Let $a_0=0<a_1<a_2<...<a_n$ be real numbers . Supppose $p(t)$ is a real valued polynomial of degree $n$ such that $\int_{a_j}^{a_{j+1}} p(t)\,dt = 0\ \ \forall \ 0\le j\le n-1$ Show that , for $0\le j\le n-1$ , the polynomial $p(t)$ has exactly one root in the interval $ (a_j,a_{j+1})$

The circle $k'$ rolls along the inside of circle $k$, the radius of $k$ is twice the radius of $k'$. Describe the path of a point on $k$..

[b]p1.[/b] Compute the greatest integer less than or equal to $$\frac{10 + 12 + 14 + 16 + 18 + 20}{21}$$ [b]p2.[/b] Let$ A = 1$.$B = 2$, $C = 3$, $...$, $Z = 26$. Find $A + B +M + C$. [b]p3.[/b] In Mr. M's farm, there are $10$ cows, $8$ chickens, and $4$ spiders. How many legs are there (including Mr. M's legs)? [b]p4.[/b] The area of an equilateral triangle with perimeter $18$ inches can be expressed in the form $a\sqrt{b}{c}$ , where $a$ and $c$ are relatively prime and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c$. [b]p5.[/b] Let $f$ be a linear function so $f(x) = ax + b$ for some $a$ and $b$. If $f(1) = 2017$ and $f(2) = 2018$, what is $f(2019)$? [b]p6.[/b] How many integers $m$ satisfy $4 < m^2 \le 216$? [b]p7.[/b] Allen and Michael Phelps compete at the Olympics for swimming. Allen swims $\frac98$ the distance Phelps swims, but Allen swims in $\frac59$ of Phelps's time. If Phelps swims at a rate of $3$ kilometers per hour, what is Allen's rate of swimming? The answer can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [b]p8.[/b] Let $X$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "POONAM," $Y$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "ALLEN" and $Z$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "NITHIN." Evaluate $\frac{X+Z}{Y}$ : [b]p9.[/b] Two overlapping circles, both of radius $9$ cm, have centers that are $9$ cm apart. The combined area of the two circles can be expressed as $\frac{a\pi+b\sqrt{c}+d}{e}$ where $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime and the fraction is simplified. Find $a + b + c + d + e$. [b]p10.[/b] In the Boxborough-Acton Regional High School (BARHS), $99$ people take Korean, $55$ people take Maori, and $27$ people take Pig Latin. $4$ people take both Korean and Maori, $6$ people take both Korean and Pig Latin, and $5$ people take both Maori and Pig Latin. $1$ especially ambitious person takes all three languages, and and $100$ people do not take a language. If BARHS does not oer any other languages, how many students attend BARHS? [b]p11.[/b] Let $H$ be a regular hexagon of side length $2$. Let $M$ be the circumcircle of $H$ and $N$ be the inscribed circle of $H$. Let $m, n$ be the area of $M$ and $N$ respectively. The quantity $m - n$ is in the form $\pi a$, where $a$ is an integer. Find $a$. [b]p12.[/b] How many ordered quadruples of positive integers $(p, q, r, s)$ are there such that $p + q + r + s \le 12$? [b]p13.[/b] Let $K = 2^{\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^2} \right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^4} \right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^8}\right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^{16}} \right)...}$. What is $K^8$? [b]p14.[/b] Neetin, Neeton, Neethan, Neethine, and Neekhil are playing basketball. Neetin starts out with the ball. How many ways can they pass 5 times so that Neethan ends up with the ball? [b]p15.[/b] In an octahedron with side lengths $3$, inscribe a sphere. Then inscribe a second sphere tangent to the first sphere and to $4$ faces of the octahedron. The radius of the second sphere can be expressed in the form $\frac{\sqrt{a}-\sqrt{b}}{c}$ , where the square of any prime factor of $c$ does not evenly divide into $b$. Compute $a + b + c$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $P$ be a point inside a triangle $ABC$. Lines $AP,BP,CP$ meet the opposite sides of the triangle at points $A',B',C'$ respectively. Denote $x =\frac{AP}{PA'}, y = \frac{BP}{PB'}$ and $z = \frac{CP}{PC'}$. Prove that $xyz = x+y+z+2$.

You are given positive integers $m, n>1$. Vasyl and Petryk play the following game: they take turns marking on the coordinate plane yet unmarked points of the form $(x, y)$, where $x, y$ are positive integers with $1 \leq x \leq m, 1 \leq y \leq n$. The player loses if after his move there are two marked points, the distance between which is not a positive integer. Who will win this game if Vasyl moves first and each player wants to win? [i]Proposed by Mykyta Kharin[/i]

for acute triangle $\triangle ABC$ with orthocenter $H$, and $E,F$ the feet of altitudes for $B,C$, we have $P$ on $EF$ such as that $HO \perp HP$. $Q$ is on segment $AH$ so $HM \perp PQ$. prove $QA=3QH$

A square $S_a$ is inscribed in an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ with two vertices on side $BC$ and one on each of sides $AC$ and $AB$. Squares $S_b$ and $S_c$ are analogously inscribed in the triangle. For which triangles are the squares $S_a,S_b$, and $S_c$ congruent?

Two circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ meet at points $A$ and $B$. Points $C$ and $D$ on $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$, respectively, lie on the opposite sides of the line $AB$ and are equidistant from this line. Prove that $C$ and $D$ are equidistant from the midpoint of $O_1O_2$.

Angle $A$ of the acute-angled triangle $ABC$ equals $60^o$ . Prove that the bisector of one of the angles formed by the altitudes drawn from $B$ and $C$, passes through the circumcircle 's centre. (V . Pogrebnyak , year 12 student , Vinnitsa,)

Let $\Omega$ be the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$. The circle $\omega$ is tangent to the sides $AC$ and $BC$, and it is internally tangent to the circle $\Omega$ at the point $P$. A line parallel to $AB$ intersecting the interior of triangle $ABC$ is tangent to $\omega$ at $Q$. Prove that $\angle ACP = \angle QCB$.

In triangle $ ABC,H,I,O$ are orthocenter, incenter and circumcenter, respectively. $ CI$ cuts circumcircle at $ L$. If $ AB\equal{}IL$ and $ AH\equal{}OH$, find angles of triangle $ ABC$.

Given a cube in which you can put two massive spheres of radius 1. What's the smallest possible value of the side - length of the cube? Prove that your answer is the best possible.

A quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed into a circle with center $O.$ Points $P$ and $Q$ are opposite to $C$ and $D$ respectively. Two tangents drawn to that circle at these points meet the line $AB$ in points $E$ and $F.$ ($A$ is between $E$ and $B$, $B$ is between $A$ and $F$). The line $EO$ meets $AC$ and $BC$ in points $X$ and $Y$ respectively, and the line $FO$ meets $AD$ and $BD$ in points $U$ and $V$ respectively. Prove that $XV=YU.$

Prove that every tetrahedron has a vertex whose three edges have the right lengths to form a triangle.

Consider a rectangle with sides $2a$ and $2b$, where $a > b$. There should be four congruent right triangles (one triangle at each vertex of this rectangle , whose legs are on the sides of the rectangle lie) must be cut off so that the remaining figure forms an octagon with sides of equal length. The side of the octagon is to be expressed in terms of a and $b$ and constructed from $a$ and $b$. Besides that it must be stated under which conditions the problem can be solved.

A cuboctahedron is the convex hull of (smallest convex set containing) the $12$ points $(\pm 1, \pm 1, 0), (\pm 1, 0, \pm 1), (0, \pm 1, \pm 1)$. Find the cosine of the solid angle of one of the triangular faces, as viewed from the origin. (Take a figure and consider the set of points on the unit sphere centered on the origin such that the ray from the origin through the point intersects the figure. The area of that set is the solid angle of the figure as viewed from the origin.)

In trapezoid $ABCD$, $AD$ is parallel to $BC$. Knowing that $AB=AD+BC$, prove that the bisector of $\angle A$ also bisects $CD$.

In an isosceles triangle with base $a$, lateral side $b$, and height to the base $v$, it holds that $\frac a2+v\ge b\sqrt2$. Find the angles of the triangle. Compute its area if $b=8\sqrt2$.

Points $A, B, C$ are vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle. Point $D$ lies on the shorter arc $\overarc {AB}$ . Prove that $AD + BD = DC$.

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral and let $\Gamma$ be a circle of center $O$ that is internally tangent to its four sides. If $M$ is the midpoint of $AC$ and $N$ is the midpoint of $BD$, prove that $M,O, N$ are collinear.

A convex hexagon $ABCDEF$ is such that $$AB=BC \quad CD=DE \quad EF=FA$$ and $$\angle ABC=2\angle AEC \quad \angle CDE=2\angle CAE \quad \angle EFA=2\angle ACE$$ Show that $AD$, $CF$ and $EB$ are concurrent.

There are some segments on the plane such that no two of them intersect each other (even at the ending points). We say segment $AB$ [b]breaks[/b] segment $CD$ if the extension of $AB$ cuts $CD$ at some point between $C$ and $D$. [asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(4cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -5.267474904743955, xmax = 11.572179069738377, ymin = -10.642621257034536, ymax = 4.543526642434019; /* image dimensions */ /* draw figures */ draw((-4,-2)--(1.08,-2.03), linewidth(2)); draw(shift((-2.1866176795507295,-2.0107089507113147))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242)--(-2.1866176795507295,-2.0107089507113147), linewidth(2) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242)--(-0.8194002739586808,1.538865607509914), linewidth(2)); label("$A$",(-1.2684397405642523,3.860690076971137),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("$B$",(-1.9211395070170559,2.002590777612728),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("$C$",(-4.971261820527631,-1.6571211388676117),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("$D$",(1.08925640451367566,-1.6571211388676117),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); /* dots and labels */ dot((-4,-2),dotstyle); dot((1.08,-2.03),dotstyle); dot((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242),dotstyle); dot((-0.8194002739586808,1.538865607509914),dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] $a)$ Is it possible that each segment when extended from both ends, breaks exactly one other segment from each way? [asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(4cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -6.8, xmax = 8.68, ymin = -10.32, ymax = 3.64; /* image dimensions */ /* draw figures */ draw((-2.56,1.24)--(-0.36,1.4), linewidth(2)); draw((-3.32,-2.68)--(-1.24,-3.08), linewidth(2)); draw(shift((-2.551651190956802,-2.8277593863544612))*scale(0.17638888888888887)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw(shift((-0.8889576602618603,1.3615303519809556))*scale(0.17638888888888887)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-2.551651190956802,-2.8277593863544612)--(-0.8889576602618603,1.3615303519809556), linewidth(2) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-1.4097008194020806,0.049476186483185636)--(-1.8514772275312024,-1.0636149148218605), linewidth(2)); /* dots and labels */ dot((-2.56,1.24),dotstyle); dot((-0.36,1.4),dotstyle); dot((-3.32,-2.68),dotstyle); dot((-1.24,-3.08),dotstyle); dot((-1.4097008194020806,0.049476186483185636),dotstyle); dot((-1.8514772275312024,-1.0636149148218605),dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] $b)$ A segment is called [b]surrounded[/b] if from both sides of it, there is exactly one segment that breaks it.\\ ([i]e.g.[/i] segment $AB$ in the figure.) Is it possible to have all segments to be surrounded? [asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(7cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -10.70976151557872, xmax = 18.64292748469251, ymin = -16.354300717041443, ymax = 9.136192362141452; /* image dimensions */ /* draw figures */ draw((1.0313140845297686,0.748205038977829)--(-1.3,-4), linewidth(2.8)); draw((-5.780195085389632,-2.13088646583346)--(-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346), linewidth(2.8)); draw((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361)--(1.78,-1.88), linewidth(2.8)); draw(shift((-0.38228674372374466,-2.13088646583346))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346)--(-0.38228674372374466,-2.13088646583346), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("4 4")); draw(shift((0.32979226045261084,-0.6805897691262632))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361)--(0.32979226045261084,-0.6805897691262632), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-3.6313140845297687,-8.74820503897783)--(3.600422205681574,5.980726991931396), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("2 2")); label("$A$",(-0.397698406272906,1.754593418658662),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("$B$",(-2.6377720405041316,-3.266261278756151),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); /* dots and labels */ dot((1.0313140845297686,0.748205038977829),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-1.3,-4),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-5.780195085389632,-2.13088646583346),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((1.78,-1.88),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] [i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Let $D$ and $E$ be respectively points on the segments $AB$ and $AC$, and such that $DE||BC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Let $P$ be a point such that $DB=DP$, $EC=EP$ and such that the open segments (segments excluding the endpoints) $AP$ and $BC$ intersect. Suppose $\angle BPD=\angle CME$. Show that $\angle CPE=\angle BMD$

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $AB<AC$. Let then • $D$ be the foot of the bisector of the angle in $A$, • $E$ be the point on segment $BC$ (different from $B$) such that $AB=AE$, • $F$ be the point on segment $BC$ (different from $B$) such that $BD=DF$, • $G$ be the point on segment $AC$ such that $AB=AG$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $EFG$ is tangent to line $AC$.

Let $A$ be the area of the triangle with sides of length $25, 25$, and $30$. Let $B$ be the area of the triangle with sides of length $25, 25,$ and $40$. What is the relationship between $A$ and $B$? $ \textbf{(A)} A = \dfrac9{16}B \qquad\textbf{(B)} A = \dfrac34B \qquad\textbf{(C)} A=B \qquad\textbf{(D)} A = \dfrac43B \\ \\ \textbf{(E)}A = \dfrac{16}9B $