A circle touches the sides $AC$ and $AB$ of the triangle $ABC $ at the points ${{B}_ {1}} $ and ${{C}_ {1}}$ respectively. The segments $B {{B} _ {1}} $ and $C {{C} _ {1}}$ are equal. Prove that the triangle $ABC $ is isosceles. (Timoshkevich Taras)

A sequence of real numbers $\{a_n\}_{n = 1}^\infty (n=1,2,...)$ has the following property: \begin{align*} 6a_n+5a_{n-2}=20+11a_{n-1}\ (\text{for }n\geq3). \end{align*} The first two elements are $a_1=0, a_2=1$. Find the integer closest to $a_{2011}$.

If $d$ is a positive integer such that $d \mid 5+2022^{2022}$, show that $d=2x^2+2xy+3y^2$ for some $x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$ iff $d \equiv 3,7 \pmod {20}$.

Find the smallest positive integer $a$ such that $x^4+a^2$ is not prime for any integer $x$.

There is a point $D$ on side $AC$ of acute triangle $\triangle ABC$. Let $AM$ be the median drawn from $A$ (so $M$ is on $BC$) and $CH$ be the altitude drawn from $C$ (so $H$ is on $AB$). Let $I$ be the intersection of $AM$ and $CH$, and let $K$ be the intersection of $AM$ and line segment $BD$. We know that $AK=8$, $BK=8$, and $MK=6$. Find the length of $AI$.

In $\triangle ABC$, $\angle B = \angle C = 30^{\circ}$ and $BC=2\sqrt 3$. $P, Q$ lie on segments $\overline{AB}, \overline{AC}$ such that $AP=1$ and $AQ=\sqrt 2$. Let $D$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$. We fold $\triangle ABC$ along line $AD$ in three dimensions such that the dihedral angle between planes $ADB$ and $ADC$ equals $60$ degrees. Under this transformation, compute the length $PQ$. [i](Source: China National High School Mathematics League 2021, Zhejiang Province, Problem 8)[/i]

For any $p, q \in N$, we can express $\frac{p}{q}$ as the base $10$ decimal $x_1x_2... x_{\ell}.x_{\ell+1}... x_a \overline{y_1y_2... y_b}$, with the digits $y_1, . . . y_b$ repeating. In other words, $\frac{p}{q}$ can be expressed with integer part $x_1x_2... x_{\ell}$ and decimal part $0.x_{\ell+1}... x_a \overline{y_1y_2... y_b}$. Given that $\frac{p}{q}= \frac{(2021)^{2021}}{2021!}$ , estimate the minimum value of $a$. If $E$ is the exact answer to this question and $A$ is your answer, your score is given by $\max \, \left(0, \left\lfloor 25 - \frac{1}{10}|E - A|\right\rfloor \right)$.

Does there exist a positive integer $n{}$ such that for any real $x{}$ and $y{}$ there exist real numbers $a_1, \ldots , a_n$ satisfying \[x=a_1+\cdots+a_n\text{ and }y=\frac{1}{a_1}+\cdots+\frac{1}{a_n}?\] [i]Artemiy Sokolov[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, $\Gamma$ its circumcircle, $I$ its incenter, and $\omega$ a tangent circle to the line $AI$ at $I$ and to the side $BC$. Prove that the circles $\Gamma$ and $\omega$ are tangent. Malik Talbi

Let $G$ be a finite group with the following property: If $f$ is an automorphism of $G$, then there exists $m\in\mathbb{N^\star}$, so that $f(x)=x^{m} $ for all $x\in G$. Prove that G is commutative. [i]Marian Andronache[/i]

The letter F shown below is rotated $90^\circ$ clockwise around the origin, then reflected in the $y$-axis, and then rotated a half turn around the origin. What is the final image? [asy] import cse5;pathpen=black;pointpen=black; size(2cm); D((0,-2)--MP("y",(0,7),N)); D((-3,0)--MP("x",(5,0),E)); D((1,0)--(1,2)--(2,2)--(2,3)--(1,3)--(1,4)--(3,4)--(3,5)--(0,5)); [/asy][asy] import cse5;pathpen=black;pointpen=black; unitsize(0.2cm); D((0,-2)--MP("y",(0,7),N)); D(MP("\textbf{(A) }",(-3,0),W)--MP("x",(5,0),E)); D((1,0)--(1,2)--(2,2)--(2,3)--(1,3)--(1,4)--(3,4)--(3,5)--(0,5)); // D((18,-2)--MP("y",(18,7),N)); D(MP("\textbf{(B) }",(13,0),W)--MP("x",(21,0),E)); D((17,0)--(17,2)--(16,2)--(16,3)--(17,3)--(17,4)--(15,4)--(15,5)--(18,5)); // D((36,-2)--MP("y",(36,7),N)); D(MP("\textbf{(C) }",(29,0),W)--MP("x",(38,0),E)); D((31,0)--(31,1)--(33,1)--(33,2)--(34,2)--(34,1)--(35,1)--(35,3)--(36,3)); // D((0,-17)--MP("y",(0,-8),N)); D(MP("\textbf{(D) }",(-3,-15),W)--MP("x",(5,-15),E)); D((3,-15)--(3,-14)--(1,-14)--(1,-13)--(2,-13)--(2,-12)--(1,-12)--(1,-10)--(0,-10)); // D((15,-17)--MP("y",(15,-8),N)); D(MP("\textbf{(E) }",(13,-15),W)--MP("x",(22,-15),E)); D((15,-14)--(17,-14)--(17,-13)--(18,-13)--(18,-14)--(19,-14)--(19,-12)--(20,-12)--(20,-15)); [/asy]

[u]Set 7[/u] [b]p19.[/b] Let circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$, with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$, respectively, intersect at $X$ and $Y$ . A lies on $\omega_1$ and $B$ lies on $\omega_2$ such that $AO_1$ and $BO_2$ are both parallel to $XY$, and $A$ and $B$ lie on the same side of $O_1O_2$. If $XY = 60$, $\angle XAY = 45^o$, and $\angle XBY = 30^o$, then the length of $AB$ can be expressed in the form $\sqrt{a - b\sqrt2 + c\sqrt3}$, where $a, b, c$ are positive integers. Determine $a + b + c$. [b]p20.[/b] If $x$ is a positive real number such that $x^{x^2}= 2^{80}$, find the largest integer not greater than $x^3$. [b]p21.[/b] Justin has a bag containing $750$ balls, each colored red or blue. Sneaky Sam takes out a random number of balls and replaces them all with green balls. Sam notices that of the balls left in the bag, there are $15$ more red balls than blue balls. Justin then takes out $500$ of the balls chosen randomly. If $E$ is the expected number of green balls that Justin takes out, determine the greatest integer less than or equal to $E$. [u]Set 8[/u] These three problems are interdependent; each problem statement in this set will use the answers to the other two problems in this set. As such, let the positive integers $A, B, C$ be the answers to problems $22$, $23$, and $24$, respectively, for this set. [b]p22.[/b] Let $WXYZ$ be a rectangle with $WX =\sqrt{5B}$ and $XY =\sqrt{5C}$. Let the midpoint of $XY$ be $M$ and the midpoint of $YZ$ be $N$. If $XN$ and $W Y$ intersect at $P$, determine the area of $MPNY$ . [b]p23.[/b] Positive integers $x, y, z$ satisfy $$xy \equiv A \,\, (mod 5)$$ $$yz \equiv 2A + C\,\, (mod 7)$$ $$zx \equiv C + 3 \,\, (mod 9).$$ (Here, writing $a \equiv b \,\, (mod m)$ is equivalent to writing $m | a - b$.) Given that $3 \nmid x$, $3 \nmid z$, and $9 | y$, find the minimum possible value of the product $xyz$. [b]p24.[/b] Suppose $x$ and $y$ are real numbers such that $$x + y = A$$ $$xy =\frac{1}{36}B^2.$$ Determine $|x - y|$. [u]Set 9[/u] [b]p25. [/b]The integer $2017$ is a prime which can be uniquely represented as the sum of the squares of two positive integers: $$9^2 + 44^2 = 2017.$$ If $N = 2017 \cdot 128$ can be uniquely represented as the sum of the squares of two positive integers $a^2 +b^2$, determine $a + b$. [b]p26.[/b] Chef Celia is planning to unveil her newest creation: a whole-wheat square pyramid filled with maple syrup. She will use a square flatbread with a one meter diagonal and cut out each of the five polygonal faces of the pyramid individually. If each of the triangular faces of the pyramid are to be equilateral triangles, the largest volume of syrup, in cubic meters, that Celia can enclose in her pyramid can be expressed as $\frac{a-\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a, b$ and $c$ are the smallest possible possible positive integers. What is $a + b + c$? [b]p27.[/b] In the Cartesian plane, let $\omega$ be the circle centered at $(24, 7)$ with radius $6$. Points $P, Q$, and $R$ are chosen in the plane such that $P$ lies on $\omega$, $Q$ lies on the line $y = x$, and $R$ lies on the $x$-axis. The minimum possible value of $PQ+QR+RP$ can be expressed in the form $\sqrt{m}$ for some integer $m$. Find m. [u]Set 10[/u] [i]Deja vu?[/i] [b]p28. [/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incircle $\omega$. Let $\omega$ intersect sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Suppose $AB = 7$, $BC = 12$, and $CA = 13$. If the area of $ABC$ is $K$ and the area of $DEF$ is $\frac{m}{n}\cdot K$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, then compute $m + n$. [b]p29.[/b] Sebastian is playing the game Split! again, but this time in a three dimensional coordinate system. He begins the game with one token at $(0, 0, 0)$. For each move, he is allowed to select a token on any point $(x, y, z)$ and take it off, replacing it with three tokens, one at $(x + 1, y, z)$, one at $(x, y + 1, z)$, and one at $(x, y, z + 1)$ At the end of the game, for a token on $(a, b, c)$, it is assigned a score $\frac{1}{2^{a+b+c}}$ . These scores are summed for his total score. If the highest total score Sebastian can get in $100$ moves is $m/n$, then determine $m + n$. [b]p30.[/b] Determine the number of positive $6$ digit integers that satisfy the following properties: $\bullet$ All six of their digits are $1, 5, 7$, or $8$, $\bullet$ The sum of all the digits is a multiple of $5$. [u]Set 11[/u] [b]p31.[/b] The triangular numbers are defined as $T_n =\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$. We also define $S_n =\frac{n(n+2)}{3}$. If the sum $$\sum_{i=16}^{32} \left(\frac{1}{T_i}+\frac{1}{S_i}\right)= \left(\frac{1}{T_{16}}+\frac{1}{S_{16}}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{T_{17}}+\frac{1}{S_{17}}\right)+...+\left(\frac{1}{T_{32}}+\frac{1}{S_{32}}\right)$$ can be written in the form $a/b$ , where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers with $gcd(a, b) = 1$, then find $a + b$. [b]p32.[/b] Farmer Will is considering where to build his house in the Cartesian coordinate plane. He wants to build his house on the line $y = x$, but he also has to minimize his travel time for his daily trip to his barnhouse at $(24, 15)$ and back. From his house, he must first travel to the river at $y = 2$ to fetch water for his animals. Then, he heads for his barnhouse, and promptly leaves for the long strip mall at the line $y =\sqrt3 x$ for groceries, before heading home. If he decides to build his house at $(x_0, y_0)$ such that the distance he must travel is minimized, $x_0$ can be written in the form $\frac{a\sqrt{b}-c}{d}$ , where $a, b, c, d$ are positive integers, $b$ is not divisible by the square of a prime, and $gcd(a, c, d) = 1$. Compute $a+b+c+d$. [b]p33.[/b] Determine the greatest positive integer $n$ such that the following two conditions hold: $\bullet$ $n^2$ is the difference of consecutive perfect cubes; $\bullet$ $2n + 287$ is the square of an integer. [u]Set 12[/u] The answers to these problems are nonnegative integers that may exceed $1000000$. You will be awarded points as described in the problems. [b]p34.[/b] The “Collatz sequence” of a positive integer n is the longest sequence of distinct integers $(x_i)_{i\ge 0}$ with $x_0 = n$ and $$x_{n+1} =\begin{cases} \frac{x_n}{2} & if \,\, x_n \,\, is \,\, even \\ 3x_n + 1 & if \,\, x_n \,\, is \,\, odd \end{cases}.$$ It is conjectured that all Collatz sequences have a finite number of elements, terminating at $1$. This has been confirmed via computer program for all numbers up to $2^{64}$. There is a unique positive integer $n < 10^9$ such that its Collatz sequence is longer than the Collatz sequence of any other positive integer less than $10^9$. What is this integer $n$? An estimate of $e$ gives $\max\{\lfloor 32 - \frac{11}{3}\log_{10}(|n - e| + 1)\rfloor, 0\}$ points. [b]p35.[/b] We define a graph $G$ as a set $V (G)$ of vertices and a set $E(G)$ of distinct edges connecting those vertices. A graph $H$ is a subgraph of $G$ if the vertex set $V (H)$ is a subset of $V (G)$ and the edge set $E(H)$ is a subset of $E(G)$. Let $ex(k, H)$ denote the maximum number of edges in a graph with $k$ vertices without a subgraph of $H$. If $K_i$ denotes a complete graph on $i$ vertices, that is, a graph with $i$ vertices and all ${i \choose 2}$ edges between them present, determine $$n =\sum_{i=2}^{2018} ex(2018, K_i).$$ An estimate of $e$ gives $\max\{\lfloor 32 - 3\log_{10}(|n - e| + 1)\rfloor, 0\}$ points. [b]p36.[/b] Write down an integer between $1$ and $100$, inclusive. This number will be denoted as $n_i$ , where your Team ID is $i$. Let $S$ be the set of Team ID’s for all teams that submitted an answer to this problem. For every ordered triple of distinct Team ID’s $(a, b, c)$ such that a, b, c ∈ S, if all roots of the polynomial $x^3 + n_ax^2 + n_bx + n_c$ are real, then the teams with ID’s $a, b, c$ will each receive one virtual banana. If you receive $v_b$ virtual bananas in total and $|S| \ge 3$ teams submit an answer to this problem, you will be awarded $$\left\lfloor \frac{32v_b}{3(|S| - 1)(|S| - 2)}\right\rfloor$$ points for this problem. If $|S| \le 2$, the team(s) that submitted an answer to this problem will receive $32$ points for this problem. PS. You had better use hide for answers. First sets have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2777264p24369138]here[/url].Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $n \ge 5$ be an integer and let $x_1, x_2, ... , x_n$ be $n$ distinct integer numbers such that no $3$ of them can be in arithmetic progression. Prove that if for all $1 \le i, j \le n$ we have $$2|x_i - x_j | \le n(n - 1)$$ then there exist $4$ distinct indices $i, j, k, l \in \{1, 2, ... , n\}$ such that $$x_i + x_j = x_k + x_l.$$

Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $|AB| = |AC|$. Let $D, E$ and $F$ be points on line segments $BC, CA$ and $AB$, respectively, such that $|BF| = |BE|$ and such that $ED$ is the internal angle bisector of $\angle BEC$. Prove that $|BD|= |EF|$ if and only if $|AF| = |EC|$.

In $\triangle ABC$, angle bisector ıf $\widehat{CAB}$ meets $BC$ at $L$, angle bisector of $\widehat{ABC}$ meets $AC$ at $N$. Lines $AL$ and $BN$ meet at $O$. If $|NL| = \sqrt 3$, what is$|ON| + |OL|$? $ \textbf{a)}\ 3\sqrt 3 \qquad\textbf{b)}\ 2\sqrt 3 \qquad\textbf{c)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{d)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{e)}\ 5 $

If the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $64$ square units and the geometric mean (mean proportional) between sides $AB$ and $AC$ is $12$ inches, then $\sin A$ is equal to $\textbf{(A) }\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{5}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{8}{9}\qquad \textbf{(E) }\frac{15}{17}$

What is the value of the expression \[ \frac {1}{\log_2 100!} \plus{} \frac {1}{\log_3 100!} \plus{} \frac {1}{\log_4 100!} \plus{} \cdots \plus{} \frac {1}{\log_{100} 100!}? \]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 0.01 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 0.1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 10$

Determine all strictly increasing functions $f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ satisfying $nf(f(n))=f(n)^2$ for all positive integers $n$. [i]Carl Lian and Brian Hamrick.[/i]

Giraldo wrote five distinct natural numbers on the vertices of a pentagon. And next he wrote on each side of the pentagon the least common multiple of the numbers written of the two vertices who were on that side and noticed that the five numbers written on the sides were equal. What is the smallest number Giraldo could have written on the sides?

Each field of the $n \times n$ array has been colored either red or blue, with the following conditions met: $\bullet$ if a row and a column contain the same number of red fields, the field at their intersection is red; $\bullet$ if a row and a column contain different numbers of red cells, the field at their intersection is blue. Prove that the total number of blue cells is even.

Let $f, g : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be two functions such that $g\circ f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ is an injective function. Prove that $f$ is also injective.

Let $\mathcal L$ be the set of all lines in the plane and let $f$ be a function that assigns to each line $\ell\in\mathcal L$ a point $f(\ell)$ on $\ell$. Suppose that for any point $X$, and for any three lines $\ell_1,\ell_2,\ell_3$ passing through $X$, the points $f(\ell_1),f(\ell_2),f(\ell_3)$, and $X$ lie on a circle. Prove that there is a unique point $P$ such that $f(\ell)=P$ for any line $\ell$ passing through $P$. [i]Australia[/i]

The numbers $1,2,\dots, 2013$ are written on $2013$ stones weighing $1,2,\dots, 2013$ grams such that each number is used exactly once. We have a two-pan balance that shows the difference between the weights at the left and the right pans. No matter how the numbers are written, if it is possible to determine in $k$ weighings whether the weight of each stone is equal to the number that is written on the stone, what is the least possible value of $k$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 15 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of above} $

Let $ y_1(x)$ be an arbitrary, continuous, positive function on $ [0,A]$, where $ A$ is an arbitrary positive number. Let \[ y_{n+1}=2 \int_0^x \sqrt{y_n(t)}dt \;(n=1,2,...)\ .\] Prove that the functions $ y_n(x)$ converge to the function $ y=x^2$ uniformly on $ [0,A]$.

A convex polygon $P$ is placed inside a unit square $Q$. Prove that the perimeter of $P$ does not exceed $4$.