a) Prove that there doesn't exist sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,... \in \mathbb{N}$ such that: $\forall i<j: gcd(a_i+j,a_j+i)=1$ b) Let $p$ be an odd prime number. Prove that there exist sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,... \in \mathbb{N}$ such that: $\forall i<j: p \not | gcd(a_i+j,a_j+i)$

Prove that the two last digits of $9^{9^{9}}$ and $9^{9^{9^{9}}}$ are the same in decimal representation.

Find all positive integers $ n$ such that $ n^4\minus{}4n^3\plus{}22n^2\minus{}36n\plus{}18$ is a perfect square.

[b]p16[/b] Madelyn is being paid $\$50$/hour to find useful [i]Non-Functional Trios[/i], where a Non-Functional Trio is defined as an ordered triple of distinct real numbers $(a, b, c)$, and a Non- Functional Trio is [i]useful [/i] if $(a, b)$, $(b, c)$, and $(c, a)$ are collinear in the Cartesian plane. Currently, she’s working on the case $a+b+c = 2022$. Find the number of useful Non-Functional Trios $(a, b, c)$ such that $a + b + c = 2022$. [b]p17[/b] Let $p(x) = x^2 - k$, where $k$ is an integer strictly less than $250$. Find the largest possible value of k such that there exist distinct integers $a, b$ with $p(a) = b$ and $p(b) = a$. [b]p18[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcircle $\Gamma$ such that $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, and $CA = 15$. $BH$ and $CH$ meet $\Gamma$ again at points $D$ and $E$, respectively, and $DE$ meets $AB$ and $AC$ at $F$ and $G$, respectively. The circumcircles of triangles $ABG$ and $ACF$ meet BC again at points $P$ and $Q$. If $PQ$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for positive integers $a, b$ with $gcd (a, b) = 1$, find $a + b$.

Find all the solutions $(a, b, c)$ in the natural numbers, verifying $1\le a \le b \le c$, of the equation$$\frac34=\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}.$$

Prove that the equation $$3x(x-3y)=y^2+z^2$$doesn't have any integer solutions except $x=0,y=0,z=0$.

Consider a set $ A$ of positive integers such that the least element of $ A$ equals $ 1001$ and the product of all elements of $ A$ is a perfect square. What is the least possible value of the greatest element of $ A$?

Show that there is an infinite number of positive integers $t$ such that none of the equations $$ \begin{cases} x^2 + y^6 = t \\ x^2 + y^6 = t + 1 \\ x^2 - y^6 = t \\ x^2 - y^6 = t + 1 \end{cases}$$ has solutions $(x, y) \in Z \times Z$.

[b]8.1[/b] On the median drawn from the vertex of the triangle to the base, point $A$ is taken. The sum of the distances from $A$ to the sides of the triangle is equal to $s$. Find the distances from $A$ to the sides if the lengths of the sides are equal to $x$ and $y$. [b]8.2[/b] Fraction $0, abc...$ is composed according to the following rule: $a$ and $c$ are arbitrary digits, and each next digit is equal to the remainder of the sum of the previous two digits when divided by $10$. Prove that this fraction is purely periodic. [b]8.3[/b] Two convex polygons with $m$ and $n$ sides are drawn on the plane ($m>n$). What is the greatest possible number of parts, they can break the plane? [b]8.4 [/b]The sum of three integers that are perfect squares is divisible by $9$. Prove that among them, there are two numbers whose difference is divisible by $9$. [b]8.5 / 9.5[/b] Given $k+2$ integers. Prove that among them there are two integers such that either their sum or their difference is divisible by $2k$. [b]8.6[/b] A right angle rotates around its vertex. Find the locus of the midpoints of the segments connecting the intersection points sides of an angle and a given circle. PS. You should use hide for answers.Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3983460_1963_leningrad_math_olympiad]here[/url].

Let $ a $ and $ b $ be natural numbers with property $ gcd(a,b)=1 $ . Find the least natural number $ k $ such that for every natural number $ r \ge k $ , there exist natural numbers $ m,n >1 $ in such a way that the number $ m^a n^b $ has exactly $ r+1 $ positive divisors.

Let $a$ and $n$ be two positive integer numbers such that the (positive) prime factors of $a$ be all greater than $n$. Prove that $n!$ divides $(a - 1)(a^2 - 1)\cdots (a^{n-1} - 1)$. [i]AMM Magazine[/i]

[b]p1.[/b] A robot is at position $0$ on a number line. Each second, it randomly moves either one unit in the positive direction or one unit in the negative direction, with probability $\frac12$ of doing each. Find the probability that after $4$ seconds, the robot has returned to position $0$. [b]p2.[/b] How many positive integers $n \le 20$ are such that the greatest common divisor of $n$ and $20$ is a prime number? [b]p3.[/b] A sequence of points $A_1$, $A_2$, $A_3$, $...$, $A_7$ is shown in the diagram below, with $A_1A_2$ parallel to $A_6A_7$. We have $\angle A_2A_3A_4 = 113^o$, $\angle A_3A_4A_5 = 100^o$, and $\angle A_4A_5A_6 = 122^o$. Find the degree measure of $\angle A_1A_2A_3 + \angle A_5A_6A_7$. [center][img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/a/75b06a6663b2f4258e35ef0f68fcfbfaa903f7.png[/img][/center] [b]p4.[/b] Compute $$\log_3 \left( \frac{\log_3 3^{3^{3^3}}}{\log_{3^3} 3^{3^3}} \right)$$ [b]p5.[/b] In an $8\times 8$ chessboard, a pawn has been placed on the third column and fourth row, and all the other squares are empty. It is possible to place nine rooks on this board such that no two rooks attack each other. How many ways can this be done? (Recall that a rook can attack any square in its row or column provided all the squares in between are empty.) [b]p6.[/b] Suppose that $a, b$ are positive real numbers with $a > b$ and $ab = 8$. Find the minimum value of $\frac{a^2+b^2}{a-b} $. [b]p7.[/b] A cone of radius $4$ and height $7$ has $A$ as its apex and $B$ as the center of its base. A second cone of radius $3$ and height $7$ has $B$ as its apex and $A$ as the center of its base. What is the volume of the region contained in both cones? [b]p8.[/b] Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, $a_4$, $a_5$, $a_6$ be a permutation of the numbers $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$. We say $a_i$ is visible if $a_i$ is greater than any number that comes before it; that is, $a_j < a_i$ for all $j < i$. For example, the permutation $2$, $4$, $1$, $3$, $6$, $5$ has three visible elements: $2$, $4$, $6$. How many such permutations have exactly two visible elements? [b]p9.[/b] Let $f(x) = x+2x^2 +3x^3 +4x^4 +5x^5 +6x^6$, and let $S = [f(6)]^5 +[f(10)]^3 +[f(15)]^2$. Compute the remainder when $S$ is divided by $30$. [b]p10.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, the angle bisector from $A$ and the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ meet at point $D$, the angle bisector from $B$ and the perpendicular bisector of $AC$ meet at point $E$, and the perpendicular bisectors of $BC$ and $AC$ meet at point $F$. Given that $\angle ADF = 5^o$, $\angle BEF = 10^o$, and $AC = 3$, find the length of $DF$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/d/6bb8409678a4c44135d393b9b942f8defb198e.png[/img] [b]p11.[/b] Let $F_0 = 0$, $F_1 = 1$, and $F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2}$. How many subsets $S$ of $\{1, 2,..., 2011\}$ are there such that $$F_{2012} - 1 =\sum_{i \in S}F_i?$$ [b]p12.[/b] Let $a_k$ be the number of perfect squares $m$ such that $k^3 \le m < (k + 1)^3$. For example, $a_2 = 3$ since three squares $m$ satisfy $2^3 \le m < 3^3$, namely $9$, $16$, and $25$. Compute$$ \sum^{99}_{k=0} \lfloor \sqrt{k}\rfloor a_k, $$ where $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$. [b]p13.[/b] Suppose that $a, b, c, d, e, f$ are real numbers such that $$a + b + c + d + e + f = 0,$$ $$a + 2b + 3c + 4d + 2e + 2f = 0,$$ $$a + 3b + 6c + 9d + 4e + 6f = 0,$$ $$a + 4b + 10c + 16d + 8e + 24f = 0,$$ $$a + 5b + 15c + 25d + 16e + 120f = 42.$$ Compute $a + 6b + 21c + 36d + 32e + 720f.$ [b]p14.[/b] In Cartesian space, three spheres centered at $(-2, 5, 4)$, $(2, 1, 4)$, and $(4, 7, 5)$ are all tangent to the $xy$-plane. The $xy$-plane is one of two planes tangent to all three spheres; the second plane can be written as the equation $ax + by + cz = d$ for some real numbers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$. Find $\frac{c}{a}$ . [b]p15.[/b] Find the number of pairs of positive integers $a$, $b$, with $a \le 125$ and $b \le 100$, such that $a^b - 1$ is divisible by $125$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Find all increasing sequences $a_1,a_2,a_3,...$ of natural numbers such that for each $i,j\in \mathbb N$, number of the divisors of $i+j$ and $a_i+a_j$ is equal. (an increasing sequence is a sequence that if $i\le j$, then $a_i\le a_j$.)

[b]p1.[/b] Fluffy the Dog is an extremely fluffy dog. Because of his extreme fluffiness, children always love petting Fluffy anywhere. Given that Fluffy likes being petted $1/4$ of the time, out of $120$ random people who each pet Fluffy once, what is the expected number of times Fluffy will enjoy being petted? [b]p2.[/b] Andy thinks of four numbers $27$, $81$, $36$, and $41$ and whispers the numbers to his classmate Cynthia. For each number she hears, Cynthia writes down every factor of that number on the whiteboard. What is the sum of all the different numbers that are on the whiteboard? (Don't include the same number in your sum more than once) [b]p3.[/b] Charles wants to increase the area his square garden in his backyard. He increases the length of his garden by $2$ and increases the width of his garden by $3$. If the new area of his garden is $182$, then what was the original area of his garden? [b]p4.[/b] Antonio is trying to arrange his flute ensemble into an array. However, when he arranges his players into rows of $6$, there are $2$ flute players left over. When he arranges his players into rows of $13$, there are $10$ flute players left over. What is the smallest possible number of flute players in his ensemble such that this number has three prime factors? [b]p5.[/b] On the AMC $9$ (Acton Math Competition $9$), $5$ points are given for a correct answer, $2$ points are given for a blank answer and $0$ points are given for an incorrect answer. How many possible scores are there on the AMC $9$, a $15$ problem contest? [b]p6.[/b] Charlie Puth produced three albums this year in the form of CD's. One CD was circular, the second CD was in the shape of a square, and the final one was in the shape of a regular hexagon. When his producer circumscribed a circle around each shape, he noticed that each time, the circumscribed circle had a radius of $10$. The total area occupied by $1$ of each of the different types of CDs can be expressed in the form $a + b\pi + c\sqrt{d}$ where $d$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$. [b]p7.[/b] You are picking blueberries and strawberries to bring home. Each bushel of blueberries earns you $10$ dollars and each bushel of strawberries earns you $8$ dollars. However your cart can only fit $24$ bushels total and has a weight limit of $100$ lbs. If a bushel of blueberries weighs $8$ lbs and each bushel of strawberries weighs $6$ lbs, what is your maximum profit. (You can only pick an integer number of bushels) [b]p8.[/b] The number $$\sqrt{2218 + 144\sqrt{35} + 176\sqrt{55} + 198\sqrt{77}}$$ can be expressed in the form $a\sqrt5 + b\sqrt7 + c\sqrt{11}$ for positive integers $a, b, c$. Find $abc$. [b]p9.[/b] Let $(x, y)$ be a point such that no circle passes through the three points $(9,15)$, $(12, 20)$, $(x, y)$, and no circle passes through the points $(0, 17)$, $(16, 19)$, $(x, y)$. Given that $x - y = -\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$, $q$, Find $p + q$. [b]p10.[/b] How many ways can Alfred, Betty, Catherine, David, Emily and Fred sit around a $6$ person table if no more than three consecutive people can be in alphabetical order (clockwise)? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

For integers $a, b$, call the lattice point with coordinates $(a,b)$ [b]basic[/b] if $gcd(a,b)=1$. A graph takes the basic points as vertices and the edges are drawn in such way: There is an edge between $(a_1,b_1)$ and $(a_2,b_2)$ if and only if $2a_1=2a_2\in \{b_1-b_2, b_2-b_1\}$ or $2b_1=2b_2\in\{a_1-a_2, a_2-a_1\}$. Some of the edges will be erased, such that the remaining graph is a forest. At least how many edges must be erased to obtain this forest? At least how many trees exist in such a forest?

Find all triples $(x,y,z)$ of integers such that satisfied: $x^2+y^2+z^2+xy+yz+zx=6$

a) Suppose that $n$ is an odd integer. Prove that $k(n-k)$ is divisible by $2$ for all positive integers $k$. b) Find an integer $k$ such that $k(100-k)$ is not divisible by $11$. c) Suppose that $p$ is an odd prime, and $n$ is an integer. Prove that there is an integer $k$ such that $k(n-k)$ is not divisible by $p$. d) Suppose that $p,q$ are two different odd primes, and $n$ is an integer. Prove that there is an integer $k$ such that $k(n-k)$ is not divisible by any of $p,q$.

Prove that for every square-free integer $n>1$, there exists a prime number $p$ and an integer $m$ satisfying \[ p \mid n \quad \text{and} \quad n \mid p^2+p\cdot m^p. \]

Let $ m$ be a positive odd integer, $ m > 2.$ Find the smallest positive integer $ n$ such that $ 2^{1989}$ divides $ m^n \minus{} 1.$

The sequence $(L_n)$ is given by $L_0=2$, $L_1=1$, and $L_{n+1}=L_n+L_{n-1}$ for $n\ge1$. Prove that if a prime number $p$ divides $L_{2k}-2$ for $k\in\mathbb N$, then $p$ also divides $L_{2k+1}-1$.

Find all integers $m, n$ such that $2n^3 - m^3 = mn^2 + 11$.

In quadrilateral $ABCD$, $\angle{BAD}\cong\angle{ADC}$ and $\angle{ABD}\cong\angle{BCD}$, $AB=8$, $BD=10$, and $BC=6$. The length $CD$ may be written in the form $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

[b]p1.[/b] Find all integer solutions of the equation $a^2 - b^2 = 2002$. [b]p2.[/b] Prove that the disks drawn on the sides of a convex quadrilateral as on diameters cover this quadrilateral. [b]p3.[/b] $30$ students from one school came to Mathematical Olympiad. In how many different ways is it possible to place them in four rooms? [b]p4.[/b] A $12$ liter container is filled with gasoline. How to split it in two equal parts using two empty $5$ and $8$ liter containers? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Reduce the fraction \[\frac{2121212121210}{1121212121211}\] to its simplest form.

What is the sum of all of the distinct prime factors of $25^3 - 27^2$?