Consider 2 concentric circle radii $ R$ and $ r$ ($ R > r$) with centre $ O.$ Fix $ P$ on the small circle and consider the variable chord $ PA$ of the small circle. Points $ B$ and $ C$ lie on the large circle; $ B,P,C$ are collinear and $ BC$ is perpendicular to $ AP.$ [b]i.)[/b] For which values of $ \angle OPA$ is the sum $ BC^2 \plus{} CA^2 \plus{} AB^2$ extremal? [b]ii.)[/b] What are the possible positions of the midpoints $ U$ of $ BA$ and $ V$ of $ AC$ as $ \angle OPA$ varies?

$ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral. The midpoints of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ are respectively $P$ and $Q$. If $BD$ bisects $\angle AQC$, the prove that $AC$ will bisect $\angle BPD$.

Using only a compass and a ruler, reconstruct triangle $ABC$ given the following three points: point $M$ the intersection of its medians, point $I$ is the center of its inscribed circle and the point $Q_a$ is touch point of the inscribed circle to side $BC$.

[hide=R stands for Ramanujan, P stands for Pascal]they had two problem sets under those two names[/hide] [b]R1.[/b] What is the distance between the points $(6, 0)$ and $(-2, 0)$? [b]R2 / P1.[/b] Angle $X$ has a degree measure of $35$ degrees. What is the supplement of the complement of angle $X$? [i]The complement of an angle is $90$ degrees minus the angle measure. The supplement of an angle is $180$ degrees minus the angle measure. [/i] [b]R3.[/b] A cube has a volume of $729$. What is the side length of the cube? [b]R4 / P2.[/b] A car that always travels in a straight line starts at the origin and goes towards the point $(8, 12)$. The car stops halfway on its path, turns around, and returns back towards the origin. The car again stops halfway on its return. What are the car’s final coordinates? [b]R5.[/b] A full, cylindrical soup can has a height of $16$ and a circular base of radius $3$. All the soup in the can is used to fill a hemispherical bowl to its brim. What is the radius of the bowl? [b]R6.[/b] In square $ABCD$, the numerical value of the length of the diagonal is three times the numerical value of the area of the square. What is the side length of the square? [b]R7.[/b] Consider triangle $ABC$ with $AB = 3$, $BC = 4$, and $AC = 5$. The altitude from $B$ to $AC$ intersects $AC$ at $H$. Compute $BH$. [b]R8.[/b] Mary shoots $5$ darts at a square with side length $2$. Let $x$ be equal to the shortest distance between any pair of her darts. What is the maximum possible value of $x$? [b]P3.[/b] Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle such that $AB = BC$ and all of its angles have integer degree measures. Two lines, $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$, trisect $\angle ABC$. $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$ intersect $AC$ at points $D$ and $E$ respectively, such that $D$ is between $A$ and $E$. What is the smallest possible integer degree measure of $\angle BDC$? [b]P4.[/b] In rectangle $ABCD$, $AB = 9$ and $BC = 8$. $W$, $X$, $Y$ , and $Z$ are on sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$, respectively, such that $AW = 2WB$, $CX = 3BX$, $CY = 2DY$ , and $AZ = DZ$. If $WY$ and $XZ$ intersect at $O$, find the area of $OWBX$. [b]P5.[/b] Consider a regular $n$-gon with vertices $A_1A_2...A_n$. Find the smallest value of $n$ so that there exist positive integers $i, j, k \le n$ with $\angle A_iA_jA_k = \frac{34^o}{5}$. [b]P6.[/b] In right triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A = 90^o$ and $AB < AC$, $D$ is the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$, and $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Given that $AM = 13$ and $AD = 5$, what is $\frac{AB}{AC}$ ? [b]P7.[/b] An ant is on the circumference of the base of a cone with radius $2$ and slant height $6$. It crawls to the vertex of the cone $X$ in an infinite series of steps. In each step, if the ant is at a point $P$, it crawls along the shortest path on the exterior of the cone to a point $Q$ on the opposite side of the cone such that $2QX = PX$. What is the total distance that the ant travels along the exterior of the cone? [b]P8.[/b] There is an infinite checkerboard with each square having side length $2$. If a circle with radius $1$ is dropped randomly on the checkerboard, what is the probability that the circle lies inside of exactly $3$ squares? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

[b]p1.[/b] Insert "$+$" signs between some of the digits in the following sequence to obtain correct equality: $$1\,\,\,\, 2\,\,\,\, 3\,\,\,\, 4\,\,\,\,5\,\,\,\, 6\,\,\,\, 7 = 100$$ [b]p2.[/b] A square is tiled by smaller squares as shown in the figure. Find the area of the black square in the middle if the perimeter of the big square $ABCD$ is $40$ cm. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/8/c/d54925cba07f63ec8578048f46e1e730cb8df3.png[/img] [b]p3.[/b] Jack made $3$ quarts of fruit drink from orange and apple juice. $\frac25$ of his drink is orange juice and the rest is apple juice. Nick prefers more orange juice in the drink. How much orange juice should he add to the drink to obtain a drink composed of $\frac35$ of orange juice? [b]p4.[/b] A train moving at $55$ miles per hour meets and is passed by a train moving moving in the opposite direction at $35$ miles per hour. A passenger in the first train sees that the second train takes $8$ seconds to pass him. How long is the second train? [b]p5.[/b] It is easy to arrange $16$ checkers in $10$ rows of $4$ checkers each, but harder to arrange $9$ checkers in $10$ rows of $3$ checkers each. Do both. [b]p6.[/b] Every human that lived on Earth exchanged some number of handshakes with other humans. Show that the number of people that made an odd number of handshakes is even. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $AB$ be a diameter of circle $\omega$. $\ell$ is the tangent line to $\omega$ at $B$. Take two points $C$, $D$ on $\ell$ such that $B$ is between $C$ and $D$. $E$, $F$ are the intersections of $\omega$ and $AC$, $AD$, respectively, and $G$, $H$ are the intersections of $\omega$ and $CF$, $DE$, respectively. Prove that $AH=AG$.

A triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a circle with center $U$ and radius $r$. A tangent $c'$ to a larger circle $K(U, 2r)$ is drawn so that C lies between the lines $c = AB$ and $C'$. Lines $a'$ and $b'$ are analogously defined. The triangle formed by $a', b', c'$ is denoted $A'B'C'$. Prove that the three lines, joining the midpoints of pairs of parallel sides of the two triangles, have a common point.

Given circle $O$ with radius $R$, the inscribed triangle $ABC$ is an acute scalene triangle, where $AB$ is the largest side. $AH_A, BH_B,CH_C$ are heights on $BC,CA,AB$. Let $D$ be the symmetric point of $H_A$ with respect to $H_BH_C$, $E$ be the symmetric point of $H_B$ with respect to $H_AH_C$. $P$ is the intersection of $AD,BE$, $H$ is the orthocentre of $\triangle ABC$. Prove: $OP\cdot OH$ is fixed, and find this value in terms of $R$. (Edited)

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram whose diagonals meet at $P$. Denote by $M$ the midpoint of $AB$. Let $Q$ be a point such that $QA$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $MAD$ and $QB$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $MBC$. Prove that points $Q,M,P$ are collinear. (Patrik Bak, Slovakia)

Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with $G$ as its centroid, which is the intersection of the three medians of the triangle, as shown in the diagram. If $\overline{GA} \perp \overline{GB}$ and $AB = 7$, compute $AC^2 + BC^2$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/1/240be132c6adcfde0334a000e1f916a6292907.png[/img]

There are seven rays emanating from a point $A$ on a plane, such that the angle between the two consecutive rays is $30 ^{\circ}$. A point $A_1$ is located on the first ray. The projection of $A_1$ onto the second ray is denoted as $A_2$. Similarly, the projection of $A_2$ onto the third ray is $A_3$, and this process continues until the projection of $A_6$ onto the seventh ray is $A_7$. Find the ratio $\frac{A_7A}{A_1A}$. [img]https://i.imgur.com/oxixe5q.png[/img] [i]Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia[/i]

(i) $ABC$ is a triangle with a right angle at $A$, and $P$ is a point on the hypotenuse $BC$. The line $AP$ produced beyond $P$ meets the line through $B$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $U$. Prove that $BU = BA$ if, and only if, $CP = CA$. (ii) $A$ is a point on the semicircle $CB$, and points $X$ and $Y$ are on the line segment $BC$. The line $AX$, produced beyond $X$, meets the line through $B$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $U$. Also the line $AY$, produced beyond $Y$, meets the line through $C$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $V$. Given that $BY = BA$ and $CX = CA$, determine the angle $\angle VAU$.

Prove that $n$ ($\ge 4$) points of the plane are vertices of a convex $n$-gon if and only if any $4$ of them are vertices of a convex quadrilateral.

[u]Round 1 [/u] [b]p1.[/b] In the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ with diagonals $AC$ and $BD$, you know that angle $BAC$ is congruent to angle $CBD$, and that angle $ACD$ is congruent to angle $ADB$. Show that angle $ABC$ is congruent to angle $ADC$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/d/41cd120813d5541dc73c5d4a6c86cc82747fcc.png[/img] [b]p2.[/b] In how many different ways can you place $12$ chips in the squares of a $4 \times 4$ chessboard so that (a) there is at most one chip in each square, and (b) every row and every column contains exactly three chips. [b]p3.[/b] Students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were split into pairs consisting of one student from each house. The pairs of students were sent to Honeydukes to get candy for Father's Day. For each pair of students, either the Hufflepuff student brought back twice as many pieces of candy as the Ravenclaw student or the Ravenclaw student brought back twice as many pieces of candy as the Hufflepuff student. When they returned, Professor Trelawney determined that the students had brought back a total of $1000$ pieces of candy. Could she have possibly been right? Why or why not? Assume that candy only comes in whole pieces (cannot be divided into parts). [b]p4.[/b] While you are on a hike across Deception Pass, you encounter an evil troll, who will not let you across the bridge until you solve the following puzzle. There are six stones, two colored red, two colored yellow, and two colored green. Aside from their colors, all six stones look and feel exactly the same. Unfortunately, in each colored pair, one stone is slightly heavier than the other. Each of the lighter stones has the same weight, and each of the heavier stones has the same weight. Using a balance scale to make TWO measurements, decide which stone of each color is the lighter one. [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] Consider a set of finitely many points on the plane such that if we choose any three points $A,B,C$ from the set, then the area of the triangle $ABC$ is less than $1$. Show that all of these points can be covered by a triangle whose area is less than $4$. [b]p7.[/b] A palindrome is a number that is the same when read forward and backward. For example, $1771$ and $23903030932$ are palindromes. Can the number obtained by writing the numbers from $1$ to $n$ in order be a palindrome for some $n > 1$ ? (For example, if $n = 11$, the number obtained is $1234567891011$, which is not a palindrome.) PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Given an acute triangle $ABC, H$ is the foot of the altitude drawn from the point $A$ on the line $BC, P$ and $K \ne H$ are arbitrary points on the segments $AH$ and$ BC$ respectively. Segments $AC$ and $BP$ intersect at point $B_1$, lines $AB$ and $CP$ at point $C_1$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the projections of point $H$ on the lines $KB_1$ and $KC_1$, respectively. Prove that points $A, P, X$ and $Y$ lie on one circle.

In triangle $ABC$ on side $AC$ are points $K$, $L$ and $M$ such that $BK$ is an angle bisector of $\angle ABL$, $BL$ is an angle bisector of $\angle KBM$ and $BM$ is an angle bisector of $\angle LBC$, respectively. Prove that $4 \cdot LM <AC$ and $3\cdot \angle BAC - \angle ACB < 180^{\circ}$

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word $NEVERLAND$ such that the $2$ $N$’s are adjacent and the two $E$’s are adjacent? Assume that letters that appear the same are not distinct. [b]p2.[/b] In rectangle $ABCD$, $E$ and $F$ are on $AB$ and $CD$, respectively such that $DE = EF = FB$ and $\angle CDE = 45^o$. Find $AB + AD$ given that $AB$ and $AD$ are relatively prime positive integers. [b]p3.[/b] Maisy Airlines sees $n$ takeoffs per day. Find the minimum value of $n$ such that theremust exist two planes that take off within aminute of each other. [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] Nick is mixing two solutions. He has $100$ mL of a solution that is $30\%$ $X$ and $400$ mL of a solution that is $10\%$ $X$. If he combines the two, what percent $X$ is the final solution? [b]p5.[/b] Find the number of ordered pairs $(a,b)$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers, such that $$\frac{1}{a}+\frac{2}{b}=\frac{1}{12}.$$ [b]p6.[/b] $25$ balls are arranged in a $5$ by $5$ square. Four of the balls are randomly removed from the square. Given that the probability that the square can be rotated $180^o$ and still maintain the same configuration can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime, find $m+n$. [u]Round 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Maisy the ant is on corner $A$ of a $13\times 13\times 13$ box. She needs to get to the opposite corner called $B$. Maisy can only walk along the surface of the cube and takes the path that covers the least distance. Let $C$ and $D$ be the possible points where she turns on her path. Find $AC^2 + AD^2 +BC^2 +BD^2 - AB^2 -CD^2$. [b]p8.[/b] Maisyton has recently built $5$ intersections. Some intersections will get a park and some of those that get a park will also get a chess school. Find how many different ways this can happen. [b]p9.[/b] Let $f (x) = 2x -1$. Find the value of $x$ that minimizes $| f ( f ( f ( f ( f (x)))))-2020|$. [u]Round 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ is isosceles, with $AB = BC > AC$. Let the angle bisector of $\angle A$ intersect side $\overline{BC}$ at point $D$, and let the altitude from $A$ intersect side $\overline{BC}$ at point $E$. If $\angle A = \angle C= x^o$, then the measure of $\angle DAE$ can be expressed as $(ax -b)^o$, for some constants $a$ and $b$. Find $ab$. [b]p11[/b]. Maisy randomly chooses $4$ integers $w$, $x$, $y$, and $z$, where $w, x, y, z \in \{1,2,3, ... ,2019,2020\}$. Given that the probability that $w^2 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2$ is not divisible by $4$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$. [b]p12.[/b] Evaluate $$-\log_4 \left(\log_2 \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{...\sqrt{16}}}} \right)\right),$$ where there are $100$ square root signs. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-8 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166476p28814111]here [/url] and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166480p28814155]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $m,n\geq 2$. One needs to cover the table $m \times n$ using only the following tiles: Tile 1 - A square $2 \times 2$. Tile 2 - A L-shaped tile with five cells, in other words, the square $3 \times 3$ [b]without[/b] the upper right square $2 \times 2$. Each tile 1 covers exactly $4$ cells and each tile 2 covers exactly $5$ cells. Rotation is allowed. Determine all pairs $(m,n)$, such that the covering is possible.

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $\angle B= \angle D$. Prove that the midpoint of $BD$ lies on the common internal tangent to the incircles of triangles $ABC$ and $ACD$.

How many numbers among $1,2,\ldots,2012$ have a positive divisor that is a cube other than $1$? $\text{(A) }346\qquad\text{(B) }336\qquad\text{(C) }347\qquad\text{(D) }251\qquad\text{(E) }393$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB<AC$ and incenter $I.$ A point $D$ lies on segment $AC$ such that $AB=AD,$ and the line $BI$ intersects $AC$ at $E.$ Suppose the line $CI$ intersects $BD$ at $F,$ and $G$ lies on segment $DI$ such that $FD=FG.$ Prove that the lines $AG$ and $EF$ intersect on the circumcircle of triangle $CEI.$ \\ Proposed by Avan Lim Zenn Ee, Malaysia

A 3-dimensional chess board consists of $ 4 \times 4 \times 4$ unit cubes. A rook can step from any unit cube K to any other unit cube that has a common face with K. A bishop can step from any unit cube K to any other unit cube that has a common edge with K, but does not have a common face. One move of both a rook and a bishop consists of an arbitrary positive number of consecutive steps in the same direction. Find the average number of possible moves for either piece, where the average is taken over all possible starting cubes K.

In triangle $ABC$, let $I_a$ $,I_b$, $I_c$ be the centers of the excircles tangent to sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$, respectively. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the tangency points of the excircle of center $I_a$ with lines $AB$ and $AC$. Line $PQ$ intersects $I_aB$ and $I_aC$ at $D$ and $E$. Let $A_1$ be the intersection of $DC$ and $BE$. In an analogous way we define points $B_1$ and $C_1$. Prove that $AA_1$, $BB_1$ , $CC_1$ are concurrent.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in a semicircle with center $O$ and diameter $BC.$ Two tangent lines to the semicircle at $A$ and $B$ intersect at $D.$ Prove that $DC$ goes through the midpoint of the altitude $AH$ of triangle $ABC.$

$ABC$ is a triangle with $\angle A > 90^o$ . On the side $BC$, two distinct points $P$ and $Q$ are chosen such that $\angle BAP = \angle PAQ$ and $BP \cdot CQ = BC \cdot PQ$. Calculate the size of $\angle PAC$.