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2004 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 21

The ratio between the circumradius and the inradius of a given triangle is $7 : 2$. If the length of two sides of the triangle are $3$ and $7$, and the length of the remaining side is also an integer, what is the length of the remaining side?

1994 National High School Mathematics League, 6

In rectangular coordinate system, the equation $\frac{|x+y|}{2a}+\frac{|x-y|}{2b}=1$ ($a,b$ are different positive numbers) refers to $\text{(A)}$ a triangle $\text{(B)}$ a square $\text{(C)}$ rectangle, not square $\text{(D)}$ rhombus, not square

1981 AMC 12/AHSME, 17

Tags: function , algebra , domain
The function $f$ is not defined for $x=0$, but, for all non-zero real numbers $x$, $f(x)+2f\left( \frac1x \right)=3x$. The equation $f(x)=f(-x)$ is satisfied by $\text{(A)} ~\text{exactly one real number}$ $\text{(B)}~\text{exactly two real numbers}$ $\text{(C)} ~\text{no real numbers}$ $\text{(D)} ~\text{infinitely many, but not all, non-zero real numbers}$ $\text{(E)} ~\text{all non-zero real numbers}$

2022 Germany Team Selection Test, 3

A hunter and an invisible rabbit play a game on an infinite square grid. First the hunter fixes a colouring of the cells with finitely many colours. The rabbit then secretly chooses a cell to start in. Every minute, the rabbit reports the colour of its current cell to the hunter, and then secretly moves to an adjacent cell that it has not visited before (two cells are adjacent if they share an edge). The hunter wins if after some finite time either:[list][*]the rabbit cannot move; or [*]the hunter can determine the cell in which the rabbit started.[/list]Decide whether there exists a winning strategy for the hunter. [i]Proposed by Aron Thomas[/i]

1991 Hungary-Israel Binational, 3

Let $ \mathcal{H}_n$ be the set of all numbers of the form $ 2 \pm\sqrt{2 \pm\sqrt{2 \pm\ldots\pm\sqrt 2}}$ where "root signs" appear $ n$ times. (a) Prove that all the elements of $ \mathcal{H}_n$ are real. (b) Computer the product of the elements of $ \mathcal{H}_n$. (c) The elements of $ \mathcal{H}_{11}$ are arranged in a row, and are sorted by size in an ascending order. Find the position in that row, of the elements of $ \mathcal{H}_{11}$ that corresponds to the following combination of $ \pm$ signs: \[ \plus{}\plus{}\plus{}\plus{}\plus{}\minus{}\plus{}\plus{}\minus{}\plus{}\minus{}\]

2024 Mexican Girls' Contest, 8

Find all positive integers \(n\) such that among the \(n\) numbers \[ 2n + 1, \, 2^2 n + 1, \, \ldots, \, 2^n n + 1 \] there are \(n\), \(n - 1\), or \(n - 2\) primes.

2005 Cono Sur Olympiad, 1

Let $a_n$ be the last digit of the sum of the digits of $20052005...2005$, where the $2005$ block occurs $n$ times. Find $a_1 +a_2 + \dots +a_{2005}$.

2023 Moldova EGMO TST, 5

Find all pairs of real numbers $(x, y)$, that satisfy the system of equations: $$\left\{\begin{matrix} 6(1-x)^2=\dfrac{1}{y} \\ \\6(1-y)^2=\dfrac{1}{x}.\end{matrix}\right.$$

1999 Ukraine Team Selection Test, 7

Let $P_1P_2...P_n$ be an oriented closed polygonal line with no three segments passing through a single point. Each point $P_i$ is assinged the angle $180^o - \angle P_{i-1}P_iP_{i+1} \ge 0$ if $P_{i+1}$ lies on the left from the ray $P_{i-1}P_i$, and the angle $-(180^o -\angle P_{i-1}P_iP_{i+1}) < 0$ if $P_{i+1}$ lies on the right. Prove that if the sum of all the assigned angles is a multiple of $720^o$, then the number of self-intersections of the polygonal line is odd

1952 Putnam, A5

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Let $a_j (j = 1, 2, \ldots, n)$ be entirely arbitrary numbers except that no one is equal to unity. Prove \[ a_1 + \sum^n_{i=2} a_i \prod^{i-1}_{j=1} (1 - a_j) = 1 - \prod^n_{j=1} (1 - a_j).\]

1998 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4

Tags: geometry
A cube with side length $100cm$ is filled with water and has a hole through which the water drains into a cylinder of radius $100cm.$ If the water level in the cube is falling at a rate of $1 \frac{cm}{s} ,$ how fast is the water level in the cylinder rising?

1983 AMC 12/AHSME, 2

Point $P$ is outside circle $C$ on the plane. At most how many points on $C$ are $3 \text{cm}$ from $P$? $\text{(A)} \ 1 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 2 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 3 \qquad \text{(D)} \ 4 \qquad \text{(E)} \ 8$

1992 IMO Longlists, 38

Let $\,S\,$ be a finite set of points in three-dimensional space. Let $\,S_{x},\,S_{y},\,S_{z}\,$ be the sets consisting of the orthogonal projections of the points of $\,S\,$ onto the $yz$-plane, $zx$-plane, $xy$-plane, respectively. Prove that \[ \vert S\vert^{2}\leq \vert S_{x} \vert \cdot \vert S_{y} \vert \cdot \vert S_{z} \vert, \] where $\vert A \vert$ denotes the number of elements in the finite set $A$. [hide="Note"] Note: The orthogonal projection of a point onto a plane is the foot of the perpendicular from that point to the plane. [/hide]

1999 USAMTS Problems, 5

We say that a finite set of points is [i]well scattered[/i] on the surface of a sphere if every open hemisphere (half the surface of the sphere without its boundary) contains at least one of the points. The set $\{ (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) \}$ is not well scattered on the unit sphere (the sphere of radius $1$ centered at the origin), but if you add the correct point $P$ it becomes well scattered. Find, with proof, all possible points $P$ that would make the set well scattered.

2001 China Team Selection Test, 1

Given any odd integer $n>3$ that is not divisible by $3$, determine whether it is possible to fill an $n \times n$ grid with $n^2$ integers such that (each cell filled with a number, the number at the intersection of the $i$-th row and $j$-th column is denoted as $a_{ij}$): $\cdot$ Each row and each column contains a permutation of the numbers $0,1,2, \cdots, n-1$. $\cdot$ The pairs $(a_{ij},a_{ji})$ for $i<j$ are all distinct.

2024 Tuymaada Olympiad, 3

Three athletes ran at different constant speeds along a track of length $1$. They started moving at the same time at one end of the track. Having reached one of the ends of the track, the athlete immediately turned around and continued running in the opposite direction. After a while, all three athletes met at the start and finished training. At what maximum $S$ can we knowingly say that at some point the sum of the pairwise distances between athletes was at least $S$? [i]Proposed by A. Golovanov, I. Rubanov[/i]

2013 India PRMO, 15

Let $A_1,B_1,C_1,D_1$ be the midpoints of the sides of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ and let $A_2, B_2, C_2, D_2$ be the midpoints of the sides of the quadrilateral $A_1B_1C_1D_1$. If $A_2B_2C_2D_2$ is a rectangle with sides $4$ and $6$, then what is the product of the lengths of the diagonals of $ABCD$ ?

2022 Abelkonkurransen Finale, 3

Nils has an $M \times N$ board where $M$ and $N$ are positive integers, and a tile shaped as shown below. What is the smallest number of squares that Nils must color, so that it is impossible to place the tile on the board without covering a colored square? The tile can be freely rotated and mirrored, but it must completely cover four squares. [asy] usepackage("tikz"); label("% \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[step=1cm,color=black] (0,0) grid (2,1); \draw[step=1cm,color=black] (1,1) grid (3,2); \fill [yellow] (0,0) rectangle (2,1); \fill [yellow] (1,1) rectangle (3,2); \draw[step=1cm,color=black] (0,0) grid (2,1); \draw[step=1cm,color=black] (1,1) grid (3,2); \end{tikzpicture} "); [/asy]

1997 Korea National Olympiad, 5

Let $a,b,c$ be the side lengths of any triangle $\triangle ABC$ opposite to $A,B$ and $C,$ respectively. Let $x,y,z$ be the length of medians from $A,B$ and $C,$ respectively. If $T$ is the area of $\triangle ABC$, prove that $\frac{a^2}{x}+\frac{b^2}{y}+\frac{c^2}{z}\ge\sqrt{\sqrt{3}T}$

2021-IMOC, N11

Let $p$ be an arbitrary odd prime and $\sigma(n)$ for $1 \le n \le p-1$ denote the inverse of $n \pmod p$. Show that the number of pairs $(a,b) \in \{1,2,\cdots,p-1\}^2$ with $a<b$ but $\sigma(a) > \sigma(b)$ is at least $$\left \lfloor \left(\frac{p-1}{4}\right)^2 \right \rfloor$$ [i]usjl[/i] Note: Partial credits may be awarded if the $4$ in the statement is replaced with some larger constant

1994 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

$ABC$ is a triangle. Reflect each vertex in the opposite side to get the triangle $A'B'C'$. Find a necessary and sufficient condition on $ABC$ for $A'B'C'$ to be equilateral.

2014 Contests, 2

Tags: function , algebra
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\backslash\{0\}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ for which $xf(xy) + f(-y) = xf(x)$ for all non-zero real numbers $x, y$.

2025 Turkey EGMO TST, 3

For a positive integer $n$, let $S_n$ be the set of positive integers that do not exceed $n$ and are coprime to $n$. Define $f(n)$ as the smallest positive integer that allows $S_n$ to be partitioned into $f(n)$ disjoint subsets, each forming an arithmetic progression. Prove that there exist infinitely many pairs $(a, b)$ satisfying $a, b > 2025$, $a \mid b$, and $f(a) \nmid f(b)$.

2017 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4

Let $w = w_1 w_2 \dots w_n$ be a word. Define a [i]substring[/i] of $w$ to be a word of the form $w_i w_{i + 1} \dots w_{j - 1} w_j$, for some pair of positive integers $1 \le i \le j \le n$. Show that $w$ has at most $n$ distinct palindromic substrings. For example, $aaaaa$ has $5$ distinct palindromic substrings, and $abcata$ has $5$ ($a$, $b$, $c$, $t$, $ata$).

2003 IMO Shortlist, 6

Let $p$ be a prime number. Prove that there exists a prime number $q$ such that for every integer $n$, the number $n^p-p$ is not divisible by $q$.