Found problems: 6530
2007 IMAC Arhimede, 5
Let $ x,y$ be reals s.t. $ x^2\plus{}y^2\leq1$ and $ n$ a natural number.Prove that:
$ (x^n\plus{}y)^2\plus{}y^2\geq\dfrac{1}{n\plus{}2}(x^2\plus{}y^2)^n$
1998 IMO Shortlist, 2
Let $r_{1},r_{2},\ldots ,r_{n}$ be real numbers greater than or equal to 1. Prove that
\[ \frac{1}{r_{1} + 1} + \frac{1}{r_{2} + 1} + \cdots +\frac{1}{r_{n}+1} \geq \frac{n}{ \sqrt[n]{r_{1}r_{2} \cdots r_{n}}+1}. \]
1995 Irish Math Olympiad, 3
Points $ A,X,D$ lie on a line in this order, point $ B$ is on the plane such that $ \angle ABX>120^{\circ}$, and point $ C$ is on the segment $ BX$. Prove the inequality:
$ 2AD \ge \sqrt{3} (AB\plus{}BC\plus{}CD)$.
2004 France Team Selection Test, 1
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $a_1,...,a_n, b_1,..., b_n$ be $2n$ positive real numbers such that
$a_1 + ... + a_n = b_1 + ... + b_n = 1$.
Find the minimal value of
$ \frac {a_1^2} {a_1 + b_1} + \frac {a_2^2} {a_2 + b_2} + ...+ \frac {a_n^2} {a_n + b_n}$.
2020 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W35
In all triangles $ABC$ does it hold:
$$(b^n+c^p)\tan^{n+p}\frac A2+(c^n+a^p)\tan^{n+p}\frac B2+(a^n+b^p)\tan^{n+p}\frac C2\ge6\sqrt{\left(\frac{4r^2}{R\sqrt3}\right)^{n+p}}$$
where $n,p\in(0,\infty)$.
[i]Proposed by Nicolae Papacu[/i]
2008 Iran Team Selection Test, 6
Prove that in a tournament with 799 teams, there exist 14 teams, that can be partitioned into groups in a way that all of the teams in the first group have won all of the teams in the second group.
2008 Indonesia TST, 4
Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals. Prove that $$\left(\frac{a}{a+b}\right)^2+\left(\frac{b}{b+c}\right)^2+\left(\frac{c}{c+a}\right)^2\ge \frac34$$
Revenge EL(S)MO 2024, 1
Let $o$, $r$, $g$, $t$, $n$, $i$, $z$, $e$, and $d$
be positive reals. Show that
\[
\sqrt{(d+o+t+t+e+d)(o+r+z+i+n+g)}
> \sqrt{ti} + \sqrt{go} + \sqrt[6]{orz}.
\]
when $d^2e \geq \tfrac{2}{1434}$.
Proposed by [i]David Fox[/i]
2009 India IMO Training Camp, 7
Let $ P$ be any point in the interior of a $ \triangle ABC$.Prove That
$ \frac{PA}{a}\plus{}\frac{PB}{b}\plus{}\frac{PC}{c}\ge \sqrt{3}$.
1990 Poland - Second Round, 5
There are $ n $ natural numbers ($ n\geq 2 $) whose sum is equal to their product. Prove that this common value does not exceed $2n$.
2010 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 7
Let $a_1$, $a_2$, and $a_3$ be nonzero complex numbers with non-negative real and imaginary parts. Find the minimum possible value of \[\dfrac{|a_1+a_2+a_3|}{\sqrt[3]{|a_1a_2a_3|}}.\]
2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 21
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with $ AB \equal{} 5$, $ BC \equal{} 4$ and $ AC \equal{} 3$. Let $ \mathcal P$ and $ \mathcal Q$ be squares inside $ ABC$ with disjoint interiors such that they both have one side lying on $ AB$. Also, the two squares each have an edge lying on a common line perpendicular to $ AB$, and $ \mathcal P$ has one vertex on $ AC$ and $ \mathcal Q$ has one vertex on $ BC$. Determine the minimum value of the sum of the areas of the two squares.
[asy]import olympiad;
import math;
import graph;
unitsize(1.5cm);
pair A, B, C;
A = origin;
B = A + 5 * right;
C = (9/5, 12/5);
pair X = .7 * A + .3 * B;
pair Xa = X + dir(135);
pair Xb = X + dir(45);
pair Ya = extension(X, Xa, A, C);
pair Yb = extension(X, Xb, B, C);
pair Oa = (X + Ya)/2;
pair Ob = (X + Yb)/2;
pair Ya1 = (X.x, Ya.y);
pair Ya2 = (Ya.x, X.y);
pair Yb1 = (Yb.x, X.y);
pair Yb2 = (X.x, Yb.y);
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(Ya--Ya1--X--Ya2--cycle);
draw(Yb--Yb1--X--Yb2--cycle);
label("$A$", A, W);
label("$B$", B, E);
label("$C$", C, N);
label("$\mathcal P$", Oa, origin);
label("$\mathcal Q$", Ob, origin);[/asy]
1989 USAMO, 4
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle whose side lengths satisfy the inequalities $AB < AC < BC$. If point $I$ is the center of the inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ and point $O$ is the center of the circumscribed circle, prove that line $IO$ intersects segments $AB$ and $BC$.
Russian TST 2021, P1
Suppose that $a,b,c,d$ are positive real numbers satisfying $(a+c)(b+d)=ac+bd$. Find the smallest possible value of
$$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{d}+\frac{d}{a}.$$
[i]Israel[/i]
2023 China Team Selection Test, P21
Given integer $n\geq 2$. Find the minimum value of $\lambda {}$, satisfy that for any real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$, $\cdots$, ${a_n}$ and ${b}$,
$$\lambda\sum\limits_{i=1}^n\sqrt{|a_i-b|}+\sqrt{n\left|\sum\limits_{i=1}^na_i\right|}\geqslant\sum\limits_{i=1}^n\sqrt{|a_i|}.$$
2006 Romania National Olympiad, 3
We have in the plane the system of points $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n$ and $B_1,B_2,\ldots,B_n$, which have different centers of mass. Prove that there is a point $P$ such that \[ PA_1 + PA_2 + \ldots+ PA_n = PB_1 + PB_2 + \ldots + PB_n . \]
1989 IMO Longlists, 19
Let $ a_1, \ldots, a_n$ be distinct positive integers that do not contain a $ 9$ in their decimal representations. Prove that the following inequality holds
\[ \sum^n_{i\equal{}1} \frac{1}{a_i} \leq 30.\]
VMEO I 2004, 1
Let $x, y, z$ be non-negative numbers, so that $x + y + z = 1$. Prove that
$$\sqrt{x+\frac{(y-z)^2}{12}}+\sqrt{y+\frac{(x-z)^2}{12}}+\sqrt{z+\frac{(x-y)^2}{12}}\le \sqrt{3}$$
2025 Bulgarian Winter Tournament, 12.1
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers with $a+b>c$. Prove that $ax + \sin(bx) + \cos(cx) > 1$ for all $x\in \left(0, \frac{\pi}{a+b+c}\right)$.
2005 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
Let ABC be a triangle and let $r, r_a, r_b, r_c$ denote the inradius and ex-radii opposite to the vertices $A, B, C$, respectively. Suppose that $a>r_a, b>r_b, c>r_c$. Prove that
[b](a)[/b] $\triangle ABC$ is acute.
[b](b)[/b] $a+b+c > r+r_a+r_b+r_c$.
2013 IFYM, Sozopol, 2
Prove that for each $\Delta ABC$ with an acute $\angle C$ the following inequality is true:
$(a^2+b^2) cos(\alpha -\beta )\leq 2ab$.
2016 Hong Kong TST, 3
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $abc=1$. Determine the smallest possible value of
$$\frac{a^3+8}{a^3(b+c)}+\frac{b^3+8}{b^3(a+c)}+\frac{c^3+8}{c^3(b+a)}$$
1997 Putnam, 4
Let $a_{m,n}$ denote the coefficient of $x^n$ in the expansion $(1+x+x^2)^n$. Prove the inequality for all integers $k\ge 0$ :
\[ 0\le \sum_{\ell=0}^{\left\lfloor{\frac{2k}{3}}\right\rfloor} (-1)^{\ell} a_{k-\ell,\ell}\le 1 \]
2011 N.N. Mihăileanu Individual, 2
Let be three real numbers $ x,y,z>1 $ that satisfy $ xyz=8. $ Prove that:
$$ \left( \sqrt{\log_2 x} +\sqrt{\log_2 y} \right)\cdot \left( \sqrt{\log_2 y} +\sqrt{\log_2 z} \right)\cdot \left( \sqrt{\log_2 z} +\sqrt{\log_2 x} \right)\le 8 $$
[i]Gabriela Constantinescu[/i]
1971 Poland - Second Round, 6
Given an infinite sequence $ \{a_n\} $. Prove that if
$$ a_n + a_{n+2} > 2a_{n+1} \ \ for \ \ n = 1, 2 ... $$
then $$ \frac{a_1+a_3+\ldots a_{2n+1}}{n+1} \geq \frac{a_2+a_4+\ldots a_{2n}}{n} $$
for $ n = 1, 2, \ldots $.