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2012 Estonia Team Selection Test, 5
Tags: inequalities , max , algebra
Let $x, y, z$ be positive real numbers whose sum is $2012$. Find the maximum value of $$ \frac{(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)(x^3 + y^3 + z^3)}{(x^4 + y^4 + z^4)}$$

2017 Greece Junior Math Olympiad, 4
Tags: combinatorics , max
A group of $n$ people play a board game with the following rules: 1) In each round of the game exactly $3$ people play 2) The game ends after exactly $n$ rounds 3) Every pair of players has played together at least at one round Find the largest possible value of $n$

2011 Tournament of Towns, 2
Tags: algebra , max , sum , combinatorics
$49$ natural numbers are written on the board. All their pairwise sums are different. Prove that the largest of the numbers is greater than $600$. [hide=original wording in Russian]На доске написаны 49 натуральных чисел. Все их попарные суммы различны. Докажите, что наибольшее из чисел больше 600[/hide]

1998 Tournament Of Towns, 4
Tags: inequalities , algebra , max
Among all sets of real numbers $\{ x_1 , x_2 , ... , x_{20} \}$ from the open interval $(0, 1 )$ such that $$x_1x_2...x_{20}= ( 1 - x_1 ) ( 1 -x_2 ) ... (1 - x_{20} )$$ find the one for which $x_1 x_2... x_{20}$ is maximal. (A Cherniatiev)

1962 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 5
Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , max , cube , tetrahedron
Find the largest cube which can be placed inside a regular tetrahedron with side $1$ so that one of its faces lies on the base of the tetrahedron.

1963 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 2
Tags: number theory , max , relatively prime
Let an even positive integer $2k$ be given. Find such relatively prime positive integers $x, y$ that maximize the product $xy$.

2002 Estonia National Olympiad, 4
Tags: line , geometry , max , cube , 3d geometry
Find the maximum length of a broken line on the surface of a unit cube, such that its links are the cube’s edges and diagonals of faces, the line does not intersect itself and passes no more than once through any vertex of the cube, and its endpoints are in two opposite vertices of the cube.

1964 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 4
Tags: min , max , combinatorial geometry , geometry , inequalities , geometric inequalities
Points $H_1, H_2, ... , H_n$ are arranged in the plane so that each distance $H_iH_j \le 1$. The point $P$ is chosen to minimise $\max (PH_i)$. Find the largest possible value of $\max (PH_i)$ for $n = 3$. Find the best upper bound you can for $n = 4$.

2019 Dutch IMO TST, 2
Tags: algebra , system of equations , max and min , max , min
Determine all $4$-tuples $(a,b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers satisfying $a + b +c + d = 1$ and $\max (\frac{a^2}{b},\frac{b^2}{a}) \cdot \max (\frac{c^2}{d},\frac{d^2}{c}) = (\min (a + b, c + d))^4$

2019 Dutch IMO TST, 2
Tags: algebra , system of equations , max and min , max , min
Determine all $4$-tuples $(a,b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers satisfying $a + b +c + d = 1$ and $\max (\frac{a^2}{b},\frac{b^2}{a}) \cdot \max (\frac{c^2}{d},\frac{d^2}{c}) = (\min (a + b, c + d))^4$

2019 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 14
Tags: algebra , inequalities , max
Let $a, b, c$ be nonnegative real numbers satisfying $a + b + c =3$. a) If $c > \frac32$, prove that $3(ab + bc + ca) - 2abc < 7$. b) Find the greatest possible value of $M =3(ab + bc + ca) - 2abc $.

1997 Austrian-Polish Competition, 7
Tags: inequalities , max , algebra
(a) Prove that $p^2 + q^2 + 1 > p(q + 1)$ for any real numbers $p, q$, . (b) Determine the largest real constant $b$ such that the inequality $p^2 + q^2 + 1 \ge bp(q + 1)$ holds for all real numbers $p, q$ (c) Determine the largest real constant c such that the inequality $p^2 + q^2 + 1 \ge cp(q + 1)$ holds for all integers $p, q$.

2013 Saudi Arabia BMO TST, 3
Tags: algebra , max , sum , product
Let $T$ be a real number satisfying the property: For any nonnegative real numbers $a, b, c,d, e$ with their sum equal to $1$, it is possible to arrange them around a circle such that the products of any two neighboring numbers are no greater than $T$. Determine the minimum value of $T$.

2012 Mathcenter Contest + Longlist, 6 sl14
Tags: algebra , inequalities , max
For a real number $a,b,c&gt;0$ where $bc-ca-ab=1$ find the maximum value of $$P=\frac{4024}{1+a^2}-\frac{4024}{1+b^2}-\frac{2555}{1+c^2}$$ and find out when that holds . [i](PP-nine)[/i]

Kyiv City MO 1984-93 - geometry, 1990.10.5
Tags: geometry , max , geometric inequality , analytic geometry , parabola , area
A circle centered at a point $(0, 1)$ on the coordinate plane intersects the parabola $y = x^2$ at four points: $A, B, C, D.$ Find the largest possible value of the area of ​​the quadrilateral $ABCD$.

1993 Romania Team Selection Test, 4
Tags: combination , combinatorics , binomial , max , inequalities
For each integer $n > 3$ find all quadruples $(n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4)$ of positive integers with $n_1 +n_2 +n_3 +n_4 = n$ which maximize the expression $$\frac{n!}{n_1!n_2!n_3!n_4!}2^{ {n_1 \choose 2}+{n_2 \choose 2}+{n_3 \choose 2}+{n_4 \choose 2}+n_1n_2+n_2n_3+n_3n_4}$$

1987 Austrian-Polish Competition, 6
Tags: combinatorial geometry , combinatorics , geometry , subset , min , max , circles
Let $C$ be a unit circle and $n \ge 1$ be a fixed integer. For any set $A$ of $n$ points $P_1,..., P_n$ on $C$ define $D(A) = \underset{d}{max}\, \underset{i}{min}\delta (P_i, d)$, where $d$ goes over all diameters of $C$ and $\delta (P, \ell)$ denotes the distance from point $P$ to line $\ell$. Let $F_n$ be the family of all such sets $A$. Determine $D_n = \underset{A\in F_n}{min} D(A)$ and describe all sets $A$ with $D(A) = D_n$.

2018 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 3
Tags: fibonacci number , algebra , inequalities , max
Consider the function $f (x) = (x - F_1)(x - F_2) ...(x -F_{3030})$ with $(F_n)$ is the Fibonacci sequence, which defined as $F_1 = 1, F_2 = 2$, $F_{n+2 }=F_{n+1} + F_n$, $n \ge 1$. Suppose that on the range $(F_1, F_{3030})$, the function $|f (x)|$ takes on the maximum value at $x = x_0$. Prove that $x_0 > 2^{2018}$.

2013 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 2
Tags: geometry , angle bisector , incircle , max
Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle ABC > \angle BCA \ge 30^o$ . The angle bisectors of $\angle ABC$ and $\angle BCA$ intersect $CA$ and $AB$ at $D$ and $E$ respectively, and $BD$ and $CE$ intersect at $P$. Suppose that $P D = P E$ and the incircle of $\vartriangle ABC$ has unit radius. What is the maximum possible length of $BC$?

1997 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 5
Tags: trigonometry , max , function , algebra , inequalities
For a given integer $n \ge 2$, find the maximum possible value of $V_n = \sin x_1 \cos x_2 +\sin x_2 \cos x_3 +...+\sin x_n \cos x_1$, where $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ are real numbers.

2001 Estonia National Olympiad, 5
Tags: combinatorics , table , max
A table consisting of $9$ rows and $2001$ columns is filfed with integers $1,2,..., 2001$ in such a way that each of these integers occurs in the table exactly $9$ times and the integers in any column differ by no more than $3$. Find the maximum possible value of the minimal column sum (sum of the numbers in one column).

Cono Sur Shortlist - geometry, 1993.10
Tags: geometry , max , geometric inequality , analytic geometry
Let $\omega$ be the unit circle centered at the origin of $R^2$. Determine the largest possible value for the radius of the circle inscribed to the triangle $OAP$ where $ P$ lies the circle and $A$ is the projection of $P$ on the axis $OX$.

1968 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 1
Tags: algebra , min , max , inequalities
Find the maximum and minimum values of $x^2 + 2y^2 + 3z^2$ for real $x, y, z$ satisfying $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1$.

2014 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 6
Tags: max , inequalities
The non-negative real numbers $x, y, z$ satisfy the equality $x + y + z = 1$. Determine the highest possible value of the expression $E (x, y, z) = (x + 2y + 3z) (6x +3y + 2z)$.

2018 Costa Rica - Final Round, 2
Tags: algebra , inequalities , max
Let $a, b, c$, and $d$ be real numbers. The six sums of two numbers $x$ and $y$, different from the previous four, are $117$, $510$, $411$, $252$, in no particular order. Determine the maximum possible value of $x + y$.