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Found problems: 663

1986 Balkan MO, 4

Let $ABC$ a triangle and $P$ a point such that the triangles $PAB, PBC, PCA$ have the same area and the same perimeter. Prove that if: a) $P$ is in the interior of the triangle $ABC$ then $ABC$ is equilateral. b) $P$ is in the exterior of the triangle $ABC$ then $ABC$ is right angled triangle.

1997 AMC 12/AHSME, 5

A rectangle with perimeter $ 176$ is divided into five congruent rectangles as shown in the diagram. What is the perimeter of one of the five congruent rectangles? [asy]defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); draw(origin--(0,3)--(4,3)--(4,0)--cycle); draw((0,1)--(4,1)); draw((2,0)--midpoint((0,1)--(4,1))); real r = 4/3; draw((r,3)--foot((r,3),(0,1),(4,1))); draw((2r,3)--foot((2r,3),(0,1),(4,1)));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 35.2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 76\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 80\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 84\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 86$

1982 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 338

Cucumber river in the Flower city has parallel banks with the distance between them $1$ metre. It has some islands with the total perimeter $8$ metres. Mr. Know-All claims that it is possible to cross the river in a boat from the arbitrary point, and the trajectory will not exceed $3$ metres. Is he right?

PEN H Problems, 91

If $R$ and $S$ are two rectangles with integer sides such that the perimeter of $R$ equals the area of $S$ and the perimeter of $S$ equals the area of $R$, then we call $R$ and $S$ a friendly pair of rectangles. Find all friendly pairs of rectangles.

2007 National Olympiad First Round, 31

A square-shaped field is divided into $n$ rectangular farms whose sides are parallel to the sides of the field. What is the greatest value of $n$, if the sum of the perimeters of the farms is equal to $100$ times of the perimeter of the field? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 10000 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 20000 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 50000 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 100000 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 200000 $

1986 AMC 8, 13

[asy]draw((0,0)--(0,6)--(8,6)--(8,3)--(4,3)--(4,0)--cycle); label("6",(0,3),W); label("8",(4,6),N);[/asy] Given that all angles shown are marked, the perimeter of the polygon shown is \[ \textbf{(A)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 28 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 48 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{cannot be determined from the information given} \qquad \]

2002 Iran Team Selection Test, 4

$O$ is a point in triangle $ABC$. We draw perpendicular from $O$ to $BC,AC,AB$ which intersect $BC,AC,AB$ at $A_{1},B_{1},C_{1}$. Prove that $O$ is circumcenter of triangle $ABC$ iff perimeter of $ABC$ is not less than perimeter of triangles $AB_{1}C_{1},BC_{1}A_{1},CB_{1}A_{1}$.

Kyiv City MO Juniors 2003+ geometry, 2012.7.4

Given an isosceles triangle $ABC$ with a vertex at the point $B$. Based on $AC$, an arbitrary point $D $ is selected, different from the vertices $A$ and $C $. On the line $AC $ select the point $E $ outside the segment $AC$, for which $AE = CD$. Prove that the perimeter $\Delta BDE$ is larger than the perimeter $\Delta ABC$.

2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 17

Tags: hmmt , geometry , perimeter
The lines $y=x$, $y=2x$, and $y=3x$ are the three medians of a triangle with perimeter $1$. Find the length of the longest side of the triangle.

2016 Indonesia TST, 2

Given a convex polygon with $n$ sides and perimeter $S$, which has an incircle $\omega$ with radius $R$. A regular polygon with $n$ sides, whose vertices lie on $\omega$, has a perimeter $s$. Determine whether the following inequality holds: \[ S \ge \frac{2sRn}{\sqrt{4n^2R^2-s^2}}. \]

Estonia Open Junior - geometry, 2012.2.5

Is it possible that the perimeter of a triangle whose side lengths are integers, is divisible by the double of the longest side length?

2021 Iranian Geometry Olympiad, 3

As shown in the following figure, a heart is a shape consist of three semicircles with diameters $AB$, $BC$ and $AC$ such that $B$ is midpoint of the segment $AC$. A heart $\omega$ is given. Call a pair $(P, P')$ bisector if $P$ and $P'$ lie on $\omega$ and bisect its perimeter. Let $(P, P')$ and $(Q,Q')$ be bisector pairs. Tangents at points $P, P', Q$, and $Q'$ to $\omega$ construct a convex quadrilateral $XYZT$. If the quadrilateral $XYZT$ is inscribed in a circle, find the angle between lines $PP'$ and $QQ'$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/c/8216889594bbb504372d8cddfac73b9f56e74c.png[/img] [i]Proposed by Mahdi Etesamifard - Iran[/i]

1950 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 183

A circle is inscribed in a triangle and a square is circumscribed around this circle so that no side of the square is parallel to any side of the triangle. Prove that less than half of the square’s perimeter lies outside the triangle.

1986 AMC 12/AHSME, 19

A park is in the shape of a regular hexagon $2$ km on a side. Starting at a corner, Alice walks along the perimeter of the park for a distance of $5$ km. How many kilometers is she from her starting point? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \sqrt{13}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{14}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{15}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt{16}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt{17}$

2019 India IMO Training Camp, P2

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle A=\angle C=30^{\circ}.$ Points $D,E,F$ are chosen on the sides $AB,BC,CA$ respectively so that $\angle BFD=\angle BFE=60^{\circ}.$ Let $p$ and $p_1$ be the perimeters of the triangles $ABC$ and $DEF$, respectively. Prove that $p\le 2p_1.$

2010 Contests, 3

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral. $AC$ and $BD$ meet at $P$, with $\angle APD=60^{\circ}$. Let $E,F,G$, and $H$ be the midpoints of $AB,BC,CD$ and $DA$ respectively. Find the greatest positive real number $k$ for which \[EG+3HF\ge kd+(1-k)s \] where $s$ is the semi-perimeter of the quadrilateral $ABCD$ and $d$ is the sum of the lengths of its diagonals. When does the equality hold?

2016 USAMTS Problems, 5:

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with perimeter $\tfrac{5}{2}$ and $AC=BD=1$. Determine the maximum possible area of $ABCD$.

2002 AMC 10, 23

Points $ A,B,C$ and $ D$ lie on a line, in that order, with $ AB\equal{}CD$ and $ BC\equal{}12$. Point $ E$ is not on the line, and $ BE\equal{}CE\equal{}10$. The perimeter of $ \triangle AED$ is twice the perimeter of $ \triangle BEC$. Find $ AB$. $ \text{(A)}\ 15/2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 17/2 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 9 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 19/2$

1981 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 318

The points $C_1, A_1, B_1$ belong to $[AB], [BC], [CA]$ sides, respectively, of the triangle $ABC$ . $$\frac{|AC_1|}{|C_1B| }=\frac{ |BA_1|}{|A_1C| }= \frac{|CB_1|}{|B_1A| }= \frac{1}{3}$$ Prove that the perimeter $P$ of the triangle $ABC$ and the perimeter $p$ of the triangle $A_1B_1C_1$ , satisfy inequality $$\frac{P}{2} < p < \frac{3P}{4}$$

1982 IMO Longlists, 5

Among all triangles with a given perimeter, find the one with the maximal radius of its incircle.

2021 Oral Moscow Geometry Olympiad, 2

Two quadrangles have equal areas, perimeters and corresponding angles. Are such quadrilaterals necessarily congurent ?

2005 All-Russian Olympiad, 4

A white plane is partitioned onto cells (in a usual way). A finite number of cells are coloured black. Each black cell has an even (0, 2 or 4) adjacent (by the side) white cells. Prove that one may colour each white cell in green or red such that every black cell will have equal number of red and green adjacent cells.

1969 IMO Shortlist, 46

$(NET 1)$ The vertices of an $(n + 1)-$gon are placed on the edges of a regular $n-$gon so that the perimeter of the $n-$gon is divided into equal parts. How does one choose these $n + 1$ points in order to obtain the $(n + 1)-$gon with $(a)$ maximal area; $(b)$ minimal area?

VI Soros Olympiad 1999 - 2000 (Russia), 10.5

Tags: perimeter , geometry , area
It is known that there is a straight line dividing the perimeter and area of a certain polygon circumscribed around a circle in the same ratio. Prove that this line passes through the center of the indicated circle.

2012 NIMO Problems, 8

A convex 2012-gon $A_1A_2A_3 \dots A_{2012}$ has the property that for every integer $1 \le i \le 1006$, $\overline{A_iA_{i+1006}}$ partitions the polygon into two congruent regions. Show that for every pair of integers $1 \le j < k \le 1006$, quadrilateral $A_jA_kA_{j+1006}A_{k+1006}$ is a parallelogram. [i]Proposed by Lewis Chen[/i]