Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ whose altitudes from $B$ and $C$ intersect at $H$, let $P$ be any point on side $BC$ and $X, Y$ be points on $AB, AC$, respectively, such that $PB = PX$ and $PC = PY$. Prove that the points $A, H, X, Y$ lie on a common circle.

A circle having center $ (0,k)$, with $ k > 6$, is tangent to the lines $ y \equal{} x, y \equal{} \minus{} x$ and $ y \equal{} 6$. What is the radius of this circle? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6 \sqrt 2 \minus{} 6\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \sqrt 2\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 12\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 6 \plus{} 6 \sqrt 2$

Two circles are internally tangent at a point $A$. Let $C$ be a point on the smaller circle other than $A$. The tangent line to the smaller circle at $C$ meets the bigger circle at $D$ and $E$; and the line $AC$ meets the bigger circle at $A$ and $P$. Show that the line $PE$ is tangent to the circle through $A$, $C$, and $E$.

Three circles pass through point X. Their intersection points (other than X) are denoted A, B, C. Let A' be the second point of intersection of line AX and the circle circumscribed around triangle BCX, and define similarly points B', C'. Prove that triangles ABC', AB'C, and A'BC are similar.

Two circles $\omega , \Omega$ intersect in distinct points $A,B$ a line through $B$ intersects $\omega , \Omega$ in $C,D$ respectively such that $B$ lies between $C,D$ another line through $B$ intersects $\omega , \Omega$ in $E,F$ respectively such that $E$ lies between $B,F$ and $FE=CD$. Furthermore $CF$ intersects $\omega , \Omega$ in $P,Q$ respectively and $M,N$ are midpoints of the arcs $PB,QB$. Prove that $CNMF$ is a cyclic quadrilateral.

The triangle $ABC$ has $O$ as its circumcenter, and $H$ as its orthocenter. The line $AH$ and $BH$ intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ for the second time at points $D$ and $E$, respectively. Let $A'$ and $B'$ be the circumcenters of triangle $AHE$ and $BHD$ respectively. If $A', B', O, H$ are [b]not[/b] collinear, prove that $OH$ intersects the midpoint of segment $A'B'$.

[b]Problem 4.[/b] Let $k$ be the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$, and $D$ the point on the arc $\overarc{AB},$ which do not pass through $C$. $I_A$ and $I_B$ are the centers of incircles of $\triangle ADC$ and $\triangle BDC$, respectively. Proove that the circumcircle of $\triangle I_AI_BC$ touches $k$ iff \[ \frac{AD}{BD}=\frac{AC+CD}{BC+CD}. \] [i] Stoyan Atanasov[/i]

Given an acute triangle $ABC$. A circle inscribed in a triangle $ABC$ with center at point $I$ touches the sides $AB, BC$ at points $C_1$ and $A_1$, respectively. The lines $A_1C_1$ and $AC$ intersect at the point $Q$. Prove that the circles circumscribed around the triangles $AIC$ and $A_1CQ$ are tangent. (Dmitry Shvetsov)

Consider a curve $C$ on the $x$-$y$ plane expressed by $x=\tan \theta ,\ y=\frac{1}{\cos \theta}\left (0\leq \theta <\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$. For a constant $t>0$, let the line $l$ pass through the point $P(t,\ 0)$ and is perpendicular to the $x$-axis,intersects with the curve $C$ at $Q$. Denote by $S_1$ the area of the figure bounded by the curve $C$, the $x$-axis, the $y$-axis and the line $l$, and denote by $S_2$ the area of $\triangle{OPQ}$. Find $\lim_{t\to\infty} \frac{S_1-S_2}{\ln t}.$

Let $ ABC$ be a fixed triangle, and let $ A_1$, $ B_1$, $ C_1$ be the midpoints of sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Let $ P$ be a variable point on the circumcircle. Let lines $ PA_1$, $ PB_1$, $ PC_1$ meet the circumcircle again at $ A'$, $ B'$, $ C'$, respectively. Assume that the points $ A$, $ B$, $ C$, $ A'$, $ B'$, $ C'$ are distinct, and lines $ AA'$, $ BB'$, $ CC'$ form a triangle. Prove that the area of this triangle does not depend on $ P$. [i]Author: Christopher Bradley, United Kingdom [/i]

A castaway is building a rectangular raft $ABCD$. He fixes a mast perpendicular to the raft, with ropes passing from the top of the mast (point $S$ in the figure) to the four corners of the raft. The rope $SA$ measures $8$ meters, the rope $SB$ measures $2$ meters and the rope $SC$ measures $14$ meters. Compute the length of the rope $SD$. [asy] size(250); // Coordinates for the parallelogram ABCD pair A = (0, 0); pair B = (8, 0); pair C = (10, 5); pair D = (2, 5); // Position of point S (outside the parallelogram) pair S = (5, 8); pair T = (5, 3); // Draw the parallelogram ABCD filldraw(A--B--C--D--cycle, lightgray, black); // Draw the ropes from point S to each corner of the parallelogram draw(S--A, blue); draw(S--B, blue); draw(S--C, blue); draw(S--D, blue); draw(S--T, black); // Mark the points dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(S); dot(T); // Label the points label("A", A, SW); label("B", B, SE); label("C", C, NE); label("D", D, NW); label("S", S, N); [/asy]

Find all pairs of integers $(x,y)$ such that \[ y^3=8x^6+2x^3y-y^2.\]

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Is it possible to draw some number of diagonals in a convex hexagon so that every diagonal crosses EXACTLY three others in the interior of the hexagon? (Diagonals that touch at one of the corners of the hexagon DO NOT count as crossing.) [b]p2.[/b] A $ 3\times 3$ square grid is filled with positive numbers so that (a) the product of the numbers in every row is $1$, (b) the product of the numbers in every column is $1$, (c) the product of the numbers in any of the four $2\times 2$ squares is $2$. What is the middle number in the grid? Find all possible answers and show that there are no others. [b]p3.[/b] Each letter in $HAGRID$'s name represents a distinct digit between $0$ and $9$. Show that $$HAGRID \times H \times A\times G\times R\times I\times D$$ is divisible by $3$. (For example, if $H=1$, $A=2$, $G=3$, $R = 4$, $I = 5$, $D = 64$, then $HAGRID \times H \times A\times G\times R\times I\times D= 123456\times 1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times 6$). [b]p4.[/b] You walk into a room and find five boxes sitting on a table. Each box contains some number of coins, and you can see how many coins are in each box. In the corner of the room, there is a large pile of coins. You can take two coins at a time from the pile and place them in different boxes. If you can add coins to boxes in this way as many times as you like, can you guarantee that each box on the table will eventually contain the same number of coins? [b]p5.[/b] Alex, Bob and Chad are playing a table tennis tournament. During each game, two boys are playing each other and one is resting. In the next game the boy who lost a game goes to rest, and the boy who was resting plays the winner. By the end of tournament, Alex played a total of $10$ games, Bob played $15$ games, and Chad played $17$ games. Who lost the second game? [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p6.[/b] After going for a swim in his vault of gold coins, Scrooge McDuck decides he wants to try to arrange some of his gold coins on a table so that every coin he places on the table touches exactly three others. Can he possibly do this? You need to justify your answer. (Assume the gold coins are circular, and that they all have the same size. Coins must be laid at on the table, and no two of them can overlap.) [b]p7.[/b] You have a deck of $50$ cards, each of which is labeled with a number between $1$ and $25$. In the deck, there are exactly two cards with each label. The cards are shuffled and dealt to $25$ students who are sitting at a round table, and each student receives two cards. The students will now play a game. On every move of the game, each student takes the card with the smaller number out of his or her hand and passes it to the person on his/her right. Each student makes this move at the same time so that everyone always has exactly two cards. The game continues until some student has a pair of cards with the same number. Show that this game will eventually end. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

An ant crawls on the outer surface of the box in a shape of rectangular parallelepiped. From ant’s point of view, the distance between two points on a surface is defined by the length of the shortest path ant need to crawl to reach one point from the other. Is it true that if ant is at vertex then from ant’s point of view the opposite vertex be the most distant point on the surface?

In the trapezoid $ABCD$ with bases $BC = a$, $AD = b$, the equality holds: $\angle BAC + \angle ACD = 180^o$. The straight line $AC$ intersects the common tangents to the circumcircles of the triangles $ABC$ and $ACD$ at the points Find $PQ$.

A cylindrical glass filled to the brim with water stands on a horizontal plane. The height of the glass is $2$ times the diameter of the base. At what angle must the glass be tilted from the vertical so that exactly $1/3$ of the water it contains pours out?

In a triangle $ABC$, let $D$ and $E$ be the feet of the angle bisectors of angles $A$ and $B$, respectively. A rhombus is inscribed into the quadrilateral $AEDB$ (all vertices of the rhombus lie on different sides of $AEDB$). Let $\varphi$ be the non-obtuse angle of the rhombus. Prove that $\varphi \le \max \{ \angle BAC, \angle ABC \}$.

Consider a cylinder and a cone with a common base such that the volume of the part of the cylinder enclosed in the cone equals the volume of the part of the cylinder outside the cone. Find the ratio of the height of the cone to the height of the cylinder.

A triangle $\Delta$ with sidelengths $a\leq b\leq c$ is given. It appears that it is impossible to construct a triangle from three segments whose lengths are equal to the altitudes of $\Delta$. Prove that $b^2>ac$.

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]

A square region $ABCD$ is externally tangent to the circle with equation $x^2+y^2=1$ at the point $(0,1)$ on the side $CD$. Vertices $A$ and $B$ are on the circle with equation $x^2+y^2=4$. What is the side length of this square? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\sqrt{10}+5}{10}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{2}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{19}-4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{9-\sqrt{17}}{5} $

$O$ is a point inside $\triangle ABC$, and $\overrightarrow{OA}+2\overrightarrow{OB}+3\overrightarrow{OC}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then the ratio of the area of $\triangle ABC$ to $\triangle AOC$ is $\text{(A)}2\qquad\text{(B)}\frac{3}{2}\qquad\text{(C)}3\qquad\text{(D)}\frac{5}{3}$

Let the circle $ {\omega}_{1}$ be internally tangent to another circle $ {\omega}_{2}$ at $ N$.Take a point $ K$ on $ {\omega}_{1}$ and draw a tangent $ AB$ which intersects $ {\omega}_{2}$ at $ A$ and $ B$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the arc $ AB$ which is on the opposite side of $ N$. Prove that, the circumradius of the $ \triangle KBM$ doesnt depend on the choice of $ K$.

$ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral in which $AB=3$, $BC=5$, $CD=6$, and $AD=10$. $M$, $I$, and $T$ are the feet of the perpendiculars from $D$ to lines $AB$, $AC$, and $BC$ respectively. Determine the value of $MI/IT$.

Suppose that $ B_1$ is the midpoint of the arc $ AC$, containing $ B$, in the circumcircle of $ \triangle ABC$, and let $ I_b$ be the $ B$-excircle's center. Assume that the external angle bisector of $ \angle ABC$ intersects $ AC$ at $ B_2$. Prove that $ B_2I$ is perpendicular to $ B_1I_B$, where $ I$ is the incenter of $ \triangle ABC$.