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

How many distinct four-tuples $ (a,b,c,d)$ of rational numbers are there with $ a \log_{10} 2 \plus{} b \log_{10} 3 \plus{} c \log_{10} 5 \plus{} d \log_{10} 7 \equal{} 2005$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 17\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2004\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{infinitely many}$

Prove that for any $ p, q\in\mathbb{N}$ with $ q > 1$ the following inequality holds: \[ \left\vert\pi\minus{}\frac{p}{q}\right\vert\ge q^{\minus{}42}.\]

Find the volume $V$ of the solid formed by a rotation of the region enclosed by the curve $y=2^{x}-1$ and two lines $x=0,\ y=1$ around the $y$ axis.

A right rectangular prism whose surface area and volume are numerically equal has edge lengths $\log_2 x$, $\log_3 x$, and $\log_4 x$. What is $x$? $\textbf{(A) }2\sqrt{6}\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\sqrt{6}\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }48\qquad\textbf{(E) }576$

If $|x-\log y|=x+\log y$ where $x$ and $\log y$ are real, then $\textbf{(A) }x=0\qquad\textbf{(B) }y=1\qquad\textbf{(C) }x=0\text{ and }y=1\qquad$ $\textbf{(D) }x(y-1)=0\qquad \textbf{(E) }\text{None of these}$

The set of all real numbers $ x$ for which \[ \log_{2004}(\log_{2003}(\log_{2002}(\log_{2001}{x}))) \]is defined is $ \{x|x > c\}$. What is the value of $ c$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2001^{2002} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2002^{2003} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2003^{2004} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2001^{2002^{2003}}$

Find the value of $ x$ that satisfies the equation \[ 25^{\minus{}2}\equal{}\frac{5^{48/x}}{5^{26/x}\cdot25^{17/x}}. \]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9$

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

Evaluate $ \int_0^{\ln 2} (x\minus{}\ln 2)e^{\minus{}2\ln (1\plus{}e^x)\plus{}x\plus{}\ln 2}dx$.

It is known that a certain mechanical balance can measure any object of integer mass anywhere between 1 and 2009 (both included). This balance has $k$ weights of integral values. What is the minimum $k$ for which there exist weights that satisfy this condition?

Find a constant $ c > 1$ with the property that, for arbitrary positive integers $ n$ and $ k$ such that $ n>c^k$, the number of distinct prime factors of $ \binom{n}{k}$ is at least $ k$. [i]P. Erdos[/i]

Evaluate $\displaystyle \int_1^\infty \left(\frac{\ln x}{x}\right)^{2011} dx$.

Find the minimum value of $f(x)=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} |\tan t-x|dt.$

[b]p10 [/b]Kathy has two positive real numbers, $a$ and $b$. She mistakenly writes $$\log (a + b) = \log (a) + \log( b),$$ but miraculously, she finds that for her combination of $a$ and $b$, the equality holds. If $a = 2022b$, then $b = \frac{p}{q}$ , for positive integers $p, q$ where $gcd(p, q) = 1$. Find $p + q$. [b]p11[/b] Points $X$ and $Y$ lie on sides $AB$ and $BC$ of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Ray $\overrightarrow{XY}$ is extended to point $Z$ such that $A, C$, and $Z$ are collinear, in that order. If triangle$ ABZ$ is isosceles and triangle $CYZ$ is equilateral, then the possible values of $\angle ZXB$ lie in the interval $I = (a^o, b^o)$, such that $0 \le a, b \le 360$ and such that $a$ is as large as possible and $b$ is as small as possible. Find $a + b$. [b]p12[/b] Let $S = \{(a, b) | 0 \le a, b \le 3, a$ and $b$ are integers $\}$. In other words, $S$ is the set of points in the coordinate plane with integer coordinates between $0$ and $3$, inclusive. Prair selects four distinct points in $S$, for each selected point, she draws lines with slope $1$ and slope $-1$ passing through that point. Given that each point in $S$ lies on at least one line Prair drew, how many ways could she have selected those four points?