factor of $112221$. [b]p8.[/b] Find all ordered pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ such that $\frac{a^2b^2+1}{ab-1}$ is an integer. [b]p9.[/b] Suppose $f : Z \to Z$ is a function such that $f (2x)= f (1-x)+ f (1-x)$ for all integers $x$. Find the value of $f (2) f (0) +f (1) f (6)$. [u]Round 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] For any six points in the plane, what is the maximum number of isosceles triangles that have three of the points as vertices? [b]p11.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that $\sqrt{n+ \sqrt{n -25}}$ is also a positive integer. [b]p12.[/b] Distinct positive real numbers are written at the vertices of a regular $2016$-gon. On each diagonal and edge of the $2016$-gon, the sum of the numbers at its endpoints is written. Find the minimum number of distinct numbers that are now written, including the ones at the vertices. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-8 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3158474p28715078]here[/url]. and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3162282p28763571]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

[b]p1.[/b] An ant starts at the top vertex of a triangular pyramid (tetrahedron). Each day, the ant randomly chooses an adjacent vertex to move to. What is the probability that it is back at the top vertex after three days? [b]p2.[/b] A square “rolls” inside a circle of area $\pi$ in the obvious way. That is, when the square has one corner on the circumference of the circle, it is rotated clockwise around that corner until a new corner touches the circumference, then it is rotated around that corner, and so on. The square goes all the way around the circle and returns to its starting position after rotating exactly $720^o$. What is the area of the square? [b]p3.[/b] How many ways are there to fill a $3\times 3$ grid with the integers $1$ through $9$ such that every row is increasing left-to-right and every column is increasing top-to-bottom? [b]p4.[/b] Noah has an old-style M&M machine. Each time he puts a coin into the machine, he is equally likely to get $1$ M&M or $2$ M&M’s. He continues putting coins into the machine and collecting M&M’s until he has at least $6$ M&M’s. What is the probability that he actually ends up with $7$ M&M’s? [b]p5.[/b] Erik wants to divide the integers $1$ through $6$ into nonempty sets $A$ and $B$ such that no (nonempty) sum of elements in $A$ is a multiple of $7$ and no (nonempty) sum of elements in $B$ is a multiple of $7$. How many ways can he do this? (Interchanging $A$ and $B$ counts as a different solution.) [b]p6.[/b] A subset of $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8\}$ of size $3$ is called special if whenever $a$ and $b$ are in the set, the remainder when $a + b$ is divided by $8$ is not in the set. ($a$ and $b$ can be the same.) How many special subsets exist? [b]p7.[/b] Let $F_1 = F_2 = 1$, and let $F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2}$ for all $n \ge 3$. For each positive integer $n$, let $g(n)$ be the minimum possible value of $$|a_1F_1 + a_2F_2 + ...+ a_nF_n|,$$ where each $a_i$ is either $1$ or $-1$. Find $g(1) + g(2) +...+ g(100)$. [b]p8.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $n$ with base-$10$ representation $\overline{1a_1a_2... a_k}$ such that $3n = \overline{a_1a_2


a_k1}$. [b]p9.[/b] How many ways are there to tile a $4 \times 6$ grid with $L$-shaped triominoes? (A triomino consists of three connected $1\times 1$ squares not all in a line.) [b]p10.[/b] Three friends want to share five (identical) muffins so that each friend ends up with the same total amount of muffin. Nobody likes small pieces of muffin, so the friends cut up and distribute the muffins in such a way that they maximize the size of the smallest muffin piece. What is the size of this smallest piece? [u]Numerical tiebreaker problems:[/u] [b]p11.[/b] $S$ is a set of positive integers with the following properties: (a) There are exactly 3 positive integers missing from $S$. (b) If $a$ and $b$ are elements of $S$, then $a + b$ is an element of $S$. (We allow $a$ and $b$ to be the same.) How many possibilities are there for the set $S$? [b]p12.[/b] In the trapezoid $ABCD$, both $\angle B$ and $\angle C$ are right angles, and all four sides of the trapezoid are tangent to the same circle. If $\overline{AB} = 13$ and $\overline{CD} = 33$, find the area of $ABCD$. [b]p13.[/b] Alice wishes to walk from the point $(0, 0)$ to the point $(6, 4)$ in increments of $(1, 0)$ and $(0, 1)$, and Bob wishes to walk from the point $(0, 1)$ to the point $(6, 5)$ in increments of $(1, 0)$ and $(0,1)$. How many ways are there for Alice and Bob to get to their destinations if their paths never pass through the same point (even at different times)? [b]p14.[/b] The continuous function $f(x)$ satisfies $9f(x + y) = f(x)f(y)$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y$. If $f(1) = 3$, what is $f(-3)$? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ be two circles intersecting at $P$ and $Q$. The common tangent, closer to $P$, of $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ touches $\Gamma_1$ at $A$ and $\Gamma_2$ at $B$. The tangent of $\Gamma_1$ at $P$ meets $\Gamma_2$ at $C$, which is different from $P$, and the extension of $AP$ meets $BC$ at $R$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $PQR$ is tangent to $BP$ and $BR$.

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]1.1.[/b] A circle has a circumference of $20\pi$ inches. Find its area in terms of $\pi$. [b]1.2.[/b] Let $x, y$ be the solution to the system of equations: $x^2 + y^2 = 10 \,\,\, , \,\,\, x = 3y$. Find $x + y$ where both $x$ and $y$ are greater than zero. [b]1. 3.[/b] Chris deposits $\$ 100$ in a bank account. He then spends $30\%$ of the money in the account on biology books. The next week, he earns some money and the amount of money he has in his account increases by $30 \%$. What percent of his original money does he now have? [u]Round 2[/u] [b]2.1.[/b] The bell rings every $45$ minutes. If the bell rings right before the first class and right after the last class, how many hours are there in a school day with $9$ bells? [b]2.2.[/b] The middle school math team has $9$ members. They want to send $2$ teams to ABMC this year: one full team containing 6 members and one half team containing the other $3$ members. In how many ways can they choose a $6$ person team and a $3$ person team? [b]2.3.[/b] Find the sum: $$1 + (1 - 1)(1^2 + 1 + 1) + (2 - 1)(2^2 + 2 + 1) + (3 - 1)(3^2 + 3 + 1) + ...· + (8 - 1)(8^2 + 8 + 1) + (9 - 1)(9^2 + 9 + 1).$$ [u]Round 3[/u] [b]3.1.[/b] In square $ABHI$, another square $BIEF$ is constructed with diagonal $BI$ (of $ABHI$) as its side. What is the ratio of the area of $BIEF$ to the area of $ABHI$? [b]3.2.[/b] How many ordered pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ are there such that $a$ and $b$ are both less than $5$, and the value of $ab + 1$ is prime? Recall that, for example, $(2, 3)$ and $(3, 2)$ are considered different ordered pairs. [b]3.3.[/b] Kate Lin drops her right circular ice cream cone with a height of $ 12$ inches and a radius of $5$ inches onto the ground. The cone lands on its side (along the slant height). Determine the distance between the highest point on the cone to the ground. [u]Round 4[/u] [b]4.1.[/b] In a Museum of Fine Mathematics, four sculptures of Euler, Euclid, Fermat, and Allen, one for each statue, are nailed to the ground in a circle. Bob would like to fully paint each statue a single color such that no two adjacent statues are blue. If Bob only has only red and blue paint, in how many ways can he paint the four statues? [b]4.2.[/b] Geo has two circles, one of radius 3 inches and the other of radius $18$ inches, whose centers are $25$ inches apart. Let $A$ be a point on the circle of radius 3 inches, and B be a point on the circle of radius $18$ inches. If segment $\overline{AB}$ is a tangent to both circles that does not intersect the line connecting their centers, find the length of $\overline{AB}$. [b]4.3.[/b] Find the units digit to $2017^{2017!}$. [u]Round 5[/u] [b]5.1.[/b] Given equilateral triangle $\gamma_1$ with vertices $A, B, C$, construct square $ABDE$ such that it does not overlap with $\gamma_1$ (meaning one cannot find a point in common within both of the figures). Similarly, construct square $ACFG$ that does not overlap with $\gamma_1$ and square $CBHI$ that does not overlap with $\gamma_1$. Lines $DE$, $FG$, and $HI$ form an equilateral triangle $\gamma_2$. Find the ratio of the area of $\gamma_2$ to $\gamma_1$ as a fraction. [b]5.2.[/b] A decimal that terminates, like $1/2 = 0.5$ has a repeating block of $0$. A number like $1/3 = 0.\overline{3}$ has a repeating block of length $ 1$ since the fraction bar is only over $ 1$ digit. Similarly, the numbers $0.0\overline{3}$ and $0.6\overline{5}$ have repeating blocks of length $ 1$. Find the number of positive integers $n$ less than $100$ such that $1/n$ has a repeating block of length $ 1$. [b]5.3.[/b] For how many positive integers $n$ between $1$ and $2017$ is the fraction $\frac{n + 6}{2n + 6}$ irreducible? (Irreducibility implies that the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is $1$.) [u]Round 6[/u] [b]6.1.[/b] Consider the binary representations of $2017$, $2017 \cdot 2$, $2017 \cdot 2^2$, $2017 \cdot 2^3$, $... $, $2017 \cdot 2^{100}$. If we take a random digit from any of these binary representations, what is the probability that this digit is a $1$ ? [b]6.2.[/b] Aaron is throwing balls at Carlson’s face. These balls are infinitely small and hit Carlson’s face at only $1$ point. Carlson has a flat, circular face with a radius of $5$ inches. Carlson’s mouth is a circle of radius $ 1$ inch and is concentric with his face. The probability of a ball hitting any point on Carlson’s face is directly proportional to its distance from the center of Carlson’s face (so when you are $2$ times farther away from the center, the probability of hitting that point is $2$ times as large). If Aaron throws one ball, and it is guaranteed to hit Carlson’s face, what is the probability that it lands in Carlson’s mouth? [b]6.3.[/b] The birth years of Atharva, his father, and his paternal grandfather form a geometric sequence. The birth years of Atharva’s sister, their mother, and their grandfather (the same grandfather) form an arithmetic sequence. If Atharva’s sister is $5$ years younger than Atharva and all $5$ people were born less than $200$ years ago (from $2017$), what is Atharva’s mother’s birth year? [u]Round 7[/u] [b]7. 1.[/b] A function $f$ is called an “involution” if $f(f(x)) = x$ for all $x$ in the domain of $f$ and the inverse of $f$ exists. Find the total number of involutions $f$ with domain of integers between $ 1$ and $ 8$ inclusive. [b]7.2.[/b] The function $f(x) = x^3$ is an odd function since each point on $f(x)$ corresponds (through a reflection through the origin) to a point on $f(x)$. For example the point $(-2, -8)$ corresponds to $(2, 8)$. The function $g(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 + 6x - 10$ is a “semi-odd” function, since there is a point $(a, b)$ on the function such that each point on $g(x)$ corresponds to a point on $g(x)$ via a reflection over $(a, b)$. Find $(a, b)$. [b]7.3.[/b] A permutations of the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ is an arrangement of the numbers. For example, $12345$ is one arrangement, and $32541$ is another arrangement. Another way to look at permutations is to see each permutation as a function from $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ to $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$. For example, the permutation $23154$ corresponds to the function f with $f(1) = 2$, $f(2) = 3$, $f(3) = 1$, $f(5) = 4$, and $f(4) = 5$, where $f(x)$ is the $x$-th number of the permutation. But the permutation $23154$ has a cycle of length three since $f(1) = 2$, $f(2) = 3$, $f(3) = 1$, and cycles after $3$ applications of $f$ when regarding a set of $3$ distinct numbers in the domain and range. Similarly the permutation $32541$ has a cycle of length three since $f(5) = 1$, $f(1) = 3$, and $f(3) = 5$. In a permutation of the natural numbers between $ 1$ and $2017$ inclusive, find the expected number of cycles of length $3$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]8.[/b] Find the number of characters in the problems on the accuracy round test. This does not include spaces and problem numbers (or the periods after problem numbers). For example, “$1$. What’s $5 + 10$?” would contain $11$ characters, namely “$W$,” “$h$,” “$a$,” “$t$,” “$’$,” “$s$,” “$5$,” “$+$,” “$1$,” “$0$,” “?”. If the correct answer is $c$ and your answer is $x$, then your score will be $$\max \left\{ 0, 13 -\left\lceil \frac{|x-c|}{100} \right\rceil \right\}$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Given the nine-sided regular polygon $ A_1 A_2 A_3 A_4 A_5 A_6 A_7 A_8 A_9$, how many distinct equilateral triangles in the plane of the polygon have at least two vertices in the set $ \{A_1,A_2,...A_9\}$? $ \textbf{(A)} \ 30 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 36 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 63 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 66 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 72$

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] A circle is inscribed inside a square such that the cube of the radius of the circle is numerically equal to the perimeter of the square. What is the area of the circle? [b]p2.[/b] If the coefficient of $z^ky^k$ is $252$ in the expression $(z + y)^{2k}$, find $k$. [b]p3.[/b] Let $f(x) = \frac{4x^4-2x^3-x^2-3x-2}{x^4-x^3+x^2-x-1}$ be a function defined on the real numbers where the denominator is not zero. The graph of $f$ has a horizontal asymptote. Compute the sum of the x-coordinates of the points where the graph of $f$ intersects this horizontal asymptote. If the graph of f does not intersect the asymptote, write $0$. [u]Round 2 [/u] [b]p4.[/b] How many $5$-digit numbers have strictly increasing digits? For example, $23789$ has strictly increasing digits, but $23889$ and $23869$ do not. [b]p5.[/b] Let $$y =\frac{1}{1 +\frac{1}{9 +\frac{1}{5 +\frac{1}{9 +\frac{1}{5 +...}}}}}$$ If $y$ can be represented as $\frac{a\sqrt{b} + c}{d}$ , where $b$ is not divisible by any squares, and the greatest common divisor of $a$ and $d$ is $1$, find the sum $a + b + c + d$. [b]p6.[/b] “Counting” is defined as listing positive integers, each one greater than the previous, up to (and including) an integer $n$. In terms of $n$, write the number of ways to count to $n$. [u]Round 3 [/u] [b]p7.[/b] Suppose $p$, $q$, $2p^2 + q^2$, and $p^2 + q^2$ are all prime numbers. Find the sum of all possible values of $p$. [b]p8.[/b] Let $r(d)$ be a function that reverses the digits of the $2$-digit integer $d$. What is the smallest $2$-digit positive integer $N$ such that for some $2$-digit positive integer $n$ and $2$-digit positive integer $r(n)$, $N$ is divisible by $n$ and $r(n)$, but not by $11$? [b]p9.[/b] What is the period of the function $y = (\sin(3\theta) + 6)^2 - 10(sin(3\theta) + 7) + 13$? [u]Round 4 [/u] [b]p10.[/b] Three numbers $a, b, c$ are given by $a = 2^2 (\sum_{i=0}^2 2^i)$, $b = 2^4(\sum_{i=0}^4 2^i)$, and $c = 2^6(\sum_{i=0}^6 2^i)$ . $u, v, w$ are the sum of the divisors of a, b, c respectively, yet excluding the original number itself. What is the value of $a + b + c -u - v - w$? [b]p11.[/b] Compute $\sqrt{6- \sqrt{11}} - \sqrt{6+ \sqrt{11}}$. [b]p12.[/b] Let $a_0, a_1,..., a_n$ be such that $a_n\ne 0$ and $$(1 + x + x^3)^{341}(1 + 2x + x^2 + 2x^3 + 2x^4 + x^6)^{342} =\sum_{i=0}^n a_ix^i.$$ Find the number of odd numbers in the sequence $a_0, a_1,..., a_n$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-7 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2781343p24424617]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

In the acute-angled triangle $ABC$ all angles are greater than $45^o$. Let $AM$ and $BN$ be the heights of this triangle and let $X$ and $Y$ be the points on $MA$ and $NB$, respecively, such that $|MX| =|MB|$ and $|NY| =|NA|$. Prove that $MN$ and $XY$ are parallel.