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2020 Stars of Mathematics, 1

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $D, E$ and $F$ be the feet of the altitudes from $A, B$ and $C,$ respectively. A circle $\omega_A$ through $B$ and $C$ crosses the line $EF$ at $X$ and $X'$. Similarly, a circle $\omega_B$ through $C$ and $A$ crosses the line $FD$ at $Y$ and $Y',$ and a circle $\omega_C$ through $A$ and $B$ crosses the line $DE$ at $Z$ and $Z'$. Prove that $X, Y$ and $Z$ are collinear if and only if $X', Y'$ and $Z'$ are collinear. [i]Vlad Robu[/i]

2016 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 2

In square $ABCD$, $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{BD}$ meet at point $E$. Point $F$ is on $\overline{CD}$ and $\angle CAF = \angle FAD$. If $\overline{AF}$ meets $\overline{ED}$ at point $G$, and if $\overline{EG} = 24$ cm, then find the length of $\overline{CF}$.

2007 Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 1

Tags: geometry
Let $M$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$. The bisector of the exterior angle of point $A$ intersects the side $BC$ in $D$. Let the circumcircle of triangle $ADM$ intersect the lines $AB$ and $AC$ in $E$ and $F$ respectively. If the midpoint of $EF$ is $N$, prove that $MN\parallel AD$.

Russian TST 2014, P1

Tags: geometry
Finitely many lines are given, which pass through some point $P{}.$ Prove that these lines can be coloured red and blue and one can find a point $Q\neq P$ such that the sum of the distances from $Q{}$ to the red lines is equal to the sum of the distance from $Q{}$ to the blue lines.

2004 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 4

Two circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ touch each other externally in a point $P$. At point $C_1$ there is a point $Q$ such that the tangent line in $Q$ at $C_1$ intersects the circle $C_2$ at points $A$ and $B$. The line $QP$ still intersects $C_2$ at point $C$. Prove that triangle $ABC$ is isosceles.

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 780

Let $n\geq 3$ be integer. Given a regular $n$-polygon $P$ with side length 4 on the plane $z=0$ in the $xyz$-space.Llet $G$ be a circumcenter of $P$. When the center of the sphere $B$ with radius 1 travels round along the sides of $P$, denote by $K_n$ the solid swept by $B$. Answer the following questions. (1) Take two adjacent vertices $P_1,\ P_2$ of $P$. Let $Q$ be the intersection point between the perpendicular dawn from $G$ to $P_1P_2$, prove that $GQ>1$. (2) (i) Express the area of cross section $S(t)$ in terms of $t,\ n$ when $K_n$ is cut by the plane $z=t\ (-1\leq t\leq 1)$. (ii) Express the volume $V(n)$ of $K_n$ in terms of $n$. (3) Denote by $l$ the line which passes through $G$ and perpendicular to the plane $z=0$. Express the volume $W(n)$ of the solid by generated by a rotation of $K_n$ around $l$ in terms of $n$. (4) Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{V(n)}{W(n)} .$

2010 Contests, 2

There are $n$ points in the page such that no three of them are collinear.Prove that number of triangles that vertices of them are chosen from these $n$ points and area of them is 1,is not greater than $\frac23(n^2-n)$.

2011 Belarus Team Selection Test, 2

Let $A_1A_2 \ldots A_n$ be a convex polygon. Point $P$ inside this polygon is chosen so that its projections $P_1, \ldots , P_n$ onto lines $A_1A_2, \ldots , A_nA_1$ respectively lie on the sides of the polygon. Prove that for points $X_1, \ldots , X_n$ on sides $A_1A_2, \ldots , A_nA_1$ respectively, \[\max \left\{ \frac{X_1X_2}{P_1P_2}, \ldots, \frac{X_nX_1}{P_nP_1} \right\} \geq 1.\] if a) $X_1, \ldots , X_n$ are the midpoints of the corressponding sides, b) $X_1, \ldots , X_n$ are the feet of the corressponding altitudes, c) $X_1, \ldots , X_n$ are arbitrary points on the corressponding lines. Modified version of [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h418634p2361975]IMO 2010 SL G3[/url] (it was question c)

2011 Purple Comet Problems, 22

Tags: geometry , angle
Five congruent circles have centers at the vertices of a regular pentagon so that each of the circles is tangent to its two neighbors. A sixth circle (shaded in the diagram below) congruent to the other fi ve is placed tangent to two of the five. If this sixth circle is allowed to roll without slipping around the exterior of the figure formed by the other fi ve circles, then it will turn through an angle of $k$ degrees before it returns to its starting position. Find $k$. [asy] import graph; size(6cm); pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); filldraw(circle((2.96,2.58), 1),grey); draw(circle((-1,3), 1)); draw(circle((1,3), 1)); draw(circle((1.62,1.1), 1)); draw(circle((0,-0.08), 1)); draw(circle((-1.62,1.1), 1)); [/asy]

1998 Tuymaada Olympiad, 4

Given the tetrahedron $ABCD$, whose opposite edges are equal, that is, $AB=CD, AC=BD$ and $BC=AD$. Prove that exist exactly $6$ planes intersecting the triangular angles of the tetrahedron and dividing the total surface and volume of this tetrahedron in half.

2012 BmMT, Ind. Round

[b]p1.[/b] What is the slope of the line perpendicular to the the graph $\frac{x}{4}+\frac{y}{9}= 1$ at $(0, 9)$? [b]p2.[/b] A boy is standing in the middle of a very very long staircase and he has two pogo sticks. One pogo stick allows him to jump $220$ steps up the staircase. The second pogo stick allows him to jump $125$ steps down the staircase. What is the smallest positive number of steps that he can reach from his original position by a series of jumps? [b]p3.[/b] If you roll three fair six-sided dice, what is the probability that the product of the results will be a multiple of $3$? [b]p4.[/b] Right triangle $ABC$ has squares $ABXY$ and $ACWZ$ drawn externally to its legs and a semicircle drawn externally to its hypotenuse $BC$. If the area of the semicircle is $18\pi$ and the area of triangle $ABC$ is $30$, what is the sum of the areas of squares $ABXY$ and $ACWZ$? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/1/c9717e7731af84e5286335420b73b974da2643.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] You have a bag containing $3$ types of pens: red, green, and blue. $30\%$ of the pens are red pens, and $20\%$ are green pens. If, after you add $10$ blue pens, $60\%$ of the pens are blue pens, how many green pens did you start with? [b]p6.[/b] Canada gained partial independence from the United Kingdom in $1867$, beginning its long role as the headgear of the United States. It gained its full independence in $1982$. What is the last digit of $1867^{1982}$? [b]p7.[/b] Bacon, Meat, and Tomato are dealing with paperwork. Bacon can fill out $5$ forms in $3$ minutes, Meat can fill out $7$ forms in $5$ minutes, and Tomato can staple $3$ forms in $1$ minute. A form must be filled out and stapled together (in either order) to complete it. How long will it take them to complete $105$ forms? [b]p8.[/b] Nice numbers are defined to be $7$-digit palindromes that have no $3$ identical digits (e.g., $1234321$ or $5610165$ but not $7427247$). A pretty number is a nice number with a $7$ in its decimal representation (e.g., $3781873$). What is the $7^{th}$ pretty number? [b]p9.[/b] Let $O$ be the center of a semicircle with diameter $AD$ and area $2\pi$. Given square $ABCD$ drawn externally to the semicircle, construct a new circle with center $B$ and radius $BO$. If we extend $BC$, this new circle intersects $BC$ at $P$. What is the length of $CP$? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/1/be15e45cd6465c7d9b45529b6547c0010b8029.png[/img] [b]p10.[/b] Derek has $10$ American coins in his pocket, summing to a total of $53$ cents. If he randomly grabs $3$ coins from his pocket, what is the probability that they're all different? [b]p11.[/b] What is the sum of the whole numbers between $6\sqrt{10}$ and $7\pi$ ? [b]p12.[/b] What is the volume of a cylinder whose radius is equal to its height and whose surface area is numerically equal to its volume? [b]p13.[/b] $15$ people, including Luke and Matt, attend a Berkeley Math meeting. If Luke and Matt sit next to each other, a fight will break out. If they sit around a circular table, all positions equally likely, what is the probability that a fight doesn't break out? [b]p14.[/b] A non-degenerate square has sides of length $s$, and a circle has radius $r$. Let the area of the square be equal to that of the circle. If we have a rectangle with sides of lengths $r$, $s$, and its area has an integer value, what is the smallest possible value for $s$? [b]p15.[/b] How many ways can you arrange the letters of the word "$BERKELEY$" such that no two $E$'s are next to each other? [b]p16.[/b] Kim, who has a tragic allergy to cake, is having a birthday party. She invites $12$ people but isn't sure if $11$ or $12$ will show up. However, she needs to cut the cake before the party starts. What is the least number of slices (not necessarily of equal size) that she will need to cut to ensure that the cake can be equally split among either $11$ or $12$ guests with no excess? [b]p17.[/b] Tom has $2012$ blue cards, $2012$ red cards, and $2012$ boxes. He distributes the cards in such a way such that each box has at least $1$ card. Sam chooses a box randomly, then chooses a card randomly. Suppose that Tom arranges the cards such that the probability of Sam choosing a blue card is maximized. What is this maximum probability? [b]p18.[/b] Allison wants to bake a pie, so she goes to the discount market with a handful of dollar bills. The discount market sells different fruit each for some integer number of cents and does not add tax to purchases. She buys $22$ apples and $7$ boxes of blueberries, using all of her dollar bills. When she arrives back home, she realizes she needs more fruit, though, so she grabs her checkbook and heads back to the market. This time, she buys $31$ apples and $4$ boxes of blueberries, for a total of $60$ cents more than her last visit. Given she spent less than $100$ dollars over the two trips, how much (in dollars) did she spend on her first trip to the market? [b]p19.[/b] Consider a parallelogram $ABCD$. Let $k$ be the line passing through A and parallel to the bisector of $\angle ABC$, and let $\ell$ be the bisector of $\angle BAD$. Let $k$ intersect line $CD$ at $E$ and $\ell$ intersect line $CD$ at $F$. If $AB = 13$ and $BC = 37$, find the length $EF$. [b]p20.[/b] Given for some real $a, b, c, d,$ $$P(x) = ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx$$ $$P(-5) = P(-2) = P(2) = P(5) = 1$$ Find $P(10).$ PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2002 China Team Selection Test, 2

$ A_1$, $ B_1$ and $ C_1$ are the projections of the vertices $ A$, $ B$ and $ C$ of triangle $ ABC$ on the respective sides. If $ AB \equal{} c$, $ AC \equal{} b$, $ BC \equal{} a$ and $ AC_1 \equal{} 2t AB$, $ BA_1 \equal{} 2rBC$, $ CB_1 \equal{} 2 \mu AC$. Prove that: \[ \frac {a^2}{b^2} \cdot \left( \frac {t}{1 \minus{} 2t} \right)^2 \plus{} \frac {b^2}{c^2} \cdot \left( \frac {r}{1 \minus{} 2r} \right)^2 \plus{} \frac {c^2}{a^2} \cdot \left( \frac {\mu}{1 \minus{} 2\mu} \right)^2 \plus{} 16tr \mu \geq 1 \]

2005 QEDMO 1st, 4 (Z1)

Solve the equation $x^3+2y^3+5z^3=0$ in integers.

2011 India IMO Training Camp, 1

Find all positive integer $n$ satisfying the conditions $a)n^2=(a+1)^3-a^3$ $b)2n+119$ is a perfect square.

Cono Sur Shortlist - geometry, 1993.1

Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be two concentric circles and $C_3$ an outer circle to $C_1$ inner to $C_2$ and tangent to both. If the radius of $C_2$ is equal to $ 1$, how much must the radius of $C_1$ be worth, so that the area of is twice that of $C_3$?

1962 IMO Shortlist, 7

The tetrahedron $SABC$ has the following property: there exist five spheres, each tangent to the edges $SA, SB, SC, BC, CA, AB,$ or to their extensions. a) Prove that the tetrahedron $SABC$ is regular. b) Prove conversely that for every regular tetrahedron five such spheres exist.

1992 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1

The feet of perpendiculars from the intersection point of the diagonals of cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ to the sides $AB,BC,CD,DA$ are $P,Q,R,S$, respectively. Prove $PQ+RS=QR+SP$.

2014 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 2

A circle, its chord $AB$ and the midpoint $W$ of the minor arc $AB$ are given. Take an arbitrary point $C$ on the major arc $AB$. The tangent to the circle at $C$ meets the tangents at $A$ and $B$ at points $X$ and $Y$ respectively. Lines $WX$ and WY meet AB at points $N$ and $M$ respectively. Prove that the length of segment $NM$ does not depend on point $C$. (A. Zertsalov, D. Skrobot)

DMM Individual Rounds, 2014

[b]p1.[/b] Trung has $2$ bells. One bell rings $6$ times per hour and the other bell rings $10$ times per hour. At the start of the hour both bells ring. After how much time will the bells ring again at the same time? Express your answer in hours. [b]p2.[/b] In a soccer tournament there are $n$ teams participating. Each team plays every other team once. The matches can end in a win for one team or in a draw. If the match ends with a win, the winner gets $3$ points and the loser gets $0$. If the match ends in a draw, each team gets $1$ point. At the end of the tournament the total number of points of all the teams is $21$. Let $p$ be the number of points of the team in the first place. Find $n + p$. [b]p3.[/b] What is the largest $3$ digit number $\overline{abc}$ such that $b \cdot \overline{ac} = c \cdot \overline{ab} + 50$? [b]p4.[/b] Let s(n) be the number of quadruplets $(x, y, z, t)$ of positive integers with the property that $n = x + y + z + t$. Find the smallest $n$ such that $s(n) > 2014$. [b]p5.[/b] Consider a decomposition of a $10 \times 10$ chessboard into p disjoint rectangles such that each rectangle contains an integral number of squares and each rectangle contains an equal number of white squares as black squares. Furthermore, each rectangle has different number of squares inside. What is the maximum of $p$? [b]p6.[/b] If two points are selected at random from a straight line segment of length $\pi$, what is the probability that the distance between them is at least $\pi- 1$? [b]p7.[/b] Find the length $n$ of the longest possible geometric progression $a_1, a_2,..,, a_n$ such that the $a_i$ are distinct positive integers between $100$ and $2014$ inclusive. [b]p8.[/b] Feng is standing in front of a $100$ story building with two identical crystal balls. A crystal ball will break if dropped from a certain floor $m$ of the building or higher, but it will not break if it is dropped from a floor lower than $m$. What is the minimum number of times Feng needs to drop a ball in order to guarantee he determined $m$ by the time all the crystal balls break? [b]p9.[/b] Let $A$ and $B$ be disjoint subsets of $\{1, 2,..., 10\}$ such that the product of the elements of $A$ is equal to the sum of the elements in $B$. Find how many such $A$ and $B$ exist. [b]p10.[/b] During the semester, the students in a math class are divided into groups of four such that every two groups have exactly $2$ students in common and no two students are in all the groups together. Find the maximum number of such groups. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2020 Italy National Olympiad, #1

Let $\omega$ be a circle and let $A,B,C,D,E$ be five points on $\omega$ in this order. Define $F=BC\cap DE$, such that the points $F$ and $A$ are on opposite sides, with regard to the line $BE$ and the line $AE$ is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $BFE$. a) Prove that the lines $AC$ and $DE$ are parallel b) Prove that $AE=CD$

2004 May Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry , angle
We have a pool table $8$ meters long and $2$ meters wide with a single ball in the center. We throw the ball in a straight line and, after traveling $29$ meters, it stops at a corner of the table. How many times did the ball hit the edges of the table? Note: When the ball rebounds on the edge of the table, the two angles that form its trajectory with the edge of the table are the same.

2021 SYMO, Q1

For what positive integers $n\geq 4$ does there exist a set $S$ of $n$ points on the plane, not all collinear, such that for any three non-collinear points $A,B,C$ in $S$, either the incenter, $A$-excenter, $B$-excenter, or $C$-excenter of triangle $ABC$ is also contained in $S$?

1996 Singapore Senior Math Olympiad, 2

Let $180^o < \theta_1 < \theta_2 <...< \theta_n = 360^o$. For $i = 1,2,..., n$, $P_i = (\cos \theta_i^o, \sin \theta_i^o)$ is a point on the circle $C$ with centre $(0,0)$ and radius $1$. Let $P$ be any point on the upper half of $C$. Find the coordinates of $P$ such that the sum of areas $[PP_1P_2] + [PP_2P_3] + ...+ [PP_{n-1}P_n]$ attains its maximum.

2022 Iranian Geometry Olympiad, 5

a) Do there exist four equilateral triangles in the plane such that each two have exactly one vertex in common, and every point in the plane lies on the boundary of at most two of them? b) Do there exist four squares in the plane such that each two have exactly one vertex in common, and every point in the plane lies on the boundary of at most two of them? (Note that in both parts, there is no assumption on the intersection of interior of polygons.) [i]Proposed by Hesam Rajabzadeh[/i]

2013 Indonesia Juniors, day 1

p1. It is known that $f$ is a function such that $f(x)+2f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=3x$ for every $x\ne 0$. Find the value of $x$ that satisfies $f(x) = f(-x)$. p2. It is known that ABC is an acute triangle whose vertices lie at circle centered at point $O$. Point $P$ lies on side $BC$ so that $AP$ is the altitude of triangle ABC. If $\angle ABC + 30^o \le \angle ACB$, prove that $\angle COP + \angle CAB < 90^o$. p3. Find all natural numbers $a, b$, and $c$ that are greater than $1$ and different, and fulfills the property that $abc$ divides evenly $bc + ac + ab + 2$. p4. Let $A, B$, and $ P$ be the nails planted on the board $ABP$ . The length of $AP = a$ units and $BP = b$ units. The board $ABP$ is placed on the paths $x_1x_2$ and $y_1y_2$ so that $A$ only moves freely along path $x_1x_2$ and only moves freely along the path $y_1y_2$ as in following image. Let $x$ be the distance from point $P$ to the path $y_1y_2$ and y is with respect to the path $x_1x_2$ . Show that the equation for the path of the point $P$ is $\frac{x^2}{b^2}+\frac{y^2}{a^2}=1$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/4/6/d88c337370e8c3bc5a1833bc9588d3fb047bd0.png[/img] p5. There are three boxes $A, B$, and $C$ each containing $3$ colored white balls and $2$ red balls. Next, take three ball with the following rules: 1. Step 1 Take one ball from box $A$. 2. Step 2 $\bullet$ If the ball drawn from box $A$ in step 1 is white, then the ball is put into box $B$. Next from box $B$ one ball is drawn, if it is a white ball, then the ball is put into box $C$, whereas if the one drawn is red ball, then the ball is put in box $A$. $\bullet$ If the ball drawn from box $A$ in step 1 is red, then the ball is put into box $C$. Next from box $C$ one ball is taken. If what is drawn is a white ball then the ball is put into box $A$, whereas if the ball drawn is red, the ball is placed in box $B$. 3. Step 3 Take one ball each from squares $A, B$, and $C$. What is the probability that all the balls drawn in step 3 are colored red?