You are given a pair of triangles for which two sides of one triangle are equal in length to two sides of the second triangle, and the triangles are similar, but not necessarily congruent. Prove that the ratio of the sides that correspond under the similarity is a number between $ \frac {1}{2}(\sqrt {5} \minus{} 1)$ and $ \frac {1}{2}(\sqrt {5} \plus{} 1)$.

For any point $X$ inside an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ we define $$f(X)=\frac{AX}{A_1X}\cdot \frac{BX}{B_1X}\cdot \frac{CX}{C_1X}$$ where $A_1, B_1$, and $C_1$ are the intersection points of the lines $AX, BX,$ and $CX$ with the sides $BC, AC$, and $AB$, respectively. Let $H, I$, and $G$ be the orthocenter, the incenter, and the centroid of the triangle $ABC$, respectively. Prove that $f(H) \ge f(I) \ge f(G)$ . (D. Bazylev)

Find the angle $\angle A$ of a triangle $ABC$, when we know it's altitudes $BD$ and $CE$ intersect in an interior point $H$ of the triangle and $BH=2HD$ and $CH=HE$.

In the following, the point of intersection of two lines $ g$ and $ h$ will be abbreviated as $ g\cap h$. Suppose $ ABC$ is a triangle in which $ \angle A \equal{} 90^{\circ}$ and $ \angle B > \angle C$. Let $ O$ be the circumcircle of the triangle $ ABC$. Let $ l_{A}$ and $ l_{B}$ be the tangents to the circle $ O$ at $ A$ and $ B$, respectively. Let $ BC \cap l_{A} \equal{} S$ and $ AC \cap l_{B} \equal{} D$. Furthermore, let $ AB \cap DS \equal{} E$, and let $ CE \cap l_{A} \equal{} T$. Denote by $ P$ the foot of the perpendicular from $ E$ on $ l_{A}$. Denote by $ Q$ the point of intersection of the line $ CP$ with the circle $ O$ (different from $ C$). Denote by $ R$ be the point of intersection of the line $ QT$ with the circle $ O$ (different from $ Q$). Finally, define $ U \equal{} BR \cap l_{A}$. Prove that \[ \frac {SU \cdot SP}{TU \cdot TP} \equal{} \frac {SA^{2}}{TA^{2}}. \]

Determine the smallest positive integer $n$ with the following property: on a board $n \times n$, whose squares are painted in checkerboard pattern (that is, for any two squares with a common edge, one of them is black and the other is white), it is possible to place the numbers $1,2,3 , ... , n^2$, a number in each square, so if $B$ is the sum of the numbers written in the white squares and $P$ is the sum of the numbers written in the black squares, then $\frac {B}{P} = \frac{2021}{4321}$.

$\dfrac{2+4+6+\cdots + 34}{3+6+9+\cdots+51}=$ $\text{(A)}\ \dfrac{1}{3} \qquad \text{(B)}\ \dfrac{2}{3} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \dfrac{3}{2} \qquad \text{(D)}\ \dfrac{17}{3} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \dfrac{34}{3}$

Points $K$ and $L$ are chosen on the sides $AB$ and $AC$ of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ such that $BK = AL$. Segments $BL$ and $CK$ intersect at $P$. Determine the ratio $\frac{AK}{KB}$ for which the segments $AP$ and $CK$ are perpendicular.

A square is dissected into rectangles with sides parallel to the sides of the square. For each of these rectangles, the ratio of its shorter side to its longer side is considered. Show that the sum of all these ratios is at least $1$.

$O$ is a point inside $\triangle ABC$, and $\overrightarrow{OA}+2\overrightarrow{OB}+3\overrightarrow{OC}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then the ratio of the area of $\triangle ABC$ to $\triangle AOC$ is $\text{(A)}2\qquad\text{(B)}\frac{3}{2}\qquad\text{(C)}3\qquad\text{(D)}\frac{5}{3}$

Let $S$ be a planar region. A $\emph{domino-tiling}$ of $S$ is a partition of $S$ into $1\times2$ rectangles. (For example, a $2\times3$ rectangle has exactly $3$ domino-tilings, as shown below.) [asy] import graph; size(7cm); pen dps = linewidth(0.7); defaultpen(dps); draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,2)--(0,2)--cycle, linewidth(2)); draw((4,0)--(4,2)--(7,2)--(7,0)--cycle, linewidth(2)); draw((8,0)--(8,2)--(11,2)--(11,0)--cycle, linewidth(2)); draw((1,0)--(1,2)); draw((2,1)--(3,1)); draw((0,1)--(2,1), linewidth(2)); draw((2,0)--(2,2), linewidth(2)); draw((4,1)--(7,1)); draw((5,0)--(5,2), linewidth(2)); draw((6,0)--(6,2), linewidth(2)); draw((8,1)--(9,1)); draw((10,0)--(10,2)); draw((9,0)--(9,2), linewidth(2)); draw((9,1)--(11,1), linewidth(2)); [/asy] The rectangles in the partition of $S$ are called $\emph{dominoes}$. (a) For any given positive integer $n$, find a region $S_n$ with area at most $2n$ that has exactly $n$ domino-tilings. (b) Find a region $T$ with area less than $50000$ that has exactly $100002013$ domino-tilings.

Consider $\vartriangle A_0B_0C_0$ and points $C_1, A_1, B_1$ on its sides $A_0B_0, B_0C_0, C_0A_0$, points $C_2, A_2,B_2$ on the sides $A_1B_1, B_1C_1, C_1A_1$ of $\vartriangle A_1B_1C_1$, respectively, etc., so that $$\frac{A_0B_1}{B_1C_0}= \frac{B_0C_1}{C_1A_0}= \frac{C_0A_1}{A_1B_0}= k, \frac{A_1B_2}{B_2C_1}= \frac{B_1C_2}{C_2A_1}= \frac{C_1A_2}{A_2B_1}= \frac{1}{k^2}$$ and, in general, $$\frac{A_nB_{n+1}}{B_{n+1}C_n}= \frac{B_nC_{n+1}}{C_{n+1}A_n}= \frac{C_nA_{n+1}}{A_{n+1}B_n} =k^{2n}$$ for $n$ even , $\frac{1}{k^{2n}}$ for $n$ odd. Prove that $\vartriangle ABC$ formed by lines $A_0A_1, B_0B_1, C_0C_1$ is contained in $\vartriangle A_nB_nC_n$ for any $n$.

Given a triangle $ABC$ ($AB \ne AC$). Let $ P$ be a point in the plane containing triangle $ABC$ satisfying the following property: If the projections of $ P$ onto $AB$,$AC$ are $C_1$,$B_1$ respectively, then $\frac{PB}{PC}=\frac{PC_1}{PB_1}=\frac{AB}{AC}$ or $\frac{PB}{PC}=\frac{PB_1}{PC_1}=\frac{AB}{AC}$. Prove that $\angle PBC + \angle PCB = \angle BAC$.

In a triangle $ ABC,$ choose any points $ K \in BC, L \in AC, M \in AB, N \in LM, R \in MK$ and $ F \in KL.$ If $ E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, E_5, E_6$ and $ E$ denote the areas of the triangles $ AMR, CKR, BKF, ALF, BNM, CLN$ and $ ABC$ respectively, show that \[ E \geq 8 \cdot \sqrt [6]{E_1 E_2 E_3 E_4 E_5 E_6}. \]

The ratio of $w$ to $x$ is $4:3$, of $y$ to $z$ is $3:2$ and of $z$ to $x$ is $1:6$. What is the ratio of $w$ to $y$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1:3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 16:3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20:3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 27:4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12:1 $

On average, for every 4 sports cars sold at the local dealership, 7 sedans are sold. The dealership predicts that it will sell 28 sports cars next month. How many sedans does it expect to sell? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 35 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 49 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 112$

In right triangle $ \triangle ACE$, we have $ AC \equal{} 12$, $ CE \equal{} 16$, and $ EA \equal{} 20$. Points $ B$, $ D$, and $ F$ are located on $ \overline{AC}$, $ \overline{CE}$, and $ \overline{EA}$, respectively, so that $ AB \equal{} 3$, $ CD \equal{} 4$, and $ EF \equal{} 5$. What is the ratio of the area of $ \triangle DBF$ to that of $ \triangle ACE$? [asy] size(200);defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); dotfactor=3; pair C = (0,0); pair E = (16,0); pair A = (0,12); pair F = waypoint(E--A,0.25); pair B = waypoint(A--C,0.25); pair D = waypoint(C--E,0.25); dot(A);dot(B);dot(C);dot(D);dot(E);dot(F); label("$A$",A,NW);label("$B$",B,W);label("$C$",C,SW);label("$D$",D,S);label("$E$",E,SE);label("$F$",F,NE); label("$3$",midpoint(A--B),W); label("$9$",midpoint(B--C),W); label("$4$",midpoint(C--D),S); label("$12$",midpoint(D--E),S); label("$5$",midpoint(E--F),NE); label("$15$",midpoint(F--A),NE); draw(A--C--E--cycle); draw(B--F--D--cycle);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{4}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {9}{25}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {3}{8}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {11}{25}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {7}{16}$

Let $SABCD$ be a pyramid with the vertex $S$ whose all edges are equal. Points $M$ and $N$ on the edges $SA$ and $BC$ respectively are such that $MN$ is perpendicular to both $SA$ and $BC$. Find the ratios $SM:MA$ and $BN:NC$.

Call a scalene triangle K [i]disguisable[/i] if there exists a triangle K′ similar to K with two shorter sides precisely as long as the two longer sides of K, respectively. Call a disguisable triangle [i]integral[/i] if the lengths of all its sides are integers. (a) Find the side lengths of the integral disguisable triangle with the smallest possible perimeter. (b) Let K be an arbitrary integral disguisable triangle for which no smaller integral disguisable triangle similar to it exists. Prove that at least two side lengths of K are perfect squares.

There are three bags of marbles. Bag two has twice as many marbles as bag one. Bag three has three times as many marbles as bag one. Half the marbles in bag one, one third the marbles in bag two, and one fourth the marbles in bag three are green. If all three bags of marbles are dumped into a single pile, $\frac{m}{n}$ of the marbles in the pile would be green where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n.$

Triangles $ABC$ and $XYZ$ are similar, with $A$ corresponding to $X$ and $B$ to $Y$. If $AB=3$, $BC=4$, and $XY=5$, then $YZ$ is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3\frac 3 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6\frac 1 4 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6\frac 2 3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$

A triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has $AC = 16$ and $BC = 12$. $E$ and $F$ are points on $AC$ and $BC$, respectively, so that $CE = 3CF$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and let lines $EF$ and $CM$ intersect at $G$. Compute the ratio $EG : GF$.

In the acute triangle $ABC$, let $D$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $BC$, let $E$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $AC$, and let $F$ be a point on the line segment $DE$. Prove that $AF$ is perpendicular to $BE$ if and only if $FE/FD = BD/DC$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle BAC = 60^{\circ}$. Let $AP$ bisect $\angle BAC$ and let $BQ$ bisect $\angle ABC$, with $P$ on $BC$ and $Q$ on $AC$. If $AB + BP = AQ + QB$, what are the angles of the triangle?

In cyclic quadrilateral $ABXC$, $\measuredangle XAB = \measuredangle XAC$. Denote by $I$ the incenter of $\triangle ABC$ and by $D$ the projection of $I$ on $\overline{BC}$. If $AI = 25$, $ID = 7$, and $BC = 14$, then $XI$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a, b$. Compute $100a + b$. [i]Proposed by Aaron Lin[/i]

Consider sequences that consist entirely of $ A$'s and $ B$'s and that have the property that every run of consecutive $ A$'s has even length, and every run of consecutive $ B$'s has odd length. Examples of such sequences are $ AA$, $ B$, and $ AABAA$, while $ BBAB$ is not such a sequence. How many such sequences have length 14?