Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB<AC$ and $\omega$ be its circumcircle. The tangent line to $\omega$ at $A$ intersects line $BC$ at $D$ and let $E$ be a point on $\omega$ such that $BE$ is parallel to $AD$. $DE$ intersects segment $AB$ and $\omega$ at $F$ and $G$, respectively. The circumcircle of $BGF$ intersects $BE$ at $N$. The line $NF$ intersects lines $AD$ and $EA$ at $S$ and $T$, respectively. Prove that $DGST$ is cyclic.

The diameter of a circle of radius $R$ is divided into $4$ equal parts. The point $M$ is taken on the circle. Prove that the sum of the squares of the distances from the point $M$ to the points of division (together with the ends of the diameter) does not depend on the choice of the point $M$. Calculate this sum.

In the triangle $ABC$, the length of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$ is equal to $1$. $D$ is the midpoint of $AC$. What are the possible lengths of $BD$?

A sphere is inscribed in an $n$-angled pyramid. Prove that if we align all side faces of the pyramid with the base plane, flipping them around the corresponding edges of the base, then (1) all tangent points of these faces to the sphere would coincide with one point, $H$, and (2) the vertices of the faces would lie on a circle centered at $H$.

Let $A_1$ be the center of the square inscribed in acute triangle $ABC$ with two vertices of the square on side $BC$. Thus one of the two remaining vertices of the square is on side $AB$ and the other is on $AC$. Points $B_1,\ C_1$ are defined in a similar way for inscribed squares with two vertices on sides $AC$ and $AB$, respectively. Prove that lines $AA_1,\ BB_1,\ CC_1$ are concurrent.

In the diagram below, three squares are inscribed in right triangles. Their areas are $A$, $M$, and $N$, as indicated in the diagram. If $M = 5$ and $N = 12$, then $A$ can be expressed as $a + b\sqrt{c}$, where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $a + b + c$. [asy] size(250); defaultpen (linewidth (0.7) + fontsize (10)); pair O = origin, A = (1, 1), B = (4/3, 1/3), C = (2/3, 5/3), P = (3/2, 0), Q = (0,3); draw (P--O--Q--cycle^^(0, 5/3)--C--(2/3,1)^^(0,1)--A--(1,0)^^(1,1/3)--B--(4/3,0)); label("$A$", (.5,.5)); label("$M$", (7/6, 1/6)); label("$N$", (1/3, 4/3));[/asy] [i]Proposed by Aaron Lin[/i]

The bases of the trapezoid are equal to $a$ and $b$. It is known that through the midpoint of one of its sides it is possible to draw a straight line dividing the trapezoid into two quadrangles, into each of which a circle can be inscribed. Find the length of the other side of this trapezoid.

A circle of radius 1 is placed in a corner of a room (i.e., it touches the horizontal floor and two vertical walls perpendicular to each other). Find the locus of the center of the band for all of its possible positions. [b]Note.[/b] For the solution of this problem, it is useful to know the following Monge theorem: The locus of all points $P$, such that the two tangents from $P$ to the ellipse with equation $\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ are perpendicular to each other, is a circle − a so-called Monge circle − with equation $x^2 + y^2 = a^2 + b^2$.

Consider all the triangles $ABC$ which have a fixed base $AB$ and whose altitude from $C$ is a constant $h$. For which of these triangles is the product of its altitudes a maximum?

In trapezoid $ABCD$,$M$ is the midpoint of the base $AD$.Point $E$ lies on the segment $BM$.It is known that $\angle ADB=\angle MAE=\angle BMC$.Prove that the triangle $BCE $ is isosceles.

Trapezoid $ABCD$ has sides $AB=92$, $BC=50$, $CD=19$, and $AD=70$, with $AB$ parallel to $CD$. A circle with center $P$ on $AB$ is drawn tangent to $BC$ and $AD$. Given that $AP=\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$.

Consider a unit square $ABCD$ and a (variable) equilateral triangle $XYZ$ such that $X, Z$ lie on rays $AB, DC,$ respectively, and $Y$ lies on segment $AD$. Compute the area of triangle $XYZ$ in terms of $x=AX$ and determine its maximum and minimum.

We call a tetrahedron divisor of a parallelepiped if the parallelepiped can be divided into $6$ copies of that tetrahedron. Does there exist a parallelepiped that it has at least two different divisor tetrahedrons?

Let $P$ be a convex pentagon with all sides equal. Prove that if two of the angles of $P$ add to $180^o$, then it is possible to cover the plane with $P$, without overlaps.

Consider the shape formed from taking equilateral triangle $ABC$ with side length $6$ and tracing out the arc $BC$ with center $A$. Set the shape down on line $l$ so that segment $AB$ is perpendicular to $l$, and $B$ touches $l$. Beginning from arc $BC$ touching $l$, we roll $ABC$ along $l$ until both points $A$ and $C$ are on the line. The area traced out by the roll can be written in the form $n\pi$, where $n$ is an integer. Find $n$.

[u]Round 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] Given that $x$ and $y$ are positive real numbers such that $x^3+y = 20$, the maximum possible value of $x + y$ can be written as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ +d where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are positive integers such that $gcd(a,c) = 1$ and $b$ is square-free. Find $a +b +c +d$. [b]p17.[/b] In $\vartriangle DRK$ , $DR = 13$, $DK = 14$, and $RK = 15$. Let $E$ be the intersection of the altitudes of $\vartriangle DRK$. Find the value of $\lfloor DE +RE +KE \rfloor$. [b]p18.[/b] Subaru the frog lives on lily pad $1$. There is a line of lily pads, numbered $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, and $7$. Every minute, Subaru jumps from his current lily pad to a lily pad whose number is either $1$ or $2$ greater, chosen at random from valid possibilities. There are alligators on lily pads $2$ and $5$. If Subaru lands on an alligator, he dies and time rewinds back to when he was on lily pad number $1$. Find the expected number of jumps it takes Subaru to reach pad $7$. [u]Round 7[/u] This set has problems whose answers depend on one another. [b]p19.[/b] Let $B$ be the answer to Problem $20$ and let $C$ be the answer to Problem $21$. Given that $$f (x) = x^3-Bx-C = (x-r )(x-s)(x-t )$$ where $r$, $s$, and $t$ are complex numbers, find the value of $r^2+s^2+t^2$. [b]p20.[/b] Let $A$ be the answer to Problem $19$ and let $C$ be the answer to Problem $21$. Circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ meet at points $X$ and $Y$ . Let point $P \ne Y$ be the point on $\omega_1$ such that $PY$ is tangent to $\omega_2$, and let point $Q \ne Y$ be the point on $\omega_2$ such that $QY$ is tangent to $\omega_1$. Given that $PX = A$ and $QX =C$, find $XY$ . [b]p21.[/b] Let $A$ be the answer to Problem $19$ and let $B$ be the answer to Problem $20$. Given that the positive difference between the number of positive integer factors of $A^B$ and the number of positive integer factors of $B^A$ is $D$, and given that the answer to this problem is an odd prime, find $\frac{D}{B}-40$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]p22.[/b] Let $v_p (n)$ for a prime $p$ and positive integer $n$ output the greatest nonnegative integer $x$ such that $p^x$ divides $n$. Find $$\sum^{50}_{i=1}\sum^{i}_{p=1} { v_p (i )+1 \choose 2},$$ where the inner summation only sums over primes $p$ between $1$ and $i$ . [b]p23.[/b] Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be positive real solutions to the following equations. $$\frac{2b^2 +2c^2 -a^2}{4}= 25$$ $$\frac{2c^2 +2a^2 -b^2}{4}= 49$$ $$\frac{2a^2 +2b^2 -c^2}{4}= 64$$ The area of a triangle with side lengths $a$, $b$, and $c$ can be written as $\frac{x\sqrt{y}}{z}$ where $x$ and $z$ are relatively prime positive integers and $y$ is square-free. Find $x + y +z$. [b]p24.[/b] Alan, Jiji, Ina, Ryan, and Gavin want to meet up. However, none of them know when to go, so they each pick a random $1$ hour period from $5$ AM to $11$ AM to meet up at Alan’s house. Find the probability that there exists a time when all of them are at the house at one time. [b]Round 9 [/b] [b]p25.[/b] Let $n$ be the number of registered participantsin this $LMT$. Estimate the number of digits of $\left[ {n \choose 2} \right]$ in base $10$. If your answer is $A$ and the correct answer is $C$, then your score will be $$\left \lfloor \max \left( 0,20 - \left| \ln \left( \frac{A}{C}\right) \cdot 5 \right|\right| \right \rfloor.$$ [b]p26.[/b] Let $\gamma$ be theminimum value of $x^x$ over all real numbers $x$. Estimate $\lfloor 10000\gamma \rfloor$. If your answer is $A$ and the correct answer is $C$, then your score will be $$\left \lfloor \max \left( 0,20 - \left| \ln \left( \frac{A}{C}\right) \cdot 5 \right|\right| \right \rfloor.$$ [b]p27.[/b] Let $$E = \log_{13} 1+log_{13}2+log_{13}3+...+log_{13}513513.$$ Estimate $\lfloor E \rfloor$. If your answer is $A$ and the correct answer is $C$, your score will be $$\left \lfloor \max \left( 0,20 - \left| \ln \left( \frac{A}{C}\right) \cdot 5 \right|\right| \right \rfloor.$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-5 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3167127p28823220]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $ \triangle ABC $ be equilateral. On the side $ AB $ points $ C_{1} $ and $ C_{2} $, on the side $ AC $ points $ B_{1} $ and $ B_{2} $ are chosen, and on the side $ BC $ points $ A_{1} $ and $ A_{2} $ are chosen. The following condition is given : $ A_{1}A_{2} $ = $ B_{1}B_{2} $ = $ C_{1}C_{2} $. Let the intersection lines $ A_{2}B_{1}$ and $ B_{2}C_{1} $, $ B_{2}C_{1} $ and $ C_{2}A_{1} $ and $ C_{2}A_{1} $ and $ A_{2}B_{1} $ are $ E $, $ F $, and $ G $ respectively. Show that the triangle formed by $ B_{1}A_{2} $, $ A_{1}C_{2} $ and $ C_{1}B_{2} $ is similar to $ \triangle EFG $.

Let $n$ be an integer greater than $3$. Show that it is possible to divide a square into $n^2 + 1$ or more disjointed rectangles and with sides parallel to those of the square so that any line parallel to one of the sides intersects at most the interior of $n$ rectangles. Note: We say that two rectangles are [i]disjointed [/i] if they do not intersect or only intersect at their perimeters.

Let $ A_1,A_2,...,A_n$ be the vertices of a closed convex $ n$-gon $ K$ numbered consecutively. Show that at least $ n\minus{}3$ vertices $ A_i$ have the property that the reflection of $ A_i$ with respect to the midpoint of $ A_{i\minus{}1}A_{i\plus{}1}$ is contained in $ K$. (Indices are meant $ \textrm{mod} \;n\ .$)

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with centroid $ G$ and $ A_1,B_1,C_1$ midpoints of the sides $ BC,CA,AB$. A paralel through $ A_1$ to $ BB_1$ intersects $ B_1C_1$ at $ F$. Prove that triangles $ ABC$ and $ FA_1A$ are similar if and only if quadrilateral $ AB_1GC_1$ is cyclic.

Does there exist a set $ M$ of points in space such that every plane intersects $ M$ at a finite but nonzero number of points?

Let $SABC$ be a pyramid with right angles at the vertex $S$. Points $A', B', C'$ lie on the edges $SA, SB, SC$ respectively in such a way that the triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$ are similar. Does this yield that the planes $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$ are parallel?

Given a quadrilateral $ABCD$ simultaneously inscribed and circumscribed, assume that none of its diagonals or sides is a diameter of the circumscribed circle. Let $P$ be the intersection point of the external bisectors of the angles near $A$ and $B$. Similarly, let $Q$ be the intersection point of the external bisectors of the angles $C$ and $D$. If $J$ and $O$ respectively are the incenter and circumcenter of $ABCD$ prove that $OJ\perp PQ$.

In a rectangular coordinate system we call a horizontal line parallel to the $x$ -axis triangular if it intersects the curve with equation \[y = x^4 + px^3 + qx^2 + rx + s\] in the points $A,B,C$ and $D$ (from left to right) such that the segments $AB, AC$ and $AD$ are the sides of a triangle. Prove that the lines parallel to the $x$ - axis intersecting the curve in four distinct points are all triangular or none of them is triangular.

In triangle $ABC$, $F$ is on segment $AB$ such that $CF$ bisects $\angle ACB$. Points $D$ and $E$ are on line $CF$ such that lines $AD,BE$ are perpendicular to $CF$. $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$. If $ME=13$, $AD=15$, and $BE=25$, find $AC+CB$. [i]Ray Li[/i]