In the triangle $ABC $ the median $BD$ is drawn, which is divided into three equal parts by the points $E $ and $F$ ($BE = EF = FD$). It is known that $AD = AF$ and $AB = 1$. Find the length of the segment $CE$.

Two circles centers $O$ and $O'$, radii $R$ and $R'$, meet at two points. A variable line $L$ meets the circles at $A, C, B, D$ in that order and $\frac{AC}{AD} = \frac{CB}{BD}$. The perpendiculars from $O$ and $O'$ to $L$ have feet $H$ and $H'$. Find the locus of $H$ and $H'$. If $OO'^2 < R^2 + R'^2$, find a point $P$ on $L$ such that $PO + PO'$ has the smallest possible value. Show that this value does not depend on the position of $L$. Comment on the case $OO'^2 > R^2 + R'^2$.

Let $S$ denote a square of side-length $7$, and let eight squares with side-length $3$ be given. Show that it is impossible to cover $S$ by those eight small squares with the condition: an arbitrary side of those (eight) squares is either coincided, parallel, or perpendicular to others of $S$ .

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $\measuredangle C=\measuredangle B=36$. The point $M$ is in interior of $ ABC$ such that $\measuredangle MBC=24^{\circ} , \measuredangle BCM=30^{\circ}$ $N = AM \cap BC.$. Find $\measuredangle MCB$ .

Solve in none-negative integers ${x^3} + 7{x^2} + 35x + 27 = {y^3}$.

Given are two points $B,C$. Consider point $A$ not lying on the line $BC$ and draw the circles $C_1(K_1,R_1)$ (with center $K_1$ and radius $R_1$) and $C_2(K_2,R_2)$ with chord $AB, AC$ respectively such that their centers lie on the interior of the triangle $ABC$ and also $R_1 \cdot AC= R_2 \cdot AB$. Let $T$ be the intersection point of the two circles, different from $A$, and M be a random pointof line $AT$, prove that $TC \cdot S_{(MBT)}=TB \cdot S_{(MCT)}$

Let be $ABC$ an acute-angled triangle. Consider point $P$ lying on the opposite ray to the ray $BC$ such that $|AB|=|BP|$. Similarly, consider point $Q$ on the opposite ray to the ray $CB$ such that $|AC|=|CQ|$. Denote $J$ the excenter of $ABC$ with respect to $A$ and $D,E$ tangent points of this excircle with the lines $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. Suppose that the opposite rays to $DP$ and $EQ$ intersect in $F\neq J$. Prove that $AF\perp FJ$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute angled triangle with orthocentre $H$. Let $E = BH \cap AC$ and $F= CH \cap AB$. Let $D, M, N$ denote the midpoints of segments $AH, BD, CD$ respectively, and $T = FM \cap EN$. Suppose $D, E, T, F$ are concylic. Prove that $DT$ passes through the circumcentre of $ABC$. [i]Proposed by Pranjal Srivastava[/i]

Given a circle, point $C$ on it and point $A$ outside the circle. The equilateral triangle $ACP$ is constructed on the segment $AC$. Point $C$ moves along the circle. What trajectory will the point $P$ describe?

Given a quadrilateral $ABCD$ inscribed in circle $\Gamma$.From a point P outside $\Gamma$, draw tangents $PA$ and $PB$ with $A$ and $B$ as touspoints. The line $PC$ intersects $\Gamma$ at point $D$. Draw a line through $B$ parallel to $PA$, this line intersects $AC$ and $AD$ at points $E$ and $F$ respectively. Prove that $BE = BF$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, $I_a$ the center of the excircle at side $BC$, and $M$ its reflection across $BC$. Prove that $AM$ is parallel to the Euler line of the triangle $BCI_a$.

Two boundary points of a ball of radius 1 are joined by a curve contained in the ball and having length less than 2. Prove that the curve is contained entirely within some hemisphere of the given ball.

[b]p1[/b]. Consider the following four statements referring to themselves: 1. At least one of these statements is true. 2. At least two of these statements are false. 3. At least three of these statements are true. 4. All four of these statements are false. Determine which statements are true and which are false. Justify your answer. [b]p2.[/b] Let $f(x) = a_{2017}x^{2017} + a_{2016}x^{2016} + ... + a_1x + a_0$ where the coefficients $a_0, a_1, ... , a_{2017}$ have not yet been determined. Alice and Bob play the following game: $\bullet$ Alice and Bob alternate choosing nonzero integer values for the coefficients, with Alice going first. (For example, Alice’s first move could be to set $a_{18}$ to $-3$.) $\bullet$ After all of the coefficients have been chosen: - If f(x) has an integer root then Alice wins. - If f(x) does not have an integer root then Bob wins. Determine which player has a winning strategy and what the strategy is. Make sure to justify your answer. [b]p3.[/b] Suppose that a circle can be inscribed in a polygon $P$ with $2017$ equal sides. Prove that $P$ is a regular polygon; that is, all angles of $P$ are also equal. [b]p4.[/b] A $3 \times 3 \times 3$ cube of cheese is sliced into twenty-seven $ 1 \times 1 \times 1$ blocks. A mouse starts anywhere on the outside and eats one of the $1\times 1\times 1$ cubes. He then moves to an adjacent cube (in any direction), eats that cube, and continues until he has eaten all $27$ cubes. (Two cubes are considered adjacent if they share a face.) Prove that no matter what strategy the mouse uses, he cannot eat the middle cube last. [Note: One should neglect gravity – intermediate configurations don’t collapse.] p5. Suppose that a constant $c > 0$ and an infinite sequence of real numbers $x_0, x_1, x_2, ...$ satisfy $x_{k+1} =\frac{x_k + 1}{1 - cx_k}$ for all $k \ge 0$. Prove that the sequence $x_0, x_1, x_2, ....$ contains infinitely many positive terms and also contains infinitely many negative terms. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

For a vertex $X$ of a quadrilateral, let $h(X)$ be the sum of the distances from $X$ to the two sides not containing $X$. Show that if a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ satisfies $h(A) = h(B) = h(C) = h(D)$, then it must be a parallelogram.

Find all integers $n \leq 3$ such that there is a set $S_n$ formed by $n$ points of the plane that satisfy the following two conditions: Any three points are not collinear. No point is found inside the circle whose diameter has ends at any two points of $S_n$. [b]NOTE: [/b] The points on the circumference are not considered to be inside the circle.

$ n>2$ is an integer such that $ n^2$ can be represented as a difference of cubes of 2 consecutive positive integers. Prove that $ n$ is a sum of 2 squares of positive integers, and that such $ n$ does exist.

Find the smallest positive $m$ such that if $a,b,c$ are three side lengths of a triangle with $a^2 +b^2 > mc^2$, then $c$ must be the length of shortest side.

Let $C$ be a circle with radius $R$ and centre $O$, and $S$ a fixed point in the interior of $C$. Let $AA'$ and $BB'$ be perpendicular chords through $S$. Consider the rectangles $SAMB$, $SBN'A'$, $SA'M'B'$, and $SB'NA$. Find the set of all points $M$, $N'$, $M'$, and $N$ when $A$ moves around the whole circle.

Let $a \neq b a,b \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $(x^2+20ax+10b)(x^2+20bx+10a)=0$ has no roots for $x$. Prove that $20(b-a)$ is not an integer.

In an acute triangle $ ABC$ segments $ BE$ and $ CF$ are altitudes. Two circles passing through the point $ A$ and $ F$ and tangent to the line $ BC$ at the points $ P$ and $ Q$ so that $ B$ lies between $ C$ and $ Q$. Prove that lines $ PE$ and $ QF$ intersect on the circumcircle of triangle $ AEF$. [i]Proposed by Davood Vakili, Iran[/i]

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid, with $AB \parallel CD$ (the vertices are listed in cyclic order). The diagonals of this trapezoid are perpendicular to one another and intersect at $O$. The base angles $\angle DAB$ and $\angle CBA$ are both acute. A point $M$ on the line sgement $OA$ is such that $\angle BMD = 90^o$, and a point $N$ on the line segment $OB$ is such that $\angle ANC = 90^o$. Prove that triangles $OMN$ and $OBA$ are similar.

We will say that a set $ A $ of points is [i]disastrous [/i] if it meets the following conditions: $\bullet$ There are no $ 3 $ collinear points $\bullet$ There is not a trio of mutually equal distances between points. If $ P $ and $ Q $ are points in $ A $, then there are $ M $, $ N $, $ R $ and $ T $ in $ A $ such that: $$ d (P, Q) = \frac {d (M, N) + d (R, T)} {2} $$ Show that all disastrous sets are infinite. [hide=original wording of second condition]No existe ni un trío de distancias entre puntos mutuamente iguales. [/hide]

$\triangle ABC$ has $AB=AC$. Points $M$ and $N$ are midpoints of $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$, respectively. The medians $\overline{MC}$ and $\overline{NB}$ intersect at a right angle. Find $(\tfrac{AB}{BC})^2$.

Let $M$ be a point on the side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$ and let $P$ and $Q$ denote the circumcentres of triangles $ABM$ and $ACM$ respectively. Let $L$ denote the point of intersection of the extended lines $BP$ and $CQ$ and let $K$ denote the reflection of $L$ through the line $PQ$. Prove that $M, P, Q$ and $K$ all lie on the same circle.

The altitude of a quadrangular pyramid $SABCD$ passes through the intersection point of the diagonals of its base $ABCD$. From the tops of the base perpendiculars $AA_1$, $BB_1$, $CC_1$, $DD_1$ are dropped onto lines $SC$, $SD,$ $SA$ and $SB$ respectively. It turned out that the points $S$, $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$, $D_1$ are different and lie on the same sphere. Prove that lines $AA_1$, $ BB_1$, $CC_1$, $DD_1$ pass through one point.