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2008 Romania Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: gauss , geometry
Let $ ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral and let $ O \in AC \cap BD$, $ P \in AB \cap CD$, $ Q \in BC \cap DA$. If $ R$ is the orthogonal projection of $ O$ on the line $ PQ$ prove that the orthogonal projections of $ R$ on the sidelines of $ ABCD$ are concyclic.

2017-IMOC, G5

We have $\vartriangle ABC$ with $I$ as its incenter. Let $D$ be the intersection of $AI$ and $BC$ and define $E, F$ in a similar way. Furthermore, let $Y = CI \cap DE, Z = BI \cap DF$. Prove that if $\angle BAC = 120^o$, then $E, F, Y,Z$ are concyclic. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5IFojUbPE3o/XnSKTlTISqI/AAAAAAAALd0/0OwKMl02KJgqPs-SDOlujdcWXM0cWJiegCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/imoc2017%2Bg5.png[/img]

2011 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 2

Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is circumscribed. Its incircle touches sides $AB, BC, CD, DA$ in points $K, L, M, N$ respectively. Points $A', B', C', D'$ are the midpoints of segments $LM, MN, NK, KL$. Prove that the quadrilateral formed by lines $AA', BB', CC', DD'$ is cyclic.

2020 Adygea Teachers' Geometry Olympiad, 1

In planimetry, criterions of congruence of triangles with two sides and a larger angle, with two sides and the median drawn to the third side are known. Is it true that two triangles are congruent if they have two sides equal and the height drawn to the third side?

2003 AIME Problems, 14

Let $A=(0,0)$ and $B=(b,2)$ be points on the coordinate plane. Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex equilateral hexagon such that $\angle FAB=120^\circ,$ $\overline{AB}\parallel \overline{DE},$ $\overline{BC}\parallel \overline{EF,}$ $\overline{CD}\parallel \overline{FA},$ and the y-coordinates of its vertices are distinct elements of the set $\{0,2,4,6,8,10\}.$ The area of the hexagon can be written in the form $m\sqrt{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n.$

2019 Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad, 7

Tags: geometry
On sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ of a triangle $ABC$ points $K$, $L$, $M$ are chosen, respectively, and a point $P$ is inside $ABC$ is chosen so that $PL\parallel BC$, $PM\parallel CA$, $PK\parallel AB$. Determine if it is possible that each of three trapezoids $AMPL$, $BKPM$, $CLPK$ has an inscribed circle.

2024 ELMO Shortlist, G6

In triangle $ABC$ with $AB<AC$ and $AB+AC=2BC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. Choose point $P$ on the extension of $\overline{BA}$ past $A$ and point $Q$ on segment $\overline{AC}$ such that $M$ lies on $\overline{PQ}$. Let $X$ be on the opposite side of $\overline{AB}$ from $C$ such that $\overline{AX} \parallel \overline{BC}$ and $AX=AP=AQ$. Let $\overline{BX}$ intersect the circumcircle of $BMQ$ again at $Y \neq B$, and let $\overline{CX}$ intersect the circumcircle of $CMP$ again at $Z \neq C$. Prove that $A$, $Y$, and $Z$ are collinear. [i]Tiger Zhang[/i]

1960 AMC 12/AHSME, 24

If $\log_{2x}216 = x$, where $x$ is real, then $x$ is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{A non-square, non-cube integer} \qquad$ $\textbf{(B)}\ \text{A non-square, non-cube, non-integral rational number} \qquad$ $\textbf{(C)}\ \text{An irrational number} \qquad$ $\textbf{(D)}\ \text{A perfect square}\qquad$ $\textbf{(E)}\ \text{A perfect cube} $

1988 Kurschak Competition, 1

Tags: geometry
Prove that if there exists a point $P$ inside the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that the triangles $PAB$, $PBC$, $PCD$, $PDA$ have the same area, then one of the diagonals of $ABCD$ bisects the area of the quadrilateral.

2019 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry
In $\triangle ABC$, $AB>AC$, the bisectors of $\angle ABC, \angle ACB$ meet sides $AC,AB$ at $D,E$ respectively. The tangent at $A$ to the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ intersects $ED$ extended at $P$. Suppose that $AP=BC$. Prove that $BD\parallel CP$.

2005 China Team Selection Test, 2

In acute angled triangle $ABC$, $BC=a$,$CA=b$,$AB=c$, and $a>b>c$. $I,O,H$ are the incentre, circumcentre and orthocentre of $\triangle{ABC}$ respectively. Point $D \in BC$, $E \in CA$ and $AE=BD$, $CD+CE=AB$. Let the intersectionf of $BE$ and $AD$ be $K$. Prove that $KH \parallel IO$ and $KH = 2IO$.

LMT Team Rounds 2010-20, 2019 Spring

[b]p1.[/b] David runs at $3$ times the speed of Alice. If Alice runs $2$ miles in $30$ minutes, determine how many minutes it takes for David to run a mile. [b]p2.[/b] Al has $2019$ red jelly beans. Bob has $2018$ green jelly beans. Carl has $x$ blue jelly beans. The minimum number of jelly beans that must be drawn in order to guarantee $2$ jelly beans of each color is $4041$. Compute $x$. [b]p3.[/b] Find the $7$-digit palindrome which is divisible by $7$ and whose first three digits are all $2$. [b]p4.[/b] Determine the number of ways to put $5$ indistinguishable balls in $6$ distinguishable boxes. [b]p5.[/b] A certain reduced fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ (with $a,b > 1$) has the property that when $2$ is subtracted from the numerator and added to the denominator, the resulting fraction has $\frac16$ of its original value. Find this fraction. [b]p6.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $|\tau(n +1)-\tau(n)| = 7$. Here, $\tau(n)$ denotes the number of divisors of $n$. [b]p7.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $AB = 3$, $AC = 6$ and $\angle BAC = 120^o$. Let $D$ be the point on $BC$ such that $AD$ bisect $\angle BAC$. Compute the length of $AD$. [b]p8.[/b] $26$ points are evenly spaced around a circle and are labeled $A$ through $Z$ in alphabetical order. Triangle $\vartriangle LMT$ is drawn. Three more points, each distinct from $L, M$, and $T$ , are chosen to form a second triangle. Compute the probability that the two triangles do not overlap. [b]p9.[/b] Given the three equations $a +b +c = 0$ $a^2 +b^2 +c^2 = 2$ $a^3 +b^3 +c^3 = 19$ find $abc$. [b]p10.[/b] Circle $\omega$ is inscribed in convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ and tangent to $AB$ and $CD$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Given that $AP = 175$, $BP = 147$,$CQ = 75$, and $AB \parallel CD$, find the length of $DQ$. [b]p11. [/b]Let $p$ be a prime and m be a positive integer such that $157p = m^4 +2m^3 +m^2 +3$. Find the ordered pair $(p,m)$. [b]p12.[/b] Find the number of possible functions $f : \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\} \to \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\}$ that satisfy the following conditions. (1) $f (x) \ne f (y)$ when $x \ne y$ (2) There exists some $x$ such that $f (x)^2 = x^2$ [b]p13.[/b] Let $p$ be a prime number such that there exists positive integer $n$ such that $41pn -42p^2 = n^3$. Find the sum of all possible values of $p$. [b]p14.[/b] An equilateral triangle with side length $ 1$ is rotated $60$ degrees around its center. Compute the area of the region swept out by the interior of the triangle. [b]p15.[/b] Let $\sigma (n)$ denote the number of positive integer divisors of $n$. Find the sum of all $n$ that satisfy the equation $\sigma (n) =\frac{n}{3}$. [b]p16[/b]. Let $C$ be the set of points $\{a,b,c\} \in Z$ for $0 \le a,b,c \le 10$. Alice starts at $(0,0,0)$. Every second she randomly moves to one of the other points in $C$ that is on one of the lines parallel to the $x, y$, and $z$ axes through the point she is currently at, each point with equal probability. Determine the expected number of seconds it will take her to reach $(10,10,10)$. [b]p17.[/b] Find the maximum possible value of $$abc \left( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)^3$$ where $a,b,c$ are real such that $a +b +c = 0$. [b]p18.[/b] Circle $\omega$ with radius $6$ is inscribed within quadrilateral $ABCD$. $\omega$ is tangent to $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ at $E, F, G$, and $H$ respectively. If $AE = 3$, $BF = 4$ and $CG = 5$, find the length of $DH$. [b]p19.[/b] Find the maximum integer $p$ less than $1000$ for which there exists a positive integer $q$ such that the cubic equation $$x^3 - px^2 + q x -(p^2 -4q +4) = 0$$ has three roots which are all positive integers. [b]p20.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $\angle ABC = 60^o$,$\angle ACB = 20^o$. Let $P$ be the point such that $CP$ bisects $\angle ACB$ and $\angle PAC = 30^o$. Find $\angle PBC$. PS. You had better use hide for answers.

2020 Belarusian National Olympiad, 11.3

Four points $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ lie on the hyperbola $y=\frac{1}{x}$. In triangle $BCD$ the point $A_1$ is the circumcenter of the triangle, which vertices are the midpoints of sides of $BCD$. In triangles $ACD$, $ABD$ and $ABC$ points $B_1$, $C_1$ and $D_1$ are chosen similarly. It turned out that points $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ and $D_1$ are pairwise different and concyclic. Prove that the center of that circle coincides with the $(0,0)$ point.

2003 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 1

Inside right angle $XAY$, where $A$ is the vertex, is a semicircle $\Gamma$ whose center lies on $AX$ and that is tangent to $AY$ at the point $A$. Describe a ruler-and-compass construction for the tangent to $\Gamma$ such that the triangle enclosed by the tangent and angle $XAY$ has minimum area.

2009 Argentina Team Selection Test, 3

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, $ B_1$ the midpoint of side $ AB$ and $ C_1$ the midpoint of side $ AC$. Let $ P$ be the point of intersection ($ \neq A$) of the circumcircles of triangles $ ABC_1$ and $ AB_1C$. Let $ Q$ be the point of intersection ($ \neq A$) of the line $ AP$ and the circumcircle of triangle $ AB_1C_1$. Prove that $ \frac{AP}{AQ} \equal{} \frac{3}{2}$.

1980 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 3

Each diagonal of the base and each lateral edge of a $9$-gonal pyramid is colored either green or red. Show that there must exist a triangle with the vertices at vertices of the pyramid having all three sides of the same color.

2016 Turkey EGMO TST, 4

Tags: pentagon , geometry
In a convex pentagon, let the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side be called an altitude. Prove that if four of the altitudes are concurrent at a point then the fifth altitude also passes through this point.

2014 Iran Team Selection Test, 1

The incircle of a non-isosceles triangle $ABC$ with the center $I$ touches the sides $BC,AC,AB$ at $A_{1},B_{1},C_{1}$ . let $AI,BI,CI$ meets $BC,AC,AB$ at $A_{2},B_{2},C_{2}$. let $A'$ is a point on $AI$ such that $A_{1}A'\perp B_{2}C_{2}$ .$B',C'$ respectively. prove that two triangle $A'B'C',A_{1}B_{1}C_{1}$ are equal.

2011 Preliminary Round - Switzerland, 1

Let $\triangle{ABC}$ a triangle with $\angle{CAB}=90^{\circ}$ and $L$ a point on the segment $BC$. The circumcircle of triangle $\triangle{ABL}$ intersects $AC$ at $M$ and the circumcircle of triangle $\triangle{CAL}$ intersects $AB$ at $N$. Show that $L$, $M$ and $N$ are collinear.

2023 Euler Olympiad, Round 1, 10

Tags: geometry
In triangle $ABC$, points $P$, $Q$, and $R$ are marked on the sides $AB$, $BC$, and $AC$ respectively. The lengths of the sides of triangle $PQR$ are known to be 7, 8, and 9 centimeters. Find the radii of the circles inscribed in triangles $APR$, $BPQ$, and $CQR$ given that all three circles are tangent to the incircle of triangle $PQR$. [i]Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia[/i]

2018 Israel National Olympiad, 6

In the corners of triangle $ABC$ there are three circles with the same radius. Each of them is tangent to two of the triangle's sides. The vertices of triangle $MNK$ lie on different sides of triangle $ABC$, and each edge of $MNK$ is also tangent to one of the three circles. Likewise, the vertices of triangle $PQR$ lie on different sides of triangle $ABC$, and each edge of $PQR$ is also tangent to one of the three circles (see picture below). Prove that triangles $MNK,PQR$ have the same inradius. [img]https://i.imgur.com/bYuBabS.png[/img]

DMM Team Rounds, 2014

[b]p1.[/b] Steven has just learned about polynomials and he is struggling with the following problem: expand $(1-2x)^7$ as $a_0 +a_1x+...+a_7x^7$ . Help Steven solve this problem by telling him what $a_1 +a_2 +...+a_7$ is. [b]p2.[/b] Each element of the set ${2, 3, 4, ..., 100}$ is colored. A number has the same color as any divisor of it. What is the maximum number of colors? [b]p3.[/b] Fuchsia is selecting $24$ balls out of $3$ boxes. One box contains blue balls, one red balls and one yellow balls. They each have a hundred balls. It is required that she takes at least one ball from each box and that the numbers of balls selected from each box are distinct. In how many ways can she select the $24$ balls? [b]p4.[/b] Find the perfect square that can be written in the form $\overline{abcd} - \overline{dcba}$ where $a, b, c, d$ are non zero digits and $b < c$. $\overline{abcd}$ is the number in base $10$ with digits $a, b, c, d$ written in this order. [b]p5.[/b] Steven has $100$ boxes labeled from $ 1$ to $100$. Every box contains at most $10$ balls. The number of balls in boxes labeled with consecutive numbers differ by $ 1$. The boxes labeled $1,4,7,10,...,100$ have a total of $301$ balls. What is the maximum number of balls Steven can have? [b]p6.[/b] In acute $\vartriangle ABC$, $AB=4$. Let $D$ be the point on $BC$ such that $\angle BAD = \angle CAD$. Let $AD$ intersect the circumcircle of $\vartriangle ABC$ at $X$. Let $\Gamma$ be the circle through $D$ and $X$ that is tangent to $AB$ at $P$. If $AP = 6$, compute $AC$. [b]p7.[/b] Consider a $15\times 15$ square decomposed into unit squares. Consider a coloring of the vertices of the unit squares into two colors, red and blue such that there are $133$ red vertices. Out of these $133$, two vertices are vertices of the big square and $32$ of them are located on the sides of the big square. The sides of the unit squares are colored into three colors. If both endpoints of a side are colored red then the side is colored red. If both endpoints of a side are colored blue then the side is colored blue. Otherwise the side is colored green. If we have $196$ green sides, how many blue sides do we have? [b]p8.[/b] Carl has $10$ piles of rocks, each pile with a different number of rocks. He notices that he can redistribute the rocks in any pile to the other $9$ piles to make the other $9$ piles have the same number of rocks. What is the minimum number of rocks in the biggest pile? [b]p9.[/b] Suppose that Tony picks a random integer between $1$ and $6$ inclusive such that the probability that he picks a number is directly proportional to the the number itself. Danny picks a number between $1$ and $7$ inclusive using the same rule as Tony. What is the probability that Tony’s number is greater than Danny’s number? [b]p10.[/b] Mike wrote on the board the numbers $1, 2, ..., n$. At every step, he chooses two of these numbers, deletes them and replaces them with the least prime factor of their sum. He does this until he is left with the number $101$ on the board. What is the minimum value of $n$ for which this is possible? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

1999 Poland - Second Round, 3

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral and let $E$ and $F$ be the points on the sides $AB$ and $CD$ respectively such that $AE : EB = CF : FD$. Point $P$ on the segment EF satsfies $EP : PF = AB : CD$. Prove that the ratio of the areas of $\vartriangle APD$ and $\vartriangle BPC$ does not depend on the choice of $E$ and $F$.

2023 Romanian Master of Mathematics Shortlist, G3

A point $P$ is chosen inside a triangle $ABC$ with circumcircle $\Omega$. Let $\Gamma$ be the circle passing through the circumcenters of the triangles $APB$, $BPC$, and $CPA$. Let $\Omega$ and $\Gamma$ intersect at points $X$ and $Y$. Let $Q$ be the reflection of $P$ in the line $XY$ . Prove that $\angle BAP = \angle CAQ$.

2015 Turkey Team Selection Test, 8

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incenter $I$ and circumcenter $O$ such that $|AC|>|BC|>|AB|$ and the incircle touches the sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$ respectively. Let the reflection of $A$ with respect to $F$ and $E$ be $F_1$ and $E_1$ respectively. The circle tangent to $BC$ at $D$ and passing through $F_1$ intersects $AB$ a second time at $F_2$ and the circle tangent to $BC$ at $D$ and passing through $E_1$ intersects $AC$ a second time at $E_2$. The midpoints of the segments $|OE|$ and $|IF|$ are $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Prove that \[|AB| + |AC| = 2|BC| \iff PQ\perp E_2F_2 \].