Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid such that side $[AB]$ and side $[CD]$ are perpendicular to side $[BC]$. Let $E$ be a point on side $[BC]$ such that $\triangle AED$ is equilateral. If $|AB|=7$ and $|CD|=5$, what is the area of trapezoid $ABCD$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 27\sqrt{3} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 42 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 24\sqrt{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 36 $

Let $ ABC $ be an acute triangle. Denote by $ D $ the foot of the perpendicular line drawn from the point $ A $ to the side $ BC $, by $M$ the midpoint of $ BC $, and by $ H $ the orthocenter of $ ABC $. Let $ E $ be the point of intersection of the circumcircle $ \Gamma $ of the triangle $ ABC $ and the half line $ MH $, and $ F $ be the point of intersection (other than $E$) of the line $ ED $ and the circle $ \Gamma $. Prove that $ \tfrac{BF}{CF} = \tfrac{AB}{AC} $ must hold. (Here we denote $XY$ the length of the line segment $XY$.)

Let $AA',BB', CC'$ be the bisectors of the angles of a triangle $ABC \ (A' \in BC, B' \in CA, C' \in AB)$. Prove that each of the lines $A'B', B'C', C'A'$ intersects the incircle in two points.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 9$, $BC = 10$, and $CA = 17$. Let $B'$ be the reflection of the point $B$ over the line $CA$. Let $G$ be the centroid of triangle $ABC$, and let $G'$ be the centroid of triangle $AB'C$. Determine the length of segment $GG'$.

A quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle $\omega$. The tangent to $\omega$ at $A$ intersects the ray $CB$ at $K$, and the tangent to $\omega$ at $B$ intersects the ray $DA$ at $M$. Prove that if $AM=AD$ and $BK=BC$, then $ABCD$ is a trapezoid.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcenter $O$ and incenter $I$. The points $D,E$ and $F$ on the sides $BC,CA$ and $AB$ respectively are such that $BD+BF=CA$ and $CD+CE=AB$. The circumcircles of the triangles $BFD$ and $CDE$ intersect at $P \neq D$. Prove that $OP=OI$.

In a triangle $ ABC$, let $ M_{a}$, $ M_{b}$, $ M_{c}$ be the midpoints of the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively, and $ T_{a}$, $ T_{b}$, $ T_{c}$ be the midpoints of the arcs $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$ of the circumcircle of $ ABC$, not containing the vertices $ A$, $ B$, $ C$, respectively. For $ i \in \left\{a, b, c\right\}$, let $ w_{i}$ be the circle with $ M_{i}T_{i}$ as diameter. Let $ p_{i}$ be the common external common tangent to the circles $ w_{j}$ and $ w_{k}$ (for all $ \left\{i, j, k\right\}= \left\{a, b, c\right\}$) such that $ w_{i}$ lies on the opposite side of $ p_{i}$ than $ w_{j}$ and $ w_{k}$ do. Prove that the lines $ p_{a}$, $ p_{b}$, $ p_{c}$ form a triangle similar to $ ABC$ and find the ratio of similitude. [i]Proposed by Tomas Jurik, Slovakia[/i]

A triangle $ T$ is contained inside a point-symmetrical polygon $ M.$ The triangle $ T'$ is the mirror image of the triangle $ T$ with the reflection at one point $ P$, which inside the triangle $ T$ lies. Prove that at least one of the vertices of the triangle $ T'$ lies in inside or on the boundary of the polygon $ M.$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle in which $CA>BC>AB$. Let $H$ be its orthocentre and $O$ its circumcentre. Let $D$ and $E$ be respectively the midpoints of the arc $AB$ not containing $C$ and arc $AC$ not containing $B$. Let $D'$ and $E'$ be respectively the reflections of $D$ in $AB$ and $E$ in $AC$. Prove that $O, H, D', E'$ lie on a circle if and only if $A, D', E'$ are collinear.

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB\not= AC$. Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle, $H$ the orthocentre and $O$ the centre of $\Gamma$. $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$. The line $AM$ meets $\Gamma$ again at $N$ and the circle with diameter $AM$ crosses $\Gamma$ again at $P$. Prove that the lines $AP,BC,OH$ are concurrent if and only if $AH=HN$.

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 \[\left(\frac{PA}{XY}\right)^2+\frac{PB\cdot PC}{AB\cdot AC}=1.\]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $M$ an interior point such that $\angle MAB=10^\circ$, $\angle MBA=20^\circ$, $\angle MAC=40^\circ$ and $\angle MCA=30^\circ$. Prove that the triangle is isosceles.

Lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ both pass through the origin and make first-quadrant angles of $\frac{\pi}{70}$ and $\frac{\pi}{54}$ radians, respectively, with the positive x-axis. For any line $l$, the transformation $R(l)$ produces another line as follows: $l$ is reflected in $l_1$, and the resulting line is reflected in $l_2$. Let $R^{(1)}(l)=R(l)$ and $R^{(n)}(l)=R\left(R^{(n-1)}(l)\right)$. Given that $l$ is the line $y=\frac{19}{92}x$, find the smallest positive integer $m$ for which $R^{(m)}(l)=l$.

For all natural $n$, an $n$-staircase is a figure consisting of unit squares, with one square in the first row, two squares in the second row, and so on, up to $n$ squares in the $n^{th}$ row, such that all the left-most squares in each row are aligned vertically. Let $f(n)$ denote the minimum number of square tiles requires to tile the $n$-staircase, where the side lengths of the square tiles can be any natural number. e.g. $f(2)=3$ and $f(4)=7$. (a) Find all $n$ such that $f(n)=n$. (b) Find all $n$ such that $f(n) = n+1$.

$l,m$ are skew lines. Three points $A,B,C$ on line $l$ satisfy that $AB=BC$. Projection of $A,B,C$ on $m$ are $D,E,F$. If $|AD|=\sqrt{15},|BE|=\frac{7}{2}|CF|=\sqrt{10}$, find the distance between $l$ and $m$.

About pentagon $ABCDE$ is known that angle $A$ and angle $C$ are right and that the sides $| AB | = 4$, $| BC | = 5$, $| CD | = 10$, $| DE | = 6$. Furthermore, the point $C'$ that appears by mirroring $C$ in the line $BD$, lies on the line segment $AE$. Find angle $E$.

Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon such that $BC \parallel AE,$ $AB = BC + AE,$ and $\angle ABC = \angle CDE.$ Let $M$ be the midpoint of $CE,$ and let $O$ be the circumcenter of triangle $BCD.$ Given that $\angle DMO = 90^{\circ},$ prove that $2 \angle BDA = \angle CDE.$ [i]Proposed by Nazar Serdyuk, Ukraine[/i]

Let $h_a, h_b, h_c$ be the lengths of the altitudes of a triangle $ABC$ from $A, B, C$ respectively. Let $P$ be any point inside the triangle. Show that \[\frac{PA}{h_b+h_c} + \frac{PB}{h_a+h_c} + \frac{PC}{h_a+h_b} \ge 1.\]

Let $ n$ be a positive integer. Consider a rectangle $ (90n\plus{}1)\times(90n\plus{}5)$ consisting of unit squares. Let $ S$ be the set of the vertices of these squares. Prove that the number of distinct lines passing through at least two points of $ S$ is divisible by $ 4$.

Let $ABCD$ be a square and let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Let $C ^ \prime$ be the reflection of $C$ wrt to $DM$. The parallel to $AB$ passing through $C ^ \prime$ intersects $AD$ at $R$ and $BC$ at $S$. Show that $$\frac {RC ^ \prime} {C ^\prime S} = \frac {3} {2}$$

Let $ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle and $O$ is the circumcenter of $\triangle {ABC}$.Points $X,Y$ lie on $AB,AC$,respectively such that the reflection of $BC$ WRT $XY$ is tangent to circumcircle of $\triangle {AXY}$.Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $AXY$ is tangent to circumcircle of triangle $BOC$.

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral, let $P$ be the intersection of $AB$ and $CD$, and let $O$ be the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of $AB$ and $CD$. Suppose that $O$ does not lie on line $AB$ and $O$ does not lie on line $CD$. Let $B'$ and $D'$ be the reflections of $B$ and $D$ across $OP$. Show that if $AB'$ and $CD'$ meet on $OP$, then $ABCD$ is cyclic.

Given a parallelogram $ABCD$ with $AB<BC$, show that the circumcircles of the triangles $APQ$ share a second common point (apart from $A$) as $P,Q$ move on the sides $BC,CD$ respectively s.t. $CP=CQ$.

Given a scalene triangle $ \triangle ABC $. $ B', C' $ are points lie on the rays $ \overrightarrow{AB}, \overrightarrow{AC} $ such that $ \overline{AB'} = \overline{AC}, \overline{AC'} = \overline{AB} $. Now, for an arbitrary point $ P $ in the plane. Let $ Q $ be the reflection point of $ P $ w.r.t $ \overline{BC} $. The intersections of $ \odot{\left(BB'P\right)} $ and $ \odot{\left(CC'P\right)} $ is $ P' $ and the intersections of $ \odot{\left(BB'Q\right)} $ and $ \odot{\left(CC'Q\right)} $ is $ Q' $. Suppose that $ O, O' $ are circumcenters of $ \triangle{ABC}, \triangle{AB'C'} $ Show that 1. $ O', P', Q' $ are colinear 2. $ \overline{O'P'} \cdot \overline{O'Q'} = \overline{OA}^{2} $

In the following diagram, a semicircle is folded along a chord $AN$ and intersects its diameter $MN$ at $B$. Given that $MB : BN = 2 : 3$ and $MN = 10$. If $AN = x$, find $x^2$. [asy] size(120); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair D2(pair P) { dot(P,linewidth(3)); return P; } real r = sqrt(80)/5; pair M=(-1,0), N=(1,0), A=intersectionpoints(arc((M+N)/2, 1, 0, 180),circle(N,r))[0], C=intersectionpoints(circle(A,1),circle(N,1))[0], B=intersectionpoints(circle(C,1),M--N)[0]; draw(arc((M+N)/2, 1, 0, 180)--cycle); draw(A--N); draw(arc(C,1,180,180+2*aSin(r/2))); label("$A$",D2(A),NW); label("$B$",D2(B),SW); label("$M$",D2(M),S); label("$N$",D2(N),SE); [/asy]