Found problems: 1679
A positive number $\dfrac{m}{n}$ has the property that it is equal to the ratio of $7$ plus the number’s reciprocal and $65$ minus the number’s reciprocal. Given that $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $2m + n$.
Inscribed in a triangle $ABC$ with the center of the circle $I$ touch the sides $AB$ and $AC$ at points $C_{1}$ and $B_{1}$, respectively. The point $M$ divides the segment $C_{1}B_{1}$ in a 3:1 ratio, measured from $C_{1}$. $N$ - the midpoint of $AC$. Prove that the points $I, M, B_{1}, N$ lie on a circle, if you know that $AC = 3 (BC-AB)$.
In a right-angled triangle $ ABC$ let $ AD$ be the altitude drawn to the hypotenuse and let the straight line joining the incentres of the triangles $ ABD, ACD$ intersect the sides $ AB, AC$ at the points $ K,L$ respectively. If $ E$ and $ E_1$ dnote the areas of triangles $ ABC$ and $ AKL$ respectively, show that
\[ \frac {E}{E_1} \geq 2.
\]
The number $2.5081081081081\ldots$ can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are natural numbers with no common factors. Find $m + n$.
Prove that, for any integer $a_{1}>1$, there exist an increasing sequence of positive integers $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \cdots$ such that \[a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}\; \vert \; a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}^{2}\] for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$.
Point $D$ is marked inside a triangle $ABC$ so that $\angle ADC = \angle ABC + 60^o$, $\angle CDB =\angle CAB + 60^o$, $\angle BDA = \angle BCA + 60^o$. Prove that $AB \cdot CD = BC \cdot AD = CA \cdot BD$.
(A. Levin)
A regular octahedron is formed by joining the centers of adjoining faces of a cube. The ratio of the volume of the octahedron to the volume of the cube is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{12} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt{6}}{16} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{6} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{8} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{1}{4} $
Three fixed circles pass through the points $A$ and $B$. Let $X$ be a variable point on the first circle different from $A$ and $B$. The line $AX$ intersects the other two circles at $Y$ and $Z$ (with $Y$ between $X$ and $Z$). Show that the ratio $\frac{XY}{YZ}$ is independent of the position of $X$.
Let points $ A = (0,0) , \ B = (1,2), \ C = (3,3), $ and $ D = (4,0) $. Quadrilateral $ ABCD $ is cut into equal area pieces by a line passing through $ A $. This line intersects $ \overline{CD} $ at point $ \left (\frac{p}{q}, \frac{r}{s} \right ) $, where these fractions are in lowest terms. What is $ p + q + r + s $?
$ \textbf{(A)} \ 54 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 58 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 62 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 70 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 75 $
In a triangle $ABC$, the bisector of the largest angle $\angle A$ meets $BC$ at point $D$. Let $E$ and $F$ be the feet of perpendiculars from $D$ to $AC$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $R$ denote the ratio between the areas of triangles $DEB$ and $DFC$.
(a) Prove that, for every real number $r > 0$, one can construct a triangle ABC for which $R$ is equal to $r$.
(b) Prove that if $R$ is irrational, then at least one side length of $\vartriangle ABC$ is irrational.
(c) Give an example of a triangle $ABC$ with exactly two sides of irrational length, but with rational $R$.
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 $BX/XD$.
okay this one is from Prof. Mircea Lascu from Zalau, Romaniaand Prof. V. Cartoaje from Ploiesti, Romania. It goes like this: given being a triangle ABC for every point M inside we construct the points A[size=67]M[/size], B[size=67]M[/size], C[size=67]M[/size] on the circumcircle of the triangle ABC such that A, A[size=67]M[/size], M are collinear and so on. Find the locus of these points M for which the area of the triangle A[size=67]M[/size] B[size=67]M[/size] C[size=67]M[/size] is bigger than the area of the triangle ABC.
In triangle $ABC$ bisectors $AA_1, BB_1$ and $CC_1$ are drawn. Given $\angle A : \angle B : \angle C = 4 : 2 : 1$, prove that $A_1B_1 = A_1C_1$.
[i](7 points)[/i]
Let $x$ and $y$ be real numbers such that $\frac{\sin{x}}{\sin{y}} = 3$ and $\frac{\cos{x}}{\cos{y}} = \frac{1}{2}$. The value of $\frac{\sin{2x}}{\sin{2y}} + \frac{\cos{2x}}{\cos{2y}}$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p + q$.
Given a convex polygon M invariant under a $90^\circ$ rotation, show that there exist two circles, the ratio of whose radii is $\sqrt2$, one containing M and the other contained in M.
[i]A. Khrabrov[/i]
In the given circle, the diameter $\overline{EB}$ is parallel to $\overline{DC}$, and $\overline{AB}$ is parallel to $\overline{ED}$. The angles $AEB$ and $ABE$ are in the ratio $4:5$. What is the degree measure of angle $BCD$?
[asy]
unitsize(7mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt));
dotfactor=4;
real r=3;
pair A=(-3cos(80),-3sin(80));
pair D=(3cos(80),3sin(80)), C=(-3cos(80),3sin(80));
pair O=(0,0), E=(-3,0), B=(3,0);
path outer=Circle(O,r);
draw(outer);
draw(E--B);
draw(E--A);
draw(B--A);
draw(E--D);
draw(C--D);
draw(B--C);
pair[] ps={A,B,C,D,E,O};
dot(ps);
label("$A$",A,N);
label("$B$",B,NE);
label("$C$",C,S);
label("$D$",D,S);
label("$E$",E,NW);
label("$$",O,N);[/asy]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 120 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 125 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 130 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 135 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 140 $
Acute triangle $ABP$, where $AB > BP$, has altitudes $BH$, $PQ$, and $AS$. Let $C$ denote the intersection of lines $QS$ and $AP$, and let $L$ denote the intersection of lines $HS$ and $BC$. If $HS = SL$ and $HL$ is perpendicular to $BC$, find the value of $\frac{SL}{SC}$.
A tennis player computes her win ratio by dividing the number of matches she has won by the total number of matches she has played. At the start of a weekend, her win ratio is exactly $.500$. During the weekend, she plays four matches, winning three and losing one. At the end of the weekend, her win ratio is greater than $.503$. What's the largest number of matches she could've won before the weekend began?
In rectangle $ ABCD$, $ AB\equal{}5$ and $ BC\equal{}3$. Points $ F$ and $ G$ are on $ \overline{CD}$ so that $ DF\equal{}1$ and $ GC\equal{}2$. Lines $ AF$ and $ BG$ intersect at $ E$. Find the area of $ \triangle{AEB}$.
[asy]unitsize(6mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt));
pair A=(0,0), B=(5,0), C=(5,3), D=(0,3), F=(1,3), G=(3,3);
pair E=extension(A,F,B,G);
draw(A--B--C--D--A--E--B);
label("$A$",A,SW);
label("$B$",B,SE);
label("$C$",C,NE);
label("$D$",D,NW);
label("$E$",E,N);
label("$F$",F,SE);
label("$G$",G,SW);
label("$B$",B,SE);
label("1",midpoint(D--F),N);
label("2",midpoint(G--C),N);
label("3",midpoint(B--C),E);
label("3",midpoint(A--D),W);
label("5",midpoint(A--B),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 10 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{21}{2} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{25}{2} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 15$
In the triangle $ABC$, the excircle opposite to the vertex $A$ with centre $I$ touches the side BC at D. (The circle also touches the sides of $AB$, $AC$ extended.) Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and $N$ the midpoint of $AD$. Prove that $I,M,N$ are collinear.
A number of students from Fibonacci Middle School are taking part in a community service project. The ratio of $8^\text{th}$-graders to $6^\text{th}$-graders is $5:3$, and the the ratio of $8^\text{th}$-graders to $7^\text{th}$-graders is $8:5$. What is the smallest number of students that could be participating in the project?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 16 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 40 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 79 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 89$
Consider the points $D, E$ and $F$ on the respective sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ of the triangle $ABC$ in a way that the segments $AD, BE$ and $CF$ have a common point $P$. Let $\frac{|AP|}{|PD|}= x,$ $\frac{|BP|}{|PE|}= y$ and $\frac{|CP|}{|PF|}= z$. Prove that $xyz - (x + y + z) = 2$.
Given five fixed points in the space. It is known that these points are centers of five spheres, four of which are pairwise externally tangent, and all these point are internally tangent to the fifth one. It turns out that it is impossible to determine which of the marked points is the center of the largest sphere. Find the ratio of the greatest and the smallest radii of the spheres.
Problems 14, 15 and 16 involve Mrs. Reed's English assignment.
A Novel Assignment
The students in Mrs. Reed's English class are reading the same 760-page novel. Three friends, Alice, Bob and Chandra, are in the class. Alice reads a page in 20 seconds, Bob reads a page in 45 seconds and Chandra reads a page in 30 seconds.
Chandra and Bob, who each have a copy of the book, decide that they can save time by "team reading" the novel. In this scheme, Chandra will read from page 1 to a certain page and Bob will read from the next page through page 760, finishing the book. When they are through they will tell each other about the part they read. What is the last page that Chandra should read so that she and Bob spend the same amount of time reading the novel?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 425 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 444 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 456 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 484 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 506$
The diagram shows twenty congruent circles arranged in three rows and enclosed in a rectangle. The circles are tangent to one another and to the sides of the rectangle as shown in the diagram. The ratio of the longer dimension of the rectangle to the shorter dimension can be written as $\frac{1}{2}\left(\sqrt{p}-q\right),$ where $p$ and $q$ are positive integers. Find $p+q.$
[asy]
size(250);real x=sqrt(3);
int i;
draw(origin--(14,0)--(14,2+2x)--(0,2+2x)--cycle);
for(i=0; i<7; i=i+1) {
draw(Circle((2*i+1,1), 1)^^Circle((2*i+1,1+2x), 1));
}
for(i=0; i<6; i=i+1) {
draw(Circle((2*i+2,1+x), 1));
}[/asy]