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Found problems: 48

1961 IMO, 4

Consider triangle $P_1P_2P_3$ and a point $p$ within the triangle. Lines $P_1P, P_2P, P_3P$ intersect the opposite sides in points $Q_1, Q_2, Q_3$ respectively. Prove that, of the numbers \[ \dfrac{P_1P}{PQ_1}, \dfrac{P_2P}{PQ_2}, \dfrac{P_3P}{PQ_3} \] at least one is $\leq 2$ and at least one is $\geq 2$

1979 IMO Shortlist, 16

Let $K$ denote the set $\{a, b, c, d, e\}$. $F$ is a collection of $16$ different subsets of $K$, and it is known that any three members of $F$ have at least one element in common. Show that all $16$ members of $F$ have exactly one element in common.

1954 Putnam, B4

Given the focus $F$ and the directrix $D$ of a parabola $P$ and a line $L$, describe a euclidean construction for the point or points of intersection of $P$ and $L.$ Be sure to identify the case for which there are no points of intersection.

2016 IMAR Test, 2

Given a positive integer $n$, does there exist a planar polygon and a point in its plane such that every line through that point meets the boundary of the polygon at exactly $2n$ points?

1966 IMO Longlists, 39

Consider a circle with center $O$ and radius $R,$ and let $A$ and $B$ be two points in the plane of this circle. [b]a.)[/b] Draw a chord $CD$ of the circle such that $CD$ is parallel to $AB,$ and the point of the intersection $P$ of the lines $AC$ and $BD$ lies on the circle. [b]b.)[/b] Show that generally, one gets two possible points $P$ ($P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$) satisfying the condition of the above problem, and compute the distance between these two points, if the lengths $OA=a,$ $OB=b$ and $AB=d$ are given.

1987 IMO Longlists, 35

Does there exist a set $M$ in usual Euclidean space such that for every plane $\lambda$ the intersection $M \cap \lambda$ is finite and nonempty ? [i]Proposed by Hungary.[/i] [hide="Remark"]I'm not sure I'm posting this in a right Forum.[/hide]

2021 Iberoamerican, 5

For a finite set $C$ of integer numbers, we define $S(C)$ as the sum of the elements of $C$. Find two non-empty sets $A$ and $B$ whose intersection is empty, whose union is the set $\{1,2,\ldots, 2021\}$ and such that the product $S(A)S(B)$ is a perfect square.

2015 Germany Team Selection Test, 3

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $|AB| \neq |AC|$ and the midpoints of segments $[AB]$ and $[AC]$ be $D$ resp. $E$. The circumcircles of the triangles $BCD$ and $BCE$ intersect the circumcircle of triangle $ADE$ in $P$ resp. $Q$ with $P \neq D$ and $Q \neq E$. Prove $|AP|=|AQ|$. [i](Notation: $|\cdot|$ denotes the length of a segment and $[\cdot]$ denotes the line segment.)[/i]

1978 Poland - Second Round, 2

In the plane, a set of points $ M $ is given with the following properties: 1. The points of the set $ M $ do not lie on one straight line, 2. If the points $ A, B, C$, and $D$ are vertices of a parallelogram and $ A, B, C \in M $, then $ D \in M $, 3. If $ A, B \in M $, then $ AB \geq 1 $. Prove that there exist two families of parallel lines such that $ M $ is the set of all intersection points of the lines of the first family with the lines of the second family.

2024 CAPS Match, 1

Determine whether there exist 2024 distinct positive integers satisfying the following: if we consider every possible ratio between two distinct numbers (we include both $a/b$ and $b/a$), we will obtain numbers with finite decimal expansions (after the decimal point) of mutually distinct non-zero lengths.

1964 IMO, 5

Supppose five points in a plane are situated so that no two of the straight lines joining them are parallel, perpendicular, or coincident. From each point perpendiculars are drawn to all the lines joining the other four points. Determine the maxium number of intersections that these perpendiculars can have.

2017 Korea National Olympiad, problem 3

Let there be a scalene triangle $ABC$, and its incircle hits $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$. The perpendicular bisector of $BC$ meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $P, Q$, where $P$ is on the same side with $A$ with respect to $BC$. Let the line parallel to $AQ$ and passing through $D$ meet $EF$ at $R$. Prove that the intersection between $EF$ and $PQ$ lies on the circumcircle of $BCR$.

1964 IMO Shortlist, 5

Supppose five points in a plane are situated so that no two of the straight lines joining them are parallel, perpendicular, or coincident. From each point perpendiculars are drawn to all the lines joining the other four points. Determine the maxium number of intersections that these perpendiculars can have.

1969 IMO Shortlist, 42

$(MON 3)$ Let $A_k (1 \le k \le h)$ be $n-$element sets such that each two of them have a nonempty intersection. Let $A$ be the union of all the sets $A_k,$ and let $B$ be a subset of $A$ such that for each $k (1\le k \le h)$ the intersection of $A_k$ and $B$ consists of exactly two different elements $a_k$ and $b_k$. Find all subsets $X$ of the set $A$ with $r$ elements satisfying the condition that for at least one index $k,$ both elements $a_k$ and $b_k$ belong to $X$.

2017 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 3

Let $M$ be the incenter of the tangential quadrilateral $A_1A_2A_3A_4$. Let line $g_1$ through $A_1$ be perpendicular to $A_1M$; define $g_2,g_3$ and $g_4$ similarly. The lines $g_1,g_2,g_3$ and $g_4$ define another quadrilateral $B_1B_2B_3B_4$ having $B_1$ be the intersection of $g_1$ and $g_2$; similarly $B_2,B_3$ and $B_4$ are intersections of $g_2$ and $g_3$, $g_3$ and $g_4$, resp. $g_4$ and $g_1$. Prove that the diagonals of quadrilateral $B_1B_2B_3B_4$ intersect in point $M$. [asy] import graph; size(15cm); real lsf=0.5; pen dps=linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); pen ds=black; real xmin=-9.773972777861085,xmax=12.231603726660566,ymin=-3.9255487671791487,ymax=7.37238601960895; pair M=(2.,2.), A_4=(-1.6391623316400197,1.2875505916864178), A_1=(3.068893183992864,-0.5728665455336459), A_2=(4.30385937824148,2.2922812065339455), A_3=(2.221541124684679,4.978916319940133), B_4=(-0.9482172571022687,-2.24176848577888), B_1=(4.5873184669543345,0.057960746374459436), B_2=(3.9796042717514277,4.848169684238838), B_3=(-2.4295496490492385,5.324816563638236); draw(circle(M,2.),linewidth(0.8)); draw(A_4--A_1,linewidth(0.8)); draw(A_1--A_2,linewidth(0.8)); draw(A_2--A_3,linewidth(0.8)); draw(A_3--A_4,linewidth(0.8)); draw(M--A_3,linewidth(0.8)+dotted); draw(M--A_2,linewidth(0.8)+dotted); draw(M--A_1,linewidth(0.8)+dotted); draw(M--A_4,linewidth(0.8)+dotted); draw((xmin,-0.07436970390935019*xmin+5.144131675605378)--(xmax,-0.07436970390935019*xmax+5.144131675605378),linewidth(0.8)); draw((xmin,-7.882338401302275*xmin+36.2167572574517)--(xmax,-7.882338401302275*xmax+36.2167572574517),linewidth(0.8)); draw((xmin,0.4154483588930812*xmin-1.847833182441644)--(xmax,0.4154483588930812*xmax-1.847833182441644),linewidth(0.8)); draw((xmin,-5.107958950031516*xmin-7.085223310768749)--(xmax,-5.107958950031516*xmax-7.085223310768749),linewidth(0.8)); dot(M,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$M$",(2.0593440948136896,2.0872038897020024),NE*lsf); dot(A_4,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$A_4$",(-2.6355449660387147,1.085078446888477),NE*lsf); dot(A_1,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$A_1$",(3.1575637581709772,-1.2486383377457595),NE*lsf); dot(A_2,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$A_2$",(4.502882845783654,2.30684782237346),NE*lsf); dot(A_3,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$A_3$",(2.169166061149418,5.203402184478307),NE*lsf); label("$g_3$",(-9.691606303109287,5.354407388189934),NE*lsf); label("$g_2$",(3.0889250292111465,6.727181967386543),NE*lsf); label("$g_1$",(-4.763345563793459,-3.4725331560442676),NE*lsf); label("$g_4$",(-2.663000457622647,6.878187171098171),NE*lsf); dot(B_4,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$B_4$",(-1.5647807942653595,-3.0332452907013523),NE*lsf); dot(B_1,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$B_1$",(4.955898456918535,-0.6583452686912173),NE*lsf); dot(B_2,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$B_2$",(4.104778217816637,5.0661247265586455),NE*lsf); dot(B_3,linewidth(3.pt)+ds); label("$B_3$",(-3.4454819677647146,5.656417795613188),NE*lsf); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); [/asy]

2003 IMO Shortlist, 2

Let $D_1$, $D_2$, ..., $D_n$ be closed discs in the plane. (A closed disc is the region limited by a circle, taken jointly with this circle.) Suppose that every point in the plane is contained in at most $2003$ discs $D_i$. Prove that there exists a disc $D_k$ which intersects at most $7\cdot 2003 - 1 = 14020$ other discs $D_i$.

2004 IMO Shortlist, 2

Let ${n}$ and $k$ be positive integers. There are given ${n}$ circles in the plane. Every two of them intersect at two distinct points, and all points of intersection they determine are pairwise distinct (i. e. no three circles have a common point). No three circles have a point in common. Each intersection point must be colored with one of $n$ distinct colors so that each color is used at least once and exactly $k$ distinct colors occur on each circle. Find all values of $n\geq 2$ and $k$ for which such a coloring is possible. [i]Proposed by Horst Sewerin, Germany[/i]

2023 German National Olympiad, 5

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitudes $AA'$ and $BB'$ and orthocenter $H$. Let $C_0$ be the midpoint of the segment $AB$. Let $g$ be the line symmetric to the line $CC_0$ with respect to the angular bisector of $\angle ACB$. Let $h$ be the line symmetric to the line $HC_0$ with respect to the angular bisector of $\angle AHB$. Show that the lines $g$ and $h$ intersect on the line $A'B'$.

1961 IMO Shortlist, 4

Consider triangle $P_1P_2P_3$ and a point $p$ within the triangle. Lines $P_1P, P_2P, P_3P$ intersect the opposite sides in points $Q_1, Q_2, Q_3$ respectively. Prove that, of the numbers \[ \dfrac{P_1P}{PQ_1}, \dfrac{P_2P}{PQ_2}, \dfrac{P_3P}{PQ_3} \] at least one is $\leq 2$ and at least one is $\geq 2$

1992 IMO Longlists, 15

Prove that there exist $78$ lines in the plane such that they have exactly $1992$ points of intersection.

2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 1

Let $D_1$, $D_2$, ..., $D_n$ be closed discs in the plane. (A closed disc is the region limited by a circle, taken jointly with this circle.) Suppose that every point in the plane is contained in at most $2003$ discs $D_i$. Prove that there exists a disc $D_k$ which intersects at most $7\cdot 2003 - 1 = 14020$ other discs $D_i$.

2024 CAPS Match, 4

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral, such that $AB = BC = CD.$ There are points $X, Y$ on rays $CA, BD,$ respectively, such that $BX = CY.$ Let $P, Q, R, S$ be the midpoints of segments $BX, CY ,$ $XD, YA,$ respectively. Prove that points $P, Q, R, S$ lie on a circle.

2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 2, 2

Points $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ lie on a line in that order, and points $E$ and $F$ are located outside the line such that $EA=EB$, $FC=FD$ and $EF \parallel AD$. Let the circumcircles of triangles $ABF$ and $CDE$ intersect at points $P$ and $Q$, and the circumcircles of triangles $ACF$ and $BDE$ intersect at points $M$ and $N$. Prove that the lines $PQ$ and $MN$ pass through the midpoint of segment $EF$. [i] Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia[/i]

2010 ISI B.Stat Entrance Exam, 3

Let $I_1, I_2, I_3$ be three open intervals of $\mathbb{R}$ such that none is contained in another. If $I_1\cap I_2 \cap I_3$ is non-empty, then show that at least one of these intervals is contained in the union of the other two.

2011 Greece JBMO TST, 2

On every side of a square $ABCD$, we consider three points different (to each other). a) Find the number of line segments defined with endpoints those points , that do not lie on sides of the square. b) If there are no three of the previous line segments passing through the same point, find how many of the intersection points of those segmens line in the interior of the square.