On a line $\ell$ there exists $3$ points $A, B$, and $C$ where $B$ is located between $A$ and $C$. Let $\Gamma_1, \Gamma_2, \Gamma_3$ be circles with $AC, AB$, and $BC$ as diameter respectively; $BD$ is a segment, perpendicular to $\ell$ with $D$ on $\Gamma_1$. Circles $\Gamma_4, \Gamma_5, \Gamma_6$ and $\Gamma_7$ satisfies the following conditions: $\bullet$ $\Gamma_4$ touches $\Gamma_1, \Gamma_2$, and$ BD$. $\bullet$ $\Gamma_5$ touches $\Gamma_1, \Gamma_3$, and $BD$. $\bullet$ $\Gamma_6$ touches $\Gamma_1$ internally, and touches $\Gamma_2$ and $\Gamma_3$ externally. $\bullet$ $\Gamma_7$ passes through $B$ and the tangent points of $\Gamma_2$ with $\Gamma_6$, and $\Gamma_3$ with $\Gamma_6$. Show that the circles $\Gamma_4, \Gamma_5$, and $\Gamma_7$ are congruent.

Consider a $\triangle {ABC}$, with $AC \perp BC$. Consider a point $D$ on $AB$ such that $CD=k$, and the radius of the inscribe circles on $\triangle {ADC}$ and $\triangle {CDB}$ are equals. Prove that the area of $\triangle {ABC}$ is equal to $k^2$.

An equilateral $12$-gon has side length $10$ and interior angle measures that alternate between $90^\circ$, $90^\circ$, and $270^\circ$. Compute the area of this $12$-gon. [i]Proposed by Connor Gordon[/i]

Triangle $ABC$ is given. Prove that $\frac{R}{r} > \frac{a}{h}$, where $R$ is the radius of the circumscribed circle, $r$ is the radius of the inscribed circle, $a$ is the length of the longest side, $h$ is the length of the shortest altitude.

The diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ intersect at $P$, and there exist a circle $\Gamma$ tangent to the extensions of $AB,BC,AD,DC$ at $X,Y,Z,T$ respectively. Circle $\Omega$ passes through points $A,B$, and is externally tangent to circle $\Gamma$ at $S$. Prove that $SP\perp ST$.

A regular dodecagon $A_1A_2...A_{12}$ is inscribed in a circle with a diameter of $20$ cm . Calculate the perimeter of the pentagon $A_1A_3A_6A_8A_{11}$. (Alexey Panasenko)

Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $|AB|=|AC|$ and let $D,E$ be points on the minor arcs $\overarc{AB}$ and $\overarc{AC}$ respectively. The lines $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at $F$ and the line $AE$ intersects the circumcircle of $\triangle FDE$ a second time at $G$. Prove that the line $AC$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle ECG$.

A circumscribed quadrilateral $ABCD$ is given. $E$ and $F$ are the intersection points of opposite sides of the $ABCD$. It turned out that the radii of the inscribed circles of the triangles $AEF$ and $CEF$ are equal. Prove that $AC \bot BD$.

What is the least positive integer $k$ such that, in every convex 1001-gon, the sum of any k diagonals is greater than or equal to the sum of the remaining diagonals?

In isosceles triangle $ABC$, $\angle CAB=\angle CBA=\alpha$, points $P,Q$ are on different sides of line $AB$, and $\angle CAP=\angle ABQ=\beta,\angle CBP=\angle BAQ=\gamma$. Prove that $P,C,Q$ are colinear.

The side lengths of a trapezoid are $\sqrt[4]{3}, \sqrt[4]{3}, \sqrt[4]{3}$, and $2 \cdot \sqrt[4]{3}$. Its area is the ratio of two relatively prime positive integers, $m$ and $n$. Find $m + n$.

Let $ABC$ be a non-equilateral triangle and let $R$ be the radius of its circumcircle. The incircle of $ABC$ has $I$ as its centre and is tangent to side $CA$ in point $D$ and to side $CB$ in point $E$. Let $A_1$ be the point on line $EI$ such that $A_1I=R$, with $I$ being between $A_1$ and $E$. Let $B_1$ be the point on line $DI$ such that $B_1I=R$, with $I$ being between $B_1$ and $D$. Let $P$ be the intersection of lines $AA_1$ and $BB_1$. (a) Prove that $P$ belongs to the circumcircle of $ABC$. (b) Let us now also suppose that $AB=1$ and $P$ coincides with $C$. Determine the possible values of the perimeter of $ABC$.

Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is circumscribed around a circle with center $I$. Points $M$ and $N$ are the midpoints of diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Prove that $ABCD$ is cyclic quadrilateral if and only if $IM : AC = IN : BD$. [i]Nikolai Beluhov and Aleksey Zaslavsky[/i]

[b]p1.[/b] Given that $7 \times 22 \times 13 = 2002$, compute $14 \times 11 \times 39$. [b]p2.[/b] Ariel the frog is on the top left square of a $8 \times 10$ grid of squares. Ariel can jump from any square on the grid to any adjacent square, including diagonally adjacent squares. What is the minimum number of jumps required so that Ariel reaches the bottom right corner? [b]p3.[/b] The distance between two floors in a building is the vertical distance from the bottom of one floor to the bottom of the other. In Evans hall, the distance from floor $7$ to floor $5$ is $30$ meters. There are $12$ floors on Evans hall and the distance between any two consecutive floors is the same. What is the distance, in meters, from the first floor of Evans hall to the $12$th floor of Evans hall? [b]p4.[/b] A circle of nonzero radius $ r$ has a circumference numerically equal to $\frac13$ of its area. What is its area? [b]p5.[/b] As an afternoon activity, Emilia will either play exactly two of four games (TwoWeeks, DigBuild, BelowSaga, and FlameSymbol) or work on homework for exactly one of three classes (CS61A, Math 1B, Anthro 3AC). How many choices of afternoon activities does Emilia have? [b]p6.[/b] Matthew wants to buy merchandise of his favorite show, Fortune Concave Decagon. He wants to buy figurines of the characters in the show, but he only has $30$ dollars to spend. If he can buy $2$ figurines for $4$ dollars and $5$ figurines for $8$ dollars, what is the maximum number of figurines that Matthew can buy? [b]p7.[/b] When Dylan is one mile from his house, a robber steals his wallet and starts to ride his motorcycle in the direction opposite from Dylan’s house at $40$ miles per hour. Dylan dashes home at $10$ miles per hour and, upon reaching his house, begins driving his car at $60$ miles per hour in the direction of the robber’s motorcycle. How long, starting from when the robber steals the wallet, does it take for Dylan to catch the robber? Express your answer in minutes. [b]p8.[/b] Deepak the Dog is tied with a leash of $7$ meters to a corner of his $4$ meter by $6$ meter rectangular shed such that Deepak is outside the shed. Deepak cannot go inside the shed, and the leash cannot go through the shed. Compute the area of the region that Deepak can travel to. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/8/1b9563776325e4e200c3a6d31886f4020b63fa.png[/img] [b]p9.[/b] The quadratic equation $a^2x^2 + 2ax -3 = 0$ has two solutions for x that differ by $a$, where $a > 0$. What is the value of $a$? [b]p10.[/b] Find the number of ways to color a $2 \times 2$ grid of squares with $4$ colors such that no two (nondiagonally) adjacent squares have the same color. Each square should be colored entirely with one color. Colorings that are rotations or reflections of each other should be considered different. [b]p11[/b]. Given that $\frac{1}{y^2+5} - \frac{3}{y^4-39} = 0$, and $y \ge 0$, compute $y$. [b]p12.[/b] Right triangle $ABC$ has $AB = 5$, $BC = 12$, and $CA = 13$. Point $D$ lies on the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ such that $CD$ is parallel to $AB$. Compute the length of $BD$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/c/3/d5cddb0e8ac43c35ddfc94b2a74b8d022292f2.png[/img] [b]p13.[/b] Let $x$ and $y$ be real numbers such that $xy = 4$ and $x^2y + xy^2 = 25$. Find the value of $x^3y +x^2y^2 + xy^3$. [b]p14.[/b] Shivani is planning a road trip in a car with special new tires made of solid rubber. Her tires are cylinders that are $6$ inches in width and have diameter $26$ inches, but need to be replaced when the diameter is less than $22$ inches. The tire manufacturer says that $0.12\pi$ cubic inches will wear away with every single rotation. Assuming that the tire manufacturer is correct about the wear rate of their tires, and that the tire maintains its cylindrical shape and width (losing volume by reducing radius), how many revolutions can each tire make before she needs to replace it? [b]p15.[/b] What’s the maximum number of circles of radius $4$ that fit into a $24 \times 15$ rectangle without overlap? [b]p16.[/b] Let $a_i$ for $1 \le i \le 10$ be a finite sequence of $10$ integers such that for all odd $i$, $a_i = 1$ or $-1$, and for all even $i$, $a_i = 1$, $-1$, or $0$. How many sequences a_i exist such that $a_1+a_2+a_3+...+a_{10} = 0$? [b]p17.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a right triangle with $\angle B = 90^o$ such that $AB$ and $BC$ have integer side lengths. Squares $ABDE$ and $BCFG$ lie outside $\vartriangle ABC$. If the area of $\vartriangle ABC$ is $12$, and the area of quadrilateral $DEFG$ is $38$, compute the perimeter of $\vartriangle ABC$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/6/980d3ba7d0b43507856e581476e8ad91886656.png[/img] [b]p18.[/b] What is the smallest positive integer $x$ such that there exists an integer $y$ with $\sqrt{x} +\sqrt{y} = \sqrt{1025}$ ? [b]p19. [/b]Let $a =\underbrace{19191919...1919}_{19\,\, is\,\,repeated\,\, 3838\,\, times}$. What is the remainder when $a$ is divided by $13$? [b]p20.[/b] James is watching a movie at the cinema. The screen is on a wall and is $5$ meters tall with the bottom edge of the screen $1.5$ meters above the floor. The floor is sloped downwards at $15$ degrees towards the screen. James wants to find a seat which maximizes his vertical viewing angle (depicted below as $\theta$ in a two dimensional cross section), which is the angle subtended by the top and bottom edges of the screen. How far back from the screen in meters (measured along the floor) should he sit in order to maximize his vertical viewing angle? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/5/1555fb2432ee4fe4903accc3b74ea7215bc007.png[/img] PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Lines containing the medians of the triangle $ABC$ intersect its circumscribed circle for a second time at the points $A_1, B_1, C_1$. The straight lines passing through $A,B,C$ parallel to opposite sides intersect it at points $A_2, B_2, C_2$. Prove that lines $A_1A_2,B_1B_2,C_1C_2$ intersect at one point.

In a triangle $ABC ~(\overline{AB} < \overline{AC})$, points $D (\neq A, B)$ and $E (\neq A, C)$ lies on side $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. Point $P$ satisfies $\overline{PB}=\overline{PD}, \overline{PC}=\overline{PE}$. $X (\neq A, C)$ is on the arc $AC$ of the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ not including $B$. Let $Y (\neq A)$ be the intersection of circumcircle of triangle $ADE$ and line $XA$. Prove that $\overline{PX} = \overline{PY}$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$, and let $P$ be a point on the nine-point circle of $ABC$. Lines $BH, CH$ meet the opposite sides $AC, AB$ at $E, F$, respectively. Suppose that the circumcircles $(EHP), (FHP)$ intersect lines $CH, BH$ a second time at $Q,R$, respectively. Show that as $P$ varies along the nine-point circle of $ABC$, the line $QR$ passes through a fixed point. [i]Proposed by Brandon Wang[/i]

Suppose $I$ and $I_A$ are the incenter and the $A$-excenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BAC$ on the circumcircle, and $D$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $I_A$ to $BC$. The line $MI$ intersects the circumcircle again at $T$ . For any point $X$ on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$, let $XT$ intersect $BC$ at $Y$ . Prove that $A, D, X, Y$ are concyclic.

In Fig. , $PA$ and $QB$ are tangents to the circle at $A$ and $B$ respectively. The line $AB$ is extended to meet $PQ$ at $S$. Suppose that $PA = QB$. Prove that $QS = SP$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/f/f21c0c70b37768f3e80e9ee909ef34c57635d5.png[/img]

In triangle $ABC$, the lengths of all sides are integers, $\angle B=2 \angle A$ and $\angle C> 90^o$. Find the smallest possible perimeter of this triangle.

Point $P$ lies inside triangle $ABC$. Let the projections of $P$ onto sides $BC$,$CA$,$AB$ be $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively. Let the projections from $A$ to the lines $BP$ and $CP$ be $M$ and $N$ respectively. Prove that $ME$, $NF$ and $BC$ are concurrent.

[b]p1.[/b] What is $7\%$ of one half of $11\%$ of $20000$ ? [b]p2.[/b] Three circles centered at $A, B$, and $C$ are tangent to each other. Given that $AB = 8$, $AC = 10$, and $BC = 12$, find the radius of circle $ A$. [b]p3. [/b]How many positive integer values of $x$ less than $2012$ are there such that there exists an integer $y$ for which $\frac{1}{x} +\frac{2}{2y+1} =\frac{1}{y}$ ? [b]p4. [/b]The positive difference between $ 8$ and twice $x$ is equal to $11$ more than $x$. What are all possible values of $x$? [b]p5.[/b] A region in the coordinate plane is bounded by the equations $x = 0$, $x = 6$, $y = 0$, and $y = 8$. A line through $(3, 4)$ with slope $4$ cuts the region in half. Another line going through the same point cuts the region into fourths, each with the same area. What is the slope of this line? [b]p6.[/b] A polygon is composed of only angles of degrees $138$ and $150$, with at least one angle of each degree. How many sides does the polygon have? [b]p7.[/b] $M, A, T, H$, and $L$ are all not necessarily distinct digits, with $M \ne 0$ and $L \ne 0$. Given that the sum $MATH +LMT$, where each letter represents a digit, equals $2012$, what is the average of all possible values of the three-digit integer $LMT$? [b]p8. [/b]A square with side length $\sqrt{10}$ and two squares with side length $\sqrt{7}$ share the same center. The smaller squares are rotated so that all of their vertices are touching the sides of the larger square at distinct points. What is the distance between two such points that are on the same side of the larger square? [b]p9.[/b] Consider the sequence $2012, 12012, 20120, 20121, ...$. This sequence is the increasing sequence of all integers that contain “$2012$”. What is the $30$th term in this sequence? [b]p10.[/b] What is the coefficient of the $x^5$ term in the simplified expansion of $(x +\sqrt{x} +\sqrt[3]{x})^{10}$ ? PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Provided a convex equilateral pentagon. On every side of the pentagon We construct equilateral triangles which run through the interior of the pentagon. Prove that at least one of the triangles does not protrude the pentagon's boundary.

An isosceles trapezoid has legs and shorter base of length $1$. Find the maximum possible value of its area

Let $\alpha$ and $\omega$ be two circles such that $\omega$ goes through the center of $\alpha$.$\omega$ intersects $\alpha$ at $A$ and $B$.Let $P$ any point on the circumference $\omega$.The lines $PA$ and $PB$ intersects $\alpha$ again at $E$ and $F$ respectively.Prove that $AB=EF$.