Let $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ be positive real numbers such that $\alpha+\beta+\gamma < \pi$, $\alpha+\beta > \gamma$,$ \beta+\gamma > \alpha$, $\gamma + \alpha > \beta.$ Prove that with the segments of lengths $\sin \alpha, \sin \beta, \sin \gamma $ we can construct a triangle and that its area is not greater than \[A=\dfrac 18\left( \sin 2\alpha+\sin 2\beta+ \sin 2\gamma \right).\] [i]Proposed by Soviet Union[/i]

Points $E$ and $F$ are chosen on the base side $AD$ and the lateral side $AB$ of an isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$, respectively. Quadrilateral $CDEF$ is an isosceles trapezoid as well. Prove that $AE \cdot ED = AF \cdot FB$.

Triangle I is equilateral with side $A$, perimeter $P$, area $K$, and circumradius $R$ (radius of the circumscribed circle). Triangle II is equilateral with side $a$, perimeter $p$, area $k$, and circumradius $r$. If $A$ is different from $a$, then: $ \textbf{(A)}\ P:p = R:r \text{ } \text{only sometimes} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ P:p = R:r \text{ } \text{always}\qquad$ $\textbf{(C)}\ P:p = K:k \text{ } \text{only sometimes} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ R:r = K:k \text{ } \text{always}\qquad$ $\textbf{(E)}\ R:r = K:k \text{ } \text{only sometimes} $

For the given triangle $ABC$, prove that a point $X$ on the side $AB$ satisfies the condition $\overrightarrow{XA} \cdot\overrightarrow{XB} +\overrightarrow{XC} \cdot \overrightarrow{XC} = \overrightarrow{CA} \cdot \overrightarrow{CB} $, iff $X$ is the basepoint of the altitude or median of the triangle $ABC$.

In parallelogram $ABCD$, $\overline{DE}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{DF}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{BC}$. ['''Note:''' ''Both pictures represent the same parallelogram.''] If $DC=12$, $EB=4$, and $DE=6$, then $DF=$ [asy] unitsize(12); pair A,B,C,D,P,Q,W,X,Y,Z; A = (0,0); B = (12,0); C = (20,6); D = (8,6); W = (18,0); X = (30,0); Y = (38,6); Z = (26,6); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(W--X--Y--Z--cycle); P = (8,0); Q = (758/25,6/25); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(W); dot(X); dot(Y); dot(Z); dot(P); dot(Q); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(W--X--Y--Z--cycle); draw(D--P); draw(Z--Q); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,SE); label("$C$",C,NE); label("$D$",D,NW); label("$E$",P,S); label("$A$",W,SW); label("$B$",X,S); label("$C$",Y,NE); label("$D$",Z,NW); label("$F$",Q,E); [/asy] $\text{(A)}\ 6.4 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 7.2 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 10$

In triangle $ABC$ $\angle B > 90^\circ$. Tangents to this circle in points $A$ and $B$ meet at point $P$, and the line passing through $B$ perpendicular to $BC$ meets the line $AC$ at point $K$. Prove that $PA = PK$. [i](Proposed by Danylo Khilko)[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a non-right isosceles triangle such that $AC = BC$. Let $D$ be such a point on the perpendicular bisector of $AB$, that $AD$ is tangent on the $ABC$ circumcircle. Let $E$ be such a point on $AB$, that $CE$ and $AD$ are perpendicular and let $F$ be the second intersection of line $AC$ and the circle $CDE$. Prove that $DF$ and $AB$ are parallel.

[u]Set 7[/u] [b]p19.[/b] The polynomial $x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 - 32x$, where$ a$ and $b$ are real numbers, has roots that form a square in the complex plane. Compute the area of this square. [b]p20.[/b] Tetrahedron $ABCD$ has equilateral triangle base $ABC$ and apex $D$ such that the altitude from $D$ to $ABC$ intersects the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AC}$. If the measure of $\angle DBA$ is $67^o$, find the measure of $\angle MDC$ in degrees. [b]p21.[/b] Last year’s high school graduates started high school in year $n- 4 = 2017$, a prime year. They graduated high school and started college in year $n = 2021$, a product of two consecutive primes. They will graduate college in year $n + 4 = 2025$, a square number. Find the sum of all $n < 2021$ for which these three properties hold. That is, find the sum of those $n < 2021$ such that $n -4$ is prime, n is a product of two consecutive primes, and $n + 4$ is a square. PS. You should use hide for answers.

Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$. Let $D$ be a point on the side $BC$. The tangent to $\Gamma$ at $A$ intersects the parallel line to $BA$ through $D$ at point $E$. The segment $CE$ intersects $\Gamma$ again at $F$. Suppose $B$, $D$, $F$, $E$ are concyclic. Prove that $AC$, $BF$, $DE$ are concurrent.

Every natural number is coloured in one of the $ k$ colors. Prove that there exist four distinct natural numbers $ a, b, c, d$, all coloured in the same colour, such that $ ad \equal{} bc$, $ \displaystyle \frac b a$ is power of 2 and $ \displaystyle \frac c a$ is power of 3.

Let a positive integer $n$.Consider square table $3*3$.One use $n$ colors to color all cell of table such that each cell is colored by exactly one color. Two colored table is same if we can receive them from other by a rotation through center of $3*3$ table How many way to color this square table satifies above conditions.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral and $M,N$ be the midpoints of $AB$, $CD$ respectively. The diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ intersect at $L$. Suppose that the circumcircle of $LMN$, with center $T$, intersects the circumcircle of $ABCD$ at two distinct points $X,Y$. If the line $MN$ intersects the line $XY$ at $S$ and the line $XM$ intersects the line $YN$ at $P$, prove that $PL$ is perpendicular to $ST$.

The altitudes $AH, CH$ of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ meet the internal bisector of angle $B$ at points $L_1, P_1$, and the external bisector of this angle at points $L_2, P_2$. Prove that the orthocenters of triangles $HL_1P_1, HL_2P_2$ and the vertex $B$ are collinear.

A cubic funtion $ y \equal{} ax^3 \plus{} bx^2 \plus{} cx \plus{} d\ (a\neq 0)$ intersects with the line $ y \equal{} px \plus{} q$ at $ x \equal{} \alpha ,\ \beta ,\ \gamma\ (\alpha < \beta < \gamma).$ Find the area of the region bounded by these graphs in terms of $ a,\ \alpha ,\ \beta ,\ \gamma$.

A circle cuts each side of a rhombus twice thus dividing each side into three segments. Let us go around the perimeter of the rhombus clockwise beginning at a vertex and paint these segments successively in red, white and blue. Prove that the sum of lengths of the blue segments equals that of the red ones. (V Proizvolov)

In a triangle $ABC, L$ and $K$ are the points of intersections of the angle bisectors of $\angle ABC$ and $\angle BAC$ with the segments $AC$ and $BC$, respectively. The segment $KL$ is angle bisector of $\angle AKC$, determine $\angle BAC$.

Different points $C$ and $D$ are chosen on a circle with center $O$ and diameter $AB$ so that they are on the same side of the diameter $AB$. On the diameter $AB$ is chosen a point $P$ different from the point $O$ such that the points $P, O, D, C$ are on the same circle. Prove that $\angle APC = \angle BPD$.

In triangle $ABC$, $D$ is a point on $AB$ and $E$ is a point on $AC$ such that $BE$ and $CD$ are bisectors of $\angle B$ and $\angle C$ respectively. Let $Q,M$ and $N$ be the feet of perpendiculars from the midpoint $P$ of $DE$ onto $BC,AB$ and $AC$, respectively. Prove that $PQ=PM+PN$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle BAC = 60^{\circ}$. Let $AP$ bisect $\angle BAC$ and let $BQ$ bisect $\angle ABC$, with $P$ on $BC$ and $Q$ on $AC$. If $AB + BP = AQ + QB$, what are the angles of the triangle?

On the sides $AC$ and $AB$ of the triangle $ABC$, the points $D$ and $E$ were chosen such that $\angle ABD =\angle CBD$ and $3 \angle ACE = 2\angle BCE$. Let $H$ be the point of intersection of $BD$ and $CE$, and $CD = DE = CH$. Find the angles of triangle $ABC$.

[b]a)[/b] Let's consider a finite number of big circles of a sphere that do not pass all from a point. Show that there exists such a point that is found only in two of the circles. (With big circle we understand the circles with radius equal to the radius of the sphere.) [b]b)[/b] Using the result of part $a)$ show that, for a set of $n$ points in a plane, that are not all in a line, there exists a line that passes through only two points of the given set.

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Three two-digit numbers are written on a board. One starts with $5$, another with $6$, and the last one with $7$. Annie added the first and the second numbers; Benny added the second and the third numbers; Denny added the third and the first numbers. Could it be that one of these sums is equal to $148$, and the two other sums are three-digit numbers that both start with $12$? [b]p2.[/b] Three rocks, three seashells, and one pearl are placed in identical boxes on a circular plate in the order shown. The lids of the boxes are then closed, and the plate is secretly rotated. You can open one box at a time. What is the smallest number of boxes you need to open to know where the pearl is, no matter how the plate was rotated? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/0/2/6bb3a2a27f417a84ab9a64100b90b8768f7978.png[/img] [b]p3.[/b] Two detectives, Holmes and Watson, are hunting the thief Raffles in a library, which has the floorplan exactly as shown in the diagram. Holmes and Watson start from the center room marked $D$. Show that no matter where Raffles is or how he moves, Holmes and Watson can find him. Holmes and Watson do not need to stay together. A detective sees Raffles only if they are in the same room. A detective cannot stand in a doorway to see two rooms at the same time. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/c/1/6812f615e60a36aea922f145a1ffc470d0f1bc.png[/img] [b]p4.[/b] A museum has a $4\times 4$ grid of rooms. Every two rooms that share a wall are connected by a door. Each room contains some paintings. The total number of paintings along any path of $7$ rooms from the lower left to the upper right room is always the same. Furthermore, the total number of paintings along any path of $7$ rooms from the lower right to the upper left room is always the same. The guide states that the museum has exactly $500$ paintings. Show that the guide is mistaken. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/4/6/bf0185e142cd3f653d4a9c0882d818c55c64e4.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] The numbers $1–14$ are placed around a circle in some order. You can swap two neighbors if they differ by more than $1$. Is it always possible to rearrange the numbers using swaps so they are ordered clockwise from $1$ to $14$? [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p6.[/b] A triangulation of a regular polygon is a way of drawing line segments between its vertices so that no two segments cross, and the interior of the polygon is divided into triangles. A flip move erases a line segment between two triangles, creating a quadrilateral, and replaces it with the opposite diagonal through that quadrilateral. This results in a new triangulation. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/a/a/657a7cf2382bab4d03046075c6e128374c72d4.png[/img] Given any two triangulations of a polygon, is it always possible to find a sequence of flip moves that transforms the first one into the second one? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/0/9/d09a3be9a01610ffc85010d2ac2f5b93fab46a.png[/img] [b]p7.[/b] Is it possible to place the numbers from $1$ to $121$ in an $11\times 11$ table so that numbers that differ by $1$ are in horizontally or vertically adjacent cells and all the perfect squares $(1, 4, 9,..., 121)$ are in one column? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Show that given any $n+1$ diagonals of a convex $n$-gon, one can always find two which have no common point.

A line through the incenter $I$ of triangle $ABC$, perpendicular to $AI$, intersects $AB$ at $P$ and $AC$ at $Q$. Prove that the circle tangent to $AB$ at $P$ and to $AC$ at $Q$ is also tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.

Given triangle $ ABC$ with $ AB>AC$. $ l$ is tangent line of the circumcircle of triangle $ ABC$ at $ A$. A circle with center $ A$ and radius $ AC$, intersect $ AB$ at $ D$ and $ l$ at $ E$ and $ F$. Prove that the lines $ DE$ and $ DF$ pass through the incenter and excenter of triangle $ ABC$.