Found problems: 1049
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 23
Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram with $AB=8$, $AD=11$, and $\angle BAD=60^\circ$. Let $X$ be on segment $CD$ with $CX/XD=1/3$ and $Y$ be on segment $AD$ with $AY/YD=1/2$. Let $Z$ be on segment $AB$ such that $AX$, $BY$, and $DZ$ are concurrent. Determine the area of triangle $XYZ$.
2010 Contests, 2
Given a triangle $ABC$, let $A',B',C'$ be the perpendicular feet dropped from the centroid $G$ of the triangle $ABC$ onto the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively. Reflect $A',B',C'$ through $G$ to $A'',B'',C''$ respectively. Prove that the lines $AA'',BB'',CC''$ are concurrent.
1947 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 136
Prove that no convex $13$-gon can be cut into parallelograms.
Kyiv City MO Juniors 2003+ geometry, 2006.9.4
On the sides $AB$ and $CD$ of the parallelogram $ABCD$ mark points $E$ and $F$, respectively. On the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ chose the points $M$ and $N$ so that $EM\parallel BD$ and $FN\parallel AC$. Prove that the lines $AF, DE$ and $MN$ intersect at one point.
(B. Rublev)
2013 AMC 10, 20
A unit square is rotated $45^\circ$ about its center. What is the area of the region swept out by the interior of the square?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1-\frac{\sqrt2}2+\frac\pi4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac12+\frac\pi4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2-\sqrt2+\frac\pi4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\sqrt2}2+\frac\pi4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1+\frac{\sqrt2}4+\frac\pi8 $
2010 Brazil Team Selection Test, 3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. The incircle of $ABC$ touches the sides $AB$ and $AC$ at the points $Z$ and $Y$, respectively. Let $G$ be the point where the lines $BY$ and $CZ$ meet, and let $R$ and $S$ be points such that the two quadrilaterals $BCYR$ and $BCSZ$ are parallelogram.
Prove that $GR=GS$.
[i]Proposed by Hossein Karke Abadi, Iran[/i]
2006 China Team Selection Test, 1
Let the intersections of $\odot O_1$ and $\odot O_2$ be $A$ and $B$. Point $R$ is on arc $AB$ of $\odot O_1$ and $T$ is on arc $AB$ on $\odot O_2$. $AR$ and $BR$ meet $\odot O_2$ at $C$ and $D$; $AT$ and $BT$ meet $\odot O_1$ at $Q$ and $P$. If $PR$ and $TD$ meet at $E$ and $QR$ and $TC$ meet at $F$, then prove: $AE \cdot BT \cdot BR = BF \cdot AT \cdot AR$.
2009 CHKMO, 3
$ \Delta ABC$ is a triangle such that $ AB \neq AC$. The incircle of $ \Delta ABC$ touches $ BC, CA, AB$ at $ D, E, F$ respectively. $ H$ is a point on the segment $ EF$ such that $ DH \bot EF$. Suppose $ AH \bot BC$, prove that $ H$ is the orthocentre of $ \Delta ABC$.
Remark: the original question has missed the condition $ AB \neq AC$
1999 AIME Problems, 2
Consider the parallelogram with vertices $(10,45),$ $(10,114),$ $(28,153),$ and $(28,84).$ A line through the origin cuts this figure into two congruent polygons. The slope of the line is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$
2000 Estonia National Olympiad, 4
Let $E$ be the midpoint of the side $AB$ of the parallelogram $ABCD$. Let $F$ be the projection of $B$ on $AC$. Prove that the triangle $ABF$ is isosceles
2002 CentroAmerican, 4
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, $ D$ be the midpoint of $ BC$, $ E$ be a point on segment $ AC$ such that $ BE\equal{}2AD$ and $ F$ is the intersection point of $ AD$ with $ BE$. If $ \angle DAC\equal{}60^{\circ}$, find the measure of the angle $ FEA$.
2021 New Zealand MO, 5
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB = AC$. Point $D$ lies on side $AC$ such that $BD$ is the angle bisector of $\angle ABC$. Point $E$ lies on side $BC$ between $B$ and $C$ such that $BE = CD$. Prove that $DE$ is parallel to $AB$.
2014 Contests, 2 seniors
On the sides of triangle $ABC$, isosceles right-angled triangles $AUB, CVB$, and $AWC$ are placed. These three triangles have their right angles at vertices $U, V$ , and $W$, respectively. Triangle $AUB$ lies completely inside triangle $ABC$ and triangles $CVB$ and $AWC$ lie completely outside $ABC$. See the figure. Prove that quadrilateral $UVCW$ is a parallelogram.
[asy]
import markers;
unitsize(1.5 cm);
pair A, B, C, U, V, W;
A = (0,0);
B = (2,0);
C = (1.7,2.5);
U = (B + rotate(90,A)*(B))/2;
V = (B + rotate(90,C)*(B))/2;
W = (C + rotate(90,A)*(C))/2;
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(A--W, StickIntervalMarker(1,1,size=2mm));
draw(C--W, StickIntervalMarker(1,1,size=2mm));
draw(B--V, StickIntervalMarker(1,2,size=2mm));
draw(C--V, StickIntervalMarker(1,2,size=2mm));
draw(A--U, StickIntervalMarker(1,3,size=2mm));
draw(B--U, StickIntervalMarker(1,3,size=2mm));
draw(rightanglemark(A,U,B,5));
draw(rightanglemark(B,V,C,5));
draw(rightanglemark(A,W,C,5));
dot("$A$", A, S);
dot("$B$", B, S);
dot("$C$", C, N);
dot("$U$", U, NE);
dot("$V$", V, NE);
dot("$W$", W, NW);
[/asy]
1991 Cono Sur Olympiad, 1
Let $A, B$ and $C$ be three non-collinear points and $E$ ($\ne B$) an arbitrary point not in the straight line $AC$. Construct the parallelograms $ABCD$ and $AECF$. Prove that $BE \parallel DF$.
2009 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3
Let $T$ be a right triangle with sides having lengths $3$, $4$, and $5$. A point $P$ is called [i]awesome[/i] if P is the center of a parallelogram whose vertices all lie on the boundary of $T$. What is the area of the set of awesome points?
2019 Philippine TST, 4
Let $P$ be a point in parallelogram $ABCD$ such that $$PA \cdot PC + PB \cdot PD = AB \cdot BC.$$ Prove that the reflections of $P$ over lines $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ are concyclic.
2012 IberoAmerican, 1
Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle. Construct equilateral triangles $BCX$ and $DCY$, in such a way that both of these triangles share some of their interior points with some interior points of the rectangle. Line $AX$ intersects line $CD$ on $P$, and line $AY$ intersects line $BC$ on $Q$. Prove that triangle $APQ$ is equilateral.
2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
Let two chords $AC$ and $BD$ of a circle $k$ meet at the point $K$, and let $O$ be the center of $k$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the circumcenters of triangles $AKB$ and $CKD$. Show that the quadrilateral $OMKN$ is a parallelogram.
1976 Kurschak Competition, 1
$ABCD$ is a parallelogram. $P$ is a point outside the parallelogram such that angles $\angle PAB$ and $\angle PCB$ have the same value but opposite orientation. Show that $\angle APB = \angle DPC$.
2001 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 1
Let $O$ and $P$ be fixed points on a plane, and let $ABCD$ be any parallelogram with center $O$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $AP$ and $BP$ respectively. Lines $MC$ and $ND$ meet at $Q$. Prove that the point $Q$ lies on the lines $OP$, and show that it is independent of the choice of the parallelogram $ABCD$.
2007 Iran MO (3rd Round), 5
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle. Squares $ AB_{c}B_{a}C$, $ CA_{b}A_{c}B$ and $ BC_{a}C_{b}A$ are outside the triangle. Square $ B_{c}B_{c}'B_{a}'B_{a}$ with center $ P$ is outside square $ AB_{c}B_{a}C$. Prove that $ BP,C_{a}B_{a}$ and $ A_{c}B_{c}$ are concurrent.
Kyiv City MO 1984-93 - geometry, 1985.9.5
Outside the parallelogram $ABCD$ on its sides $AB$ and $BC$ are constructed equilateral triangles $ABK$, and $BCM$. Prove that the triangle $KMD$ is equilateral.
2003 AMC 8, 10
$\textbf{Bake Sale}$
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness. The shapes of the cookies differ, as shown.
$\circ$ Art's cookies are trapezoids:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(5,0)--(5,3)--(2,3)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((5,3), (5,0), origin));
label("5 in", (2.5,0), S);
label("3 in", (5,1.5), E);
label("3 in", (3.5,3), N);[/asy]
$\circ$ Roger's cookies are rectangles:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(4,0)--(4,2)--(0,2)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((4,2), (4,0), origin));
draw(rightanglemark((0,2), origin, (4,0)));
label("4 in", (2,0), S);
label("2 in", (4,1), E);[/asy]
$\circ$ Paul's cookies are parallelograms:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(3,0)--(2.5,2)--(-0.5,2)--cycle);
draw((2.5,2)--(2.5,0), dashed);
draw(rightanglemark((2.5,2),(2.5,0), origin));
label("3 in", (1.5,0), S);
label("2 in", (2.5,1), W);[/asy]
$\circ$ Trisha's cookies are triangles:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(3,0)--(3,4)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((3,4),(3,0), origin));
label("3 in", (1.5,0), S);
label("4 in", (3,2), E);[/asy]
Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 12 cookies. How many cookies will be in one batch of Trisha's cookies?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 16\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 24$
1999 Tuymaada Olympiad, 4
A right parallelepiped (i.e. a parallelepiped one of whose edges is perpendicular to a face) is given. Its vertices have integral coordinates, and no other points with integral coordinates lie on its faces or edges. Prove that the volume of this parallelepiped is a sum of three perfect squares.
[i]Proposed by A. Golovanov[/i]
2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
Let $P$ be a polygon that is convex and symmetric to some point $O$. Prove that for some parallelogram $R$ satisfying $P\subset R$ we have \[\frac{|R|}{|P|}\leq \sqrt 2\]
where $|R|$ and $|P|$ denote the area of the sets $R$ and $P$, respectively.
[i]Proposed by Witold Szczechla, Poland[/i]