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MathLinks Contest 6th, 4.3

Tags: inequalities
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc = 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt{\frac{a+b}{b+1}}+\sqrt{\frac{b+c}{c+1}}+\sqrt{\frac{c+a}{a+1}} \ge 3$$

2018 Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1

Let $x, y, z, t$ be real numbers such that $(x^2 + y^2 -1)(z^2 + t^2 - 1) > (xz + yt -1)^2$. Prove that $x^2 + y^2 > 1$.

2004 Nordic, 4

Let $a, b, c$ be the sides and $R$ be the circumradius of a triangle. Prove that \[\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca}\ge\frac{1}{R^2}.\]

2022 APMO, 5

Tags: inequalities
Let $a,b,c,d$ be real numbers such that $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=1$. Determine the minimum value of $(a-b)(b-c)(c-d)(d-a)$ and determine all values of $(a,b,c,d)$ such that the minimum value is achived.

2009 Princeton University Math Competition, 7

Tags: inequalities
Suppose that for some positive integer $n$, the first two digits of $5^n$ and $2^n$ are identical. Suppose the first two digits are $a$ and $b$ in this order. Find the two-digit number $\overline{ab}$.

1993 Turkey Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: inequalities
Let ($b_n$) be a sequence such that $b_n \geq 0 $ and $b_{n+1}^2 \geq \frac{b_1^2}{1^3}+\cdots+\frac{b_n^2}{n^3}$ for all $n \geq 1$. Prove that there exists a natural number $K$ such that \[\sum_{n=1}^{K} \frac{b_{n+1}}{b_1+b_2+ \cdots + b_n} \geq \frac{1993}{1000}\]

2004 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4

A cube is decomposed in a finite number of rectangular parallelepipeds such that the volume of the cube's circum sphere volume equals the sum of the volumes of all parallelepipeds' circum spheres. Prove that all these parallelepipeds are cubes.

1989 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, 2

Tags: inequalities
If $ a$ and $ b$ are nonnegative real numbers with $ a^2\plus{}b^2\equal{}4$, show that: $ \frac{ab}{a\plus{}b\plus{}2} \le \sqrt{2}\minus{}1$ and determine when equality occurs.

2014 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 4

$a_1\geq a_2\geq... \geq a_{100n}>0$ If we take from $(a_1,a_2,...,a_{100n})$ some $2n+1$ numbers $b_1\geq b_2 \geq ... \geq b_{2n+1}$ then $b_1+...+b_n > b_{n+1}+...b_{2n+1}$ Prove, that $$(n+1)(a_1+...+a_n)>a_{n+1}+a_{n+2}+...+a_{100n}$$

2015 Bosnia And Herzegovina - Regional Olympiad, 1

Let $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$ be real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=8$. Prove the inequality: $$\frac{a}{\sqrt[3]{8+b-d}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt[3]{8+c-a}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt[3]{8+d-b}}+\frac{d}{\sqrt[3]{8+a-c}} \geq 4$$

1998 Moldova Team Selection Test, 4

Tags: inequalities
Show that for any positive real numbers $a, x, y, z$ the following inequalities are true $$\frac{a+z}{a+x}\cdot x+\frac{a+x}{a+y}\cdot y+\frac{a+y}{a+z}\cdot z \leq x+y+z \leq \frac{a+y}{a+z}\cdot x+\frac{a+z}{a+x}\cdot y+\frac{a+x}{a+y}\cdot z.$$

2018 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 4

Let $a\in\left[ \tfrac{1}{2},\ \tfrac{3}{2}\right]$ be a real number. Sequences $(u_n),\ (v_n)$ are defined as follows: $$u_n=\frac{3}{2^{n+1}}\cdot (-1)^{\lfloor2^{n+1}a\rfloor},\ v_n=\frac{3}{2^{n+1}}\cdot (-1)^{n+\lfloor 2^{n+1}a\rfloor}.$$ a. Prove that $${{({{u}_{0}}+{{u}_{1}}+\cdots +{{u}_{2018}})}^{2}}+{{({{v}_{0}}+{{v}_{1}}+\cdots +{{v}_{2018}})}^{2}}\le 72{{a}^{2}}-48a+10+\frac{2}{{{4}^{2019}}}.$$ b. Find all values of $a$ in the equality case.

2004 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 7

Tags: inequalities
Prove that for any $a>0,b>0,c>0$ we have $8a^2 b^2 c^2 \geq (a^2 + ab + ac - bc)(b^2 + ba + bc - ac)(c^2 + ca + cb - ab)$.

2006 China Team Selection Test, 1

Let $A$ be a non-empty subset of the set of all positive integers $N^*$. If any sufficient big positive integer can be expressed as the sum of $2$ elements in $A$(The two integers do not have to be different), then we call that $A$ is a divalent radical. For $x \geq 1$, let $A(x)$ be the set of all elements in $A$ that do not exceed $x$, prove that there exist a divalent radical $A$ and a constant number $C$ so that for every $x \geq 1$, there is always $\left| A(x) \right| \leq C \sqrt{x}$.

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 $n$.

2017 CHKMO, Q4

Find the smallest possible value of the nonnegative number $\lambda$ such that the inequality $$\frac{a+b}{2}\geq\lambda \sqrt{ab}+(1-\lambda )\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}}$$ holds for all positive real numbers $a, b$.

2004 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 4

Tags: inequalities
[i]Second Test, May 16[/i] Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc = 1$. Prove that $\frac{ab}{a^{5}+b^{5}+ab}+\frac{bc}{b^{5}+c^{5}+bc}+\frac{ca}{c^{5}+a^{5}+ca}\le 1$ . When does equality hold?

2005 Turkey MO (2nd round), 5

If $a,b,c$ are the sides of a triangle and $r$ the inradius of the triangle, prove that \[\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}\le \frac{1}{4r^2} \]

2012 Puerto Rico Team Selection Test, 1

Let $x, y$ and $z$ be consecutive integers such that \[\frac 1x+\frac 1y+\frac 1z >\frac{1}{45}.\] Find the maximum value of $x + y + z$.

2014 Silk Road, 3

Tags: inequalities
$ a,b,c\ge 0,\ \ \ a^3+b^3+c^3+abc=4 $ Prove that $a^3b+b^3c+c^3b \le 3$

2002 Moldova National Olympiad, 2

Let $ a,b,c\geq 0$ such that $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c\equal{}1$. Prove that: $ a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2\geq 4(ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca)\minus{}1$

1982 IMO Longlists, 3

Given $n$ points $X_1,X_2,\ldots, X_n$ in the interval $0 \leq X_i \leq 1, i = 1, 2,\ldots, n$, show that there is a point $y, 0 \leq y \leq 1$, such that \[\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} | y - X_i | = \frac 12.\]

2009 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 7

Tags: inequalities
In the triangle $ABC$, the cevians $AA_1$, $BB_1$ and $CC_1$ intersect at the point $O$. It turned out that $AA_1$ is the bisector, and the point $O$ is closer to the straight line $AB$ than to the straight lines $A_1C_1$ and $B_1A_1$. Prove that $\angle{BAC} > 120^{\circ}$.

2011 Morocco National Olympiad, 1

Given positive reals $a,b,c;$ show that we have \[\left(a+\frac 1b\right)\left(b+\frac 1c\right)\left(c+\frac 1a\right)\geq 8.\]

2009 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1

[b]Problem 1.[/b]Find all $ (x,y)$ such that: \[ \{\begin{matrix} \displaystyle\dfrac {1}{\sqrt {1 + 2x^2}} + \dfrac {1}{\sqrt {1 + 2y^2}} & = & \displaystyle\dfrac {2}{\sqrt {1 + 2xy}} \\ \sqrt {x(1 - 2x)} + \sqrt {y(1 - 2y)} & = & \displaystyle\dfrac {2}{9} \end{matrix}\; \]