Found problems: 81
Find the locus of points in the plane, the sum of whose distances from the sides of a regular polygon is five times the inradius of the pentagon.
A regular pentagon is constructed externally on each side of a regular pentagon of side $1$. The figure is then folded and the two edges of the external pentagons meeting at each vertex of the original pentagon are glued together. Find the volume of water that can be poured into the obtained container.
Let $m,n,k$ be pairwise relatively prime positive integers greater than $3$.
Find the minimal possible number of points on the plane with the following property:
there are $x$ of them which are the vertices of a regular $x$-gon for $x = m, x = n, x = k$.
(E.Piryutko)
Prove that among any $51$ vertices of the $101$-regular polygon there are three that are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
Let $S$ be the set of vertices of a regular $24$-gon. Find the number of ways to draw $12$ segments of equal lengths so that each vertex in $S$ is an endpoint of exactly one of the $12$ segments.
Suppose that $n$ is a positive integer number. Consider a regular polygon with $2n$ sides such that one of its largest diagonals is parallel to the $x$-axis. Find the smallest integer $d$ such that there is a polynomial $P$ of degree $d$ whose graph intersects all sides of the polygon on points other than vertices.
Proposed by Mohammad Ahmadi
Find all positive integers $n$ for which it is possible to partition a regular $n$-gon into triangles with diagonals not intersecting inside the $n$-gon such that at every vertex of the $n$-gon an odd number of triangles meet.
$Abdulqodir$ cut out $2024$ congruent regular $n-$gons from a sheet of paper and placed these $n-$gons on the table such that some parts of each of these $n-$gons may be covered by others. We say that a vertex of one of the afore-mentioned $n-$gons is $visible$ if it is not in the interior of another $n-$gon that is placed on top of it. For any $n>2$ determine the minimum possible number of visible vertices. \\
Proposed by David Hrushka, Slovakia
Point $X$ is taken inside a regular $n$-gon of side length $a$. Let $h_1,h_2,...,h_n$ be the distances from $X$ to the lines defined by the sides of the $n$-gon. Prove that $\frac{1}{h_1}+\frac{1}{h_2}+...+\frac{1}{h_n}>\frac{2\pi}{a}$
Drawing all diagonals in a regular $2013$-gon, the regular $2013$-gon is divided into non-overlapping polygons. Prove that there exist exactly one $2013$-gon out of all such polygons.
Let $A_1A_2\dots A_{2n}$ be a regular $2n$-gon inscribed in circle $\omega$. Let $P$ be any point on the circle $\omega$. Let $H_1,H_2,\dots, H_n$ be orthocenters of triangles $PA_1A_2, PA_3A_4,\dots, PA_{2n-1}A_{2n}$ respectively. Prove that $H_1H_2\dots H_n$ is a regular $n$-gon.
Each of two regular polygons $P$ and $Q$ was divided by a line into two parts. One part of $P$ was attached to one part of $Q$ along the dividing line so that the resulting polygon was regular and not congruent to $P$ or $Q$. How many sides can it have?
(a) $K_1,K_2,..., K_n$ are the feet of the perpendiculars from an arbitrary point $M$ inside a given regular $n$-gon to its sides (or sides produced). Prove that the sum $\overrightarrow{MK_1} + \overrightarrow{MK_2} + ... + \overrightarrow{MK_n}$ equals $\frac{n}{2}\overrightarrow{MO}$, where $O$ is the centre of the $n$-gon.
(b) Prove that the sum of the vectors whose origin is an arbitrary point $M$ inside a given regular tetrahedron and whose endpoints are the feet of the perpendiculars from $M$ to the faces of the tetrahedron equals $\frac43 \overrightarrow{MO}$, where $O$ is the centre of the tetrahedron.
(VV Prasolov, Moscow)
From the vertices of a regular 27-gon, seven are chosen arbitrarily. Prove that among these seven points there are three points that form an isosceles triangle or four points that form an isosceles trapezoid.
Two regular polygons, a $7$-gon and a $17$-gon are given. For each of them two circles are drawn, an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle. It happened that rings containing the polygons have equal areas. Prove that sides of the polygons are equal. (3)
Given a billiard in the form of a regular $1998$-gon $A_1A_2...A_{1998}$. A ball was released from the midpoint of side $A_1A_2$, which, reflected therefore from sides $A_2A_3$, $A_3A_4$, . . . , $A_{1998}A_1$ (according to the law, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection), returned to the starting point. Prove that the trajectory of the ball is a regular $1998$-gon.
The vertices of a regular $2n$-gon ($n \ge 3$) are labelled with the numbers $1,2,...,2n$ so that the sum of the numbers at any two adjacent vertices equals the sum of the numbers at the vertices diametrically opposite to them. Show that this is only possible if $n$ is odd.
Let there be a regular polygon of $n$ sides with center $O$. Determine the highest possible number of vertices $k$ $(k \geq 3)$, which can be coloured in green, such that $O$ is strictly outside of any triangle with $3$ vertices coloured green. Determine this $k$ for $a) n=2019$ ; $b) n=2020$.
Does there exist a convex $N$-gon such that all its sides are equal and all vertices belong to the parabola $y = x^2$ for
a) $N = 2011$
b) $N = 2012$ ?
Each side and diagonal of a regular $n$-gon ($n \ge 3$) for odd $n$ is colored red or blue. One may choose a vertex and change the color of all segments emanating from that vertex. Prove that, no matter how the edges were colored initially, one can achieve that the number of blue segments at each vertex is even. Prove also that the resulting coloring depends only on the initial coloring.
Given a regular polygon with apothem $ A $ and circumradius $ R $. Find for a regular polygon of equal perimeter and with double number of sides, the apothem $ a $ and the circumcircle $ r $ in terms of $A,R$
For which integers $n \ge 5$ is it possible to color the vertices of a regular$ n$-gon using at most $6$ colors in such a way that any $5$ consecutive vertices have different colors?
A regular $n$-gon has $135$ diagonals. What is the measure of its exterior angle, in degrees? (An exterior angle is the supplement of an interior angle.)
In a circle with radius 1 a regular n-gon $A_1 A_2...A_n$ is inscribed. Calculate the product:
$A_1 A_2.A_1 A_3 \dots A_1 A_{n-1} .A_1 A_n$.
In the complex plane consider the unit circle with the origin as its center. Furthermore, consider inscribed regular 17-gon with one of its vertices being $1+0i.$ How many of its vertices lie in the (open) unit disc centered in $\sqrt{3/2}(1+i)$?