A triangle has vertices $P=(-8,5)$, $Q=(-15,-19)$, and $R=(1,-7)$. The equation of the bisector of $\angle P$ can be written in the form $ax+2y+c=0$. Find $a+c$.

In the usual coordinate system $ xOy$ a line $ d$ intersect the circles $ C_1:$ $ (x\plus{}1)^2\plus{}y^2\equal{}1$ and $ C_2:$ $ (x\minus{}2)^2\plus{}y^2\equal{}4$ in the points $ A,B,C$ and $ D$ (in this order). It is known that $ A\left(\minus{}\frac32,\frac{\sqrt3}2\right)$ and $ \angle{BOC}\equal{}60^{\circ}$. All the $ Oy$ coordinates of these $ 4$ points are positive. Find the slope of $ d$.

If $x$ and $y$ are real numbers with $(x+y)^4=x-y$, what is the maximum possible value of $y$?

Consider the set $\mathbb Q^2$ of points in $\mathbb R^2$, both of whose coordinates are rational. [b](a)[/b] Prove that the union of segments with vertices from $\mathbb Q^2$ is the entire set $\mathbb R^2$. [b](b)[/b] Is the convex hull of $\mathbb Q^2$ (i.e., the smallest convex set in $\mathbb R^2$ that contains $\mathbb Q^2$) equal to $\mathbb R^2$ ?

Determine whether there exist $100$ distinct lines in the plane having exactly $1985$ distinct points of intersection

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with sides $AB = 6$, $BC = 10$, and $CA = 8$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $BA$ and $BC$, respectively. Choose the point $Y$ on ray $CM$ so that the circumcircle of triangle $AMY$ is tangent to $AN$. Find the area of triangle $NAY$.

A rectangle formed by the lines of checkered paper is divided into figures of three kinds: isosceles right triangles (1) with base of two units, squares (2) with unit side, and parallelograms (3) formed by two sides and two diagonals of unit squares (figures may be oriented in any way). Prove that the number of figures of the third kind is even. [img]http://up.iranblog.com/Files7/dda310bab8b6455f90ce.jpg[/img]

Let $ a<a'<b<b'$ be real numbers and let the real function $ f$ be continuous on the interval $ [a,b']$ and differentiable in its interior. Prove that there exist $ c \in (a,b), c'\in (a',b')$ such that \[ f(b)\minus{}f(a)\equal{}f'(c)(b\minus{}a),\] \[ f(b')\minus{}f(a')\equal{}f'(c')(b'\minus{}a'),\] and $ c<c'$. [i]B. Szokefalvi Nagy[/i]

Prove that the number of incidences of $n$ distinct points on $n$ distinct lines in plane is $\mathcal O (n^{\frac{4}{3}})$. Find a configuration for which $\Omega (n^{\frac{4}{3}})$ incidences happens.

In the coordinate plane, denote by $ S(a)$ the area of the region bounded by the line passing through the point $ (1,\ 2)$ with the slope $ a$ and the parabola $ y\equal{}x^2$. When $ a$ varies in the range of $ 0\leq a\leq 6$, find the value of $ a$ such that $ S(a)$ is minimized.

Square $A$ is adjacent to square $B$ which is adjacent to square $C$. The three squares all have their bottom sides along a common horizontal line. The upper left vertices of the three squares are collinear. If square $A$ has area $24$, and square $B$ has area $36$, find the area of square $C$. [asy] import graph; size(8cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); real xmin = -4.89, xmax = 13.61, ymin = -1.39, ymax = 9; draw((0,0)--(2,0)--(2,2)--(0,2)--cycle, linewidth(1.2)); draw((2,0)--(5,0)--(5,3)--(2,3)--cycle, linewidth(1.2)); draw((5,4.5)--(5,0)--(9.5,0)--(9.5,4.5)--cycle, linewidth(1.2)); draw((2,0)--(2,2), linewidth(1.2)); draw((2,2)--(0,2), linewidth(1.2)); draw((0,2)--(0,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((2,0)--(5,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((5,0)--(5,3), linewidth(1.2)); draw((5,3)--(2,3), linewidth(1.2)); draw((2,3)--(2,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((5,4.5)--(5,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((5,0)--(9.5,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((9.5,0)--(9.5,4.5), linewidth(1.2)); draw((9.5,4.5)--(5,4.5), linewidth(1.2)); label("A",(0.6,1.4),SE*labelscalefactor); label("B",(3.1,1.76),SE*labelscalefactor); label("C",(6.9,2.5),SE*labelscalefactor); draw((13.13,8.56)--(-3.98,0), linewidth(1.2)); draw((-3.98,0)--(15.97,0), linewidth(1.2));[/asy]

Let $a,\ b$ be positive real numbers. Consider the circle $C_1: (x-a)^2+y^2=a^2$ and the ellipse $C_2: x^2+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1.$ (1) Find the condition for which $C_1$ is inscribed in $C_2$. (2) Suppose $b=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ and $C_1$ is inscribed in $C_2$. Find the coordinate $(p,\ q)$ of the point of tangency in the first quadrant for $C_1$ and $C_2$. (3) Under the condition in (1), find the area of the part enclosed by $C_1,\ C_2$ for $x\geq p$. 60 point

Consider the points $A(0,12)$, $B(10,9)$, $C(8,0)$, and $D(-4,7)$. There is a unique square $S$ such that each of the four points is on a different side of $S$. Let $K$ be the area of $S$. Find the remainder when $10K$ is divided by $1000$.

A car travels due east at $\frac 23$ mile per minute on a long, straight road. At the same time, a circular storm, whose radius is 51 miles, moves southeast at $\frac 12\sqrt{2}$ mile per minute. At time $t=0,$ the center of the storm is 110 miles due north of the car. At time $t=t_1$ minutes, the car enters the storm circle, and at time $t=t_2$ minutes, the car leaves the storm circle. Find $\frac 12(t_1+t_2).$

Positive integers $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ are chosen so that $ a<b<c$, and the system of equations \[ 2x\plus{}y\equal{}2003\text{ and }y\equal{}|x\minus{}a|\plus{}|x\minus{}b|\plus{}|x\minus{}c| \]has exactly one solution. What is the minimum value of $ c$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 668 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 669 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1002 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2003 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2004$