Lines $a_1, b_1, c_1$ pass through the vertices $A, B, C$ respectively of a triange $ABC$; $a_2, b_2, c_2$ are the reflections of $a_1, b_1, c_1$ about the corresponding bisectors of $ABC$; $A_1 = b_1 \cap c_1, B_1 = a_1 \cap c_1, C_1 = a_1 \cap b_1$, and $A_2, B_2, C_2$ are defined similarly. Prove that the triangles $A_1B_1C_1$ and $A_2B_2C_2$ have the same ratios of the area and circumradius (i.e. $\frac{S_1}{R_1} = \frac{S_2}{R_2}$, where $S_i = S(\triangle A_iB_iC_i)$, $R_i = R(\triangle A_iB_iC_i)$)

Let $N$ be a point on the longest side $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$. The perpendicular bisectors of $AN$ and $NC$ intersect $AB$ and $BC$ respectively in $K$ and $M$. Prove that the circumcenter $O$ of $\triangle ABC$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $KBM$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle for which there exists an interior point $F$ such that $\angle AFB=\angle BFC=\angle CFA$. Let the lines $BF$ and $CF$ meet the sides $AC$ and $AB$ at $D$ and $E$ respectively. Prove that \[ AB+AC\geq4DE. \]

The centers of two circles are $ 41$ inches apart. The smaller circle has a radius of $ 4$ inches and the larger one has a radius of $ 5$ inches. The length of the common internal tangent is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 41\text{ inches} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 39\text{ inches} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 39.8\text{ inches} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40.1\text{ inches}\\ \textbf{(E)}\ 40\text{ inches}$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, let $H$ be the orthocentre and $L,M,N$ the midpoints of the sides $AB, BC, CA$ respectively. Prove that \[HL^{2} + HM^{2} + HN^{2} < AL^{2} + BM^{2} + CN^{2}\] if and only if $ABC$ is acute-angled.

Incircle $\omega$ of triangle $ABC$ is tangent to sides $CB$ and $CA$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. Point $X$ is the reflection of $D$ with respect to $B$. Suppose that the line $DE$ is tangent to the $A$-excircle at $Z$. Let the circumcircle of triangle $XZE$ intersect $\omega$ for the second time at $K$. Prove that the intersection of $BK$ and $AZ$ lies on $\omega$. Proposed by Mahdi Etesamifard and Alireza Dadgarnia

In triangle $ABC$, angles $B,C$ are acute. Point $D$ is on the side $BC$ such that $AD\perp{BC}$. Let the interior bisectors of $\angle B,\angle C$ meet $AD$ at $E,F$, respectively. If $BE=CF$, prove that $ABC$ is isosceles.

In a triangle $ABC$, right in $A$ and isosceles, let $D$ be a point on the side $AC$ ($A \ne D \ne C$) and $E$ be the point on the extension of $BA$ such that the triangle $ADE$ is isosceles. Let $P$ be the midpoint of segment $BD$, $R$ be the midpoint of the segment $CE$ and $Q$ the intersection point of $ED$ and $BC$. Prove that the quadrilateral $ARQP$ is a square.

Given two circles with the radiuses $R$ and $r$, touching each other from the outer side. Consider all the trapezoids, such that its lateral sides touch both circles, and its bases touch different circles. Find the shortest possible lateral side.

For $ s,t \in \mathbb{N}$, consider the set $ M\equal{}\{ (x,y) \in \mathbb{N} ^2 | 1 \le x \le s, 1 \le y \le t \}$. Find the number of rhombi with the vertices in $ M$ and the diagonals parallel to the coordinate axes.

Prove that for every point $M$ on the surface of a regular tetrahedron there exists a point $M'$ such that there are at least three different curves on the surface joining $M$ to $M'$ with the smallest possible length among all curves on the surface joining $M$ to $M'$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. It is known that the triangle formed by the midpoints of the medians of $ABC$ is equilateral. Prove that $ABC$ is equilateral as well.

An angle is drawn on a set of equally spaced parallel lines as shown. The ratio of the area of shaded region $\mathcal{C}$ to the area of shaded region $\mathcal{B}$ is $11/5$. Find the ratio of shaded region $\mathcal{D}$ to the area of shaded region $\mathcal{A}$. [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); for(int i=0; i<4; i=i+1) { fill((2*i,0)--(2*i+1,0)--(2*i+1,6)--(2*i,6)--cycle, mediumgray); } pair A=(1/3,4), B=A+7.5*dir(-17), C=A+7*dir(10); draw(B--A--C); fill((7.3,0)--(7.8,0)--(7.8,6)--(7.3,6)--cycle, white); clip(B--A--C--cycle); for(int i=0; i<9; i=i+1) { draw((i,1)--(i,6)); } label("$\mathcal{A}$", A+0.2*dir(-17), S); label("$\mathcal{B}$", A+2.3*dir(-17), S); label("$\mathcal{C}$", A+4.4*dir(-17), S); label("$\mathcal{D}$", A+6.5*dir(-17), S);[/asy]

Ms.Osborne asks each student in her class to draw a rectangle with integer side lengths and a perimeter of $50$ units. All of her students calculate the area of the rectangle they draw. What is the difference between the largest and smallest possible areas of the rectangles? $\textbf{(A)}\ 76\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 120\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 128\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 132\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 136$

[b]p25.[/b] Compute: $$\frac{ \sum^{\infty}_{i=0}\frac{(2\pi)^{4i+1}}{(4i+1)!}}{\sum^{\infty}_{i=0}\frac{(2\pi)^{4i+1}}{(4i+3)!}}$$ [b]p26.[/b] Suppose points $A, B, C, D$ lie on a circle $\omega$ with radius $4$ such that $ABCD$ is a quadrilateral with $AB = 6$, $AC = 8$, $AD = 7$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on $\omega$ such that $AE$ and $AF$ are respectively the angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$ and $\angle DAC$. Compute the area of quadrilateral $AECF$. [b]p27.[/b] Let $P(x) = x^2 - ax + 8$ with a a positive integer, and suppose that $P$ has two distinct real roots $r$ and $s$. Points $(r, 0)$, $(0, s)$, and $(t, t)$ for some positive integer t are selected on the coordinate plane to form a triangle with an area of $2021$. Determine the minimum possible value of $a + t$. [b]p28.[/b] A quartic $p(x)$ has a double root at $x = -\frac{21}{4}$ , and $p(x) - 1344x$ has two double roots each $\frac14$ less than an integer. What are these two double roots? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Given triangle $ABC$. Point $M$ is the projection of vertex $B$ to bisector of angle $C$. $K$ is the touching point of the incircle with side $BC$. Find angle $\angle MKB$ if $\angle BAC = \alpha$ (V.Protasov)

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle and let $M$ be the midpoint of $AC$. A circle $\omega$ passing through $B$ and $M$ meets the sides $AB$ and $BC$ at points $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Let $T$ be the point such that $BPTQ$ is a parallelogram. Suppose that $T$ lies on the circumcircle of $ABC$. Determine all possible values of $\frac{BT}{BM}$.

Two semicircles touch the side of the rectangle, each other and the segment drawn in it as in the figure. What part of the whole rectangle is filled? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/e/70ca8b80240a282553294a58cb3ed807d016be.png[/img]

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram. Let $M$ be a point on the side $AB$ and $N$ be a point on the side $BC$ such that the segments $AM$ and $CN$ have equal lengths and are non-zero. The lines $AN$ and $CM$ meet at $Q$. Prove that the line $DQ$ is the bisector of the angle $\measuredangle ADC$. [i]Alternative formulation.[/i] Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram. Let $M$ and $N$ be points on the sides $AB$ and $BC$, respectively, such that $AM=CN\neq 0$. The lines $AN$ and $CM$ intersect at a point $Q$. Prove that the point $Q$ lies on the bisector of the angle $\measuredangle ADC$.

A triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius $R.$ Let $BD$ and $CE$ be the bisectors of the angles $B$ and $C$ respectively and let the line $DE$ meet the arc $AB$ not containing $C$ at point $K.$ Let $A_1, B_1, C_1$ be the feet of perpendiculars from $K$ to $BC, AC, AB,$ and $x, y$ be the distances from $D$ and $E$ to $BC,$ respectively. (a) Express the lengths of $KA_1, KB_1, KC_1$ in terms of $x, y$ and the ratio $l = KD/ED.$ (b) Prove that $\frac{1}{KB}=\frac{1}{KA}+\frac{1}{KC}.$

Tessa has a unit cube, on which each vertex is labeled by a distinct integer between 1 and 8 inclusive. She also has a deck of 8 cards, 4 of which are black and 4 of which are white. At each step she draws a card from the deck, and[list][*]if the card is black, she simultaneously replaces the number on each vertex by the sum of the three numbers on vertices that are distance 1 away from the vertex;[*]if the card is white, she simultaneously replaces the number on each vertex by the sum of the three numbers on vertices that are distance $\sqrt2$ away from the vertex.[/list]When Tessa finishes drawing all cards of the deck, what is the maximum possible value of a number that is on the cube?

Opposite sides of a convex hexagon are parallel. Let's call the "height" of such a hexagon a segment with ends on straight lines containing opposite sides and perpendicular to them. Prove that a circle can be circumscribed around this hexagon if and only if its "heights" can be parallelly moved so that they form a triangle. (A. Zaslavsky)

Let $A_r,B_r, C_r$ be points on the circumference of a given circle $S$. From the triangle $A_rB_rC_r$, called $\Delta_r$, the triangle $\Delta_{r+1}$ is obtained by constructing the points $A_{r+1},B_{r+1}, C_{r+1} $on $S$ such that $A_{r+1}A_r$ is parallel to $B_rC_r$, $B_{r+1}B_r$ is parallel to $C_rA_r$, and $C_{r+1}C_r$ is parallel to $A_rB_r$. Each angle of $\Delta_1$ is an integer number of degrees and those integers are not multiples of $45$. Prove that at least two of the triangles $\Delta_1,\Delta_2, \ldots ,\Delta_{15}$ are congruent.

Let $ AB$ be the diameter of semicircle $O$ , $C, D $ be points on the arc $AB$, $P, Q$ be respectively the circumcenter of $\triangle OAC $ and $\triangle OBD $ . Prove that:$CP\cdot CQ=DP \cdot DQ$.[asy] import cse5; import olympiad; unitsize(3.5cm); dotfactor=4; pathpen=black; real h=sqrt(55/64); pair A=(-1,0), O=origin, B=(1,0),C=shift(-3/8,h)*O,D=shift(4/5,3/5)*O,P=circumcenter(O,A,C), Q=circumcenter(O,D,B); D(arc(O,1,0,180),darkgreen); D(MP("A",A,W)--MP("C",C,N)--MP("P",P,SE)--MP("D",D,E)--MP("Q",Q,E)--C--MP("O",O,S)--D--MP("B",B,E)--cycle,deepblue); D(O); [/asy]

Let $O$ be the center of the circle $\omega$ circumscribed around the acute-angled triangle $\vartriangle ABC$, and $W$ be the midpoint of the arc $BC$ of the circle $\omega$, which does not contain the point $A$, and $H$ be the point of intersection of the heights of the triangle $\vartriangle ABC$. Find the angle $\angle BAC$, if $WO = WH$. (O. Clurman)