What is the smallest perimeter of the convex $32$-gon, having all the vertices in the nodes of cross-lined paper with the sides of its squares equal to $1$?

The perimeter of one square is $3$ times the perimeter of another square. The area of the larger square is how many times the area of the smaller square? $\text{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 3 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 9$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with semiperimeter $s$ and inradius $r$. The semicircles with diameters $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ are drawn on the outside of the triangle $ABC$. The circle tangent to all of these three semicircles has radius $t$. Prove that \[\frac{s}{2}<t\le\frac{s}{2}+\left(1-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)r. \] [i]Alternative formulation.[/i] In a triangle $ABC$, construct circles with diameters $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$, respectively. Construct a circle $w$ externally tangent to these three circles. Let the radius of this circle $w$ be $t$. Prove: $\frac{s}{2}<t\le\frac{s}{2}+\frac12\left(2-\sqrt3\right)r$, where $r$ is the inradius and $s$ is the semiperimeter of triangle $ABC$. [i]Proposed by Dirk Laurie, South Africa[/i]

A polygon with sides running along the sides of the squares was cut out of an endless chessboard. A segment of the perimeter of a polygon is called black if the polygon adjacent to it from the inside is which cell is black, respectively white if the cell is white. Let $A$ be the number of black segments on the perimeter, and $B$ be the number of white ones, Let the polygon consist of $a$ black and $b$ white cells. Prove that $A-B = 4(a -b)$.

Two convex polygons can be placed into a square with the side $1$ without intersection. Prove that at least one polygon has the perimeter that is less than or equal to $3,5$ .

Let $H$ be the orthocenter of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. Show that the triangles $ABH,BCH$ and $CAH$ have the same perimeter if and only if the triangle $ABC$ is equilateral.

In quadrilateral $ABCD, \angle B$ is a right angle, diagonal $\overline{AC}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{CD},$ $AB=18, BC=21,$ and $CD=14.$ Find the perimeter of $ABCD$.

The floor of a rectangular room is covered with square tiles. The room is 10 tiles long and 5 tiles wide. The number of tiles that touch the walls of the room is $\textbf{(A)}\ 26 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 30 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 34 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 46 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 50$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 130$, $BC = 140$, $CA = 150$. Let $G$, $H$, $I$, $O$, $N$, $K$, $L$ be the centroid, orthocenter, incenter, circumenter, nine-point center, the symmedian point, and the de Longchamps point. Let $D$, $E$, $F$ be the feet of the altitudes of $A$, $B$, $C$ on the sides $\overline{BC}$, $\overline{CA}$, $\overline{AB}$. Let $X$, $Y$, $Z$ be the $A$, $B$, $C$ excenters and let $U$, $V$, $W$ denote the midpoints of $\overline{IX}$, $\overline{IY}$, $\overline{IZ}$ (i.e. the midpoints of the arcs of $(ABC)$.) Let $R$, $S$, $T$ denote the isogonal conjugates of the midpoints of $\overline{AD}$, $\overline{BE}$, $\overline{CF}$. Let $P$ and $Q$ denote the images of $G$ and $H$ under an inversion around the circumcircle of $ABC$ followed by a dilation at $O$ with factor $\frac 12$, and denote by $M$ the midpoint of $\overline{PQ}$. Then let $J$ be a point such that $JKLM$ is a parallelogram. Find the perimeter of the convex hull of the self-intersecting $17$-gon $LETSTRADEBITCOINS$ to the nearest integer. A diagram has been included but may not be to scale. [asy] size(6cm); import olympiad; import cse5; pair A = dir(110); pair B = dir(210); pair C = dir(330); pair D = foot(A,B,C); pair E = foot(B,C,A); pair F = foot(C,A,B); pair G = centroid(A,B,C); pair H = orthocenter(A,B,C); pair I = incenter(A,B,C); pair isocon(pair targ) { return extension(A,2*foot(targ,I,A)-targ, C,2*foot(targ,I,C)-targ); } pair O = circumcenter(A,B,C); pair K = isocon(G); pair N = midpoint(O--H); pair U = extension(O,midpoint(B--C),A,I); pair V = extension(O,midpoint(C--A),B,I); pair W = extension(O,midpoint(A--B),C,I); pair X = -I + 2*U; pair Y = -I + 2*V; pair Z = -I + 2*W; pair R = isocon(midpoint(A--D)); pair S = isocon(midpoint(B--E)); pair T = isocon(midpoint(C--F)); pair L = 2*H-O; pair P = 0.5/conj(G); pair Q = 0.5/conj(H); pair M = midpoint(P--Q); pair J = K+M-L; draw(A--B--C--cycle); void draw_cevians(pair target) { draw(A--extension(A,target,B,C)); draw(B--extension(B,target,C,A)); draw(C--extension(C,target,A,B)); } draw_cevians(H); draw_cevians(G); draw_cevians(I); draw(unitcircle); draw(circumcircle(D,E,F)); draw(O--P); draw(O--Q); draw(P--Q); draw(CP(X,foot(X,B,C))); draw(CP(Y,foot(Y,C,A))); draw(CP(Z,foot(Z,A,B))); draw(J--K--L--M); draw(X--Y--Z--cycle); draw(A--X); draw(B--Y); draw(C--Z); draw(A--foot(X,A,B)); draw(A--foot(X,A,C)); draw(B--foot(Y,B,C)); draw(B--foot(Y,B,A)); draw(C--foot(Z,C,A)); draw(C--foot(Z,C,B)); pen p = black; dot(A, p); dot(B, p); dot(C, p); dot(D, p); dot(E, p); dot(F, p); dot(G, p); dot(H, p); dot(I, p); dot(J, p); dot(K, p); dot(L, p); dot(M, p); dot(N, p); dot(O, p); dot(P, p); dot(Q, p); dot(R, p); dot(S, p); dot(T, p); dot(U, p); dot(V, p); dot(W, p); dot(X, p); dot(Y, p); dot(Z, p); [/asy]

In a triangle $ABC$, the excircle $\omega_a$ opposite $A$ touches $AB$ at $P$ and $AC$ at $Q$, while the excircle $\omega_b$ opposite $B$ touches $BA$ at $M$ and $BC$ at $N$. Let $K$ be the projection of $C$ onto $MN$ and let $L$ be the projection of $C$ onto $PQ$. Show that the quadrilateral $MKLP$ is cyclic. ([i]Bulgaria[/i])

Triangle $ABC$ lies entirely inside a polygon. Prove that the perimeter of triangle $ABC$ is not greater than that of the polygon.

A triangle with perimeter $2p$ is inscribed in a circle of radius $R$ and also circumscribed on a circle of radius $r$. Prove that $p < 2(R+r)$.

The area of a triangle is $S$ and the sum of the lengths of its sides is $L$. Prove that $36S \leq L^2\sqrt 3$ and give a necessary and sufficient condition for equality.

A convex quadrillateral $ABCD$ is given and the intersection point of the diagonals is denoted by $O$. Given that the perimeters of the triangles $ABO, BCO, CDO,ADO$ are equal, prove that $ABCD$ is a rhombus.

In triangle $ABC$, side $AB$ is $1$. It is known that one of the angle bisectors of triangle $ABC$ is perpendicular to one of its medians, and some other angle bisector is perpendicular to the other median. What can be the perimeter of triangle $ABC$?

In a right triangle, ratio of the hypotenuse over perimeter of the triangle determines an interval on real numbers. Find the midpoint of this interval? $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{2} \plus{}1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt{2} \plus{}1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{2} \minus{}1}{4} \\ \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt{2} \minus{}1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\sqrt{2} \minus{}1}{2}$

Let $k$ be a positive integer. In a circle with radius $1$, finitely many chords are drawn. You know that every diameter of the circle intersects at most $k$ of these chords. Prove that the sum of the lengths of all these chords is less than $k \cdot \pi$.

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral, and $M$, $N$, and $P$ be the midpoints of diagonals $AC$ and $BD$, and side $AD$, respectively. Also, suppose that $\angle{ABC} + \angle{DCB} = 90$ and that $AB = 6$, $CD = 8$. Calculate the perimeter of triangle $MNP$.

The area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle is $ 48\pi$. The perimeter of this triangle is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 72\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 48\sqrt{3}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 72$

In $\triangle{ABC}$, $\angle{C} = 90^{\circ}$ and $AB = 12$. Squares $ABXY$ and $ACWZ$ are constructed outside of the triangle. The points $X, Y, Z$, and $W$ lie on a circle. What is the perimeter of the triangle? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 12+9\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18+6\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 12+12\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 30\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 32 $

If the length and width of a rectangle are each increased by $ 10 \%$, then the perimeter of the rectangle is increased by \[ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \% \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 10 \% \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 20 \% \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 21 \% \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 40 \% \]

Two ants crawl along the perimeter of a polygonal table, so that the distance between them is always $10$ cm. Each side of the table is more than $1$ meter long. At the initial moment both ants are on the same side of the table. (a) [i](2 points)[/i] Suppose that the table is a convex polygon. Is it always true that both ants can visit each point on the perimeter? (b) [i](4 points)[/i] Is it always true (this time without assumption of convexity) that each point on the perimeter can be visited by at least one ant?

$ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral and $M$ a point on the side $CD$ such that $ADM$ and $ABCM$ have the same area and the same perimeter. Show that two sides of $ABCD$ have the same length.

=A subset $ S$ of $ \mathbb R^2$ is called an algebraic set if and only if there is a polynomial $ p(x,y)\in\mathbb R[x,y]$ such that \[ S \equal{} \{(x,y)\in\mathbb R^2|p(x,y) \equal{} 0\} \] Are the following subsets of plane an algebraic sets? 1. A square [img]http://i36.tinypic.com/28uiaep.png[/img] 2. A closed half-circle [img]http://i37.tinypic.com/155m155.png[/img]

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle in which $D,E,F$ are points on $BC,CA,AB$ respectively such that $AD \perp BC$;$AE = BC$; and $CF$ bisects $\angle C$ internally, Suppose $CF$ meets $AD$ and $DE$ in $M$ and $N$ respectively. If $FM$$= 2$, $MN =1$, $NC=3$, find the perimeter of $\Delta ABC$.