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VI Soros Olympiad 1999 - 2000 (Russia), 8.4

Let $CH$ be the altitude of triangle ABC, $O$ be the center of the circle circumscribed around it. Point $T$ is the projection of point $C$ on the line $TO$. Prove that the line $TH$ bisects the side $BC$.

1977 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1

There are given 2050 points in a unit cube. Show that there are 5 points lying in an (open) ball with the radius 1/9.

2021 Princeton University Math Competition, A2 / B4

Tags: geometry
Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has $AB = 8$, $AC = 10$, and $AD =\sqrt{33}$, where $D$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Perpendiculars are drawn from $D$ to meet $AB$ and $AC$ at $E$ and $F$, respectively. The length of $EF$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ , where $a, c$ are relatively prime and $b$ is square-free. Compute $a + b + c$.

2006 Italy TST, 1

The circles $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ intersect at the points $Q$ and $R$ and internally touch a circle $\gamma$ at $A_1$ and $A_2$ respectively. Let $P$ be an arbitrary point on $\gamma$. Segments $PA_1$ and $PA_2$ meet $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ again at $B_1$ and $B_2$ respectively. a) Prove that the tangent to $\gamma_{1}$ at $B_{1}$ and the tangent to $\gamma_{2}$ at $B_{2}$ are parallel. b) Prove that $B_{1}B_{2}$ is the common tangent to $\gamma_{1}$ and $\gamma_{2}$ iff $P$ lies on $QR$.

2004 Tournament Of Towns, 7

Let A and B be two rectangles such that it is possible to get rectangle similar to A by putting together rectangles equal to B. Show that it is possible to get rectangle similar to B by putting together rectangles equal to A.

Maryland University HSMC part II, 2023.4

Assume every side length of a triangle $ABC$ is more than $2$ and two of its angles are given by $\angle ABC = 57^\circ$ and $ACB = 63^\circ$. Point $P$ is chosen on side $BC$ with $BP:PC = 2:1$. Points $M,N$ are chosen on sides $AB$ and $AC$, respectively so that $BM = 2$ and $CN = 1$. Let $Q$ be the point on segment $MN$ for which $MQ:QN = 2:1$. Find the value of $PQ$. Your answer must be in simplest form.

Kvant 2025, M2826

Tags: geometry
In the square $ABCD$, points $E$ and $F$ were chosen on the sides $AB$ and $BC$ respectively, such that $BE=BF$. Let $L$ be midpoint of $EF$, $N$ be midpoint of $DF$, $O$ be the center of the square and $K=AL \cap DF$ (look at picture). Prove that points $C, K, L, O, N$ are lies on one circle. [i]A. Paleev[/i]

2005 Romania National Olympiad, 1

We consider a cube with sides of length 1. Prove that a tetrahedron with vertices in the set of the vertices of the cube has the volume $\dfrac 16$ if and only if 3 of the vertices of the tetrahedron are vertices on the same face of the cube. [i]Dinu Serbanescu[/i]

2001 JBMO ShortLists, 1

Find the positive integers $n$ that are not divisible by $3$ if the number $2^{n^2-10}+2133$ is a perfect cube. [hide="Note"] [color=#BF0000]The wording of this problem is perhaps not the best English. As far as I am aware, just solve the diophantine equation $x^3=2^{n^2-10}+2133$ where $x,n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $3\nmid n$.[/color][/hide]

MOAA Individual Speed General Rounds, 2022 Speed

[b]p1.[/b] What is the value of the sum $2 + 20 + 202 + 2022$? [b]p2.[/b] Find the smallest integer greater than $10000$ that is divisible by $12$. [b]p3.[/b] Valencia chooses a positive integer factor of $6^{10}$ at random. The probability that it is odd can be expressed in the form $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime integers. Find $m + n$. [b]p4.[/b] How many three digit positive integers are multiples of $4$ but not $8$? [b]p5.[/b] At the Jane Street store, Andy accidentally buys $5$ dollars more worth of shirts than he had planned. Originally, including the tip to the cashier, he planned to spend all of the remaining $90$ dollars on his giftcard. To compensate for his gluttony, Andy instead gives the cashier a smaller, $12.5\%$ tip so that he still spends $90$ dollars total. How much percent tip was Andy originally planning on giving? [b]p6.[/b] Let $A,B,C,D$ be four coplanar points satisfying the conditions $AB = 16$, $AC = BC =10$, and $AD = BD = 17$. What is the minimum possible area of quadrilateral $ADBC$? [b]p7.[/b] How many ways are there to select a set of three distinct points from the vertices of a regular hexagon so that the triangle they form has its smallest angle(s) equal to $30^o$? [b]p8.[/b] Jaeyong rolls five fair $6$-sided die. The probability that the sum of some three rolls is exactly $8$ times the sum of the other two rolls can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [b]p9.[/b] Find the least positive integer n for there exists some positive integer $k > 1$ for which $k$ and $k + 2$ both divide $\underbrace{11...1}_{n\,\,\,1's}$. [b]p10.[/b] For some real constant $k$, line $y = k$ intersects the curve $y = |x^4-1|$ four times: points $A$,$B$,$C$ and $D$, labeled from left to right. If $BC = 2AB = 2CD$, then the value of $k$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [b]p11.[/b] Let a be a positive real number and $P(x) = x^2 -8x+a$ and $Q(x) = x^2 -8x+a+1$ be quadratics with real roots such that the positive difference of the roots of $P(x)$ is exactly one more than the positive difference of the roots of $Q(x)$. The value of a can be written as a common fraction $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$. [b]p12.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid satisfying $AB \parallel CD$, $AB = 3$, $CD = 4$, with area $35$. Given $AC$ and $BD$ intersect at $E$, and $M$, $N$, $P$, $Q$ are the midpoints of segments $AE$,$BE$,$CE$,$DE$, respectively, the area of the intersection of quadrilaterals $ABPQ$ and $CDMN$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m, n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. [b]p13.[/b] There are $8$ distinct points $P_1, P_2, ... , P_8$ on a circle. How many ways are there to choose a set of three distinct chords such that every chord has to touch at least one other chord, and if any two chosen chords touch, they must touch at a shared endpoint? [b]p14.[/b] For every positive integer $k$, let $f(k) > 1$ be defined as the smallest positive integer for which $f(k)$ and $f(k)^2$ leave the same remainder when divided by $k$. The minimum possible value of $\frac{1}{x}f(x)$ across all positive integers $x \le 1000$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [b]p15.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, let $I$ be the incenter and $O$ be the circumcenter. If $AO$ bisects $\angle IAC$, $AB + AC = 21$, and $BC = 7$, then the length of segment $AI$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

1967 IMO Longlists, 20

In the space $n \geq 3$ points are given. Every pair of points determines some distance. Suppose all distances are different. Connect every point with the nearest point. Prove that it is impossible to obtain (closed) polygonal line in such a way.

2007 Canada National Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry , ratio
You are given a pair of triangles for which two sides of one triangle are equal in length to two sides of the second triangle, and the triangles are similar, but not necessarily congruent. Prove that the ratio of the sides that correspond under the similarity is a number between $ \frac {1}{2}(\sqrt {5} \minus{} 1)$ and $ \frac {1}{2}(\sqrt {5} \plus{} 1)$.

1958 Polish MO Finals, 6

Prove that of all the quadrilaterals circuscribed around a given circle, the square has the smallest perimeter.

2009 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, P2, 3

Let $P$ be the point in the interior of $\vartriangle ABC$. Let $D$ be the intersection of the lines $AP$ and $BC$ and let $A'$ be the point such that $\overrightarrow{AD} = \overrightarrow{DA'}$. The points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined in the similar way. Determine all points $P$ for which the triangles $A'BC, AB'C$, and $ABC'$ are congruent to $\vartriangle ABC$.

2007 USA Team Selection Test, 5

Triangle $ ABC$ is inscribed in circle $ \omega$. The tangent lines to $ \omega$ at $ B$ and $ C$ meet at $ T$. Point $ S$ lies on ray $ BC$ such that $ AS \perp AT$. Points $ B_1$ and $ C_1$ lie on ray $ ST$ (with $ C_1$ in between $ B_1$ and $ S$) such that $ B_1T \equal{} BT \equal{} C_1T$. Prove that triangles $ ABC$ and $ AB_1C_1$ are similar to each other.

1956 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 339

Find the union of all projections of a given line segment $AB$ to all lines passing through a given point $O$.

1998 Tuymaada Olympiad, 5

A right triangle is inscribed in parabola $y=x^2$. Prove that it's hypotenuse is not less than $2$.

IMSC 2023, 4

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incenter $I$ and let $AI$ meet $BC$ at $D$. Let $E$ be a point on the segment $AC$, such that $CD=CE$ and let $F$ be on the segment $AB$ such that $BF=BD$. Let $(CEI) \cap (DFI)=P \neq I$ and $(BFI) \cap (DEI)=Q \neq I$. Prove that $PQ \perp BC$. [i]Proposed by Leonardo Franchi, Italy[/i]

2016 China Northern MO, 2

Tags: geometry
Inscribed Triangle $ABC$ on circle $\odot O$. Bisector of $\angle ABC$ intersects $\odot O$ at $D$. Two lines $PB$ and $PC$ that are tangent to $\odot O$ intersect at $P$. $PD$ intersects $AC$ at $E$, $\odot O$ at $F$. $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Prove that $M,F,C,E$ are concyclic.

2002 South africa National Olympiad, 1

Given a quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that $AB^2 + CD^2 = AD^2 + BC^2$, prove that $AC \perp BD$.

2012 Belarus Team Selection Test, 1

For any point $X$ inside an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ we define $$f(X)=\frac{AX}{A_1X}\cdot \frac{BX}{B_1X}\cdot \frac{CX}{C_1X}$$ where $A_1, B_1$, and $C_1$ are the intersection points of the lines $AX, BX,$ and $CX$ with the sides $BC, AC$, and $AB$, respectively. Let $H, I$, and $G$ be the orthocenter, the incenter, and the centroid of the triangle $ABC$, respectively. Prove that $f(H) \ge f(I) \ge f(G)$ . (D. Bazylev)

2018 USA TSTST, 9

Show that there is an absolute constant $c < 1$ with the following property: whenever $\mathcal P$ is a polygon with area $1$ in the plane, one can translate it by a distance of $\frac{1}{100}$ in some direction to obtain a polygon $\mathcal Q$, for which the intersection of the interiors of $\mathcal P$ and $\mathcal Q$ has total area at most $c$. [i]Linus Hamilton[/i]

2024 India National Olympiad, 1

In triangle $ABC$ with $CA=CB$, point $E$ lies on the circumcircle of $ABC$ such that $\angle ECB=90^{\circ}$. The line through $E$ parallel to $CB$ intersects $CA$ in $F$ and $AB$ in $G$. Prove that the center of the circumcircle of triangle $EGB$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ECF$. Proposed by Prithwijit De

2024 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Given two points $p_1=(x_1, y_1)$ and $p_2=(x_2, y_2)$ on the plane, denote by $\mathcal{R}(p_1,p_2)$ the rectangle with sides parallel to the coordinate axes and with $p_1$ and $p_2$ as opposite corners, that is, \[\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2:\min\{x_1, x_2\}\leq x\leq \max\{x_1, x_2\},\min\{y_1, y_2\}\leq y\leq \max\{y_1, y_2\}\}.\] Find the largest value of $k$ for which the following statement is true: for all sets $\mathcal{S}\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ with $|\mathcal{S}|=2024$, there exist two points $p_1, p_2\in\mathcal{S}$ such that $|\mathcal{S}\cap\mathcal{R}(p_1, p_2)|\geq k$.

1994 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 10.3

A circle with center O is inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD and touches its non-parallel sides BC and AD at E and F respectively. The lines AO and DO meet the segment EF at K and N respectively, and the lines BK and CN meet at M. Prove that the points O,K,M and N lie on a circle.