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2024 Malaysia IMONST 2, 6

Tags: geometry
Rui Xuen has a circle $\omega$ with center $O$, and a square $ABCJ$ with vertices on $\omega$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and let $\Gamma$ be the circle passing through the points $J$, $O$, $M$. Suppose $\Gamma$ intersect line $AJ$ at a point $P \neq J$, and suppose $\Gamma$ intersect $\omega$ at a point $Q \neq J$. A point $R$ lies on side $BC$ so that $RC = 3RB$. Help Rui Xuen prove that the points $P$, $Q$, $R$ are collinear.

2018 CMIMC Algebra, 1

Tags: algebra
Misha has accepted a job in the mines and will produce one ore each day. At the market, he is able to buy or sell one ore for \$3, buy or sell bundles of three wheat for \$12 each, or $\textit{sell}$ one wheat for one ore. His ultimate goal is to build a city, which requires three ore and two wheat. How many dollars must Misha begin with in order to build a city after three days of working?

2009 IMC, 4

Let $p(z)=a_0+a_1z+a_2z^2+\cdots+a_nz^n$ be a complex polynomial. Suppose that $1=c_0\ge c_1\ge \cdots \ge c_n\ge 0$ is a sequence of real numbers which form a convex sequence. (That is $2c_k\le c_{k-1}+c_{k+1}$ for every $k=1,2,\cdots ,n-1$ ) and consider the polynomial \[ q(z)=c_0a_0+c_1a_1z+c_2a_2z^2+\cdots +c_na_nz^n \] Prove that : \[ \max_{|z|\le 1}q(z)\le \max_{|z|\le 1}p(z) \]

2012 NIMO Problems, 4

When flipped, coin A shows heads $\textstyle\frac{1}{3}$ of the time, coin B shows heads $\textstyle\frac{1}{2}$ of the time, and coin C shows heads $\textstyle\frac{2}{3}$ of the time. Anna selects one of the coins at random and flips it four times, yielding three heads and one tail. The probability that Anna flipped coin A can be expressed as $\textstyle\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Compute $p + q$. [i]Proposed by Eugene Chen[/i]

2011 May Olympiad, 4

Using several white edge cubes of side $ 1$, Guille builds a large cube. Then he chooses $4$ faces of the big cube and paints them red. Finally, he takes apart the large cube and observe that the cubes with at least a face painted red is $431$. Find the number of cubes that he used to assemble the large cube. Analyze all the possibilities.

2010 National Olympiad First Round, 32

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At least two of any three students of a school with $1001$ students are friends. How many of the numbers $334,412,450,499$ can be the number of friends of the one with the highest number of friends? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None} $

2013 North Korea Team Selection Test, 5

The incircle $ \omega $ of a quadrilateral $ ABCD $ touches $ AB, BC, CD, DA $ at $ E, F, G, H $, respectively. Choose an arbitrary point $ X$ on the segment $ AC $ inside $ \omega $. The segments $ XB, XD $ meet $ \omega $ at $ I, J $ respectively. Prove that $ FJ, IG, AC $ are concurrent.

2004 AMC 8, 15

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Thirteen black and six white hexagonal tiles were used to create the figure below. If a new figure is created by attaching a border of white tiles with the same size and shape as the others, what will be the difference between the total number of white tiles and the total number of black tiles in the new figure? [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(1)); real x=sqrt(3)/2; path p=rotate(30)*polygon(6); filldraw(p^^shift(0,3)*p^^shift(4x,0)*p^^shift(3x,1.5)*p^^shift(2x,3)*p^^shift(-4x,0)*p^^shift(-3x,1.5)*p^^shift(-2x,3)*p^^shift(3x,-1.5)*p^^shift(-3x,-1.5)*p^^shift(2x,-3)*p^^shift(-2x,-3)*p^^shift(0,-3)*p, black, black); draw(shift(2x,0)*p^^shift(-2x,0)*p^^shift(x,1.5)*p^^shift(-x,1.5)*p^^shift(x,-1.5)*p^^shift(-x,-1.5)*p); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 18 $

2006 Princeton University Math Competition, 3

Let $r_1, \dots , r_5$ be the roots of the polynomial $x^5+5x^4-79x^3+64x^2+60x+144$. What is $r^2_1+\dots+r^2_5$?

1959 IMO Shortlist, 3

Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers. Consider the quadratic equation in $\cos{x}$ \[ a \cos^2{x}+b \cos{x}+c=0. \] Using the numbers $a,b,c$ form a quadratic equation in $\cos{2x}$ whose roots are the same as those of the original equation. Compare the equation in $\cos{x}$ and $\cos{2x}$ for $a=4$, $b=2$, $c=-1$.

2025 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2

Tags: guts
Compute $$\frac{20+\frac{1}{25-\frac{1}{20}}}{25+\frac{1}{20-\frac{1}{25}}}.$$

2014 Dutch IMO TST, 4

Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle with $|AC|=2|AB|$ and let $O$ be its circumcenter. Let $D$ be the intersection of the bisector of $\angle A$ with $BC$. Let $E$ be the orthogonal projection of $O$ to $AD$ and let $F\ne D$ be the point on $AD$ satisfying $|CD|=|CF|$. Prove that $\angle EBF=\angle ECF$.

2013 Chile National Olympiad, 4

Consider a function f defined on the positive integers that meets the following conditions: $$f(1) = 1 \, , \,\, f(2n) = 2f(n) \, , \,\, nf(2n + 1) = (2n + 1)(f(n) + n) $$ for all $n \ge 1$. a) Prove that $f(n)$ is an integer for all $n$. b) Find all positive integers $m$ less than $2013$ that satisfy the equation $f(m) = 2m$.

2015 Princeton University Math Competition, A3/B5

Tags: algebra
Find the sum of the non-repeated roots of the polynomial $P(x) = x^6-5x^5-4x^4-5x^3+8x^2+7x+7$.

2003 Tuymaada Olympiad, 2

In a quadrilateral $ABCD$ sides $AB$ and $CD$ are equal, $\angle A=150^\circ,$ $\angle B=44^\circ,$ $\angle C=72^\circ.$ Perpendicular bisector of the segment $AD$ meets the side $BC$ at point $P.$ Find $\angle APD.$ [i]Proposed by F. Bakharev[/i]

2021 Bangladeshi National Mathematical Olympiad, 6

On a table near the sea, there are $N$ glass boxes where $N<2021$, each containing exactly $2021$ balls. Sowdha and Rafi play a game by taking turns on the boxes where Sowdha takes the first turn. In each turn, a player selects a non-empty box and throws out some of the balls from it into the sea. If a player wants, he can throw out all of the balls in the selected box. The player who throws out the last ball wins. Let $S$ be the sum of all values of $N$ for which Sowdha has a winning strategy and let $R$ be the sum of all values of $N$ for which Rafi has a winning strategy. What is the value of $\frac{R-S}{10}$?

2013 China Western Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $B_1,C_1$ be its excenters opposite $B,C$. $B_2,C_2$ are reflections of $B_1,C_1$ across midpoints of $AC,AB$. Let $D$ be the extouch at $BC$. Show that $AD$ is perpendicular to $B_2C_2$

1975 Chisinau City MO, 104

Prove that $x^2+y^2 \ge 2\sqrt2 (x-y)$ if $xy = 1$

1997 All-Russian Olympiad, 1

Tags: quadratic , algebra
Of the quadratic trinomials $x^2 + px + q$ where $p$; $q$ are integers and $1\leqslant p, q \leqslant 1997$, which are there more of: those having integer roots or those not having real roots? [i]M. Evdokimov[/i]

1993 ITAMO, 2

Find all pairs $(p,q)$ of positive primes such that the equation $3x^2 - px + q = 0$ has two distinct rational roots.

2013 JBMO TST - Turkey, 4

For all positive real numbers $a, b, c$ satisfying $a+b+c=1$, prove that \[ \frac{a^4+5b^4}{a(a+2b)} + \frac{b^4+5c^4}{b(b+2c)} + \frac{c^4+5a^4}{c(c+2a)} \geq 1- ab-bc-ca \]

1991 AMC 8, 6

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Which number in the array below is both the largest in its column and the smallest in its row? (Columns go up and down, rows go right and left.) \[\begin{tabular}[t]{ccccc} 10 & 6 & 4 & 3 & 2 \\ 11 & 7 & 14 & 10 & 8 \\ 8 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 9 \\ 13 & 4 & 15 & 12 & 1 \\ 8 & 2 & 5 & 9 & 3 \end{tabular}\] $\text{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 15$

2018 Romanian Master of Mathematics Shortlist, G2

Tags: geometry
Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle, and let $S$ and $T$ be the midpoints of the sides $BC$ and $CA$, respectively. Suppose $M$ is the midpoint of the segment $ST$ and the circle $\omega$ through $A, M$ and $T$ meets the line $AB$ again at $N$. The tangents of $\omega$ at $M$ and $N$ meet at $P$. Prove that $P$ lies on $BC$ if and only if the triangle $ABC$ is isosceles with apex at $A$. [i]Proposed by Reza Kumara, Indonesia[/i]

2022 ABMC, 2022 Nov

[b]p1.[/b] Calculate $A \cdot B +M \cdot C$, where $A = 1$, $B = 2$, $C = 3$, $M = 13$. [b]p2.[/b] What is the remainder of $\frac{2022\cdot2023}{10}$ ? [b]p3.[/b] Daniel and Bryan are rolling fair $7$-sided dice. If the probability that the sum of the numbers that Daniel and Bryan roll is greater than $11$ can be represented as the fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ where $a$, $b$ are relatively prime positive integers, what is $a + b$? [b]p4.[/b] Billy can swim the breaststroke at $25$ meters per minute, the butterfly at $30$ meters per minute, and the front crawl at $40$ meters per minute. One day, he swam without stopping or slowing down, swimming $1130$ meters. If he swam the butterfly for twice as long as the breaststroke, plus one additional minute, and the front crawl for three times as long as the butterfly, minus eight minutes, for how many minutes did he swim? [b]p5.[/b] Elon Musk is walking around the circumference of Mars trying to find aliens. If the radius of Mars is $3396.2$ km and Elon Musk is $73$ inches tall, the difference in distance traveled between the top of his head and the bottom of his feet in inches can be expressed as $a\pi$ for an integer $a$. Find $a$. ($1$ yard is exactly $0.9144$ meters). [b]p6.[/b] Lukas is picking balls out of his five baskets labeled $1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$. Each basket has $27$ balls, each labeled with the number of its respective basket. What is the least number of times Lukas must take one ball out of a random basket to guarantee that he has chosen at least $5$ balls labeled ”$1$”? If there are no balls in a chosen basket, Lukas will choose another random basket. [b]p7.[/b] Given $35_a = 42_b$, where positive integers $a$, $b$ are bases, find the minimum possible value of the sum $a + b$ in base $10$. [b]p8.[/b] Jason is playing golf. If he misses a shot, he has a $50$ percent chance of slamming his club into the ground. If a club is slammed into the ground, there is an $80$ percent chance that it breaks. Jason has a $40$ percent chance of hitting each shot. Given Jason must successfully hit five shots to win a prize, what is the expected number of clubs Jason will break before he wins a prize? [b]p9.[/b] Circle $O$ with radius $1$ is rolling around the inside of a rectangle with side lengths $5$ and $6$. Given the total area swept out by the circle can be represented as $a + b\pi$ for positive integers $a$, $b$ find $a + b$. [b]p10.[/b] Quadrilateral $ABCD$ has $\angle ABC = 90^o$, $\angle ADC = 120^o$, $AB = 5$, $BC = 18$, and $CD = 3$. Find $AD$. [b]p11.[/b] Raymond is eating huge burgers. He has been trained in the art of burger consumption, so he can eat one every minute. There are $100$ burgers to start with. However, at the end of every $20$ minutes, one of Raymond’s friends comes over and starts making burgers. Raymond starts with $1$ friend. If each of his friends makes $1$ burger every $20$ minutes, after how long in minutes will there be $0$ burgers left for the first time? [b]p12.[/b] Find the number of pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ and $b\le a \le 2022$ such that $a\cdot lcm(a, b) = b \cdot gcd(a, b)^2$. [b]p13.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ has sides $AB = 6$, $BC = 10$, and $CA = 14$. If a point $D$ is placed on the opposite side of $AC$ from $B$ such that $\vartriangle ADC$ is equilateral, find the length of $BD$. [b]p14.[/b] If the product of all real solutions to the equation $(x-1)(x-2)(x-4)(x-5)(x-7)(x-8) = -x^2+9x-64$ can be written as $\frac{a-b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ where $gcd(a, b, d) = 1$ and $c$ is squarefree, compute $a + b + c + d$. [b]p15.[/b] Joe has a calculator with the keys $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,+,-$. However, Joe is blind. If he presses $4$ keys at random, and the expected value of the result can be written as $\frac{x}{11^4}$ , compute the last $3$ digits of $x$ when $x$ divided by $1000$. (If there are consecutive signs, they are interpreted as the sign obtained when multiplying the two signs values together, e.g $3$,$+$,$-$,$-$, $2$ would return $3 + (-(-(2))) = 3 + 2 = 5$. Also, if a sign is pressed last, it is ignored.) PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2015 Argentina National Olympiad Level 2, 2

Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with sides $AB=3$ and $BC=2$. Let $P$ be a point on side $AB$ such that the bisector of $\angle CDP$ passes through the midpoint of $BC$. Calculate the length of segment $BP$.