Found problems: 85335
1953 Polish MO Finals, 3
Through each vertex of a tetrahedron with a given volume $ V $, a plane is drawn parallel to the opposite face of the tetrahedron. Calculate the volume of the tetrahedron formed by these planes.
2016 Peru IMO TST, 11
Let $n> 2$ be an integer. A child has $n^2$ candies, which are distributed in $n$ boxes. An operation consists in choosing two boxes that together contain an even number of candies and redistribute the candy from those boxes so that both contain the same amount of candy. Determine all the values of $n$ for which the child, after some operations, can get each box containing $n$ candies, no matter which the initial distribution of candies is.
2009 Indonesia TST, 1
Let $ n \ge 1$ and $ k \ge 3$ be integers. A circle is divided into $ n$ sectors $ a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$. We will color the $ n$ sectors with $ k$ different colors such that $ a_i$ and $ a_{i \plus{} 1}$ have different color for each $ i \equal{} 1,2,\dots,n$ where $ a_{n \plus{} 1}\equal{}a_1$. Find the number of ways to do such coloring.
2020 IMO Shortlist, A5
A magician intends to perform the following trick. She announces a positive integer $n$, along with $2n$ real numbers $x_1 < \dots < x_{2n}$, to the audience. A member of the audience then secretly chooses a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree $n$ with real coefficients, computes the $2n$ values $P(x_1), \dots , P(x_{2n})$, and writes down these $2n$ values on the blackboard in non-decreasing order. After that the magician announces the secret polynomial to the audience. Can the magician find a strategy to perform such a trick?
2011 IMC, 2
Does there exist a real $3\times 3$ matrix $A$ such that $\text{tr}(A)=0$ and $A^2+A^t=I?$ ($\text{tr}(A)$ denotes the trace of $A,\ A^t$ the transpose of $A,$ and $I$ is the identity matrix.)
[i]Proposed by Moubinool Omarjee, Paris[/i]
2014 Turkey EGMO TST, 3
Denote by $d(n)$ be the biggest prime divisor of $|n|>1$. Find all polynomials with integer coefficients satisfy;
$$P(n+d(n))=n+d(P(n)) $$
for the all $|n|>1$ integers such that $P(n)>1$ and $d(P(n))$ can be defined.
2019 Tournament Of Towns, 1
The polynomial P(x,y) is such that for every integer n >= 0 each of the polynomials P(x,n) and P(n,y) either is a constant zero or has a degree not greater than n. Is it possible that P(x,x) has an odd degree?
2021 MMATHS, 1
Let $a,b,c$ be the roots of the polynomial $x^3 - 20x^2 + 22.$ Find \[\frac{bc}{a^2}+\frac{ac}{b^2}+\frac{ab}{c^2}.\]
[i]Proposed by Deyuan Li and Andrew Milas[/i]
1975 Poland - Second Round, 6
Let $ f(x) $ and $ g(x) $ be polynomials with integer coefficients. Prove that if for every integer value $ n $ the number $ g(n) $ is divisible by the number $ f(n) $, then $ g(x) = f(x)\cdot h(x) $, where $ h(x) $ is a polynomial,. Show with an example that the coefficients of the polynomial $ h(x) $ do not have to be integer.
1952 AMC 12/AHSME, 18
$ \log p \plus{} \log q \equal{} \log (p \plus{} q)$ only if:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ p \equal{} q \equal{} 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ p \equal{} \frac {q^2}{1 \minus{} q} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ p \equal{} q \equal{} 1$
$ \textbf{(D)}\ p \equal{} \frac {q}{q \minus{} 1} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ p \equal{} \frac {q}{q \plus{} 1}$
2024 MMATHS, 10
In acute $\triangle{ABC},$ $AB=11$ and $CB=10.$ Points $E$ and $D$ are constructed such that $\angle{CBE}$ and $\angle{ABD}$ are right, and $ACEBD$ is a non-degenerate pentagon. Additionally, $\angle{AEB} \cong \angle{DCB}, AE=CD,$ and $ED=20.$ Given that $EA$ and $CD$ intersect at $P$ and $AP=4,$ find $CP^2.$
2023 BMT, 4
Let f$(x)$ be a continuous function over the real numbers such that for every integer $n$, $f(n) = n^2$ and $f(x) $ is linear over the interval $[n, n + 1]$. There exists a unique two-variable polynomial $g$ such that $g(x, \lfloor x \rfloor) = f(x)$ for all $x$. Compute $g(20, 23)$. (Here, $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is defined as the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. For example, $\lfloor 2\rfloor = 2$ and $\lfloor -3.5 \rfloor = -4$.)
2013 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 5
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers for which $ab + ac + bc \ge a + b + c$. Prove that $a + b + c \ge 3$.
IV Soros Olympiad 1997 - 98 (Russia), 10.4
Solve the equation $$ \sqrt{\sqrt{2x^2+x-3}+2x^2-3}=x.$$
2010 APMO, 5
Find all functions $f$ from the set $\mathbb{R}$ of real numbers into $\mathbb{R}$ which satisfy for all $x, y, z \in \mathbb{R}$ the identity \[f(f(x)+f(y)+f(z))=f(f(x)-f(y))+f(2xy+f(z))+2f(xz-yz).\]
2017 Online Math Open Problems, 18
Let $p$ be an odd prime number less than $10^5$. Granite and Pomegranate play a game. First, Granite picks a integer $c \in \{2,3,\dots,p-1\}$.
Pomegranate then picks two integers $d$ and $x$, defines $f(t) = ct + d$, and writes $x$ on a sheet of paper.
Next, Granite writes $f(x)$ on the paper, Pomegranate writes $f(f(x))$, Granite writes $f(f(f(x)))$, and so on, with the players taking turns writing.
The game ends when two numbers appear on the paper whose difference is a multiple of $p$, and the player who wrote the most recent number wins. Find the sum of all $p$ for which Pomegranate has a winning strategy.
[i]Proposed by Yang Liu[/i]
2001 Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad, 2
Find all integers $n$ for which the polynomial $p(x) = x^5 -nx -n -2$ can be represented as a product of two non-constant polynomials with integer coefficients.
2020 MBMT, 39
Let $f(x) = \sqrt{4x^2 - 4x^4}$. Let $A$ be the number of real numbers $x$ that satisfy
$$f(f(f(\dots f(x)\dots ))) = x,$$ where the function $f$ is applied to $x$ 2020 times. Compute $A \pmod {1000}$.
[i]Proposed by Timothy Qian[/i]
1956 AMC 12/AHSME, 45
A wheel with a rubber tire has an outside diameter of $ 25$ in. When the radius has been decreased a quarter of an inch, the number of revolutions in one mile will:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{be increased about }2\% \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{be increased about }1\%$
$ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{be increased about }20\% \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{be increased about }\frac {1}{2}\% \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{remain the same}$
2019 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 1
If $a, b, c$ are real numbers such that a$b + bc + ca = 0$, prove the inequality $$2(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)(a^2b^2 + b^2c^2 + c^2a^2) \ge 27a^2b^2c^2$$
When does the equality hold ?
Leonard Giugiuc
2022 MMATHS, 10
Suppose that $A_1A_2A_3$ is a triangle with $A_1A_2 = 16$ and $A_1A_3 = A_2A_3 = 10$. For each integer $n \ge 4$, set An to be the circumcenter of triangle $A_{n-1}A_{n-2}A_{n-3}$. There exists a unique point $Z$ lying in the interiors of the circumcircles of triangles $A_kA_{k+1}A_{k+2}$ for all integers $k \ge 1$. If $ZA^2_1+ ZA^2_2+ ZA^2_3+ ZA^2_4$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for positive integers $a, b$ with $gcd(a, b) = 1$, find $a + b$.
2012 ELMO Problems, 4
Let $a_0,b_0$ be positive integers, and define $a_{i+1}=a_i+\lfloor\sqrt{b_i}\rfloor$ and $b_{i+1}=b_i+\lfloor\sqrt{a_i}\rfloor$ for all $i\ge0$. Show that there exists a positive integer $n$ such that $a_n=b_n$.
[i]David Yang.[/i]
2025 Vietnam National Olympiad, 6
Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative numbers such that $a+b+c=3.$ Prove that
\[\sqrt{3a^3+4bc+b+c}+\sqrt{3b^3+4ca+c+a}+\sqrt{3c^3+4ab+a+b} \geqslant 9.\]
2012 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 3
For composite number $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the sum of the least three divisors of $n$, and $g(n)$ the sum of the greatest two divisors of $n$. Find all composite numbers $n$, such that $g(n)=(f(n))^m$ ($m\in N^*$).
2019 ASDAN Math Tournament, 8
Let triangle $\vartriangle AEF$ be inscribed in a square $ABCD$ such that $E$ lies on $BC$ and $F$ lies on $CD$. If $\angle EAF = 45^o$ and $\angle BEA = 70^o$, compute $\angle CF E$.