Found problems: 1342
1994 National High School Mathematics League, 6
In rectangular coordinate system, the equation $\frac{|x+y|}{2a}+\frac{|x-y|}{2b}=1$ ($a,b$ are different positive numbers) refers to
$\text{(A)}$ a triangle
$\text{(B)}$ a square
$\text{(C)}$ rectangle, not square
$\text{(D)}$ rhombus, not square
1951 AMC 12/AHSME, 10
Of the following statements, the one that is incorrect is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{Doubling the base of a given rectangle doubles the area.}$
$ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{Doubling the altitude of a triangle doubles the area.}$
$ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{Doubling the radius of a given circle doubles the area.}$
$ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{Doubling the divisor of a fraction and dividing its numerator by 2 changes the quotient.}$
$ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{Doubling a given quantity may make it less than it originally was.}$
1985 AMC 8, 19
If the length and width of a rectangle are each increased by $ 10 \%$, then the perimeter of the rectangle is increased by
\[ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \% \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \% \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 20 \% \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 21 \% \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 40 \%
\]
2018 VJIMC, 1
Every point of the rectangle $R=[0,4] \times [0,40]$ is coloured using one of four colours. Show that there exist four points in $R$ with the same colour that form a rectangle having integer side lengths.
1972 AMC 12/AHSME, 32
[asy]
real t=pi/12;real u=8*t;
real cu=cos(u);real su=sin(u);
draw(unitcircle);
draw((cos(-t),sin(-t))--(cos(13*t),sin(13*t)));
draw((cu,su)--(cu,-su));
label("A",(cos(13*t),sin(13*t)),W);
label("B",(cos(-t),sin(-t)),E);
label("C",(cu,su),N);
label("D",(cu,-su),S);
label("E",(cu,sin(-t)),NE);
label("2",((cu-1)/2,sin(-t)),N);
label("6",((cu+1)/2,sin(-t)),N);
label("3",(cu,(sin(-t)-su)/2),E);
//Credit to Zimbalono for the diagram[/asy]
Chords $AB$ and $CD$ in the circle above intersect at $E$ and are perpendicular to each other. If segments $AE$, $EB$, and $ED$ have measures $2$, $3$, and $6$ respectively, then the length of the diameter of the circle is
$\textbf{(A) }4\sqrt{5}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\sqrt{65}\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\sqrt{17}\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\sqrt{7}\qquad \textbf{(E) }6\sqrt{2}$
2001 Cono Sur Olympiad, 3
Three acute triangles are inscribed in the same circle with their vertices being nine distinct points. Show that one can choose a vertex from each triangle so that the three chosen points determine a triangle each of whose angles is at most $90^\circ$.
2021 Poland - Second Round, 5
Find the largest positive integer $n$ with the following property: there are rectangles $A_1, ... , A_n$ and $B_1,... , B_n,$ on the plane , each with sides parallel to the axis of the coordinate system, such that the rectangles $A_i$ and $B_i$ are disjoint for all $i \in \{1,..., n\}$, but the rectangles $A_i$ and $B_j$ have a common point for all $i, j \in \{1,..., n\}$, $i \ne j$.
[i]Note: By points belonging to a rectangle we mean all points lying either in its interior, or on any of its sides, including its vertices [/i]
2014 NIMO Problems, 9
Two players play a game involving an $n \times n$ grid of chocolate. Each turn, a player may either eat a piece of chocolate (of any size), or split an existing piece of chocolate into two rectangles along a grid-line. The player who moves last loses. For how many positive integers $n$ less than $1000$ does the second player win?
(Splitting a piece of chocolate refers to taking an $a \times b$ piece, and breaking it into an $(a-c) \times b$ and a $c \times b$ piece, or an $a \times (b-d)$ and an $a \times d$ piece.)
[i]Proposed by Lewis Chen[/i]
2012 Tuymaada Olympiad, 1
Tanya and Serezha take turns putting chips in empty squares of a chessboard. Tanya starts with a chip in an arbitrary square. At every next move, Serezha must put a chip in the column where Tanya put her last chip, while Tanya must put a chip in the row where Serezha put his last chip. The player who cannot make a move loses. Which of the players has a winning strategy?
[i]Proposed by A. Golovanov[/i]
2015 Thailand TSTST, 3
The circles $S_{1}$ and $S_{2}$ intersect at $M$ and $N$.Show that if vertices $A$ and $C$ of a rectangle $ABCD$ lie on $S_{1}$ while vertices $B$ and $D$ lie on $S_{2}$,then the intersection of the diagonals of the rectangle lies on the line $MN$.
2022 MMATHS, 5
Holding a rectangular sheet of paper $ABCD$, Prair folds triangle $ABD$ over diagonal $BD$, so that the new location of point $A$ is $A'$. She notices that $A'C =\frac13 BD$. If the area of $ABCD$ is $27\sqrt2$, find $BD$.
2008 AMC 12/AHSME, 22
A round table has radius $ 4$. Six rectangular place mats are placed on the table. Each place mat has width $ 1$ and length $ x$ as shown. They are positioned so that each mat has two corners on the edge of the table, these two corners being end points of the same side of length $ x$. Further, the mats are positioned so that the inner corners each touch an inner corner of an adjacent mat. What is $ x$?
[asy]unitsize(4mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8)+fontsize(8));
draw(Circle((0,0),4));
path mat=(-2.687,-1.5513)--(-2.687,1.5513)--(-3.687,1.5513)--(-3.687,-1.5513)--cycle;
draw(mat);
draw(rotate(60)*mat);
draw(rotate(120)*mat);
draw(rotate(180)*mat);
draw(rotate(240)*mat);
draw(rotate(300)*mat);
label("$x$",(-2.687,0),E);
label("$1$",(-3.187,1.5513),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\sqrt {5} \minus{} \sqrt {3} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {3\sqrt {7} \minus{} \sqrt {3}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2\sqrt {3} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {5 \plus{} 2\sqrt {3}}{2}$
2007 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 5
A convex quadrilateral is determined by the points of intersection of the curves $x^4+y^4=100$ and $xy=4$; determine its area.
2008 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 2
Let $ m,n$ be two natural nonzero numbers and sets $ A \equal{} \{ 1,2,...,n\}, B \equal{} \{1,2,...,m\}$. We say that subset $ S$ of Cartesian product $ A \times B$ has property $ (j)$ if $ (a \minus{} x)(b \minus{} y)\le 0$ for each pairs $ (a,b),(x,y) \in S$. Prove that every set $ S$ with propery $ (j)$ has at most $ m \plus{} n \minus{} 1$ elements.
[color=#FF0000]The statement was edited, in order to reflect the actual problem asked. The sign of the inequality was inadvertently reversed into $ (a \minus{} x)(b \minus{} y)\ge 0$, and that accounts for the following two posts.[/color]
2022 USA TSTST, 1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that for any set $S$ of $n$ points in the interior of the unit square, there exists a set of $k$ rectangles such that the following hold:
[list=disc]
[*]The sides of each rectangle are parallel to the sides of the unit square.
[*]Each point in $S$ is [i]not[/i] in the interior of any rectangle.
[*]Each point in the interior of the unit square but [i]not[/i] in $S$ is in the interior of at least one of the $k$ rectangles
[/list]
(The interior of a polygon does not contain its boundary.)
[i]Holden Mui[/i]
2023 AMC 8, 7
A rectangle, with sides parallel to the $x-$axis and $y-$axis, has opposite vertices located at $(15, 3)$ and$(16, 5).$ A line is drawn through points $A(0, 0)$ and $B(3, 1).$ Another line is drawn through points $C(0, 10)$ and $D(2, 9).$ How many points on the rectangle lie on at least one of the two lines?
[asy]
size(9cm);
draw((0,-.5)--(0,11),EndArrow(size=.15cm));
draw((1,0)--(1,11),mediumgray);
draw((2,0)--(2,11),mediumgray);
draw((3,0)--(3,11),mediumgray);
draw((4,0)--(4,11),mediumgray);
draw((5,0)--(5,11),mediumgray);
draw((6,0)--(6,11),mediumgray);
draw((7,0)--(7,11),mediumgray);
draw((8,0)--(8,11),mediumgray);
draw((9,0)--(9,11),mediumgray);
draw((10,0)--(10,11),mediumgray);
draw((11,0)--(11,11),mediumgray);
draw((12,0)--(12,11),mediumgray);
draw((13,0)--(13,11),mediumgray);
draw((14,0)--(14,11),mediumgray);
draw((15,0)--(15,11),mediumgray);
draw((16,0)--(16,11),mediumgray);
draw((-.5,0)--(17,0),EndArrow(size=.15cm));
draw((0,1)--(17,1),mediumgray);
draw((0,2)--(17,2),mediumgray);
draw((0,3)--(17,3),mediumgray);
draw((0,4)--(17,4),mediumgray);
draw((0,5)--(17,5),mediumgray);
draw((0,6)--(17,6),mediumgray);
draw((0,7)--(17,7),mediumgray);
draw((0,8)--(17,8),mediumgray);
draw((0,9)--(17,9),mediumgray);
draw((0,10)--(17,10),mediumgray);
draw((-.13,1)--(.13,1));
draw((-.13,2)--(.13,2));
draw((-.13,3)--(.13,3));
draw((-.13,4)--(.13,4));
draw((-.13,5)--(.13,5));
draw((-.13,6)--(.13,6));
draw((-.13,7)--(.13,7));
draw((-.13,8)--(.13,8));
draw((-.13,9)--(.13,9));
draw((-.13,10)--(.13,10));
draw((1,-.13)--(1,.13));
draw((2,-.13)--(2,.13));
draw((3,-.13)--(3,.13));
draw((4,-.13)--(4,.13));
draw((5,-.13)--(5,.13));
draw((6,-.13)--(6,.13));
draw((7,-.13)--(7,.13));
draw((8,-.13)--(8,.13));
draw((9,-.13)--(9,.13));
draw((10,-.13)--(10,.13));
draw((11,-.13)--(11,.13));
draw((12,-.13)--(12,.13));
draw((13,-.13)--(13,.13));
draw((14,-.13)--(14,.13));
draw((15,-.13)--(15,.13));
draw((16,-.13)--(16,.13));
label(scale(.7)*"$1$", (1,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$2$", (2,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$3$", (3,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$4$", (4,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$5$", (5,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$6$", (6,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$7$", (7,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$8$", (8,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$9$", (9,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$10$", (10,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$11$", (11,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$12$", (12,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$13$", (13,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$14$", (14,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$15$", (15,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$16$", (16,-.13), S);
label(scale(.7)*"$1$", (-.13,1), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$2$", (-.13,2), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$3$", (-.13,3), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$4$", (-.13,4), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$5$", (-.13,5), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$6$", (-.13,6), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$7$", (-.13,7), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$8$", (-.13,8), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$9$", (-.13,9), W);
label(scale(.7)*"$10$", (-.13,10), W);
dot((0,0));
label(scale(.65)*"$A$", (0,0), NE);
dot((3,1));
label(scale(.65)*"$B$", (3,1), NE);
dot((0,10));
label(scale(.65)*"$C$", (0,10), NE);
dot((2,9));
label(scale(.65)*"$D$", (2,9), NE);
draw((15,3)--(16,3)--(16,5)--(15,5)--cycle,linewidth(1.125));
dot((15,3));
dot((16,3));
dot((16,5));
dot((15,5));
[/asy]
$\textbf{(A) } 0\qquad\textbf{(B) } 1\qquad\textbf{(C) } 2\qquad\textbf{(D) } 3\qquad\textbf{(E) } 4$
1990 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 514
Does there exist a rectangle which can be dissected into $15$ congruent polygons which are not rectangles?
Can a square be dissected into $15$ congruent polygons which are not rectangles?
2010 Indonesia TST, 4
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]
1996 APMO, 3
If $ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral, then prove that the incenters of the triangles $ABC$, $BCD$, $CDA$, $DAB$ are the vertices of a rectangle.
2002 May Olympiad, 2
A rectangular sheet of paper (white on one side and gray on the other) was folded three times, as shown in the figure:
Rectangle $1$, which was white after the first fold, has $20$ cm more perimeter than rectangle $2$, which was white after the second fold, and this in turn has $16$ cm more perimeter than rectangle $3$, which was white after the third fold. Determine the area of the sheet.
[img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/f/8e363b40654ad0d8e100eac38319ee3784a7a7.png[/img]
2023/2024 Tournament of Towns, 6
6. The baker has baked a rectangular pancake. He then cut it into $n^{2}$ rectangles by making $n-1$ horizontal and $n-1$ vertical cuts. Being rounded to the closest integer, the areas of resulting rectangles equal to all positive integers from 1 to $n^{2}$ in some order. For which maximal $n$ could this happen? (Half-integers are rounded upwards.)
Georgy Karavaev
1993 Chile National Olympiad, 6
Let $ ABCD $ be a rectangle of area $ S $, and $ P $ be a point inside it. We denote by $ a, b, c, d $ the distances from $ P $ to the vertices $ A, B, C, D $ respectively. Prove that $ a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 + c ^ 2 + d ^ 2\ge 2S $. When there is equality?
2009 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Given $2009 \times 4018$ rectangular board. Frame is a rectangle $n \times n$ or $n \times(n + 2)$ for $ ( n \geq 3 )$ without all cells which don’t have any common points with boundary of rectangle. Rectangles $1\times1,1\times 2,1\times 3$ and $ 2\times 4$ are also frames. Two players by turn paint all cells of some frame that has no painted cells yet. Player that can't make such move loses. Who has a winning strategy?
1985 IMO Longlists, 86
Let $l$ denote the length of the smallest diagonal of all rectangles inscribed in a triangle $T$ . (By inscribed, we mean that all four vertices of the rectangle lie on the boundary of $T$ .) Determine the maximum value of $\frac{l^2}{S(T)}$ taken over all triangles ($S(T )$ denotes the area of triangle $T$ ).
2024 ELMO Shortlist, G7
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Construct rectangles $BA_1A_2C$, $CB_1B_2A$, and $AC_1C_2B$ outside $ABC$ such that $\angle BCA_1=\angle CAB_1=\angle ABC_1$. Let $A_1B_2$ and $A_2C_1$ intersect at $A'$ and define $B',C'$ similarly. Prove that line $AA'$ bisects $B'C'$.
[i]Linus Tang[/i]