Olympiad problems

2021 AMC 12/AHSME Fall, 5

Call a fraction $\frac{a}{b}$, not necessarily in the simplest form [i]special[/i] if $a$ and $b$ are positive integers whose sum is $15$. How many distinct integers can be written as the sum of two, not necessarily different, special fractions? $\textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 13$

2010 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 9

Tags: sfft

Suppose $xy-5x+2y=30$, where $x$ and $y$ are positive integers. Find the sum of all possible values of $x$

2015 AMC 10, 23

Tags: quadratic , function , algebra , polynomial , vieta , sfft

The zeroes of the function $f(x)=x^2-ax+2a$ are integers. What is the sum of all possible values of $a$? $\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }16\qquad\textbf{(D) }17\qquad\textbf{(E) }18$

2006 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 6

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Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers satisfying: \[ab-a=b+119\] \[bc-b=c+59\] \[ca-c=a+71\] Determine all possible values of $a+b+c$.