In rectangle $ABCD$, points $E$ and $F$ lie on sides $AB$ and $CD$ respectively such that both $AF$ and $CE$ are perpendicular to diagonal $BD$. Given that $BF$ and $DE$ separate $ABCD$ into three polygons with equal area, and that $EF = 1$, find the length of $BD$.

Let $f(x) = x^2 + 6x + 7$. Determine the smallest possible value of $f(f(f(f(x))))$ over all real numbers $x.$

How many positive integers $k$ are there such that \[\dfrac k{2013}(a+b)=lcm(a,b)\] has a solution in positive integers $(a,b)$?

Spencer is making burritos, each of which consists of one wrap and one filling. He has enough filling for up to four beef burritos and three chicken burritos. However, he only has five wraps for the burritos; in how many orders can he make exactly five burritos?

Let $A = \{1,2,\ldots,2011\}$. Find the number of functions $f$ from $A$ to $A$ that satisfy $f(n) \le n$ for all $n$ in $A$ and attain exactly $2010$ distinct values.

Find the integer closest to \[\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{5^4+1}-\sqrt[4]{5^4-1}}\]

Given points $a$ and $b$ in the plane, let $a\oplus b$ be the unique point $c$ such that $abc$ is an equilateral triangle with $a,b,c$ in the clockwise orientation. Solve $(x\oplus (0,0))\oplus(1,1)=(1,-1)$ for $x$.

A [i]root of unity[/i] is a complex number that is a solution to $ z^n \equal{} 1$ for some positive integer $ n$. Determine the number of roots of unity that are also roots of $ z^2 \plus{} az \plus{} b \equal{} 0$ for some integers $ a$ and $ b$.

What is the minimum possible perimeter of a triangle two of whose sides are along the x- and y-axes and such that the third contains the point $(1,2)$?

10. Michael is playing basketball. He makes $10\%$ of his shots, and gets the ball back after $90\%$ of his missed shots. If he does not get the ball back he stops playing. What is the probability that Michael eventually makes a shot? 11. How many subsets $S$ of the set $\{1, 2, \ldots , 10\}$ satisfy the property that, for all $i \in [1, 9]$, either $i$ or $i + 1$ (or both) is in S? 12. A positive integer $\overline{ABC}$, where $A, B, C$ are digits, satisfies $$\overline{ABC} = B^C - A$$ Find $\overline{ABC}$.

Let $P_1, P_2, \ldots, P_6$ be points in the complex plane, which are also roots of the equation $x^6+6x^3-216=0$. Given that $P_1P_2P_3P_4P_5P_6$ is a convex hexagon, determine the area of this hexagon.

Each person in Cambridge drinks a (possibly different) $12$ ounce mixture of water and apple juice, where each drink has a positive amount of both liquids. Marc McGovern, the mayor of Cambridge, drinks $\frac{1}{6}$ of the total amount of water drunk and $\frac{1}{8}$ of the total amount of apple juice drunk. How many people are in Cambridge?

Hexagon $ABCDEF$ has a circumscribed circle and an inscribed circle. If $AB = 9$, $BC = 6$, $CD = 2$, and $EF = 4$. Find $\{DE, FA\}$.

Let $f$ be the function such that \[f(x)=\begin{cases}2x & \text{if }x\leq \frac{1}{2}\\2-2x & \text{if }x>\frac{1}{2}\end{cases}\] What is the total length of the graph of $\underbrace{f(f(\ldots f}_{2012\text{ }f's}(x)\ldots))$ from $x=0$ to $x=1?$

During the weekends, Eli delivers milk in the complex plane. On Saturday, he begins at $z$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^3,z^5,z^7,\ldots,z^{2013}$ in that order; on Sunday, he begins at $1$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^2,z^4,z^6,\ldots,z^{2012}$ in that order. Eli always walks directly (in a straight line) between two houses. If the distance he must travel from his starting point to the last house is $\sqrt{2012}$ on both days, find the real part of $z^2$.

Determine all real values of $A$ for which there exist distinct complex numbers $x_1$, $x_2$ such that the following three equations hold: \begin{align*}x_1(x_1+1)&=A\\x_2(x_2+1)&=A\\x_1^4+3x_1^3+5x_1&=x_2^4+3x_2^3+5x_2.\end{align*}

Let $\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ be an arithmetic sequence and $\{g_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ be a geometric sequence such that the first four terms of $\{a_n+g_n\}$ are $0$, $0$, $1$, and $0$, in that order. What is the $10$th term of $\{a_n+g_n\}$?

Point $P_1$ is located $600$ miles West of point $P_2$. At $7:00\text{AM}$ a car departs from $P_1$ and drives East at a speed of $50$mph. At $8:00\text{AM}$ another car departs from $P_2$ and drives West at a constant speed of $x$ miles per hour. If the cars meet each other exactly halfway between $P_1$ and $P_2$, what is the value of $x$?

Suppose $P (x)$ is a polynomial with real coefficients such that $P (t) = P (1)t^2 + P (P (1))t + P (P (P (1)))$ for all real numbers $t$. Compute the largest possible value of $P(P(P(P(1))))$.

Point $P_1$ is located $600$ miles West of point $P_2$. At $7:00\text{AM}$ a car departs from $P_1$ and drives East at a speed of $50$mph. At $8:00\text{AM}$ another car departs from $P_2$ and drives West at a constant speed of $x$ miles per hour. If the cars meet each other exactly halfway between $P_1$ and $P_2$, what is the value of $x$?

Circles $C_1$, $C_2$, $C_3$ have radius $ 1$ and centers $O, P, Q$ respectively. $C_1$ and $C_2$ intersect at $A$, $C_2$ and $C_3$ intersect at $B$, $C_3$ and $C_1$ intersect at $C$, in such a way that $\angle APB = 60^o$ , $\angle BQC = 36^o$ , and $\angle COA = 72^o$ . Find angle $\angle ABC$ (degrees).

What is the smallest positive integer that cannot be written as the sum of two nonnegative palindromic integers? (An integer is [i]palindromic[/i] if the sequence of decimal digits are the same when read backwards.)

For positive reals $p$ and $q$, define the [i]remainder[/i] when $p$ and $q$ as the smallest nonnegative real $r$ such that $\tfrac{p-r}{q}$ is an integer. For an ordered pair $(a, b)$ of positive integers, let $r_1$ and $r_2$ be the remainder when $a\sqrt{2} + b\sqrt{3}$ is divided by $\sqrt{2}$ and $\sqrt{3}$ respectively. Find the number of pairs $(a, b)$ such that $a, b \le 20$ and $r_1 + r_2 = \sqrt{2}$.

28. The numbers $1-10$ are written in a circle randomly. Find the expected number of numbers which are at least $2$ larger than an adjacent number. 29. We want to design a new chess piece, the American, with the property that (i) the American can never attack itself, and (ii) if an American $A_1$ attacks another American $A_2$, then $A_2$ also attacks $A_1$. Let $m$ be the number of squares that an American attacks when placed in the top left corner of an 8 by 8 chessboard. Let $n$ be the maximal number of Americans that can be placed on the $8$ by $8$ chessboard such that no Americans attack each other, if one American must be in the top left corner. Find the largest possible value of $mn$. 30. On the blackboard, Amy writes $2017$ in base-$a$ to get $133201_a$. Betsy notices she can erase a digit from Amy’s number and change the base to base-$b$ such that the value of the the number remains the same. Catherine then notices she can erase a digit from Betsy’s number and change the base to base-$c$ such that the value still remains the same. Compute, in decimal, $a + b + c$.

DeAndre Jordan shoots free throws that are worth $1$ point each. He makes $40\%$ of his shots. If he takes two shots find the probability that he scores at least $1$ point.