Found problems: 1148
Determine all integer triplets $(x,y,z)$ such that
\[x^4+x^2=7^zy^2\mbox{.}\]
Let $d$ be any positive integer not equal to 2, 5, or 13. Show that one can find distinct $a$ and $b$ in the set $\{2,5,13,d\}$ such that $ab - 1$ is not a perfect square.
Find the largest value for $\frac{y}{x}$ for pairs of real numbers $(x,y)$ which satisfy \[(x-3)^2 + (y-3)^2 = 6.\]
$\textbf{(A) }3 + 2 \sqrt 2\qquad
\textbf{(B) } 2 + \sqrt 3\qquad
\textbf{(C ) }3 \sqrt 3\qquad
\textbf{(D) }6\qquad
\textbf{(E) }6 + 2 \sqrt 3$
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Show that there are infinitely many primes $p$ such that the smallest positive primitive root of $p$ is greater than $n$.
Find all integers $n \ge 3$ for which the polynomial
\[W(x) = x^n - 3x^{n-1} + 2x^{n-2} + 6\]
can be written as a product of two non-constant polynomials with integer coefficients.
Let $p$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients and let $a_1<a_2<\cdots <a_k$ be integers. Given that $p(a_i)\ne 0\forall\; i=1,2,\cdots, k$.
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(a) Prove $\exists\; a\in \mathbb{Z}$ such that
\[ p(a_i)\mid p(a)\;\;\forall i=1,2,\dots ,k \]
(b) Does there exist $a\in \mathbb{Z}$ such that
\[ \prod_{i=1}^{k}p(a_i)\mid p(a) \][/list]
Which integers can be represented as \[\frac{(x+y+z)^{2}}{xyz}\] where $x$, $y$, and $z$ are positive integers?
For any function $f(x)$, define $f^1(x) = f(x)$ and $f^n (x) = f(f^{n-1}(x))$ for any integer $n \ge 2$. Does there exist a quadratic polynomial $f(x)$ such that the equation $f^n(x) = 0$ has exactly $2^n$ distinct real roots for every positive integer $n$?
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Find all integers $b$ and $c$ for which the equation $x^2-bx+c=0$ has two real roots $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$ satisfying $x_{1}^2+x_{2}^2=5$.
Let $ (a,b,c)$ be the real solution of the system of equations $ x^3 \minus{} xyz \equal{} 2$, $ y^3 \minus{} xyz \equal{} 6$, $ z^3 \minus{} xyz \equal{} 20$. The greatest possible value of $ a^3 \plus{} b^3 \plus{} c^3$ can be written in the form $ \frac{m}{n}$, where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m \plus{} n$.
What is the sum of real roots of the equation
\[
\left ( x + 1\right )\left ( x + \dfrac 14\right )\left ( x + \dfrac 12\right )\left ( x + \dfrac 34\right )= \dfrac {45}{32}?
\]
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 0
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ -1
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ -\dfrac {3}{2}
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ -\dfrac {5}{4}
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ -\dfrac {7}{12}
$
Let $\alpha$ be the positive root of the quadratic equation $x^2 = 1990x + 1$. For any $m, n \in \mathbb N$, define the operation $m*n = mn + [\alpha m][ \alpha n]$, where $[x]$ is the largest integer no larger than $x$. Prove that $(p*q)*r = p*(q*r)$ holds for all $p, q, r \in \mathbb N.$
If positive integers $p,q,r$ are such that the quadratic equation $px^2-qx+r=0$ has two distinct real roots in the open interval $(0,1)$, find the minimum value of $p$.
Determine all values $\alpha\in\mathbb R$ with the following property: if positive numbers $(x,y,z)$ satisfy the inequality \[x^2+y^2+z^2\le\alpha(xy+yz+zx),\] then $x,y,z$ are sides of a triangle.
Prove that if $ p$ is a prime number, then $ 7p+3^{p}-4$ is not a perfect square.
The integers $a$ and $b$ have the property that for every nonnegative integer $n$ the number of $2^n{a}+b$ is the square of an integer. Show that $a=0$.
a) Find a pair(s) of integers $(x,y)$ such that:
$y^2=x^3+2017$
b) Prove that there isn't integers $x$ and $y$, with $y$ not divisible by $3$, such that:
$y^2=x^3-2017$
Find the smallest natural number $ k$ for which there exists natural numbers $ m$ and $ n$ such that $ 1324 \plus{} 279m \plus{} 5^n$ is $ k$-th power of some natural number.
Given are two distinct monic cubics $F(x)$ and $G(x)$. All roots of the equations $F(x)=0$, $G(x)=0$ and $F(x)=G(x)$ are written down. There are eight numbers written. Prove that the greatest of them and the least of them cannot be both roots of the polynomial $F(x)$.
Given positive integers $n_1<n_2<...<n_{2000}<10^{100}$. Prove that we can choose from the set $\{n_1,...,n_{2000}\}$ nonempty, disjont sets $A$ and $B$ which have the same number of elements, the same sum and the same sum of squares.
Let $a$ and $b$ be integers. Prove that $\frac{2a^2-1}{b^2+2}$ is not an integer.
Let $P(x,\, y)=2x^{2}-6xy+5y^{2}$. Let us say an integer number $a$ is a value of $P$ if there exist integer numbers $b$, $c$ such that $P(b,\, c)=a$.
a) Find all values of $P$ lying between 1 and 100.
b) Show that if $r$ and $s$ are values of $P$, then so is $rs$.
Circle $C_1$ has its center $O$ lying on circle $C_2$. The two circles meet at $X$ and $Y$. Point $Z$ in the exterior of $C_1$ lies on circle $C_2$ and $XZ=13$, $OZ=11$, and $YZ=7$. What is the radius of circle $C_1$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{26}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2\sqrt{7}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt{30} $
On a cartesian plane a parabola $y = x^2$ is drawn. For a given $k > 0$ we consider all trapezoids inscribed into this parabola with bases parallel to the x-axis, and the product of the lengths of their bases is exactly $k$. Prove that the lateral sides of all such trapezoids share a common point.
Find all real values of $x$ such that $(\frac{1}{5}(x^2-10x+26))^{x^2-6x+5}=1$