Find the sum of the roots of $\tan^2x-9\tan x+1=0$ that are between $x=0$ and $x=2\pi$ radians. $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\pi}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \pi \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{3\pi}{2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3\pi \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4\pi $

Find all positive integers $x$ and $n$ such that ${{x}^{3}}+3367={{2}^{n}}$.

Let $a$ and $b$ be integers. Prove that $\frac{2a^2-1}{b^2+2}$ is not an integer.

a) Prove that the values of $x$ for which $x=(x^2+1)/198$ lie between $1/198$ and $197.99494949\cdots$. b) Use the result of problem a) to prove that $\sqrt{2}<1.41\overline{421356}$. c) Is it true that $\sqrt{2}<1.41421356$?

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral with $\overline{AB}\parallel\overline{CD}$, $AB=16$, $CD=12$, and $BC<AD$. A circle with diameter $12$ is inside of $ABCD$ and tangent to all four sides. Find $BC$.

Let $f(x)=t\sin x+(1-t)\cos x\ (0\leqq t\leqq 1)$. Find the maximum and minimum value of the following $P(t)$. \[P(t)=\left\{\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^x f(x) dx \right\}\left\{\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^{-x} f(x)dx \right\}\]

Let $x_i,$ $1 \leq i \leq n$ be real numbers with $n \geq 3.$ Let $p$ and $q$ be their symmetric sum of degree $1$ and $2$ respectively. Prove that: i) $p^2 \cdot \frac{n-1}{n}-2q \geq 0$ ii) $\left|x_i - \frac{p}{n}\right| \leq \sqrt{p^2 - \frac{2nq}{n-1}} \cdot \frac{n-1}{n}$ for every meaningful $i$.

For what real values of $k$ do $1988x^2 + kx + 8891$ and $8891x^2 + kx + 1988$ have a common zero?

A hexagon that is inscribed in a circle has side lengths $22$, $22$, $20$, $22$, $22$, and $20$ in that order. The radius of the circle can be written as $p+\sqrt{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are positive integers. Find $p+q$.

Consider two quadratic equations \begin{align*}x^2+ax+b&=0, \\ x^2+cx+d&=0,\end{align*} with real coefficients. Find necessary and sufficient conditions such that the first equation has (real) roots $x,x_1,$ the second $x,x_2$ and $x>0,x_1>x_2$.

The figures $ F_1$, $ F_2$, $ F_3$, and $ F_4$ shown are the first in a sequence of figures. For $ n\ge3$, $ F_n$ is constructed from $ F_{n \minus{} 1}$ by surrounding it with a square and placing one more diamond on each side of the new square than $ F_{n \minus{} 1}$ had on each side of its outside square. For example, figure $ F_3$ has $ 13$ diamonds. How many diamonds are there in figure $ F_{20}$? [asy]unitsize(3mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); path d=(1/2,0)--(0,sqrt(3)/2)--(-1/2,0)--(0,-sqrt(3)/2)--cycle; marker m=marker(scale(5)*d,Fill); path f1=(0,0); path f2=(0,0)--(-1,1)--(1,1)--(1,-1)--(-1,-1); path[] g2=(-1,1)--(-1,-1)--(0,0)^^(1,-1)--(0,0)--(1,1); path f3=f2--(-2,-2)--(-2,0)--(-2,2)--(0,2)--(2,2)--(2,0)--(2,-2)--(0,-2); path[] g3=g2^^(-2,-2)--(0,-2)^^(2,-2)--(1,-1)^^(1,1)--(2,2)^^(-1,1)--(-2,2); path[] f4=f3^^(-3,-3)--(-3,-1)--(-3,1)--(-3,3)--(-1,3)--(1,3)--(3,3)-- (3,1)--(3,-1)--(3,-3)--(1,-3)--(-1,-3); path[] g4=g3^^(-2,-2)--(-3,-3)--(-1,-3)^^(3,-3)--(2,-2)^^(2,2)--(3,3)^^ (-2,2)--(-3,3); draw(f1,m); draw(shift(5,0)*f2,m); draw(shift(5,0)*g2); draw(shift(12,0)*f3,m); draw(shift(12,0)*g3); draw(shift(21,0)*f4,m); draw(shift(21,0)*g4); label("$F_1$",(0,-4)); label("$F_2$",(5,-4)); label("$F_3$",(12,-4)); label("$F_4$",(21,-4));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 401 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 485 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 585 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 626 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 761$

Determine all integers $ k\ge 2$ such that for all pairs $ (m$, $ n)$ of different positive integers not greater than $ k$, the number $ n^{n\minus{}1}\minus{}m^{m\minus{}1}$ is not divisible by $ k$.

A subset $S$ of the set $M=\{1,2,.....,p-1\}$,where $p$ is a prime number of the kind $12n+11$,is [i]essential[/i],if the product ${\Pi}_s$ of all elements of the subset is not less than the product $\bar{{\Pi}_s}$ of all other elements of the set.The [b]difference[/b] $\bigtriangleup_s=\Pi_s-\bar{{\Pi}_s}$ is called [i]the deviation[/i] of the subset $S$.Define the least possible remainder of division by $p$ of the deviation of an essential subset,containing $\frac{p-1}{2}$ elements.

Calculate \[\int\cdots\int \exp\left(-\sum_{1\le i\le j\le n}x_ix_j\right)dx_1\cdots dx_n\]

Call admissible a set $A$ of integers that has the following property: If $x,y \in A$ (possibly $x=y$) then $x^2+kxy+y^2 \in A$ for every integer $k$. Determine all pairs $m,n$ of nonzero integers such that the only admissible set containing both $m$ and $n$ is the set of all integers. [i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]

Quadratic equation $ x^2\plus{}ax\plus{}b\plus{}1\equal{}0$ have 2 positive integer roots, for integers $ a,b$. Show that $ a^2\plus{}b^2$ is not a prime.

Let $n \geq 2, n \in \mathbb{N}$, $a,b,c,d \in \mathbb{N}$, $\frac{a}{b} + \frac{c}{d} < 1$ and $a + c \leq n,$ find the maximum value of $\frac{a}{b} + \frac{c}{d}$ for fixed $n.$

The real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$, and $t$ satisfy the following equation: \[2x^2 + 4xy + 3y^2 - 2xz -2 yz + z^2 + 1 = t + \sqrt{y + z - t} \] Find 100 times the maximum possible value for $t$.

Let $X$ be a set with $n$ elements, and let $A_{1}$, $A_{2}$, ..., $A_{m}$ be subsets of $X$ such that: 1) $|A_{i}|=3$ for every $i\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$; 2) $|A_{i}\cap A_{j}|\leq 1$ for all $i,j\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$ such that $i \neq j$. Prove that there exists a subset $A$ of $X$ such that $A$ has at least $\left[\sqrt{2n}\right]$ elements, and for every $i\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$, the set $A$ does not contain $A_{i}$. [i]Alternative formulation.[/i] Let $X$ be a finite set with $n$ elements and $A_{1},A_{2},\ldots, A_{m}$ be three-elements subsets of $X$, such that $|A_{i}\cap A_{j}|\leq 1$, for every $i\neq j$. Prove that there exists $A\subseteq X$ with $|A|\geq \lfloor \sqrt{2n}\rfloor$, such that none of $A_{i}$'s is a subset of $A$.

Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be three distinct one-digit numbers. What is the maximum value of the sum of the roots of the equation $(x-a)(x-b)+(x-b)(x-c)=0$? $\textbf{(A) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 15.5 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 16 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 16.5 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 17 $

Suppose that $ p$ is a prime number. Prove that for each $ k$, there exists an $ n$ such that: \[ \left(\begin{array}{c}n\\ \hline p\end{array}\right)\equal{}\left(\begin{array}{c}n\plus{}k\\ \hline p\end{array}\right)\]

If $ \left|BC\right| \equal{} a$, $ \left|AC\right| \equal{} b$, $ \left|AB\right| \equal{} c$, $ 3\angle A \plus{} \angle B \equal{} 180{}^\circ$ and $ 3a \equal{} 2c$, then find $ b$ in terms of $ a$. $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac {3a}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {5a}{4} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ a\sqrt {2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ a\sqrt {3} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac {2a\sqrt {3} }{3}$

Let $S$ be the set of positive real numbers. Find all functions $f\colon S^3 \to S$ such that, for all positive real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$ and $k$, the following three conditions are satisfied: (a) $xf(x,y,z) = zf(z,y,x)$, (b) $f(x, ky, k^2z) = kf(x,y,z)$, (c) $f(1, k, k+1) = k+1$. ([i]United Kingdom[/i])

Find the real numbers $ m $ which have the property that the equation $$ x^2-2mx+2m^2=25 $$ has two integer solutions.

Suppose $a,b,c,A,B,C$ are real numbers with $a\ne0$ and $A\ne0$ such that for all $x$, $$\left|ax^2+bx+c\right|\le\left|Ax^2+Bx+C\right|.$$Prove that $$\left|b^2-4ac\right|\le\left|B^2-4AC\right|.$$