On the coordinate plane, Let $C$ be the graph of $y=(\ln x)^2\ (x>0)$ and for $\alpha >0$, denote $L(\alpha)$ be the tangent line of $C$ at the point $(\alpha ,\ (\ln \alpha)^2).$ (1) Draw the graph. (2) Let $n(\alpha)$ be the number of the intersection points of $C$ and $L(\alpha)$. Find $n(\alpha)$. (3) For $0<\alpha <1$, let $S(\alpha)$ be the area of the region bounded by $C,\ L(\alpha)$ and the $x$-axis. Find $S(\alpha)$. 2010 Tokyo Institute of Technology entrance exam, Second Exam.

Two distinct numbers $ a$ and $ b$ are chosen randomly from the set $ \{ 2, 2^2, 2^3, \ldots, 2^{25} \}$. What is the probability that $ \log_{a} b$ is an integer? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {2}{25} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {31}{300} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {13}{100} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {7}{50} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {1}{2}$

Given that $\log_{10}(4) = 0.6021$ to the nearest ten-thousandth, find $\log_{10}(5)$ to the nearest thousandth. [i]Lightning 3.3[/i]

Hi guys, I was just reading over old posts that I made last year ( :P ) and saw how much the level of Getting Started became harder. To encourage more people from posting, I decided to start a Problem of the Day. This is how I'll conduct this: 1. In each post (not including this one since it has rules, etc) everyday, I'll post the problem. I may post another thread after it to give hints though. 2. Level of problem.. This is VERY important. All problems in this thread will be all AHSME or problems similar to this level. No AIME. Some AHSME problems, however, that involve tough insight or skills will not be posted. The chosen problems will be usually ones that everyone can solve after working. Calculators are allowed when you solve problems but it is NOT necessary. 3. Response.. All you have to do is simply solve the problem and post the solution. There is no credit given or taken away if you get the problem wrong. This isn't like other threads where the number of problems you get right or not matters. As for posting, post your solutions here in this thread. Do NOT PM me. Also, here are some more restrictions when posting solutions: A. No single answer post. It doesn't matter if you put hide and say "Answer is ###..." If you don't put explanation, it simply means you cheated off from some other people. I've seen several posts that went like "I know the answer" and simply post the letter. What is the purpose of even posting then? Huh? B. Do NOT go back to the previous problem(s). This causes too much confusion. C. You're FREE to give hints and post different idea, way or answer in some cases in problems. If you see someone did wrong or you don't understand what they did, post here. That's what this thread is for. 4. Main purpose.. This is for anyone who visits this forum to enjoy math. I rememeber when I first came into this forum, I was poor at math compared to other people. But I kindly got help from many people such as JBL, joml88, tokenadult, and many other people that would take too much time to type. Perhaps without them, I wouldn't be even a moderator in this forum now. This site clearly made me to enjoy math more and more and I'd like to do the same thing. That's about the rule.. Have fun problem solving! Next post will contain the Day 1 Problem. You can post the solutions until I post one. :D

Let $ a_{n}$ is a positive number such that $ \int_{0}^{a_{n}}\frac{e^{x}\minus{}1}{1\plus{}e^{x}}\ dx \equal{}\ln n$. Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty}(a_{n}\minus{}\ln n)$.

Let $a$ be a constant. In the $xy$ palne, the curve $C_1:y=\frac{\ln x}{x}$ touches $C_2:y=ax^2$. Find the volume of the solid generated by a rotation of the part enclosed by $C_1,\ C_2$ and the $x$ axis about the $x$ axis. [i]2011 Yokohama National Universty entrance exam/Engineering[/i]

Let $f(x)=\frac 12e^{2x}+2e^x+x$. Answer the following questions. (1) For a real number $t$, set $g(x)=tx-f(x).$ When $x$ moves in the range of all real numbers, find the range of $t$ for which $g(x)$ has maximum value, then for the range of $t$, find the maximum value of $g(x)$ and the value of $x$ which gives the maximum value. (2) Denote by $m(t)$ the maximum value found in $(1)$. Let $a$ be a constant, consider a function of $t$, $h(t)=at-m(t)$. When $t$ moves in the range of $t$ found in $(1)$, find the maximum value of $h(t)$.

Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals satisfying $a+b+c = \sqrt[7]{a} + \sqrt[7]{b} + \sqrt[7]{c}$. Prove that $a^a b^b c^c \ge 1$. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

Consider a positive real number $a$ and a positive integer $m$. The sequence $(x_k)_{k\in \mathbb{Z}^{+}}$ is defined as: $x_1=1$, $x_2=a$, $x_{n+2}=\sqrt[m+1]{x_{n+1}^mx_n}$. $a)$ Prove that the sequence is converging. $b)$ Find $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}{x_n}$.

Consider a directed graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, where $1$-cycles and $2$-cycles are permitted. For any set $S$ of vertices, let $N^{+}(S)$ denote the out-neighborhood of $S$ (i.e. set of successors of $S$), and define $(N^{+})^k(S)=N^{+}((N^{+})^{k-1}(S))$ for $k\ge2$. For fixed $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the maximum possible number of distinct sets of vertices in $\{(N^{+})^k(X)\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$, where $X$ is some subset of $V(G)$. Show that there exists $n>2012$ such that $f(n)<1.0001^n$. [i]Linus Hamilton.[/i]

Let $ \alpha,\beta$ be real numbers satisfying $ 1 < \alpha < \beta.$ Find the greatest positive integer $ r$ having the following property: each of positive integers is colored by one of $ r$ colors arbitrarily, there always exist two integers $ x,y$ having the same color such that $ \alpha\le \frac {x}{y}\le\beta.$

Calculate the following integarls. [1] $\int x\cos ^ 2 x dx$ [2] $\int \frac{x-1}{(3x-1)^2}dx$ [3] $\int \frac{x^3}{(2-x^2)^4}dx$ [4] $\int \left({\frac{1}{4\sqrt{x}}+\frac{1}{2x}}\right)dx$ [5] $\int (\ln x)^2 dx$

Suppose that some real number $x$ satisfies \[\log_2 x + \log_8 x + \log_{64} x = \log_x 2 + \log_x 16 + \log_x 128.\] Given that the value of $\log_2 x + \log_x 2$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$, where $a$ and $c$ are coprime positive integers and $b$ is squarefree, compute $abc$.

[color=darkred]Let $ m,n\in \mathbb{N}$, $ n\ge 2$ and numbers $ a_i > 0$, $ i \equal{} \overline{1,n}$, such that $ \sum a_i \equal{} 1$. Prove that $ \small{\dfrac{a_1^{2 \minus{} m} \plus{} a_2 \plus{} ... \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}}{1 \minus{} a_1} \plus{} \dfrac{a_2^{2 \minus{} m} \plus{} a_3 \plus{} ... \plus{} a_n}{1 \minus{} a_1} \plus{} ... \plus{} \dfrac{a_n^{2 \minus{} m} \plus{} a_1 \plus{} ... \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 2}}{1 \minus{} a_1}\ge n \plus{} \dfrac{n^m \minus{} n}{n \minus{} 1}}$[/color]

Suppose that at the end of any year, a unit of money has lost $10\%$ of the value it had at the beginning of that year. Find the smallest integer $n$ such that after $n$ years, the money will have lost at least $90\%$ of its value. (To the nearest thousandth $\log_{10}3=.477$.) $\text{(A)}\ 14 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 16 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 18 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 20 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 22$

Prove the following inequality. \[\frac{1}{12}(\pi -6+2\sqrt{3})\leq \int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \ln (1+\cos 2x) dx\leq \frac{1}{4}(2-\sqrt{3})\]

Let $ A$, $ B$ be the number of digits of $ 2^{1998}$ and $ 5^{1998}$ in decimal system. $ A \plus{} B \equal{} ?$ $\textbf{(A)}\ 1998 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1999 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2000 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3996 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 3998$

Let $a_1, a_2, \dots$ be a sequence of real numbers satisfying $a_{i+j} \leq a_i+a_j$ for all $i,j=1,2,\dots$. Prove that \[ a_1 + \frac{a_2}{2} + \frac{a_3}{3} + \cdots + \frac{a_n}{n} \geq a_n \] for each positive integer $n$.

If $ a$ and $ b$ are positive numbers such that $ a^b \equal{} b^a$ and $ b \equal{} 9a$, then the value of $ a$ is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{9}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt [9] {9}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt [3] {9}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt [4] {3}$

For every positive integer $ n$ let \[ a_n\equal{}\sum_{k\equal{}n}^{2n}\frac{(2k\plus{}1)^n}{k}\] Show that there exists no $ n$, for which $ a_n$ is a non-negative integer.

For each positive integer n, let $ f(n) \equal{} \sum_{k \equal{} 1}^{100} \lfloor \log_{10} (kn) \rfloor$. Find the largest value of n for which $ f(n) \le 300$. [b]Note:[/b] $ \lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $ x$.

Calculate the following indefinite integrals. [1] $\int \frac{6x+1}{\sqrt{3x^2+x+4}}dx$ [2] $\int \frac{e^x}{e^x+e^{a-x}}dx$ [3] $\int \frac{(\sqrt{x}+1)^3}{\sqrt{x}}dx$ [4] $\int x\ln (x^2-1)dx$ [5] $\int \frac{2(x+2)}{x^2+4x+1}dx$

Round to the nearest tenth: $\log_6 (6^2-6+1) + 3\log_6 (5) - \frac{1}{2}\log_6 (9)$.

Let $(a,\ b)$ be a point on the curve $y=\frac{x}{1+x}\ (x\geq 0).$ Denote $U$ the volume of the figure enclosed by the curve , the $x$ axis and the line $x=a$, revolved around the the $x$ axis and denote $V$ the volume of the figure enclosed by the curve , the $y$ axis and th line $y=b$, revolved around the $y$ axis. What's the relation of $U$ and $V?$ 1978 Chuo university entrance exam/Science and Technology

For every real number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denote the greatest integer not exceeding $x$, and let \[f(x)=\lfloor x\rfloor(2014^{x-\lfloor x\rfloor}-1).\] The set of all numbers $x$ such that $1\leq x<2014$ and $f(x)\leq 1$ is a union of disjoint intervals. What is the sum of the lengths of those intervals? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad \textbf{(B) }\dfrac{\log 2015}{\log 2014}\qquad \textbf{(C) }\dfrac{\log 2014}{\log 2013}\qquad \textbf{(D) }\dfrac{2014}{2013}\qquad \textbf{(E) }2014^{\frac1{2014}}\qquad$