Found problems: 33
2006 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 8
The segment $AB$ divides the square into two parts, in each of which a circle can be inscribed.
The radii of these circles are equal to $r_1$ and $r_2$ respectively, where $r_1> r_2$.
Find the length of $AB$.
2009 Greece Team Selection Test, 4
Given are $N$ points on the plane such that no three of them are collinear,which are coloured red,green and black.We consider all the segments between these points and give to each segment a [i]"value"[/i] according to the following conditions:
[b]i.[/b]If at least one of the endpoints of a segment is black then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $0$.
[b]ii.[/b]If the endpoints of the segment have the same colour,re or green,then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $1$.
[b]iii.[/b]If the endpoints of the segment have different colours but none of them is black,then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $-1$.
Determine the minimum possible sum of the [i]"values"[/i] of the segments.
2009 Greece Team Selection Test, 4
Given are $N$ points on the plane such that no three of them are collinear,which are coloured red,green and black.We consider all the segments between these points and give to each segment a [i]"value"[/i] according to the following conditions:
[b]i.[/b]If at least one of the endpoints of a segment is black then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $0$.
[b]ii.[/b]If the endpoints of the segment have the same colour,re or green,then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $1$.
[b]iii.[/b]If the endpoints of the segment have different colours but none of them is black,then the segment's [i]"value"[/i] is $-1$.
Determine the minimum possible sum of the [i]"values"[/i] of the segments.
1981 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 2
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Consider $n^2+1$ (closed, i.e. including endpoints) segments on a single line. Show that at least one of the following statements holds:
a) there are $n+1$ segments with non-empty intersection,
b) there are $n+1$ segments among which two of them are disjoint.
2012 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 4
A rhombus $ABCD$ is given with $\angle BAD = 60^o$ . Point $P$ lies inside the rhombus such that $BP = 1$, $DP = 2$, $CP = 3$. Determine the length of the segment $AP$.
1982 Brazil National Olympiad, 5
Show how to construct a line segment length $(a^4 + b^4)^{1/4}$ given segments lengths $a$ and $b$.
2006 German National Olympiad, 4
Let $D$ be a point inside a triangle $ABC$ such that $|AC| -|AD| \geq 1$ and $|BC|- |BD| \geq 1.$ Prove that for any point $E$ on the segment $AB$, we have $|EC| -|ED| \geq 1.$
1999 Argentina National Olympiad, 2
Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be the outer circumferences of centers $O_1$ and $O_2$, respectively. The two tangents to the circumference $C_2$ are drawn by $O_1$, intersecting $C_1$ at $P$ and $P'$. The two tangents to the circumference $C_1$ are drawn by $O_2$, intersecting $C_2$ at $Q$ and $Q'$. Prove that the segment $PP'$ is equal to the segment $QQ'$.
1983 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 369
The $M$ set consists of $k$ non-intersecting segments on the line. It is possible to put an arbitrary segment shorter than $1$ cm on the line in such a way, that his ends will belong to $M$. Prove that the total sum of the segment lengths is not less than $1/k$ cm.
2010 IMAC Arhimede, 4
Let $M$ and $N$ be two points on different sides of the square $ABCD$. Suppose that segment $MN$ divides the square into two tangential polygons. If $R$ and $r$ are radii of the circles inscribed in these polygons ($R> r$), calculate the length of the segment $MN$ in terms of $R$ and $r$.
(Moldova)
2000 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 9
Two given circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ intersect at points $P$ and $Q$.
Construct a segment $AB$ through $P$ with the endpoints at $k_1$ and $k_2$ for which $AP \cdot PB$ is maximal.
1997 Poland - Second Round, 3
Let be given $n$ points, no three of which are on a line. All the segments with endpoints in these points are colored so that two segments with a common endpoint are of different colors. Determine the least number of colors for which this is possible
2005 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 13
A triangle $ABC$ and two lines $\ell_1, \ell_2$ are given. Through an arbitrary point $D$ on the side $AB$, a line parallel to $\ell_1$ intersects the $AC$ at point $E$ and a line parallel to $\ell_2$ intersects the $BC$ at point $F$. Construct a point $D$ for which the segment $EF$ has the smallest length.
1952 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 224-
You are given a segment $AB$. Find the locus of the vertices $C$ of acute-angled triangles $ABC$.
2007 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 5
Divide each side of a triangle into $50$ equal parts, and each point of the division is joined to the opposite vertex by a segment. Calculate the number of intersection points determined by these segments.
Clarification : the vertices of the original triangle are not considered points of intersection or division.
2011 Greece JBMO TST, 2
On every side of a square $ABCD$, we consider three points different (to each other).
a) Find the number of line segments defined with endpoints those points , that do not lie on sides of the square.
b) If there are no three of the previous line segments passing through the same point, find how many of the intersection points of those segmens line in the interior of the square.
2020 Tournament Of Towns, 1
Consider two parabolas $y = x^2$ and $y = x^2 - 1$. Let $U$ be the set of points between the parabolas (including the points on the parabolas themselves). Does $U$ contain a line segment of length greater than $10^6$ ?
Alexey Tolpygo
2014 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 2
A circle, its chord $AB$ and the midpoint $W$ of the minor arc $AB$ are given. Take an arbitrary point $C$ on the major arc $AB$. The tangent to the circle at $C$ meets the tangents at $A$ and $B$ at points $X$ and $Y$ respectively. Lines $WX$ and WY meet AB at points $N$ and $M$ respectively. Prove that the length of segment $NM$ does not depend on point $C$.
(A. Zertsalov, D. Skrobot)
2019 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 2
There are $2019$ segments $[a_1, b_1]$, $...$, $[a_{2019}, b_{2019}]$ on the line. It is known that any two of them intersect. Prove that they all have a point in common.
2022 Belarusian National Olympiad, 10.2
A positive integer $n$ is given. On the segment $[0,n]$ of the real line $m$ distinct segments whose endpoints have integer coordinates are chosen. It turned out that it is impossible to choose some of thos segments such that their total length is $n$ and their union is $[0,n]$
Find the maximum possible value of $m$
1984 Tournament Of Towns, (072) 3
On a plane there is a finite set of $M$ points, no three of which are collinear . Some points are joined to others by line segments, with each point connected to no more than one line segment . If we have a pair of intersecting line segments $AB$ and $CD$ we decide to replace them with $AC$ and $BD$, which are opposite sides of quadrilateral $ABCD$. In the resulting system of segments we decide to perform a similar substitution, if possible, and so on . Is it possible that such substitutions can be carried out indefinitely?
(V.E. Kolosov)
2003 Austrian-Polish Competition, 3
$ABC$ is a triangle. Take $a = BC$ etc as usual.
Take points $T_1, T_2$ on the side $AB$ so that $AT_1 = T_1T_2 = T_2B$. Similarly, take points $T_3, T_4$ on the side BC so that $BT_3 = T_3T_4 = T_4C$, and points $T_5, T_6$ on the side $CA$ so that $CT_5 = T_5T_6 = T_6A$.
Show that if $a' = BT_5, b' = CT_1, c'=AT_3$, then there is a triangle $A'B'C'$ with sides $a', b', c'$ ($a' = B'C$' etc).
In the same way we take points $T_i'$ on the sides of $A'B'C' $ and put $a'' = B'T_6', b'' = C'T_2', c'' = A'T_4'$.
Show that there is a triangle $A'' B'' C'' $ with sides $a'' b'' , c''$ and that it is similar to $ABC$.
Find $a'' /a$.
2009 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 3
Consider a regular polygon $A_0A_1...A_{n-1}, n \ge 3$, and $m \in\{1, 2, ..., n - 1\}, m \ne n/2$. For any number $i \in \{0,1, ... , n - 1\}$, let $r(i)$ be the remainder of $i + m$ at the division by $n$. Prove that no three segments $A_iA_{r(i)}$ are concurrent.
Cono Sur Shortlist - geometry, 1993.12
Given $4$ lines in the plane such that there are not $2$ parallel to each other or no $3$ concurrent, we consider the following $ 8$ segments: in each line we have $2$ consecutive segments determined by the intersections with the other three lines.
Prove that:
a) The lengths of the $ 8$ segments cannot be the numbers $1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8$ in some order.
b) The lengths of the $ 8$ segments can be $ 8$ different integers.
2017 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 12
Let $(O)$ denote a circle with a chord $AB$, and let $W$ be the midpoint of the minor arc $AB$. Let $C$ stand for an arbitrary point on the major arc $AB$. The tangent to the circle $(O)$ at $C$ meets the tangents at $A$ and $B$ at points $X$ and $Y$, respectively. The lines $W X$ and $W Y$ meet $AB$ at points $N$ and $M$ , respectively. Does the length of segment $NM$ depend on position of $C$ ?