Find all positive integers $a,b,c$ such that $$\begin{cases} a^2 = 4(b+c) \\ a^3 -2b^3 -4c^3 =\frac12 abc \end {cases}$$

Let $N$ a positive integer. In a spaceship there are $2 \cdot N$ people, and each two of them are friends or foes (both relationships are symmetric). Two aliens play a game as follows: 1) The first alien chooses any person as she wishes. 2) Thenceforth, alternately, each alien chooses one person not chosen before such that the person chosen on each turn be a friend of the person chosen on the previous turn. 3) The alien that can't play in her turn loses. Prove that second player has a winning strategy [i]if, and only if[/i], the $2 \cdot N$ people can be divided in $N$ pairs in such a way that two people in the same pair are friends.

An acute angle with the vertex $O$ and the rays $Op_1$ and $Op_2$ is given in a plane. Let $k_1$ be a circle with the center on $Op_1$ which is tangent to $Op_2$. Let $k_2$ be the circle that is tangent to both rays $Op_1$ and $Op_2$ and to the circle $k_1$ from outside. Find the locus of tangency points of $k_1$ and $k_2$ when center of $k_1$ moves along the ray $Op_1$.

Point $X$ is chosen on side $AD$ of square $ABCD$. The inscribed circle of triangle $ABX$ touches $AX$, $BX$, and $AB$ at points $N$, $K$, and $F$, respectively. Prove that the ray $NK$ passes through the center $O$ of the square $ABCD$. (Dmytro Shvetsov)

For every positive integer $n$, the symbol $a_n/b_n$ is the simplest form of the fraction $1+1/2+...+1/n$. Prove that for every pair of positive integers $(M, N)$ we can always find a positive integer $m$ where $(a_n, N) = 1$ for all $n = m, m + 1, ...,m + M$.

Determine the minimum number of lines that can be drawn on the plane so that they intersect in exactly $200$ distinct points. (Note that for $3$ distinct points, the minimum number of lines is $3$ and for $4$ distinct points, the minimum is $4$)

Paul has 6 boxes, each of which contains 12 trays. Paul also has 4 extra trays. If each tray can hold 8 apples, what is the largest possible number of apples that can be held by the 6 boxes and 4 extra trays?

The sides of a triangle have lengths $a,b,c$. Prove that: \begin{align*}(-a+b+c)(a-b+c)\, +\, & (a-b+c)(a+b-c)+(a+b-c)(-a+b+c)\\ &\le\sqrt{abc}(\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c})\end{align*}

For positive integers $n$, let $\tau (n)$ denote the number of positive integer divisors of $n$, including $1$ and $n$. For example, $\tau (1)=1$ and $\tau(6) =4$. Define $S(n)$ by \[S(n)=\tau(1)+ \tau(2) + ... + \tau(n).\] Let $a$ denote the number of positive integers $n \leq 2005$ with $S(n)$ odd, and let $b$ denote the number of positive integers $n \leq 2005$ with $S(n)$ even. Find $|a-b|$.

Find all pairs of integers $(c, d)$, both greater than 1, such that the following holds: For any monic polynomial $Q$ of degree $d$ with integer coefficients and for any prime $p > c(2c+1)$, there exists a set $S$ of at most $\big(\tfrac{2c-1}{2c+1}\big)p$ integers, such that \[\bigcup_{s \in S} \{s,\; Q(s),\; Q(Q(s)),\; Q(Q(Q(s))),\; \dots\}\] contains a complete residue system modulo $p$ (i.e., intersects with every residue class modulo $p$).

Given $n$ points in the three dimensional space such, that the arbitrary triangle with the vertices in three of those points contains an angle greater than $120$ degrees. Prove that you can rearrange them to make a polyline (unclosed) with all the angles between the sequent links greater than $120$ degrees.

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC = BC$ and circumcircle $k$. The point $D$ lies on the shorter arc of $k$ over the chord $BC$ and is different from $B$ and $C$. Let $E$ denote the intersection of $CD$ and $AB$. Prove that the line through $B$ and $C$ is a tangent of the circumcircle of the triangle $BDE$. (Karl Czakler)

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ distinct real numbers. Let $A_{S}$ be the set of numbers that occur as averages of two distinct elements of $S$. For a given $n \geq 2$, what is the smallest possible number of elements in $A_{S}$?

There is an unlimited supply of congruent equilateral triangles made of colored paper. Each triangle is a solid color with the same color on both sides of the paper. A large equilateral triangle is constructed from four of these paper triangles. Two large triangles are considered distinguishable if it is not possible to place one on the other, using translations, rotations, and/or reflections, so that their corresponding small triangles are of the same color. Given that there are six different colors of triangles from which to choose, how many distinguishable large equilateral triangles may be formed?

A crossword is a grid of black and white cells such that every white cell belongs to some $2\times 2$ square of white cells. A word in the crossword is a contiguous sequence of two or more white cells in the same row or column, delimited on each side by either a black cell or the boundary of the grid. Show that the total number of words in an $n\times n$ crossword cannot exceed $(n+1)^2/2$. [i]Proposed by Nikolai Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]

Let $n$ be a positive integer. For any $k$, denote by $a_k$ the number of permutations of $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$ with exactly $k$ disjoint cycles. (For example, if $n=3$ then $a_2=3$ since $(1)(23)$, $(2)(31)$, $(3)(12)$ are the only such permutations.) Evaluate \[ a_n n^n + a_{n-1} n^{n-1} + \dots + a_1 n. \][i]Proposed by Sammy Luo[/i]

Define $a_0 = 2$ and $a_{n+1} = a^2_n + a_n -1$ for $n \ge 0$. Prove that $a_n$ is coprime to $2n + 1$ for all $n \in N$.

Given the nonincreasing sequence of non-negative numbers in which $a_1 \ge a_2 \ge a_3 \ge ... \ge a_{2n-1}\ge 0$. Prove that $a^2_1 -a^2_2 + a^2_3 - ... + a^2_{2n- l} \ge (a_1 - a_2 + a_3 - ... + a_{2n- l} )^2$ . ( L . Kurlyandchik , Leningrad )

Find all integer solutions of the equation \[\frac {x^{7} \minus{} 1}{x \minus{} 1} \equal{} y^{5} \minus{} 1.\]

if three non-zero vectors on a plane $\vec{a},\vec{b},\vec{c}$ satisfy: (a) $\vec{a}\bot\vec{b}$ (b) $\vec{b}\cdot\vec{c}=2|\vec{a}|$ (c) $\vec{c}\cdot\vec{a}=3|\vec{b}|$ find out the minimum of $|\vec{c}|$

Let two circles $A$ and $B$ with unequal radii $r$ and $R$, respectively, be tangent internally at the point $A_0$. If there exists a sequence of distinct circles $(C_n)$ such that each circle is tangent to both $A$ and $B$, and each circle $C_{n+1}$ touches circle $C_{n}$ at the point $A_n$, prove that \[\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} |A_{n+1}A_n| < \frac{4 \pi Rr}{R+r}.\]

Find all ordered pairs of real numbers $(x, y)$ such that $x^2y = 3$ and $x + xy = 4$.

The number $A$ is a product of $n$ distinct natural numbers. Prove that $A$ has at least $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}+1$ distinct divisors (including 1 and $A$).

Let $S$ be the set of sides and diagonals of a regular pentagon. A pair of elements of $S$ are selected at random without replacement. What is the probability that the two chosen segments have the same length? $ \textbf{(A) }\frac25\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac49\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac12\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac59\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac45 $

[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Compute $2^2 + 0 \cdot 0 + 2^2 + 3^3$. [b]p2.[/b] How many total letters (not necessarily distinct) are there in the names Jerry, Justin, Jackie, Jason, and Jeffrey? [b]p3.[/b] What is the remainder when $20232023$ is divided by $50$? [b]p4.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square. The fraction of the area of $ABCD$ that is the area of the intersection of triangles $ABD$ and $ABC$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$. [b]p5.[/b] Raymond is playing basketball. He makes a total of $15$ shots, all of which are either worth $2$ or $3$ points. Given he scored a total of $40$ points, how many $2$-point shots did he make? [b]p6.[/b] If a fair coin is flipped $4$ times, the probability that it lands on heads more often than tails is $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$. [b]p7.[/b] What is the sum of the perfect square divisors of $640$? [b]p8.[/b] A regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The ratio of the area between the hexagon and equilateral triangle can be expressed in the form $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$. [b]p9.[/b] If a cylinder has volume $1024\pi$, radius of $r$ and height $h$, how many ordered pairs of integers $(r, h)$ are possible? [b]p10.[/b] Pump $A$ can fill up a balloon in $3$ hours, while pump $B$ can fill up a balloon in $5$ hours. Pump $A$ starts filling up a balloon at $12:00$ PM, and pump $B$ is added alongside pump $A$ at a later time. If the balloon is completely filled at $2:00$ PM, how many minutes after $12:00$ PM was Pump $B$ added? [b]p11.[/b] For some positive integer $k$, the product $81 \cdot k$ has $20$ factors. Find the smallest possible value of $k$. [b]p12.[/b] Two people wish to sit in a row of fifty chairs. How many ways can they sit in the chairs if they do not want to sit directly next to each other and they do not want to sit with exactly one empty chair between them? [b]p13.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle with side length $2$ and $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Let $P$ be a point in the same plane such that $2PM = BC$. The minimum value of $AP$ can be expressed as $\sqrt{a}-b$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers such that $a$ is not divisible by any perfect square aside from $1$. Find $a + b$. [b]p14.[/b] What are the $2022$nd to $2024$th digits after the decimal point in the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{27}$ , expressed as a $3$ digit number in that order (i.e the $2022$nd digit is the hundreds digit, $2023$rd digit is the tens digit, and $2024$th digit is the ones digit)? [b]p15.[/b] After combining like terms, how many terms are in the expansion of $(xyz+xy+yz+xz+x+y+z)^{20}$? [b]p16.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AB \parallel CD$ where $AB > CD$, $\angle B = 90^o$, and $BC = 12$. A line $k$ is dropped from $A$, perpendicular to line $CD$, and another line $\ell$ is dropped from $C$, perpendicular to line $AD$. $k$ and $\ell$ intersect at $X$. If $\vartriangle AXC$ is an equilateral triangle, the area of $ABCD$ can be written as $m\sqrt{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers such that $n$ is not divisible by any perfect square aside from $1$. Find $m + n$. [b]p17.[/b] If real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $2x^2 + y^2 = 8x$, maximize the expression $x^2 + y^2 + 4x$. [b]p18.[/b] Let $f(x)$ be a monic quadratic polynomial with nonzero real coefficients. Given that the minimum value of $f(x)$ is one of the roots of $f(x)$, and that $f(2022) = 1$, there are two possible values of $f(2023)$. Find the larger of these two values. [b]p19.[/b] I am thinking of a positive integer. After realizing that it is four more than a multiple of $3$, four less than a multiple of $4$, four more than a multiple of 5, and four less than a multiple of $7$, I forgot my number. What is the smallest possible value of my number? [b]p20.[/b] How many ways can Aston, Bryan, Cindy, Daniel, and Evan occupy a row of $14$ chairs such that none of them are sitting next to each other? [b]p21.[/b] Let $x$ be a positive real number. The minimum value of $\frac{1}{x^2} +\sqrt{x}$ can be expressed in the form \frac{a}{b^{(c/d)}} , where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are all positive integers, $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime, $c$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $b$ is not divisible by any perfect square. Find $a + b + c + d$. [b]p22.[/b] For all $x > 0$, the function $f(x)$ is defined as $\lfloor x \rfloor \cdot (x + \{x\})$. There are $24$ possible $x$ such that $f(x)$ is an integer between $2000$ and $2023$, inclusive. If the sum of these $24$ numbers equals $N$, then find $\lfloor N \rfloor$. Note: Recall that $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, called the floor function. Also, $\{x\}$ is defined as $x - \lfloor x \rfloor$, called the fractional part function. [b]p23.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with $AD = 1$. Let $P$ be a point on diagonal $\overline{AC}$, and let $\omega$ and $\xi$ be the circumcircles of $\vartriangle APB$ and $\vartriangle CPD$, respectively. Line $\overleftrightarrow{AD}$ is extended, intersecting $\omega$ at $X$, and $\xi$ at $Y$ . If $AX = 5$ and $DY = 2$, find $[ABCD]^2$. Note: $[ABCD]$ denotes the area of the polygon $ABCD$. [b]p24.[/b] Alice writes all of the three-digit numbers on a blackboard (it’s a pretty big blackboard). Let $X_a$ be the set of three-digit numbers containing a somewhere in its representation, where a is a string of digits. (For example, $X_{12}$ would include $12$, $121$, $312$, etc.) If Bob then picks a value of $a$ at random so $0 \le a \le 999$, the expected number of elements in $X_a$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find$ m + n$. [b]p25.[/b] Let $f(x) = x^5 + 2x^4 - 2x^3 + 4x^2 + 5x + 6$ and $g(x) = x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1$. If $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are the roots of $g(x)$, then find $f(a) + f(b) + f(c) + f(d)$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].