A finite number of parallel segments in the plane are given with the property that for any three of the segments there is a line intersecting each of them. Prove that there exists a line that intersects all the given segments.

In the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$, $M$ is the midpoint of side $AD$, $AD = BD$, lines $CM$ and $AB$ are parallel, and $3\angle LBAC = \angle LACD$. Find the measure of angle $\angle ACB$.

The diagram below shows a rectangle with one side divided into seven equal segments and the opposite side divided in half. The rectangle has area 350. Find the area of the shaded region. For Diagram go to purplecomet.org/welcome/practice, the $2015$ middle school contest, and #5.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, with incenter $I$ and $A$-excenter $J$. The lines $BI$, $CI$, $BJ$ and $CJ$ intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$ respectively. Let $IM$, $JN$ be diameters in the circumcircles of triangles $IPQ$ and $JRS$ respectively. Prove that $\angle BAM+\angle CAN=180^{\circ}$. [i]Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]

In the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$, it is given that $\angle BAD = \angle DCB = 90^\circ$, $AB = 7$, $CD = 11$, and that $BC$ and $AD$ are integers greater than 11. Determine the values of $BC$ and $AD$.

Inside a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ with $BC>AD$, a point $T$ is chosen. $S$ lies on the segment $AT$ such that $DT = BC, \angle TSD = 90^\circ$. Prove that if $\angle DTA + \angle TAB + \angle ABC = 180^\circ$, then $AB + ST \geqslant CD + AS$. [i]Proposed by Alexander Tereshin - Russia[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a non-isosceles,aqute triangle with $AB<AC$ inscribed in circle $c(O,R)$.The circle $c_{1}(B,AB)$ crosses $AC$ at $K$ and $c$ at $E$. $KE$ crosses $c$ at $F$ and $BO$ crosses $KE$ at $L$ and $AC$ at $M$ while $AE$ crosses $BF$ at $D$.Prove that: i)$D,L,M,F$ are concyclic. ii)$B,D,K,M,E$ are concyclic.

Given a convex $ n $-gon ($ n \geq 5 $). Prove that the number of triangles of area $1$ with vertices at the vertices of the $ n $-gon does not exceed $ \frac{1}{3} n (2n-5) $.

Find all positive integers $n$ such that $n^3 - 18n^2 + 115n - 391$ is the cube of a positive intege

The circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ intersect at points $D$ and $P$. The common tangent of the two circles on the side of $D$ touches $k_1$ at $A$ and $k_2$ at $B$. The straight line $AD$ intersects $k_2$ for a second time at $C$. Let $M$ be the center of the segment $BC$. Show that $ \angle DPM = \angle BDC$ .

[b]p1. [/b] A clock has a long hand for minutes and a short hand for hours. A placement of those hands is [i]natural [/i] if you will see it in a correctly functioning clock. So, having both hands pointing straight up toward $12$ is natural and so is having the long hand pointing toward $6$ and the short hand half-way between $2$ and $3$. A natural placement of the hands is symmetric if you get another natural placement by interchanging the long and short hands. One kind of symmetric natural placement is when the hands are pointed in exactly the same direction. Are there symmetric natural placements of the hands in which the two hands are not pointed in exactly the same direction? If so, describe one such placement. If not, explain why none are possible. [b]p2.[/b] Let $\frac{m}{n}$ be a fraction such that when you write out the decimal expansion of $\frac{m}{n}$ , it eventually ends up with the four digits $2001$ repeated over and over and over. Prove that $101$ divides $n$. [b]p3.[/b] Consider the following two questions: Question $1$: I am thinking of a number between $0$ and $15$. You get to ask me seven yes-or-no questions, and I am allowed to lie at most once in answering your questions. What seven questions can you ask that will always allow you to determine the number? Note: You need to come up with seven questions that are independent of the answers that are received. In other words, you are not allowed to say, "If the answer to question $1$ is yes, then question $2$ is XXX; but if the answer to question $1$ is no, then question $2$ is YYY." Question $2$: Consider the set $S$ of all seven-tuples of zeros and ones. What sixteen elements of $S$ can you choose so that every pair of your chosen seven-tuples differ in at least three coordinates? a. These two questions are closely related. Show that an answer to Question $1$ gives an answer to Question $2$. b. Answer either Question $1$ or Question $2$. [b]p4.[/b] You may wish to use the angle addition formulas for the sine and cosine functions: $\sin (\alpha + \beta) = \sin \alpha \cos \beta + \cos \alpha \sin \beta$ $\cos (\alpha + \beta) = \cos \alpha \cos \beta - \sin \alpha \sin \beta$ a) Prove the identity $(\sin x)(1 + 2 \cos 2x) = \sin (3x)$. b) For any positive integer $n$, prove the identity $$(sin x)(1 + 2 \cos 2x + 2\cos 4x + ... +2\cos 2nx) = \sin ((2n +1)x)$$ [b]p5.[/b] Define the set $\Omega$ in the $xy$-plane as the union of the regions bounded by the three geometric figures: triangle $A$ with vertices $(0.5, 1.5)$, $(1.5, 0.5)$ and $(0.5,-0.5)$, triangle $B$ with vertices $(-0.5,1.5)$, $(-1.5,-0.5)$ and $(-0.5, 0.5)$, and rectangle $C$ with corners $(0.5, 1.0)$, $(-0.5, 1.0)$, $(-0.5,-1.0)$, and $(0.5,-1.0)$. a. Explain how copies of $\Omega$ can be used to cover the $xy$-plane. The copies are obtained by translating $\Omega$ in the $xy$-plane, and copies can intersect only along their edges. b. We can define a transformation of the plane as follows: map any point $(x, y)$ to $(x + G, x + y + G)$, where $G = 1$ if $y < -2x$, $G = -1$ if $y > -2x$, and $G = 0$ if $y = -2x$. Prove that every point in $\Omega$ is transformed into another point in $\Omega$, and that there are at least two points in $\Omega$ that are transformed into the same point. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, $A_1$ and $B_1$ are the feet of the altitudes from $A$ and $B$ respectively, and $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$. a) Prove that $MA_1$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $A_1B_1C$. b) Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $A_1B_1C,BMA_1$, and $AMB_1$ have a common point.

The pressure $ (P)$ of wind on a sail varies jointly as the area $ (A)$ of the sail and the square of the velocity $ (V)$ of the wind. The pressure on a square foot is $ 1$ pound when the velocity is $ 16$ miles per hour. The velocity of the wind when the pressure on a square yard is $ 36$ pounds is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 10\frac {2}{3} \text{ mph} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 96 \text{ mph} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 32\text{ mph} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1\frac {2}{3} \text{ mph} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16 \text{ mph}$

Tetrahedron $ABCD$ has $AB=5$, $AC=3$, $BC=4$, $BD=4$, $AD=3$, and $CD=\tfrac{12}5\sqrt2$. What is the volume of the tetrahedron? $\textbf{(A) }3\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\sqrt5\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{24}5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{24}5\sqrt2$

In a perpendicular triangle the perimeter is 60 and the altitude on the hypotenuse is 12. Then, the length of the hypotenuse is $ \text{(A)}\ 24 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 25 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 26 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 27 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 28$

Let $G$ be the centroid of a triangle $\triangle ABC$ and let $AG, BG, CG$ meet its circumcircle at $P, Q, R$ respectively. Let $AD, BE, CF$ be the altitudes of the triangle. Prove that the radical center of circles $(DQR),(EPR),(FPQ)$ lies on Euler Line of $\triangle ABC$. [i]Proposed by Ivan Chai, Malaysia.[/i]

Prove that in a convex quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, straight lines passing through the midpoints of the sides and perpendicular to the opposite sides intersect at one point.

Given a triangle $ABC$ where $AC > BC$, $D$ is located on the circumcircle of $ABC$ such that $D$ is the midpoint of the arc $AB$ that contains $C$. $E$ is a point on $AC$ such that $DE$ is perpendicular to $AC$. Prove that $AE = EC + CB$.

A square flag has a red cross of uniform width with a blue square in the center on a white background as shown. (The cross is symmetric with respect to each of the diagonals of the square.) If the entire cross (both the red arms and the blue center) takes up $36\%$ of the area of the flag, what percent of the area of the flag is blue? [asy] draw((0,0)--(5,0)--(5,5)--(0,5)--cycle); draw((1,0)--(5,4)); draw((0,1)--(4,5)); draw((0,4)--(4,0)); draw((1,5)--(5,1)); label("RED", (1.2,3.7)); label("RED", (3.8,3.7)); label("RED", (1.2,1.3)); label("RED", (3.8,1.3)); label("BLUE", (2.5,2.5)); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6 $

A square and a line intersect at a $45^o$ angle. The line bisects the square into two unequal pieces such that the area of one piece is twice that of the other. If the square has side length $6$, compute the length of the cut due to the line. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/4/2eb33fb9766497d25d342001cdbae9a7ffd4b4.png[/img]

Let $AB\varGamma\varDelta$ be a rhombus. (a) Prove that you can construct a circle $(c)$ which is inscribed in the rhombus and is tangent to its sides. (b) The points $\varTheta,H,K,I$ are on the sides $\varDelta\varGamma,B\varGamma,AB,A\varDelta$ of the rhombus respectively, such that the line segments $KH$ and $I\varTheta$ are tangent on the circle $(c)$. Prove that the quadrilateral defined from the points $\varTheta,H,K,I$ is a trapezium.

How many real solutions does the equation $ x^{3} 3^{1/x^{3} } \plus{}\frac{1}{x^{3} } 3^{x^{3} } \equal{}6$ have? $\textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Infinitely many} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None}$

[b]p1.[/b] In the group of five people any subgroup of three persons contains at least two friends. Is it possible to divide these five people into two subgroups such that all members of any subgroup are friends? [b]p2.[/b] Coefficients $a,b,c$ in expression $ax^2+bx+c$ are such that $b-c>a$ and $a \ne 0$. Is it true that equation $ax^2+bx+c=0$ always has two distinct real roots? [b]p3.[/b] Point $D$ is a midpoint of the median $AF$ of triangle $ABC$. Line $CD$ intersects $AB$ at point $E$. Distances $|BD|=|BF|$. Show that $|AE|=|DE|$. [b]p4.[/b] Real numbers $a,b$ satisfy inequality $a+b^5>ab^5+1$. Show that $a+b^7>ba^7+1$. [b]p5.[/b] A positive number was rounded up to the integer and got the number that is bigger than the original one by $28\%$. Find the original number (find all solutions). [b]p6.[/b] Divide a $5\times 5$ square along the sides of the cells into $8$ parts in such a way that all parts are different. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

$ABC$ is an acute angle triangle such that $AB>AC$ and $\hat{BAC}=60^{\circ}$. Let's denote by $O$ the center of the circumscribed circle of the triangle and $H$ the intersection of altitudes of this triangle. Line $OH$ intersects $AB$ in point $P$ and $AC$ in point $Q$. Find the value of the ration $\frac{PO}{HQ}$.

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle and $D$ the midpoint of $BC$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $AF=CE$. $P=BE$ $\cap$ $CF$. Show that $\angle$$APF=$ $\angle$$BPD$