Found problems: 25757
2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 10
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with $ BC \equal{} 2007$, $ CA \equal{} 2008$, $ AB \equal{} 2009$. Let $ \omega$ be an excircle of $ ABC$ that touches the line segment $ BC$ at $ D$, and touches extensions of lines $ AC$ and $ AB$ at $ E$ and $ F$, respectively (so that $ C$ lies on segment $ AE$ and $ B$ lies on segment $ AF$). Let $ O$ be the center of $ \omega$. Let $ \ell$ be the line through $ O$ perpendicular to $ AD$. Let $ \ell$ meet line $ EF$ at $ G$. Compute the length $ DG$.
1972 Poland - Second Round, 4
A cube with edge length $ n $ is divided into $ n^3 $ unit cubes by planes parallel to its faces. How many pairs of such unit cubes exist that have no more than two vertices in common?
Ukrainian TYM Qualifying - geometry, VIII.2
Investigate the properties of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ for which there is equality
$$\frac{AD}{ \sin \alpha}=\frac{BD}{\sin \beta}=\frac{CD}{ \sin \gamma}$$
where $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ are the values of the dihedral angles at the edges $AD, BD$ and $CD$, respectively.
2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 503
Prove the following inequality.
\[ \frac{2}{2\plus{}e^{\frac 12}}<\int_0^1 \frac{dx}{1\plus{}xe^{x}}<\frac{2\plus{}e}{2(1\plus{}e)}\]
1977 AMC 12/AHSME, 27
There are two spherical balls of different sizes lying in two corners of a rectangular room, each touching two walls and the floor. If there is a point on each ball which is $5$ inches from each wall which that ball touches and $10$ inches from the floor, then the sum of the diameters of the balls is
$\textbf{(A) }20\text{ inches}\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\text{ inches}\qquad\textbf{(C) }40\text{ inches}\qquad$
$\textbf{(D) }60\text{ inches}\qquad \textbf{(E) }\text{not determined by the given information}$
2018 AMC 8, 19
In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid?
[asy]
unitsize(2cm);
path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle;
draw(box); label("$+$",(0,0));
draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$-$",(1,0));
draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$+$",(2,0));
draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$-$",(3,0));
draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(0.5,0.4));
draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(1.5,0.4));
draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(2.5,0.4));
draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(1,0.8));
draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(2,0.8));
draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$+$",(1.5,1.2));
[/asy]
$\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$
2016 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 3
On the side $AB$ of the non-isosceles triangle $ABC$, let the points $P$ and $Q$ be so that $AC = AP$ and $BC = BQ$. The perpendicular bisector of the segment $PQ$ intersects the angle bisector of the $\angle C$ at the point $R$ (inside the triangle). Prove that $\angle ACB + \angle PRQ = 180^o$.
2022 Novosibirsk Oral Olympiad in Geometry, 5
Prove that any triangle can be divided into $22$ triangles, each of which has an angle of $22^o$, and another $23$ triangles, each of which has an angle of $23^o$.
1983 AIME Problems, 11
The solid shown has a square base of side length $s$. The upper edge is parallel to the base and has length $2s$. All other edges have length $s$. Given that $s = 6 \sqrt{2}$, what is the volume of the solid?
[asy]
import three;
size(170);
pathpen = black+linewidth(0.65);
pointpen = black;
currentprojection = perspective(30,-20,10);
real s = 6 * 2^.5;
triple A=(0,0,0),B=(s,0,0),C=(s,s,0),D=(0,s,0),E=(-s/2,s/2,6),F=(3*s/2,s/2,6);
draw(F--B--C--F--E--A--B);
draw(A--D--E, dashed);
draw(D--C, dashed);
label("$2s$", (s/2, s/2, 6), N);
label("$s$", (s/2, 0, 0), SW);
[/asy]
Russian TST 2022, P2
The quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in the circle $\Gamma$. Let $I_B$ and $I_D$ be the centers of the circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_D$ inscribed in the triangles $ABC$ and $ADC$, respectively. A common external tangent to $\omega_B$ and $\omega_D$ intersects $\Gamma$ at $K$ and $L{}$. Prove that $I_B,I_D,K$ and $L{}$ lie on the same circle.
1999 Kurschak Competition, 2
Given a triangle on the plane, construct inside the triangle the point $P$ for which the centroid of the triangle formed by the three projections of $P$ onto the sides of the triangle happens to be $P$.
V Soros Olympiad 1998 - 99 (Russia), 10.10
A chord $AB$ is drawn in a circle. The line $\ell$ is parallel to $AB$ and does not intersect the circle. Let $C$ be a certain point on the circle (points $C$ located on one side of $AB$ are considered). Lines $CA$ and $CB$ intersect $\ell$ at points $D$ and $E$. Prove that there exists a fixed point $F$ of the plane, not lying on line $\ell$ , such that $\angle DFE$ is constant.
2021 Baltic Way, 14
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $\Gamma$ and circumcentre $O$. Denote by $M$ the midpoint of $BC$. The point $D$ is the reflection of $A$ over $BC$, and the point $E$ is the intersection of $\Gamma$ and the ray $MD$. Let $S$ be the circumcentre of the triangle $ADE$. Prove that the points $A$, $E$, $M$, $O$, and $S$ lie on the same circle.
2020 Kosovo Team Selection Test, 3
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with center $O$ such that $BD$ bisects $AC.$ Suppose that the angle bisector of $\angle ABC$ intersects the angle bisector of $\angle ADC$ at a single point $X$ different than $B$ and $D.$ Prove that the line passing through the circumcenters of triangles $XAC$ and $XBD$ bisects the segment $OX.$
[i]Proposed by Viktor Ahmeti and Leart Ajvazaj, Kosovo[/i]
1979 IMO Shortlist, 10
Show that for any vectors $a, b$ in Euclidean space,
\[|a \times b|^3 \leq \frac{3 \sqrt 3}{8} |a|^2 |b|^2 |a-b|^2\]
Remark. Here $\times$ denotes the vector product.
2017 Macedonia JBMO TST, Source
[url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c675693][b]Macedonia JBMO TST 2017[/b][/url]
[url=http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1663908p10569198][b]Problem 1[/b][/url]. Let $p$ be a prime number such that $3p+10$ is a sum of squares of six consecutive positive integers. Prove that $p-7$ is divisible by $36$.
[url=http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1663916p10569261][b]Problem 2[/b][/url]. In the triangle $ABC$, the medians $AA_1$, $BB_1$, and $CC_1$ are concurrent at a point $T$ such that $BA_1=TA_1$. The points $C_2$ and $B_2$ are chosen on the extensions of $CC_1$ and $BB_2$, respectively, such that
$$C_1C_2 = \frac{CC_1}{3} \quad \text{and} \quad B_1B_2 = \frac{BB_1}{3}.$$
Show that $TB_2AC_2$ is a rectangle.
[url=http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1663918p10569305][b]Problem 3[/b][/url]. Let $x,y,z$ be positive reals such that $xyz=1$. Show that
$$\frac{x^2+y^2+z}{x^2+2} + \frac{y^2+z^2+x}{y^2+2} + \frac{z^2+x^2+y}{z^2+2} \geq 3.$$
When does equality happen?
[url=http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1663920p10569326][b]Problem 4[/b][/url]. In triangle $ABC$, the points $X$ and $Y$ are chosen on the arc $BC$ of the circumscribed circle of $ABC$ that doesn't contain $A$ so that $\measuredangle BAX = \measuredangle CAY$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the segment $AX$. Show that $$BM + CM > AY.$$
[url=http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1663922p10569370][b]Problem 5[/b][/url]. Find all the positive integers $n$ so that $n$ has the same number of digits as its number of different prime factors and the sum of these different prime factors is equal to the sum of exponents of all these primes in factorization of $n$.
2002 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 3
Let $ABC$ be a an acute triangle. Points $A_1, B_1$ and $C_1$ are respectively the projections of the vertices $A, B$ and $C$ on the opposite sides of the triangle, the point $H$ is the orthocenter of the triangle, and the point $P$ is the middle of the segment $[AH]$. The lines $BH$ and $A_1C_1$, $P B_1$ and $AB$ intersect respectively at the points $M$ and $N$. Prove that the lines $MN$ and $BC$ are perpendicular.
1991 AMC 12/AHSME, 24
The graph, $G$ of $y = \log_{10}x$ is rotated $90^{\circ}$ counter-clockwise about the origin to obtain a new graph $G'$. Which of the following is an equation for $G'$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ y = \log_{10}\left(\frac{x + 90}{9}\right)\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ y = \log_{x}10\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ y = \frac{1}{x + 1}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ y = 10^{-x}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ y = 10^{x} $
1957 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 352
Of all parallelograms of a given area find the one with the shortest possible longer diagonal.
2005 CHKMO, 3
Points $P$ and $Q$ are taken sides $AB$ and $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ respectively such that $\hat{APC}=\hat{AQB}=45^{0}$. The line through $P$ perpendicular to $AB$ intersects $BQ$ at $S$, and the line through $Q$ perpendicular to $AC$ intersects $CP$ at $R$. Let $D$ be the foot of the altitude of triangle $ABC$ from $A$. Prove that $SR\parallel BC$ and $PS,AD,QR$ are concurrent.
2018 ABMC, Team
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] A triangle has lengths such that one side is $12$ less than the sum of the other two sides, the semi-perimeter of the triangle is $21$, and the largest and smallest sides have a difference of $2$. Find the area of this triangle.
[b]5.2.[/b] A rhombus has side length $85$ and diagonals of integer lengths. What is the sum of all possible areas of the rhombus?
[b]5.3.[/b] A drink from YAKSHAY’S SHAKE SHOP is served in a container that consists of a cup, shaped like an upside-down truncated cone, and a semi-spherical lid. The ratio of the radius of the bottom of the cup to the radius of the lid is $\frac23$ , the volume of the combined cup and lid is $296\pi$, and the height of the cup is half of the height of the entire drink container. What is the volume of the liquid in the cup if it is filled up to half of the height of the entire drink container?
[u]Round 6[/u]
[i]Each answer in the next set of three problems is required to solve a different problem within the same set. There is one correct solution to all three problems; however, you will receive points for any correct answer regardless whether other answers are correct.[/i]
[b]6.1.[/b] Let the answer to problem $2$ be $b$. There are b people in a room, each of which is either a truth-teller or a liar. Person $1$ claims “Person $2$ is a liar,” Person $2$ claims “Person $3$ is a liar,” and so on until Person $b$ claims “Person $1$ is a liar.” How many people are truth-tellers?
[b]6.2.[/b] Let the answer to problem $3$ be $c$. What is twice the area of a triangle with coordinates $(0, 0)$, $(c, 3)$ and $(7, c)$ ?
[b]6.3.[/b] Let the answer to problem $ 1$ be $a$. Compute the smaller zero to the polynomial $x^2 - ax + 189$ which has $2$ integer roots.
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1. [/b]Sir Isaac Neeton is sitting under a kiwi tree when a kiwi falls on his head. He then discovers Neeton’s First Law of Kiwi Motion, which states:
[i]Every minute, either $\left\lfloor \frac{1000}{d} \right\rfloor$ or $\left\lceil \frac{1000}{d} \right\rceil$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head, where d is Neeton’s distance from the tree in centimeters.[/i]
Over the next minute, $n$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head. Let $S$ be the set of all possible values of Neeton’s distance from the tree. Let m and M be numbers such that $m < x < M$ for all elements $x$ in $S$. If the least possible value of $M - m$ is $\frac{2000}{16899}$ centimeters, what is the value of $n$?
Note that $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and $\lceil x \rceil$ is the least integer greater than or equal to $x$.
[b]7.2.[/b] Nithin is playing chess. If one queen is randomly placed on an $ 8 \times 8$ chessboard, what is the expected number of squares that will be attacked including the square that the queen is placed on? (A square is under attack if the queen can legally move there in one move, and a queen can legally move any number of squares diagonally, horizontally or vertically.)
[b]7.3.[/b] Nithin is writing binary strings, where each character is either a $0$ or a $1$. How many binary strings of length $12$ can he write down such that $0000$ and $1111$ do not appear?
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] What is the period of the fraction $1/2018$? (The period of a fraction is the length of the repeated portion of its decimal representation.) Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2765571p24215461]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
Indonesia MO Shortlist - geometry, g5
Given an arbitrary triangle $ABC$, with $\angle A = 60^o$ and $AC < AB$. A circle with diameter $BC$, intersects $AB$ and $AC$ at $F$ and $E$, respectively. Lines $BE$ and $CF$ intersect at $D$. Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle of $BCD$, where the center of $\Gamma$ is $O$. Circle $\Gamma$ intersects the line $AB$ and the extension of $AC$ at $M$ and $N$, respectively. $MN$ intersects $BC$ at $P$. Prove that points $A$, $P$, $O$ lie on the same line.
1966 AMC 12/AHSME, 10
If the sum of two numbers is 1 and their product is 1, then the sum of their cubes is:
$\text{(A)} \ 2 \qquad \text{(B)} \ -2-\frac{3i\sqrt{3}}{4} \qquad \text{(C)} \ 0 \qquad \text{(D)} \ -\frac{3i\sqrt{3}}{4} \qquad \text{(E)} \ -2$
2013 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 1
Let $\omega$ be a circle with centre $O$. Let $\gamma$ be another circle passing through $O$ and intersecting $\omega$ at points $A$ and $B$. $A$ diameter $CD$ of $\omega$ intersects $\gamma$ at a point $P$ different from $O$. Prove that $\angle APC= \angle BPD$
2024 Malaysian IMO Training Camp, 1
Consider $\triangle MAB$ with a right angle at $A$ and circumcircle $\omega$. Take any chord $CD$ perpendicular to $AB$ such that $A, C, B, D, M$ lie on $\omega$ in this order. Let $AC$ and $MD$ intersect at point $E$, and let $O$ be the circumcenter of $\triangle EMC$. Show that if $J$ is the intersection of $BC$ and $OM$, then $JB = JM$.
[i](Proposed by Matthew Kung Wei Sheng and Ivan Chan Kai Chin)[/i]