Points $M$ and $N$ are the midpoints of sides $AB$ and $BC$ of the square $ABCD$. According to the fgure, we have drawn a regular hexagon and a regular $12$-gon. The points $P, Q$ and $R$ are the centers of these three polygons. Prove that $PQRS$ is a cyclic quadrilateral. [i]Proposed by Mahdi Etesamifard - Iran[/i]

A circle $(K)$ is through the vertices $B, C$ of the triangle $ABC$ and intersects its sides $CA, AB$ respectively at $E, F$ distinct from $C, B$. Line segment $BE$ meets $CF$ at $G$. Let $M, N$ be the symmetric points of $A$ about $F, E$ respectively. Let $P, Q$ be the reflections of $C, B$ about $AG$. Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $BPM , CQN$ have radii of the same length. Trần Quang Hùng

The points $A,B,C$ are in this order on line $D$, and $AB = 4BC$. Let $M$ be a variable point on the perpendicular to $D$ through $C$. Let $MT_1$ and $MT_2$ be tangents to the circle with center $A$ and radius $AB$. Determine the locus of the orthocenter of the triangle $MT_1T_2.$

There are 1995 segments such that a triangle can be formed from any three of them. Prove that using these $1995 $ segments, it is possible to assemble $664$ acute-angled triangles so that each segment is part of no more than one triangle.

Let $D$ be an interior point of the acute triangle $ABC$ with $AB > AC$ so that $\angle DAB = \angle CAD.$ The point $E$ on the segment $AC$ satisfies $\angle ADE =\angle BCD,$ the point $F$ on the segment $AB$ satisfies $\angle FDA =\angle DBC,$ and the point $X$ on the line $AC$ satisfies $CX = BX.$ Let $O_1$ and $O_2$ be the circumcenters of the triangles $ADC$ and $EXD,$ respectively. Prove that the lines $BC, EF,$ and $O_1O_2$ are concurrent.

In triangle $ABC$, side $AB$ is $1$. It is known that one of the angle bisectors of triangle $ABC$ is perpendicular to one of its medians, and some other angle bisector is perpendicular to the other median. What can be the perimeter of triangle $ABC$?

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral such that the line $BD$ bisects the angle $ABC.$ The circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ intersects the sides $AD$ and $CD$ in the points $P$ and $Q,$ respectively. The line through $D$ and parallel to $AC$ intersects the lines $BC$ and $BA$ at the points $R$ and $S,$ respectively. Prove that the points $P, Q, R$ and $S$ lie on a common circle.

An ant craws along a closed route along the edges of a dodecahedron, never going backwards. Each edge of the route is passed exactly twice. Prove that one of the edges is passed both times in the same direction. (Dodecahedron has $12$ faces in the shape of pentagon, $30$ edges and $20$ vertices; each vertex emitting 3 edges). (8)

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral such that the circles with diameters $AB$ and $CD$ touch at $S$. If $M, N$ are the midpoints of $AB, CD$, prove that the perpendicular through $M$ to $MN$ meets $CS$ on the circumcircle of $ABCD$.

Circles $W_1,W_2$ intersect at $P,K$. $XY$ is common tangent of two circles which is nearer to $P$ and $X$ is on $W_1$ and $Y$ is on $W_2$. $XP$ intersects $W_2$ for the second time in $C$ and $YP$ intersects $W_1$ in $B$. Let $A$ be intersection point of $BX$ and $CY$. Prove that if $Q$ is the second intersection point of circumcircles of $ABC$ and $AXY$ \[\angle QXA=\angle QKP\]

A square $ABCD$ and point $E$ are drawn in a plane such that lengths $DE < BE$ and $\vartriangle ACE$ is equilateral. Compute $\angle BAE$.

Denote the midpoints of the convex hexagon $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6$ diagonals $A_6A_2$, $A_1A_3$, $A_2A_4$, $A_3A_5$, $A_4A_6$, $A_5A_1$ as $B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6$ respectively. Prove that if the hexagon $B_1B_2B_3B_4B_5B_6$ is convex, than its area equals to the quarter of the initial hexagon.

A finite set of points $X$ and an equilateral triangle $T$ are given on a plane. Suppose that every subset $X'$ of $X$ with no more than $9$ elements can be covered by two images of $T$ under translations. Prove that the whole set $X$ can be covered by two images of $T$ under translations.

Given a triangle $ABC$, let $A',B',C'$ be the perpendicular feet dropped from the centroid $G$ of the triangle $ABC$ onto the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively. Reflect $A',B',C'$ through $G$ to $A'',B'',C''$ respectively. Prove that the lines $AA'',BB'',CC''$ are concurrent.

Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron. Find the positions of point $P$ on the edge $BD$ such that the edge $CD$ is tangent to the sphere with diameter $AP$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. A 4-by-$n$ rectangle is divided into $4n$ unit squares in the usual way. Each unit square is colored black or white. Suppose that every white unit square shares an edge with at least one black unit square. Prove that there are at least $n$ black unit squares.

Let $I$ be the incenter of triangle $ABC$, and let $\omega$ be its incircle. Let $E$ and $F$ be the points of tangency of $\omega$ with $CA$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the intersections of the circumcircle of $BIC$ and $\omega$. Take a point $T$ on $BC$ such that $\angle AIT$ is a right angle. Let $G$ be the intersection of $EF$ and $BC$, and let $Z$ be the intersection of $XY$ and $AT$. Prove that $AZ$, $ZG$, and $AI$ form an isosceles triangle. [i]Proposed by Li4 and usjl.[/i]

Suppose $H$ and $O$ are orthocenter and circumcenter of triangle $ABC$. $\omega$ is circumcircle of $ABC$. $AO$ intersects with $\omega$ at $A_1$. $A_1H$ intersects with $\omega$ at $A'$ and $A''$ is the intersection point of $\omega$ and $AH$. We define points $B',\ B'',\ C'$ and $C''$ similiarly. Prove that $A'A'',B'B''$ and $C'C''$ are concurrent in a point on the Euler line of triangle $ABC$.

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, the altitudes intersect at point $H$, and point $K$ is the foot of the altitude drawn from the vertex $A$. Circle $c$ passing through points $A$ and $K$ intersects sides $AB$ and $AC$ at points $M$ and $N$, respectively. The line passing through point $A$ and parallel to line $BC$ intersects the circumcircles of triangles $AHM$ and $AHN$ for second time, respectively, at points $X$ and $Y$. Prove that $ | X Y | = | BC |$.

The diagram below shows an isosceles triangle with base $21$ and height $28$. Inscribed in the triangle is a square. Find the area of the shaded region inside the triangle and outside of the square. [asy] size(170); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); draw((0,0)--(1,1)); pair A=(5,0),B=(-5,0),C=(0,14), invis[]={(1,2),(-1,2)}; pair intsquare[]={extension(origin,invis[0],A,C),extension(origin,invis[1],B,C)}; path triangle=A--B--C--cycle,square=(intsquare[0]--intsquare[1]--(intsquare[1].x,0)--(intsquare[0].x,0)--cycle); fill(triangle,gray); unfill(square); draw(triangle^^square); [/asy]

Santiago, Daniel and Fátima practice for the Math Olympics. Santiago thinks of a regular polygon and Daniel of another, without telling Fatima what the polygons are. They just tell you that one of the polygons has $3$ more sides than the other and that an angle of one of the polygons measures $10$ degrees more than one angle of the other. From this, and knowing that each interior angle of a regular polygon of $n$ sides measures $\frac{180(n-2)}{n}$ degrees, Fatima identifies what the polygons are. How many sides do the polygons that James and Daniel chose, have?

Hi guys, I was just reading over old posts that I made last year ( :P ) and saw how much the level of Getting Started became harder. To encourage more people from posting, I decided to start a Problem of the Day. This is how I'll conduct this: 1. In each post (not including this one since it has rules, etc) everyday, I'll post the problem. I may post another thread after it to give hints though. 2. Level of problem.. This is VERY important. All problems in this thread will be all AHSME or problems similar to this level. No AIME. Some AHSME problems, however, that involve tough insight or skills will not be posted. The chosen problems will be usually ones that everyone can solve after working. Calculators are allowed when you solve problems but it is NOT necessary. 3. Response.. All you have to do is simply solve the problem and post the solution. There is no credit given or taken away if you get the problem wrong. This isn't like other threads where the number of problems you get right or not matters. As for posting, post your solutions here in this thread. Do NOT PM me. Also, here are some more restrictions when posting solutions: A. No single answer post. It doesn't matter if you put hide and say "Answer is ###..." If you don't put explanation, it simply means you cheated off from some other people. I've seen several posts that went like "I know the answer" and simply post the letter. What is the purpose of even posting then? Huh? B. Do NOT go back to the previous problem(s). This causes too much confusion. C. You're FREE to give hints and post different idea, way or answer in some cases in problems. If you see someone did wrong or you don't understand what they did, post here. That's what this thread is for. 4. Main purpose.. This is for anyone who visits this forum to enjoy math. I rememeber when I first came into this forum, I was poor at math compared to other people. But I kindly got help from many people such as JBL, joml88, tokenadult, and many other people that would take too much time to type. Perhaps without them, I wouldn't be even a moderator in this forum now. This site clearly made me to enjoy math more and more and I'd like to do the same thing. That's about the rule.. Have fun problem solving! Next post will contain the Day 1 Problem. You can post the solutions until I post one. :D

[i]In this round, problems will depend on the answers to other problems. A bolded letter is used to denote a quantity whose value is determined by another problem's answer.[/i] [u]Part I[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Let F be the answer to problem number $6$. You want to tile a nondegenerate square with side length $F$ with $1\times 2$ rectangles and $1 \times 1$ squares. The rectangles can be oriented in either direction. How many ways can you do this? [b]p2.[/b] Let [b]A[/b] be the answer to problem number $1$. Triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $B$ and the length of $AC$ is [b]A[/b]. Let $D$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and let $P$ be a point inside triangle $ABC$ such that $PA = PC = \frac{7\sqrt5}{4}$ and $PD = \frac74$ . The length of $AB^2$ is expressible as $m/n$ for $m, n$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $m$. [b]p3.[/b] Let [b]B[/b] be the answer to problem number $2$. Let $S$ be the set of positive integers less than or equal to [b]B[/b]. What is the maximum size of a subset of $S$ whose elements are pairwise relatively prime? [b]p4.[/b] Let [b]C[/b] be the answer to problem number $3$. You have $9$ shirts and $9$ pairs of pants. Each is either red or blue, you have more red shirts than blue shirts, and you have same number of red shirts as blue pants. Given that you have [b]C[/b] ways of wearing a shirt and pants whose colors match, find out how many red shirts you own. [b]p5.[/b] Let [b]D[/b] be the answer to problem number $4$. You have two odd positive integers $a, b$. It turns out that $lcm(a, b) + a = gcd(a, b) + b =$ [b]D[/b]. Find $ab$. [b]p6.[/b] Let [b]E[/b] be the answer to problem number $5$. A function $f$ defined on integers satisfies $f(y)+f(12-y) = 10$ and $f(y) + f(8 - y) = 4$ for all integers $y$. Given that $f($ [b]E[/b] $) = 0$, compute $f(4)$. [u]Part II[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Let [b]L[/b] be the answer to problem number $12$. You want to tile a nondegenerate square with side length [b]L[/b] with $1\times 2$ rectangles and $7\times 7$ squares. The rectangles can be oriented in either direction. How many ways can you do this? [b]p8.[/b] Let [b]G[/b] be the answer to problem number $7$. Triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $B$ and the length of $AC$ is [b]G[/b]. Let $D$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and let $P$ be a point inside triangle $ABC$ such that $PA = PC = \frac12$ and $PD = \frac{1}{2010}$ . The length of $AB^2$ is expressible as $m/n$ for $m, n$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $m$. [b]p9.[/b] Let [b]H[/b] be the answer to problem number $8$. Let $S$ be the set of positive integers less than or equal to [b]H[/b]. What is the maximum size of a subset of $S$ whose elements are pairwise relatively prime? [b]p10.[/b] Let [b]I[/b] be the answer to problem number $9$. You have $391$ shirts and $391$ pairs of pants. Each is either red or blue, you have more red shirts than blue shirts, and you have same number of red shirts as red pants. Given that you have [b]I[/b] ways of wearing a shirt and pants whose colors match, find out how many red shirts you own. [b]p11.[/b] Let [b]J[/b] be the answer to problem number $10$. You have two odd positive integers $a, b$. It turns out that $lcm(a, b) + 2a = 2 gcd(a, b) + b = $ [b]J[/b]. Find $ab$. [b]p12.[/b] Let [b]K[/b] be the answer to problem number $11$. A function $f$ defined on integers satisfies $f(y)+f(7-y) = 8$ and $f(y) + f(5 - y) = 4$ for all integers $y$. Given that $f($ [b]K[/b] $) = 453$, compute $f(2)$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Given two concentric circles and a point $A$. Through point $A$, draw a secant such that its segment contained by the larger circle is divided by the smaller circle into three equal parts.

A table $2 \times 2010$ is divided to unit cells. Ivan and Peter are playing the following game. Ivan starts, and puts horizontal $2 \times 1$ domino that covers exactly two unit table cells. Then Peter puts vertical $1 \times 2$ domino that covers exactly two unit table cells. Then Ivan puts horizontal domino. Then Peter puts vertical domino, etc. The person who cannot put his domino will lose the game. Find who have winning strategy.