Two positive numbers $x$ and $y$ are in the ratio $a: b$ where $0 < a < b$. If $x+y = c$, then the smaller of $x$ and $y$ is $\textbf{(A)} \ \frac{ac}{b} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac{bc-ac}{b} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac{ac}{a+b} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \frac{bc}{a+b} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ \frac{ac}{b-a}$

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle. Squares $ AB_{c}B_{a}C$, $ CA_{b}A_{c}B$ and $ BC_{a}C_{b}A$ are outside the triangle. Square $ B_{c}B_{c}'B_{a}'B_{a}$ with center $ P$ is outside square $ AB_{c}B_{a}C$. Prove that $ BP,C_{a}B_{a}$ and $ A_{c}B_{c}$ are concurrent.

There are $2006$ students and $14$ teachers in a school. Each student knows at least one teacher (knowing is a symmetric relation). Suppose that, for each pair of a student and a teacher who know each other, the ratio of the number of the students whom the teacher knows to that of the teachers whom the student knows is at least $t.$ Find the maximum possible value of $t.$

Write the sum $\sum_{i=0}^{n}{\frac{(-1)^i\cdot\binom{n}{i}}{i^3 +9i^2 +26i +24}}$ as the ratio of two explicitly defined polynomials with integer coefficients.

Suppose that $ ABCD$ is a convex quadrilateral. Let $ F \equal{} AB\cap CD$, $ E \equal{} AD\cap BC$ and $ T \equal{} AC\cap BD$. Suppose that $ A,B,T,E$ lie on a circle which intersects with $ EF$ at $ P$. Prove that if $ M$ is midpoint of $ AB$, then $ \angle APM \equal{} \angle BPT$.

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle, and let $D$ be the projection of $A$ on $BC$. Let $M,N$ be the midpoints of $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. Let $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ be the circumcircles of $\triangle BDM$ and $\triangle CDN$ respectively, and let $K$ be the other intersection point of $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$. Let $P$ be an arbitrary point on $BC$ and $E,F$ are on $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $PEAF$ is a parallelogram. Prove that if $MN$ is a common tangent line of $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$, then $K,E,A,F$ are concyclic.

In regular hexagon $ABCDEF$, $AC$, $CE$ are two diagonals. Points $M$, $N$ are on $AC$, $CE$ respectively and satisfy $AC: AM = CE: CN = r$. Suppose $B, M, N$ are collinear, find $100r^2$. [asy] size(120); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair D2(pair P) { dot(P,linewidth(3)); return P; } pair A=dir(0), B=dir(60), C=dir(120), D=dir(180), E=dir(240), F=dir(300), N=(4*E+C)/5,M=intersectionpoints(A--C,B--N)[0]; draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle); draw(A--C--E); draw(B--N); label("$A$",D2(A),plain.E); label("$B$",D2(B),NE); label("$C$",D2(C),NW); label("$D$",D2(D),W); label("$E$",D2(E),SW); label("$F$",D2(F),SE); label("$M$",D2(M),(0,-1.5)); label("$N$",D2(N),SE); [/asy]

Points $ A$ and $ B$ lie on a circle centered at $ O$, and $ \angle AOB\equal{}60^\circ$. A second circle is internally tangent to the first and tangent to both $ \overline{OA}$ and $ \overline{OB}$. What is the ratio of the area of the smaller circle to that of the larger circle? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{16} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{9} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{8} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{6} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{1}{4}$

The ratio of the radii of two concentric circles is $1:3$. If $\overline{AC}$ is a diameter of the larger circle, $\overline{BC}$ is a chord of the larger circle that is tangent to the smaller circle, and $AB = 12$, then the radius of the larger circle is [asy] size(200); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair O=origin, A=3*dir(180), B=3*dir(140), C=3*dir(0); dot(O); draw(Arc(origin,1,0,360)); draw(Arc(origin,3,0,360)); draw(A--B--C--A); label("$A$", A, dir(O--A)); label("$B$", B, dir(O--B)); label("$C$", C, dir(O--C)); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 13\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 21\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 26 $

Assume $ABC$ is an isosceles triangle that $AB=AC$ Suppose $P$ is a point on extension of side $BC$. $X$ and $Y$ are points on $AB$ and $AC$ that: \[PX || AC \ , \ PY ||AB \] Also $T$ is midpoint of arc $BC$. Prove that $PT \perp XY$

In $\triangle ABC$, $AB<AC$. $D$ and $P$ are the feet of the internal and external angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$, respectively. $M$ is the midpoint of segment $BC$, and $\omega$ is the circumcircle of $\triangle APD$. Suppose $Q$ is on the minor arc $AD$ of $\omega$ such that $MQ$ is tangent to $\omega$. $QB$ meets $\omega$ again at $R$, and the line through $R$ perpendicular to $BC$ meets $PQ$ at $S$. Prove $SD$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle QDM$. [i]Proposed by Ray Li[/i]

In a class, the total numbers of boys and girls are in the ratio $4 : 3$. On one day it was found that $8$ boys and $14$ girls were absent from the class, and that the number of boys was the square of the number of girls. What is the total number of students in the class?

A triangle $ABC$ is given. For every positive numbers $p,q,r$, let $A',B',C'$ be the points such that $\overrightarrow{BA'} = p\overrightarrow{AB}, \overrightarrow{CB'}=q\overrightarrow{BC} $, and $\overrightarrow{AC'}=r\overrightarrow{CA}$. Define $f(p,q,r)$ as the ratio of the area of $\vartriangle A'B'C'$ to that of $\vartriangle ABC$. Prove that for all positive numbers $x,y,z$ and every positive integer $n$, $\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}f(x+k,y+k,z+k) = n^3f\left(\frac{x}{n},\frac{y}{n},\frac{z}{n}\right)$.

Points $ B$ and $ C$ lie on $ \overline{AD}$. The length of $ \overline{AB}$ is $ 4$ times the length of $ \overline{BD}$, and the length of $ \overline{AC}$ is $ 9$ times the length of $ \overline{CD}$. The length of $ \overline{BC}$ is what fraction of the length of $ \overline{AD}$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{36} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{13} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{10} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{36} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{1}{5}$

Many television screens are rectangles that are measured by the length of their diagonals. The ratio of the horizontal length to the height in a standard television screen is $ 4 : 3$. The horizontal length of a “$ 27$-inch” television screen is closest, in inches, to which of the following? [asy]import math; unitsize(7mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,3)--(0,3)--(0,0)--(4,3)); fill((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,3)--cycle,mediumgray); label(rotate(aTan(3.0/4.0))*"Diagonal",(2,1.5),NW); label(rotate(90)*"Height",(4,1.5),E); label("Length",(2,0),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 20.5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 21 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 21.5 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 22$