Found problems: 25757
Kettering MO, 2006
[b]p1.[/b] At a conference a mathematician and a chemist were talking. They were amazed to find that they graduated from the same high school. One of them, the chemist, mentioned that he had three sons and asked the other to calculate the ages of his sons given the following facts:
(a) their ages are integers,
(b) the product of their ages is $36$,
(c) the sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows in the high school of the chemist and the mathematician.
The mathematician considered this problem and noted that there was not enough information to obtain a unique solution. The chemist then noted that his oldest son had red hair. The mathematician then announced that he had determined the ages of the three sons. Please (aspiring mathematicians) determine the ages of the chemists three sons and explain your solution.
[b]p2.[/b] A square is inscribed in a triangle. Two vertices of this square are on the base of the triangle and two others are on the lateral sides. Prove that the length of the side of the square is greater than and less than $2r$, where $r$ is a radius of the circle inscribed in the triangle.
[b]p3.[/b] You are given any set of $100$ integers in which none of the integers is divisible by $100$. Prove that it is possible to select a subset of this set of $100$ integers such that their sum is a multiple of $100$.
[b]p4.[/b] Find all prime numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $a^b + b^a$ is a prime number.
[b]p5.[/b] $N$ airports are connected by airlines. Some airports are directly connected and some are not. It is always possible to travel from one airport to another by changing planes as needed. The board of directors decided to close one of the airports. Prove that it is possible to select an airport to close so that the remaining airports remain connected.
[b]p6.[/b] (A simplified version of the Fermat’s Last Theorem). Prove that there are no positive integers $x, y, z$ and $z \le n$ satisfying the following equation: $x^n + y^n = z^n$.
PS. You should use hide for answers.
2010 Romania Team Selection Test, 4
Two circles in the plane, $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$, meet at points $M$ and $N$. Let $A$ be a point on $\gamma_1$, and let $D$ be a point on $\gamma_2$. The lines $AM$ and $AN$ meet again $\gamma_2$ at points $B$ and $C$, respectively, and the lines $DM$ and $DN$ meet again $\gamma_1$ at points $E$ and $F$, respectively. Assume the order $M$, $N$, $F$, $A$, $E$ is circular around $\gamma_1$, and the segments $AB$ and $DE$ are congruent. Prove that the points $A$, $F$, $C$ and $D$ lie on a circle whose centre does not depend on the position of the points $A$ and $D$ on the respective circles, subject to the assumptions above.
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2015 FYROM JBMO Team Selection Test, 4
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute angled triangle and let $k$ be its circumscribed circle. A point $O$ is given in the interior of the triangle, such that $CE=CF$, where $E$ and $F$ are on $k$ and $E$ lies on $AO$ while $F$ lies on $BO$. Prove that $O$ is on the angle bisector of $\angle ACB$ if and only if $AC=BC$.
2024 Abelkonkurransen Finale, 4b
The pentagons $P_1P_2P_3P_4P_5$ and$I_1I_2I_3I_4I_5$ are cyclic, where $I_i$ is the incentre of the triangle $P_{i-1}P_iP_{i+1}$ (reckoned cyclically, that is $P_0=P_5$ and $P_6=P_1$).
Show that the lines $P_1I_1, P_2I_2, P_3I_3, P_4I_4$ and $P_5I_5$ meet in a single point.
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 10
Chim Tu has a large rectangular table. On it, there are finitely many pieces of paper with nonoverlapping interiors, each one in the shape of a convex polygon. At each step, Chim Tu is allowed to slide one piece of paper in a straight line such that its interior does not touch any other piece of paper during the slide. Can Chim Tu always slide all the pieces of paper off the table in finitely many steps?
2017 Iran MO (3rd round), 3
In triangle $ABC$ points $P$ and $Q$ lies on the external bisector of $\angle A$ such that $B$ and $P$ lies on the same side of $AC$. Perpendicular from $P$ to $AB$ and $Q$ to $AC$ intersect at $X$. Points $P'$ and $Q'$ lies on $PB$ and $QC$ such that $PX=P'X$ and $QX=Q'X$. Point $T$ is the midpoint of arc $BC$ (does not contain $A$) of the circumcircle of $ABC$. Prove that $P',Q'$ and $T$ are collinear if and only if $\angle PBA+\angle QCA=90^{\circ}$.
1989 Greece National Olympiad, 2
On the plane we consider $70$ points $A_1,A_2,...,A_{70}$ with integer coodinates. Suppose each pooints has weight $1$ and the centers of gravity of the triangles $ A_1A_2A_3$, $A_2A_3A_4$, $..$., $A_{68}A_{69}A_{70}$, $A_{69}A_{70}A_{1}$, $A_{70}A_{1}A_{2}$ have integer coodinates. Prove that the centers of gravity of any triple $A_i,A_j,...,A_{k}$ has integer coodinates.
2006 VTRMC, Problem 6
In the diagram below, $BP$ bisects $\angle ABC$, $CP$ bisects $\angle BCA$, and $PQ$ is perpendicular to $BC$. If $BQ\cdot QC=2PQ^2$, prove that $AB+AC=3BC$.
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2010 India IMO Training Camp, 10
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Let $\Omega$ be the brocard point. Prove that $\left(\frac{A\Omega}{BC}\right)^2+\left(\frac{B\Omega}{AC}\right)^2+\left(\frac{C\Omega}{AB}\right)^2\ge 1$
2022 Iran Team Selection Test, 4
Cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ with circumcenter $O$ is given. Point $P$ is the intersection of diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoint of the sides $AD$ and $BC$, respectively. Suppose that $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$ and $\omega_3$ be the circumcircle of triangles $ADP$, $BCP$ and $OMN$, respectively. The intersection point of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_3$, which is not on the arc $APD$ of $\omega_1$, is $E$ and the intersection point of $\omega_2$ and $\omega_3$, which is not on the arc $BPC$ of $\omega_2$, is $F$. Prove that $OF=OE$.
Proposed by Seyed Amirparsa Hosseini Nayeri
2022 JHMT HS, 4
Consider the rectangle in the coordinate plane with corners $(0, 0)$, $(16, 0)$, $(16, 4)$, and $(0, 4)$. For a constant $x_0 \in [0, 16]$, the curves
\[ \{(x, y) : y = \sqrt{x} \,\text{ and }\, 0 \leq x \leq 16\} \quad \text{and} \quad \{(x_0, y) : 0 \leq y \leq 4\} \]
partition this rectangle into four 2D regions. Over all choices of $x_0$, determine the smallest possible sum of the areas of the bottom-left and top-right 2D regions in this partition.
(The bottom-left region is $\{(x, y) : 0 \leq x < x_0 \,\text{ and }\, 0 \leq y < \sqrt{x}\}$, and the top-right region is $\{(x, y) : x_0 < x \leq 16 \,\text{ and }\, \sqrt{x} < y \leq 4\}$.)
1968 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 4
At the two ends $A, B$ of a diameter (of length $2r$) of a pavement horizontal circular rise two vertical columns, of equal height h, whose ends support a beam $A' B' $ of length equal to the before mentioned diameter. It forms a covered by placing numerous taut cables (which are admitted to be rectilinear), joining points of the beam $A'B'$ with points of the circumference edge of the pavement, so that the cables are perpendicular to the beam $A'B'$ . You want to find out the volume enclosed between the roof and the pavement.
[hide=original wording]En los dos extremos A, B de un di´ametro (de longitud 2r) de un pavimento circular horizontal se levantan sendas columnas verticales, de igual altura h, cuyos extremos soportan una viga A' B' de longitud igual al diametro citado. Se forma una cubierta colocando numerosos cables tensos (que se admite que quedan rectilıneos), uniendo puntos de la viga A'B' con puntos de la circunferencia borde del pavimento, de manera que los cables queden perpendiculares a la viga A'B' . Se desea averiguar el volumen encerrado entre la cubierta y el pavimento.[/hide]
2009 Brazil National Olympiad, 1
Prove that there exists a positive integer $ n_0$ with the following property: for each integer $ n \geq n_0$ it is possible to partition a cube into $ n$ smaller cubes.
2024 Turkey Team Selection Test, 5
In a scalene triangle $ABC$, $H$ is the orthocenter, and $G$ is the centroid. Let $A_b$ and $A_c$ be points on $AB$ and $AC$, respectively, such that $B$, $C$, $A_b$, $A_c$ are cyclic, and the points $A_b$, $A_c$, $H$ are collinear. $O_a$ is the circumcenter of the triangle $AA_bA_c$. $O_b$ and $O_c$ are defined similarly. Prove that the centroid of the triangle $O_aO_bO_c$ lies on the line $HG$.
2022 Regional Competition For Advanced Students, 3
Let $ABC$ denote a triangle with $AC\ne BC$. Let $I$ and $U$ denote the incenter and circumcenter of the triangle $ABC$, respectively. The incircle touches $BC$ and $AC$ in the points $D$ and E, respectively. The circumcircles of the triangles $ABC$ and $CDE$ intersect in the two points $C$ and $P$. Prove that the common point $S$ of the lines $CU$ and $P I$ lies on the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$.
[i](Karl Czakler)[/i]
VI Soros Olympiad 1999 - 2000 (Russia), 10.9
Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, in which $P$, $M$, $N$ are the midpoints of the sides $AB$, $BC$, $AC$, respectively. A point $H$ is taken inside the triangle and perpendiculars $HK$, $HS$, $HQ$ are lowered from it to the sides $AB$, $BC$, $AC$, respectively ($K \in AB$, $S \in BC$, $Q \in AC$). It turned out that $MK = MQ$, $NS = NK$, $PS=PQ$. Prove that $H$ is the point of intersection of the altitudes of triangle $ABC$.
1984 Miklós Schweitzer, 8
[b]8.[/b] Among all point lattices on the plane intersecting every closed convex region of unit width, which on's fundamental parallelogram has the largest area? ([b]G.36[/b])
[L. Fejes-Tóth]
2004 Moldova Team Selection Test, 11
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC=BC$, whose incentre is $I$. Let $P$ be a point on the circumcircle of the triangle $AIB$ lying inside the triangle $ABC$. The lines through $P$ parallel to $CA$ and $CB$ meet $AB$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. The line through $P$ parallel to $AB$ meets $CA$ and $CB$ at $F$ and $G$, respectively. Prove that the lines $DF$ and $EG$ intersect on the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$.
[i]Proposed by Hojoo Lee[/i]
2020 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 8
Two circles meeting at points $P$ and $R$ are given. Let $\ell_1$, $\ell_2$ be two lines passing through $P$. The line $\ell_1$ meets the circles for the second time at points $A_1$ and $B_1$. The tangents at these points to the circumcircle of triangle $A_1RB_1$ meet at point $C_1$. The line $C_1R$ meets $A_1B_1$ at point $D_1$. Points $A_2$, $B_2, C_2, D_2$ are defined similarly. Prove that the circles $D_1D_2P$ and $C_1C_2R$ touch.
1966 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2
$a, b$ are two fixed lines through $O$. Variable lines $x, y$ are parallel. $x$ intersects a at $A$ and $b$ at $C$, $y$ intersects $a$ at $B$ and $b$at $D$. The lines $AD$ and $BC$ meet at $M$. The line through $M$ parallel to $x$ meets $a$ at $L$ and $b$ at $N$. What can you say about $L, M, N$? Find the locus $M$.
2009 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 7
In triangle $ABC$ there are points $D\in(AC)$ and $F\in(AB)$ such that $AD=AB$ and line $BC$ splits the segment $[CF]$ in half. Prove that $BF=CD$.
2014 AMC 8, 6
Six rectangles each with a common base width of $2$ have lengths of $1, 4, 9, 16, 25,$ and $36$. What is the sum of the areas of the six rectangles?
$\textbf{(A) }91\qquad\textbf{(B) }93\qquad\textbf{(C) }162\qquad\textbf{(D) }182\qquad \textbf{(E) }202$
1986 Poland - Second Round, 3
Let S be a sphere cirucmscribed on a regular tetrahedron with an edge length greater than 1. The sphere $ S $ is represented as the sum of four sets. Prove that one of these sets includes points $ P $, $ Q $ such that the length of the segment $ PQ $ exceeds 1.
2012 JHMT, 1
$ABC$ is an equilateral triangle with side length $1$. Point $D$ lies on $\overline{AB}$, point $E$ lies on $\overline{AC}$, and points $G$ and $F$ lie on $\overline{BC}$, such that $DEFG$ is a square. What is the area of $DEFG$?
2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
Determine all $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ such that a regular hexagon (i.e. all sides equal length, all interior angles same size) can be partitioned in finitely many $n-$gons such that they can be composed into $n$ congruent regular hexagons in a non-overlapping way upon certain rotations and translations.