Found problems: 253
Let $ S$ be the set of points $ (a,b)$ with $ 0\le a,b\le1$ such that the equation \[x^4 \plus{} ax^3 \minus{} bx^2 \plus{} ax \plus{} 1 \equal{} 0\] has at least one real root. Determine the area of the graph of $ S$.
Two ants, one starting at $ (-1, 1) $, the other at $ (1, 1) $, walk to the right along the parabola $ y = x^2 $ such that their midpoint moves along the line $ y = 1 $ with constant speed $1$. When the left ant first hits the line $ y = \frac {1}{2} $, what is its speed?
$(BEL 1)$ A parabola $P_1$ with equation $x^2 - 2py = 0$ and parabola $P_2$ with equation $x^2 + 2py = 0, p > 0$, are given. A line $t$ is tangent to $P_2.$ Find the locus of pole $M$ of the line $t$ with respect to $P_1.$
Let $y = x^2 + ax + b$ be a parabola that cuts the coordinate axes at three distinct points. Show that the circle passing through these three points also passes through $(0,1)$.
In equilateral triangle $ABC$ with side length $2$, let the parabola with focus $A$ and directrix $BC$ intersect sides $AB$ and $AC$ at $A_1$ and $A_2$, respectively. Similarly, let the parabola with focus $B$ and directrix $CA$ intersect sides $BC$ and $BA$ at $B_1$ and $B_2$, respectively. Finally, let the parabola with focus $C$ and directrix $AB$ intersect sides $CA$ and $C_B$ at $C_1$ and $C_2$, respectively.
Find the perimeter of the triangle formed by lines $A_1A_2$, $B_1B_2$, $C_1C_2$.
An acute angle $XAY$ and a point $P$ inside the angle are given. Construct (using a ruler and a compass) a line that passes through $P$ and intersects the rays $AX$ and $AY$ at $B$ and $C$ such that the area of the triangle $ABC$ equals $AP^2$.
[i]Greece[/i]
$C$ is the circle center $(0,1)$, radius $1$. $P$ is the parabola $y = ax^2$. They meet at $(0, 0)$. For what values of $a$ do they meet at another point or points?
For some positive integers $p$, there is a quadrilateral $ABCD$ with positive integer side lengths, perimeter $p$, right angles at $B$ and $C$, $AB=2$, and $CD=AD$. How many different values of $p<2015$ are possible?
$\textbf{(A) }30\qquad\textbf{(B) }31\qquad\textbf{(C) }61\qquad\textbf{(D) }62\qquad\textbf{(E) }63$
All vertices of triangles $ABC$ and $A_1B_1C_1$ lie on the hyperbola $y=1/x$. It is known that $AB \parallel A_1B_1$ and $BC \parallel B_1C_1$. Prove that $AC_1 \parallel A_1C$.
(I. Gorodnin)
The graphs of $y=3(x-h)^2+j$ and $y=2(x-h)^2+k$ have $y$-intercepts of $2013$ and $2014$, respectively, and each graph has two positive integer $x$-intercepts. Find $h$.
Two fixed lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ are perpendicular to each other at a point $Y$. Points $X$ and $O$ are on $l_2$ and both are on one side of line $l_1$. We draw the circle $\omega$ with center $O$ and radius $OY$. A variable point $Z$ is on line $l_1$. Line $OZ$ cuts circle $\omega$ in $P$. Parallel to $XP$ from $O$ intersects $XZ$ in $S$. Find the locus of the point $S$.
[i]Proposed by Nima Hamidi[/i]
If $S$ is the set of points $z$ in the complex plane such that $(3+4i)z$ is a real number, then $S$ is a
$ \textbf{(A)}\text{ right triangle}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\text{ circle}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\text{ hyperbola}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\text{ line}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\text{ parabola} $
Yan and Kirill play a game. At first Kirill says 4 numbers $x_1<x_2<x_3<x_4$, and then Yan says three pairwise different non zero numbers $a_1$, $a_2$ and $a_3$. For all $i$ from $1$ to $3$ they consider the quadratic trinomial $f_i(x)$ which has roots $x_i$ and $x_{i+1}$ and leading coefficient $a_i$, and construct on the plane the graphs of that trinomials. Yan wins if in every pair $(f_1(x),f_2(x))$ and $(f_2(x),f_3(x))$ their graphs intersect at exactly one point, and if in some pair graphs do not intersect or intersect at more than one point Kirill wins.
Find which player can guarantee his win regardless of the actions of his opponent.
[i]V. Kamianetski[/i]
A standard parabola is the graph of a quadratic polynomial $y = x^2 + ax + b$ with leading co\"efficient 1. Three standard parabolas with vertices $V1, V2, V3$ intersect pairwise at points $A1, A2, A3$. Let $A \mapsto s(A)$ be the reflection of the plane with respect to the $x$-axis.
Prove that standard parabolas with vertices $s (A1), s (A2), s (A3)$ intersect pairwise at the points $s (V1), s (V2), s (V3)$.
Let $p>0$ be a real constant. From any point $(a,b)$ in the cartesian plane, show that
i) Three normals, real or imaginary, can be drawn to the parabola $y^2=4px$.
ii) These are real and distinct if $4(2-p)^3 +27pb^2<0$.
iii) Two of them coincide if $(a,b)$ lies on the curve $27py^2=4(x-2p)^3$.
iv) All three coincide only if $a=2p$ and $b=0$.
All three vertices of $\bigtriangleup ABC$ lie on the parabola defined by $y=x^2$, with $A$ at the origin and $\overline{BC}$ parallel to the $x$-axis. The area of the triangle is $64$. What is the length of $BC$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16$
There is a parabola $y = x^2$ drawn on the coordinate plane. The axes are deleted. Can you restore them with the help of compass and ruler?
Suppose $a$ and $b$ are single-digit positive integers chosen independently and at random. What is the probability that the point $(a,b)$ lies above the parabola $y=ax^2-bx$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{11}{81} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{13}{81} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{5}{27} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{17}{81} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{19}{81}
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Parabola $y^2=2px$, two fixed points $A(a,b),B(-a,0)(ab\neq0,b^2\neq 2pa)$. $M$ is a point on the parabola, $AM$ intersects the parabola at $M_1$, $BM$ intersects the parabola at $M_2$.
Prove: When $M$ changes, line $M_1M_2$ passes a fixed point, and find the fixed point.
Find the real number $\alpha$ such that the curve $f(x)=e^x$ is tangent to the curve $g(x)=\alpha x^2$.
Points $ A$ and $ B$ are on the parabola $ y \equal{} 4x^2 \plus{} 7x \minus{} 1$, and the origin is the midpoint of $ \overline{AB}$. What is the length of $ \overline{AB}$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\sqrt5 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 5\plus{}\frac{\sqrt2}{2} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 5\plus{}\sqrt2 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 5\sqrt2$
For $a>0$, let $l$ be the line created by rotating the tangent line to parabola $y=x^{2}$, which is tangent at point $A(a,a^{2})$, around $A$ by $-\frac{\pi}{6}$.
Let $B$ be the other intersection of $l$ and $y=x^{2}$. Also, let $C$ be $(a,0)$ and let $O$ be the origin.
(1) Find the equation of $l$.
(2) Let $S(a)$ be the area of the region bounded by $OC$, $CA$ and $y=x^{2}$. Let $T(a)$ be the area of the region bounded by $AB$ and $y=x^{2}$. Find $\lim_{a \to \infty}\frac{T(a)}{S(a)}$.
Let $p$ be a real constant. The parabola $y^2=-4px$ rolls without slipping around the parabola $y^2=4px$. Find the equation of the locus of the vertex of the rolling parabola.
Given an integer $n\ge 2$, define $M_0 (x_0, y_0)$ to be an intersection point of the parabola $y^2=nx-1$ and the line $y=x$. Prove that for any positive integer $m$, there exists an integer $k\ge 2$ such that $(x^m_0, y^m_0)$ is an intersection point of $y^2=mx-1$ and the line $y=x$.
Let $C: y=x^2+ax+b$ be a parabola passing through the point $(1,\ -1)$. Find the minimum volume of the figure enclosed by $C$ and the $x$ axis by a rotation about the $x$ axis.
Proposed by kunny