Found problems: 1679
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitudes $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$, and let $O$ be the center of its circumcircle. Show that the segments $OA$, $OF$, $OB$, $OD$, $OC$, $OE$ dissect the triangle $ABC$ into three pairs of triangles that have equal areas.
In triangle $ABC$, the altitude and the median from vertex $A$ form (together with line $BC$) a triangle such that the bisectrix of angle $A$ is the median; the altitude and the median from vertex $B$ form (together with line AC) a triangle such that the bisectrix of angle $B$ is the bisectrix. Find the ratio of sides for triangle $ABC$.
Let $ ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle such that there exist points $ D,E,F$ on side $ BC,CA,AB$, respectively such that the inradii of triangle $ AEF,BDF,CDE$ are all equal to $ r_0$. If the inradii of triangle $ DEF$ and $ ABC$ are $ r$ and $ R$, respectively, prove that \[ r\plus{}r_0\equal{}R.\]
[i]Soewono, Bandung[/i]
Triangle $ABC$ is given with its centroid $G$ and cicumcentre $O$ is such that $GO$ is perpendicular to $AG$. Let $A'$ be the second intersection of $AG$ with circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Let $D$ be the intersection of lines $CA'$ and $AB$ and $E$ the intersection of lines $BA'$ and $AC$. Prove that the circumcentre of triangle $ADE$ is on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.
The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is $4:3$. If the rectangle has diagonal of length $d$, then the area may be expressed as $kd^2$ for some constant $k$. What is $k$?
$\textbf{(A) }\dfrac27\qquad\textbf{(B) }\dfrac37\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{12}{25}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\dfrac{16}{25}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac34$
Let $ A,B$ be different points on a parabola. Prove that we can find $ P_1,P_2,\dots,P_{n}$ between $ A,B$ on the parabola such that area of the convex polygon $ AP_1P_2\dots P_nB$ is maximum. In this case prove that the ratio of $ S(AP_1P_2\dots P_nB)$ to the sector between $ A$ and $ B$ doesn't depend on $ A$ and $ B$, and only depends on $ n$.
The midpoints of the sides of a regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ are joined to form a smaller hexagon. What fraction of the area of $ABCDEF$ is enclosed by the smaller hexagon?
[asy]
size(130);
pair A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L;
A = dir(120);
B = dir(60);
C = dir(0);
D = dir(-60);
E = dir(-120);
F = dir(180);
draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle);
dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(E); dot(F);
G = midpoint(A--B); H = midpoint(B--C); I = midpoint(C--D);
J = midpoint(D--E); K = midpoint(E--F); L = midpoint(F--A);
draw(G--H--I--J--K--L--cycle);
label("$A$", A, dir(120));
label("$B$", B, dir(60));
label("$C$", C, dir(0));
label("$D$", D, dir(-60));
label("$E$", E, dir(-120));
label("$F$", F, dir(180));
[/asy]
$\textbf{(A)}\ \displaystyle \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \displaystyle \frac{\sqrt 3}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \displaystyle \frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \displaystyle \frac{3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \displaystyle \frac{\sqrt 3}{2}$
Given a triangle $ABC$, let $A',B',C'$ be the perpendicular feet dropped from the centroid $G$ of the triangle $ABC$ onto the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively. Reflect $A',B',C'$ through $G$ to $A'',B'',C''$ respectively. Prove that the lines $AA'',BB'',CC''$ are concurrent.
Let $k$ be a circle with centre $M$ and let $AB$ be a diameter of $k$. Furthermore, let $C$ be a point on $k$ such that $AC = AM$. Let $D$ be the point on the line $AC$ such that $CD = AB$ and $C$ lies between $A$ and $D$. Let $E$ be the second intersection of the circumcircle of $BCD$ with line $AB$ and $F$ be the intersection of the lines $ED$ and $BC$. The line $AF$ cuts the segment $BD$ in $X$. Determine the ratio $BX/XD$.
If $AB$ and $CD$ are perpendicular diameters of circle $Q$, $P$ in $\overline{AQ}$, and $\measuredangle QPC = 60^\circ$, then the length of $PQ$ divided by the length of $AQ$ is
[asy]
size(200);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10));
pair A=(-1,0), B=(1,0), C=(0,1), D=(0,-1), Q=origin, P=(-0.5,0);
draw(P--C--D^^A--B^^Circle(Q,1));
label("$A$", A, W);
label("$B$", B, E);
label("$C$", C, N);
label("$D$", D, S);
label("$P$", P, S);
label("$Q$", Q, SE);
label("$60^\circ$", P+0.0.5*dir(30), dir(30));[/asy]
$ \textbf{(A)} \ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \frac12 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ \frac23 $
The points $S$ lie on side $AB$, $T$ on side $BC$, and $U$ on side $CA$ of a triangle so that the following applies: $\overline{AS} : \overline{SB} = 1 : 2$, $\overline{BT} : \overline{TC} = 2 : 3$ and $\overline{CU} : \overline{UA} = 3 : 1$. Construct the triangle $ABC$ if only the points $S, T$ and $U$ are given.
Four identical squares and one rectangle are placed together to form one large square as shown. The length of the rectangle is how many times as large as its width?
[asy]unitsize(8mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt));
draw(scale(4)*unitsquare);
draw((0,3)--(4,3));
draw((1,3)--(1,4));
draw((2,3)--(2,4));
draw((3,3)--(3,4));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {5}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {4}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {3}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 3$
For what real values of $k>0$ is it possible to dissect a $1 \times k$ rectangle into two similar, but noncongruent, polygons?
Let $n>3$ be a positive integer. Equilateral triangle ABC is divided into $n^2$ smaller congruent equilateral triangles (with sides parallel to its sides). Let $m$ be the number of rhombuses that contain two small equilateral triangles and $d$ the number of rhombuses that contain eight small equilateral triangles. Find the difference $m-d$ in terms of $n$.
In acute angled triangle $ABC$, $BC=a$,$CA=b$,$AB=c$, and $a>b>c$. $I,O,H$ are the incentre, circumcentre and orthocentre of $\triangle{ABC}$ respectively. Point $D \in BC$, $E \in CA$ and $AE=BD$, $CD+CE=AB$. Let the intersectionf of $BE$ and $AD$ be $K$. Prove that $KH \parallel IO$ and $KH = 2IO$.
Let $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ be an arithmetic progression with $ a_1=1 $ and natural ratio.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that
$$ a_n^{1/a_k} <1+\sqrt{\frac{2\left( a_n-1 \right)}{a_k\left( a_k -1 \right)}} , $$
for any natural numbers $ 2\le k\le n. $
[b]b)[/b] Calculate $ \lim_{n\to\infty } \frac{1}{a_n}\sum_{k=1}^n a_n^{1/a_k} . $
[i]Nicolae Bourbăcuț[/i]
Petya and Vasya are given equal sets of $ N$ weights, in which the masses of any two weights are in ratio at most $ 1.25$. Petya succeeded to divide his set into $ 10$ groups of equal masses, while Vasya succeeded to divide his set into $ 11$ groups of equal masses. Find the smallest possible $ N$.
The second and fourth terms of a geometric sequence are $ 2$ and $ 6$. Which of the following is a possible first term?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \minus{}\!\sqrt3 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \minus{}\!\frac{2\sqrt3}{3} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \minus{}\!\frac{\sqrt3}{3} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt3 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 3$
Joe and JoAnn each bought 12 ounces of coffee in a 16-ounce cup. Joe drank 2 ounces of his coffee and then added 2 ounces of cream. JoAnn added 2 ounces of cream, stirred the coffee well, and then drank 2 ounces. What is the resulting ratio of the amount of cream in Joe's coffee to that in JoAnn's coffee?
$ \textbf{(A) } \frac 67 \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac {13}{14} \qquad \textbf{(C) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac {14}{13} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac 76$
$E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of the sides $BC$ and $AD$ of the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$. Prove that the segment $EF$ divides the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ in the same ratio.
How many solutions does the equation system \[\dfrac{x-1}{xy-3}=\dfrac{3-x-y}{7-x^2-y^2} = \dfrac{y-2}{xy-4}\] have?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 0
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4
$
If five geometric means are inserted between 8 and 5832, the fifth term in the geometric series:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 648 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 832 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 1168 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1944 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of these}$
Let $\mathbb N = B_1\cup\cdots \cup B_q$ be a partition of the set $\mathbb N$ of all positive integers and let an integer $l \in \mathbb N$ be given. Prove that there exist a set $X \subset \mathbb N$ of cardinality $l$, an infinite set $T \subset \mathbb N$, and an integer $k$ with $1 \leq k \leq q$ such that for any $t \in T$ and any finite set $Y \subset X$, the sum $t+ \sum_{y \in Y} y$ belongs to $B_k.$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Find all points $P$ on segment $BC$ satisfying the following property: If $X$ and $Y$ are the intersections of line $PA$ with the common external tangent lines of the circumcircles of triangles $PAB$ and $PAC$, then \[\left(\frac{PA}{XY}\right)^2+\frac{PB\cdot PC}{AB\cdot AC}=1.\]
In a parallelogram $ABCD$ with the side ratio $AB : BC = 2 : \sqrt 3$ the normal through $D$ to $AC$ and the normal through $C$ to $AB$ intersects in the point $E$ on the line $AB$. What is the relationship between the lengths of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$?