Olympiad problems

2012 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, Part 2, 3

Tags: trapezoid , geometry

We call an isosceles trapezoid $PQRS$ [i]interesting[/i], if it is inscribed in the unit square $ABCD$ in such a way, that on every side of the square lies exactly one vertex of the trapezoid and that the lines connecting the midpoints of two adjacent sides of the trapezoid are parallel to the sides of the square. Find all interesting isosceles trapezoids and their areas.

1935 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 008

Tags: arithmetic progression , inradius , altitude , geometry , arithmetic sequence

Prove that if the lengths of the sides of a triangle form an arithmetic progression, then the radius of the inscribed circle is one third of one of the heights of the triangle.

VMEO IV 2015, 12.3

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , equal segments , symmedian

Triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in circle $(O)$. $ P$ is a point on arc $BC$ that does not contain $ A$ such that $AP$ is the symmedian of triangle $ABC$. $E ,F$ are symmetric of $P$ wrt $CA, AB$ respectively . $K$ is symmetric of $A$ wrt $EF$. $L$ is the projection of $K$ on the line passing through $A$ and parallel to $BC$. Prove that $PA=PL$.

1981 Tournament Of Towns, (008) 2

Tags: symmetry , geometry , geometric transformation

$M$ is a finite set of points in a plane. Point $O$ in the plane is called an “almost centre of symmetry” of set $M$ if it is possible to remove from $M$ one point in such a way that among the remaining members $O$ is the centre of symmetry in the usual sense. How many such “almost centres of symmetry” may a finite point set in a plane have? Indicate all such points. (V Prasolov, Moscow)

2011 Estonia Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: geometric transformation , geometry

Two circles lie completely outside each other.Let $A$ be the point of intersection of internal common tangents of the circles and let $K$ be the projection of this point onto one of their external common tangents.The tangents,different from the common tangent,to the circles through point $K$ meet the circles at $M_1$ and $M_2$.Prove that the line $AK$ bisects angle $M_1 KM_2$.

2014 Switzerland - Final Round, 8

Tags: altitude , concyclic , geometry

In the acute-angled triangle $ABC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of the atlitude $h_b$ through $B$ and $N$ be the midpoint of the height $h_c$ through $C$. Further let $P$ be the intersection of $AM$ and $h_c$ and $Q$ be the intersection of $AN$ and $h_b$. Show that $M, N, P$ and $Q$ lie on a circle.

2016 Germany Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: concyclic , geometry , circles

The two circles $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ with the midpoints $O_1$ resp. $O_2$ intersect in the two distinct points $A$ and $B$. A line through $A$ meets $\Gamma_1$ in $C \neq A$ and $\Gamma_2$ in $D \neq A$. The lines $CO_1$ and $DO_2$ intersect in $X$. Prove that the four points $O_1,O_2,B$ and $X$ are concyclic.

2017 Switzerland - Final Round, 9

Tags: geometry , combinatorics , combinatorial geometry

Consider a convex $15$- gon with perimeter $21$. Show that there one can select three distinct pairs of vertices that form a triangle with area less than $1$. [hide=original wording of second sentence]Zeige, dass man davon drei paarweise verschiedene Eckpunkte auswählen kann, die ein Dreieck mit Fläche kleiner als 1 bilden.[/hide]

2013 Gulf Math Olympiad, 3

Tags: vector , function , modular arithmetic , rotation , geometric transformation , combinatorics , geometry

There are $n$ people standing on a circular track. We want to perform a number of [i]moves[/i] so that we end up with a situation where the distance between every two neighbours is the same. The [i]move[/i] that is allowed consists in selecting two people and asking one of them to walk a distance $d$ on the circular track clockwise, and asking the other to walk the same distance on the track anticlockwise. The two people selected and the quantity $d$ can vary from move to move. Prove that it is possible to reach the desired situation (where the distance between every two neighbours is the same) after at most $n-1$ moves.

Kvant 2020, M2608

Tags: geometry , polygon

A hinged convex quadrilateral was made of four slats. Then, two points on its opposite sides were connected with another slat, but the structure remained non-rigid. Does it follow from this that this quadrilateral is a parallelogram? [i]Proposed by A. Zaslavsky[/i] [center][img width="40"]https://i.ibb.co/dgqSvLQ/Screenshot-2023-03-09-231327.png[/img][/center]

Kyiv City MO Juniors 2003+ geometry, 2020.7.41

Tags: geometry , perpendicular bisector , equal segments , concurrency

In the quadrilateral $ABCD$, $AB = BC$ . The point $E$ lies on the line $AB$ is such that $BD= BE$ and $AD \perp DE$. Prove that the perpendicular bisectors to segments $AD, CD$ and $CE$ intersect at one point.

2014 BMT Spring, 7

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , pyramid , cube

Let $VWXYZ$ be a square pyramid with vertex $V$ with height $1$, and with the unit square as its base. Let $STANFURD$ be a cube, such that face $FURD$ lies in the same plane as and shares the same center as square face $WXYZ$. Furthermore, all sides of $FURD$ are parallel to the sides of $WXY Z$. Cube $STANFURD$ has side length $s$ such that the volume that lies inside the cube but outside the square pyramid is equal to the volume that lies inside the square pyramid but outside the cube. What is the value of $s$?

1984 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 1

Tags: geometry , combinatorial geometry , interior , circles

Let $A$ and $B$ be two points inside a circle $C$. Show that there exists a circle that contains $A$ and $B$ and lies completely inside $C$.

2024 Austrian MO National Competition, 4

Tags: orthocenter , centroid , barycenter , geometry

Let $ABC$ be an obtuse triangle with orthocenter $H$ and centroid $S$. Let $D$, $E$ and $F$ be the midpoints of segments $BC$, $AC$, $AB$, respectively. Show that the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$, the circumcircle of triangle $DEF$ and the circle with diameter $HS$ have two distinct points in common. [i](Josef Greilhuber)[/i]

2022 JBMO TST - Turkey, 7

Tags: geometry , circumcircle

In a triangle $\triangle ABC$ with $\angle ABC < \angle BCA$, we define $K$ as the excenter with respect to $A$. The lines $AK$ and $BC$ intersect in a point $D$. Let $E$ be the circumcenter of $\triangle BKC$. Prove that \[\frac{1}{|KA|} = \frac{1}{|KD|} + \frac{1}{|KE|}.\]

2018 ISI Entrance Examination, 6

Tags: geometry

Let, $a\geq b\geq c >0$ be real numbers such that for all natural number $n$, there exist triangles of side lengths $a^{n} , b^{n} ,c^{n}$. Prove that the triangles are isosceles.

2003 Iran MO (3rd Round), 16

Tags: geometry

Segment $ AB$ is fixed in plane. Find the largest $ n$, such that there are $ n$ points $ P_1,P_2,\dots,P_n$ in plane that triangles $ ABP_i$ are similar for $ 1\leq i\leq n$. Prove that all of $ P_i$'s lie on a circle.

2018 CMIMC Individual Finals, 1

Tags: geometry

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=9$, $BC=10$, $CA=11$, and orthocenter $H$. Suppose point $D$ is placed on $\overline{BC}$ such that $AH=HD$. Compute $AD$.

2003 Irish Math Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry

$P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$ are (distinct) points on a circle. $PS$ is a diameter and $QR$ is parallel to the diameter $PS$. $PR$ and $QS$ meet at $A$. Let $O$ be the centre of the circle and let $B$ be chosen so that the quadrilateral $POAB$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $BQ$ = $BP$ .

1979 IMO Longlists, 43

Tags: geometry

Let $a, b, c$ denote the lengths of the sides $BC,CA,AB$, respectively, of a triangle $ABC$. If $P$ is any point on the circumference of the circle inscribed in the triangle, show that $aPA^2+bPB^2+cPC^2$ is constant.

2015 Moldova Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: incenter , angle bisector , geometry

Consider a triangle $\triangle ABC$, let the incircle centered at $I$ touch the sides $BC,CA,AB$ at points $D,E,F$ respectively. Let the angle bisector of $\angle BIC$ meet $BC$ at $M$, and the angle bisector of $\angle EDF$ meet $EF$ at $N$. Prove that $A,M,N$ are collinear.

2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 35

Tags: hmmt , floor function , function , geometry , geometric transformation , reflection , logarithm

Let $P$ be the number of ways to partition $2013$ into an ordered tuple of prime numbers. What is $\log_2 (P)$? If your answer is $A$ and the correct answer is $C$, then your score on this problem will be $\left\lfloor\frac{125}2\left(\min\left(\frac CA,\frac AC\right)-\frac35\right)\right\rfloor$ or zero, whichever is larger.

1967 AMC 12/AHSME, 3

Tags: geometry , inradius

The side of an equilateral triangle is $s$. A circle is inscribed in the triangle and a square is inscribed in the circle. The area of the square is: $ \text{(A)}\ \frac{s^2}{24}\qquad\text{(B)}\ \frac{s^2}{6}\qquad\text{(C)}\ \frac{s^2\sqrt{2}}{6}\qquad\text{(D)}\ \frac{s^2\sqrt{3}}{6}\qquad\text{(E)}\ \frac{s^2}{3} $

2021 Azerbaijan IZhO TST, 4

Tags: geometry

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incircle touching $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F,$ respectively. Let $O$ and $M$ be its circumcenter and midpoint of $BC.$ Suppose that circumcircles of $AEF$ and $ABC$ intersect at $X$ for the second time. Assume $Y \neq X$ is on the circumcircle of $ABC$ such that $OMXY$ is cyclic. Prove that circumcenter of $DXY$ lies on $BC.$ [i]Proposed by tenplusten.[/i]

1979 AMC 12/AHSME, 21

Tags: ratio , geometry

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is $h$ , and the radius of the inscribed circle is $r$. The ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the triangle is $\textbf{(A) }\frac{\pi r}{h+2r}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{\pi r}{h+r}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{\pi}{2h+r}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{\pi r^2}{r^2+h^2}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{none of these}$