Found problems: 698
Five men and five women stand in a circle in random order. The probability that every man stands next to at least one woman is $\tfrac m n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
Ralph is standing along a road which heads straight east. If you go nine miles east, make a left turn, and travel seven miles north, you will find Pamela with her mountain bike. At exactly the same time that Ralph begins running eastward along the road at 6 miles per hour, Pamela begins biking in a straight line at 10 miles per hour. Pamela’s direction is chosen so that she will reach a point on the road where Ralph is running at exactly the same time Ralph reaches that same point. Let $M$ and $N$ be relatively prime positive integers such that $\frac{M}{N}$ is the number of hours that it takes Pamela and Ralph to meet. Find $M+N$.
Let $ m \equal{} 2007^{2008}$, how many natural numbers n are there such that $ n < m$ and $ n(2n \plus{} 1)(5n \plus{} 2)$ is divisible by $ m$ (which means that $ m \mid n(2n \plus{} 1)(5n \plus{} 2)$) ?
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^2 + mx -1 = 0$ where $m$ is an odd integer. Let $\lambda _n = \alpha ^n + \beta ^n , n \geq 0$
Prove that
(A) $\lambda _n$ is an integer
(B) gcd ( $\lambda _n , \lambda_{n+1}$) = 1 .
Let $a,b$ be positive integers such that $a+b=10$. Let $\tfrac{p}{q}$ be the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of $\tfrac{1}{a}+\tfrac{1}{b}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $p+q$.
In triangle $ABC$, $BC = 23$, $CA = 27$, and $AB = 30$. Points $V$ and $W$ are on $\overline{AC}$ with $V$ on $\overline{AW}$, points $X$ and $Y$ are on $\overline{BC}$ with $X$ on $\overline{CY}$, and points $Z$ and $U$ are on $\overline{AB}$ with $Z$ on $\overline{BU}$. In addition, the points are positioned so that $\overline{UV} \parallel \overline{BC}$, $\overline{WX} \parallel \overline{AB}$, and $\overline{YZ} \parallel \overline{CA}$. Right angle folds are then made along $\overline{UV}$, $\overline{WX}$, and $\overline{YZ}$. The resulting figure is placed on a level floor to make a table with triangular legs. Let $h$ be the maximum possible height of a table constructed from triangle $ABC$ whose top is parallel to the floor. Then $h$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{k \sqrt{m}}{n}$, where $k$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers and $m$ is a positive integer that is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $k + m + n$.
[asy]
unitsize(1 cm);
pair translate;
pair[] A, B, C, U, V, W, X, Y, Z;
A[0] = (1.5,2.8);
B[0] = (3.2,0);
C[0] = (0,0);
U[0] = (0.69*A[0] + 0.31*B[0]);
V[0] = (0.69*A[0] + 0.31*C[0]);
W[0] = (0.69*C[0] + 0.31*A[0]);
X[0] = (0.69*C[0] + 0.31*B[0]);
Y[0] = (0.69*B[0] + 0.31*C[0]);
Z[0] = (0.69*B[0] + 0.31*A[0]);
translate = (7,0);
A[1] = (1.3,1.1) + translate;
B[1] = (2.4,-0.7) + translate;
C[1] = (0.6,-0.7) + translate;
U[1] = U[0] + translate;
V[1] = V[0] + translate;
W[1] = W[0] + translate;
X[1] = X[0] + translate;
Y[1] = Y[0] + translate;
Z[1] = Z[0] + translate;
draw (A[0]--B[0]--C[0]--cycle);
draw (U[0]--V[0],dashed);
draw (W[0]--X[0],dashed);
draw (Y[0]--Z[0],dashed);
draw (U[1]--V[1]--W[1]--X[1]--Y[1]--Z[1]--cycle);
draw (U[1]--A[1]--V[1],dashed);
draw (W[1]--C[1]--X[1]);
draw (Y[1]--B[1]--Z[1]);
dot("$A$",A[0],N);
dot("$B$",B[0],SE);
dot("$C$",C[0],SW);
dot("$U$",U[0],NE);
dot("$V$",V[0],NW);
dot("$W$",W[0],NW);
dot("$X$",X[0],S);
dot("$Y$",Y[0],S);
dot("$Z$",Z[0],NE);
dot(A[1]);
dot(B[1]);
dot(C[1]);
dot("$U$",U[1],NE);
dot("$V$",V[1],NW);
dot("$W$",W[1],NW);
dot("$X$",X[1],dir(-70));
dot("$Y$",Y[1],dir(250));
dot("$Z$",Z[1],NE);
[/asy]
Let $\sigma(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of $n$, and let $\operatorname{rad} n$ be the product of the distinct prime divisors of $n$. By convention, $\operatorname{rad} 1 = 1$. Find the greatest integer not exceeding \[ 100\left(\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\sigma(n)\sigma(n \operatorname{rad} n)}{n^2\sigma(\operatorname{rad} n)}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}. \][i]Proposed by Michael Kural[/i]
Let $p>2$ be a prime number and $n$ a positive integer. Prove that $pn^2$ has at most one positive divisor $d$ for which $n^2+d$ is a square number.
A pair of integers $ (m,n)$ is called [i]good[/i] if
\[ m\mid n^2 \plus{} n \ \text{and} \ n\mid m^2 \plus{} m\]
Given 2 positive integers $ a,b > 1$ which are relatively prime, prove that there exists a [i]good[/i] pair $ (m,n)$ with $ a\mid m$ and $ b\mid n$, but $ a\nmid n$ and $ b\nmid m$.
Find all prime numbers $ p,q$ less than 2005 and such that $ q|p^2 \plus{} 4$, $ p|q^2 \plus{} 4$.
Charles has two six-sided dice. One of the dice is fair, and the other die is biased so that it comes up six with probability $\tfrac23,$ and each of the other five sides has probability $\tfrac{1}{15}.$ Charles chooses one of the two dice at random and rolls it three times. Given that the first two rolls are both sixes, the probability that the third roll will also be a six is $\tfrac{p}{q},$ where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p+q$.
A [i]triangulation[/i] of a polygon is a subdivision of the polygon into triangles meeting edge to edge, with the property that the set of triangle vertices coincides with the set of vertices of the polygon. Adam randomly selects a triangulation of a regular $180$-gon. Then, Bob selects one of the $178$ triangles in this triangulation. The expected number of $1^\circ$ angles in this triangle can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $100a + b$.
[i]Proposed by Lewis Chen[/i]
Each of two boxes contains both black and white marbles, and the total number of marbles in the two boxes is $25.$ One marble is taken out of each box randomly. The probability that both marbles are black is $27/50,$ and the probability that both marbles are white is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n?$
Find all integer polynomials $f$ such that there are infinitely many pairs of relatively prime natural numbers $(a,b)$ so that $a+b \mid f(a)+f(b)$.
Let $\phi(n)$ be the number of positive integers less than $n$ that are relatively prime to $n$, where $n$ is a positive integer. Find all pairs of positive integers $(m,n)$ such that \[2^n + (n-\phi(n)-1)! = n^m+1.\]
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with sides 3, 4, and 5, and $DEFG$ be a 6-by-7 rectangle. A segment is drawn to divide triangle $ABC$ into a triangle $U_1$ and a trapezoid $V_1$ and another segment is drawn to divide rectangle $DEFG$ into a triangle $U_2$ and a trapezoid $V_2$ such that $U_1$ is similar to $U_2$ and $V_1$ is similar to $V_2$. The minimum value of the area of $U_1$ can be written in the form $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
Find all pairwise relatively prime positive integers $l, m, n$ such that \[(l+m+n)\left( \frac{1}{l}+\frac{1}{m}+\frac{1}{n}\right)\] is an integer.
The summation $\sum_{k=1}^{360} \frac{1}{k \sqrt{k+1} + (k+1)\sqrt{k}}$ is the ratio of two relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Find $m + n$.
Let $m$ be a positive integer and $x_0, y_0$ integers such that $x_0, y_0$ are relatively prime, $y_0$ divides $x_0^2+m$, and $x_0$ divides $y_0^2+m$. Prove that there exist positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $x$ and $y$ are relatively prime, $y$ divides $x^2 + m$, $x$ divides $y^2 + m$, and $x + y \leq m+ 1.$
When rolling a certain unfair six-sided die with faces numbered $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$, and $6$, the probability of obtaining face $F$ is greater than $\frac{1}{6}$, the probability of obtaining the face opposite is less than $\frac{1}{6}$, the probability of obtaining any one of the other four faces is $\frac{1}{6}$, and the sum of the numbers on opposite faces is $7$. When two such dice are rolled, the probability of obtaining a sum of $7$ is $\frac{47}{288}$. Given that the probability of obtaining face $F$ is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$.
Let $ n, m$ be positive integers of different parity, and $ n > m$. Find all integers $ x$ such that $ \frac {x^{2^n} \minus{} 1}{x^{2^m} \minus{} 1}$ is a perfect square.
Let $S$ be the set of integers which are both a multiple of $70$ and a factor of $630{,}000$. A random element $c$ of $S$ is selected. If the probability that there exists an integer $d$ with $\gcd (c,d) = 70$ and $\operatorname{lcm} (c,d) = 630{,}000$ is $\frac mn$ for some relatively prime integers $m$ and $n$, compute $100m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Eugene Chen[/i]
Three times Dick's age plus Tom's age equals twice Harry's age. Double the cube of Harry's age is equal to three times the cube of Dick's age added to the cube of Tom's age. Their respective ages are relatively prime to each other. The sum of the squares of their ages is
$\textbf{(A) }42\qquad\textbf{(B) }46\qquad\textbf{(C) }122\qquad\textbf{(D) }290\qquad \textbf{(E) }326$
Prove that if $x,y$ and $z$ are pairwise relatively prime positive integers, and if $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{z}$, then $x+y, x-z, y-z$ are perfect squares of integers.
We define an operation $\oplus$ on the set $\{0, 1\}$ by
\[ 0 \oplus 0 = 0 \,, 0 \oplus 1 = 1 \,, 1 \oplus 0 = 1 \,, 1 \oplus 1 = 0 \,.\]
For two natural numbers $a$ and $b$, which are written in base $2$ as $a = (a_1a_2 \ldots a_k)_2$ and $b = (b_1b_2 \ldots b_k)_2$ (possibly with leading 0's), we define $a \oplus b = c$ where $c$ written in base $2$ is $(c_1c_2 \ldots c_k)_2$ with $c_i = a_i \oplus b_i$, for $1 \le i \le k$. For example, we have $7 \oplus 3 = 4$ since $ 7 = (111)_2$ and $3 = (011)_2$.
For a natural number $n$, let $f(n) = n \oplus \left[ n/2 \right]$, where $\left[ x \right]$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$. Prove that $f$ is a bijection on the set of natural numbers.