Found problems: 1148
Show that real numbers, $p, q, r$ satisfy the condition $p^4(q-r)^2 + 2p^2(q+r) + 1 = p^4$ if and only if the quadratic equations $x^2 + px + q = 0$ and $y^2 - py + r = 0$ have real roots (not necessarily distinct) which can be labeled by $x_1,x_2$ and $y_1,y_2$, respectively, in such a way that $x_1y_1 - x_2y_2 = 1$.
Find the smallest nomial of this sequence that $a_1=1993^{1994^{1995}}$ and
\[ a_{n+1}=\begin{cases}\frac{a_n}{2}&\text{if $n$ is even}\\a_n+7 &\text{if $n$ is odd.} \end{cases} \]
Determine all values of parameter $\alpha\in [0,2\pi]$ such that the equation $$(2\cos\alpha-1)x^2+4x+4\cos\alpha+2=0$$ has
1) a positive root $x_1$,
2) if a second root $x_2$ exists and if $x_2\neq x_1$, the $x_2\leq 0$.
Prove that the equation $ x^{5} \plus{} 31 \equal{} y^{2}$ has no integer solution.
Find the smallest odd integer $ k$ such that: for every $ 3\minus{}$degree polynomials $ f$ with integer coefficients, if there exist $ k$ integer $ n$ such that $ |f(n)|$ is a prime number, then $ f$ is irreducible in $ \mathbb{Z}[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 $p$.
The remainder $R$ obtained by dividing $x^{100}$ by $x^2-3x+2$ is a polynomial of degree less than $2$. Then $R$ may be written as:
$\textbf{(A) }2^{100}-1\qquad
\textbf{(B) }2^{100}(x-1)-(x-2)\qquad
\textbf{(C) }2^{100}(x-3)\qquad$
$\textbf{(D) }x(2^{100}-1)+2(2^{99}-1)\qquad
\textbf{(E) }2^{100}(x+1)-(x+2)$
Functions $ f$ and $ g$ are quadratic, $ g(x) \equal{} \minus{} f(100 \minus{} x)$, and the graph of $ g$ contains the vertex of the graph of $ f$. The four $ x$-intercepts on the two graphs have $ x$-coordinates $ x_1$, $ x_2$, $ x_3$, and $ x_4$, in increasing order, and $ x_3 \minus{} x_2 \equal{} 150$. The value of $ x_4 \minus{} x_1$ is $ m \plus{} n\sqrt p$, where $ m$, $ n$, and $ p$ are positive integers, and $ p$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is $ m \plus{} n \plus{} p$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 602\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 652\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 702\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 752\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 802$
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[ f\left(\frac {x \plus{} y}{x \minus{} y}\right) \equal{} \frac {f\left(x\right) \plus{} f\left(y\right)}{f\left(x\right) \minus{} f\left(y\right)}
\]
for all $ x \neq y$.
Find all pairs of integers $(x, y)$ satisfying the equality \[y(x^{2}+36)+x(y^{2}-36)+y^{2}(y-12)=0.\]
Let $ S(n)$ be the sum of decimal digits of a natural number $ n$. Find the least value of $ S(m)$ if $ m$ is an integral multiple of $ 2003$.
For all positive real numbers $a, b, c$ satisfying $a+b+c=1$, prove that
\[ \frac{a^4+5b^4}{a(a+2b)} + \frac{b^4+5c^4}{b(b+2c)} + \frac{c^4+5a^4}{c(c+2a)} \geq 1- ab-bc-ca \]
Draw the graph of the functions $y = | x^2 - 1 |$ and $y = x + | x^2 -1 |$. Find the number of roots of the equation $x + | x^2 - 1 | = k$, where $k$ is a real constant.
Find all positive integers $n$ with the property that the set \[\{n,n+1,n+2,n+3,n+4,n+5\}\] can be partitioned into two sets such that the product of the numbers in one set equals the product of the numbers in the other set.
$ u,v,w > 0$,such that $ u \plus{} v \plus{} w \plus{} \sqrt {uvw} \equal{} 4$
prove that $ \sqrt {\frac {uv}{w}} \plus{} \sqrt {\frac {vw}{u}} \plus{} \sqrt {\frac {wu}{v}}\geq u \plus{} v \plus{} w$
Isosceles triangles $T$ and $T'$ are not congruent but have the same area and the same perimeter. The sides of $T$ have lengths $5$, $5$, and $8$, while those of $T'$ have lengths $a$, $a$, and $b$. Which of the following numbers is closest to $b$?
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$
Real numbers $a$ and $b$ are chosen so that each of two quadratic trinomials $x^2+ax+b$ and $x^2+bx+a$ has two distinct real roots,and the product of these trinomials has exactly three distinct real roots.Determine all possible values of the sum of these three roots. [i](S.Berlov)[/i]
Find all $n,p,q\in \mathbb N$ that:\[2^n+n^2=3^p7^q\]
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 $A$.
Find all real numbers $p$ for which the equation $x^3+3px^2+(4p-1)x+p=0$ has two real roots with difference $1$.
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be real numbers such that for every two of the equations
\[ x^2\plus{}ax\plus{}b\equal{}0, \quad x^2\plus{}bx\plus{}c\equal{}0, \quad x^2\plus{}cx\plus{}a\equal{}0\]
there is exactly one real number satisfying both of them. Determine all possible values of $ a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2$.
Find all real numbers a such that all solutions to the quadratic equation $ x^2 \minus{} ax \plus{} a \equal{} 0$ are integers.
Find all natural numbers $N$ for which $N(N-101)$ is a perfect square.
Let $a, b, c, d$ three strictly positive real numbers such that \[a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=d^{2}+e^{2},\] \[a^{4}+b^{4}+c^{4}=d^{4}+e^{4}.\] Compare \[a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}\] with \[d^{3}+e^{3},\]
There exist unique positive integers $ x$ and $ y$ that satisfy the equation $ x^2 \plus{} 84x \plus{} 2008 \equal{} y^2$. Find $ x \plus{} y$.