[asy] draw(unitsquare);draw((0,0)--(.4,1)^^(0,.6)--(1,.2)); label("D",(0,1),NW);label("E",(.4,1),N);label("C",(1,1),NE); label("P",(0,.6),W);label("M",(.25,.55),E);label("Q",(1,.2),E); label("A",(0,0),SW);label("B",(1,0),SE); //Credit to Zimbalono for the diagram[/asy] Inside square $ABCD$ (See figure) with sides of length $12$ inches, segment $AE$ is drawn where $E$ is the point on $DC$ which is $5$ inches from $D$. The perpendicular bisector of $AE$ is drawn and intersects $AE$, $AD$, and $BC$ at points $M$, $P$, and $Q$ respectively. The ratio of segment $PM$ to $MQ$ is $\textbf{(A) }5:12\qquad\textbf{(B) }5:13\qquad\textbf{(C) }5:19\qquad\textbf{(D) }1:4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5:21$

Consider the set $\mathbb Q^2$ of points in $\mathbb R^2$, both of whose coordinates are rational. [b](a)[/b] Prove that the union of segments with vertices from $\mathbb Q^2$ is the entire set $\mathbb R^2$. [b](b)[/b] Is the convex hull of $\mathbb Q^2$ (i.e., the smallest convex set in $\mathbb R^2$ that contains $\mathbb Q^2$) equal to $\mathbb R^2$ ?

For which real numbers $c$ is there a straight line that intersects the curve \[ y = x^4 + 9x^3 + cx^2 + 9x + 4\] in four distinct points?

Find the number of integers $n$ such that \[1+\left\lfloor\dfrac{100n}{101}\right\rfloor=\left\lceil\dfrac{99n}{100}\right\rceil.\]

A rectangle formed by the lines of checkered paper is divided into figures of three kinds: isosceles right triangles (1) with base of two units, squares (2) with unit side, and parallelograms (3) formed by two sides and two diagonals of unit squares (figures may be oriented in any way). Prove that the number of figures of the third kind is even. [img]http://up.iranblog.com/Files7/dda310bab8b6455f90ce.jpg[/img]

$56$ lines are drawn on a plane such that no three of them are concurrent. If the lines intersect at exactly $594$ points, what is the maximum number of them that could have the same slope?

Draw a tangent with positive slope to a parabola $y=x^2+1$. Find the $x$-coordinate such that the area of the figure bounded by the parabola, the tangent and the coordinate axisis is $\frac{11}{3}.$

Triangle $ABC$ lies entirely in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane, and its sides have slopes $63$, $73$, $97$. Suppose the curve $\mathcal V$ with equation $y=(x+3)(x^2+3)$ passes through the vertices of $ABC$. Find the sum of the slopes of the three tangents to $\mathcal V$ at each of $A$, $B$, $C$. [i]Proposed by Akshaj[/i]

A line with slope $ 3$ intersects a line with slope $ 5$ at the point $ (10, 15)$. What is the distance between the $ x$-intercepts of these two lines? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 20$

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$.

In square $ABCD$ (labeled clockwise), let $P$ be any point on $BC$ and construct square $APRS$ (labeled clockwise). Prove that line $CR$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.

Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers. A sequence of points $(A_0,A_1,\ldots,A_n)$ on the Cartesian plane is called [i]interesting[/i] if $A_i$ are all lattice points, the slopes of $OA_0,OA_1,\cdots,OA_n$ are strictly increasing ($O$ is the origin) and the area of triangle $OA_iA_{i+1}$ is equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ for $i=0,1,\ldots,n-1$. Let $(B_0,B_1,\cdots,B_n)$ be a sequence of points. We may insert a point $B$ between $B_i$ and $B_{i+1}$ if $\overrightarrow{OB}=\overrightarrow{OB_i}+\overrightarrow{OB_{i+1}}$, and the resulting sequence $(B_0,B_1,\ldots,B_i,B,B_{i+1},\ldots,B_n)$ is called an [i]extension[/i] of the original sequence. Given two [i]interesting[/i] sequences $(C_0,C_1,\ldots,C_n)$ and $(D_0,D_1,\ldots,D_m)$, prove that if $C_0=D_0$ and $C_n=D_m$, then we may perform finitely many [i]extensions[/i] on each sequence until the resulting two sequences become identical.

The point $(a,b)$ lies on the circle $x^2+y^2=1$. The tangent to the circle at this point meets the parabola $y=x^2+1$ at exactly one point. Find all such points $(a,b)$.

Find the slopes of all lines passing through the origin and tangent to the curve $y^2=x^3+39x-35$.

In triangle $ABC$, $D$, $E$ and $F$ are the points of tangency of incircle with the center of $I$ to $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ respectively. Let $M$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $EF$. $P$ is on $DM$ such that $DP = MP$. If $H$ is the orthocenter of $BIC$, prove that $PH$ bisects $ EF$.

Consider the parallelogram with vertices $(10,45),$ $(10,114),$ $(28,153),$ and $(28,84).$ A line through the origin cuts this figure into two congruent polygons. The slope of the line is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$

A block of mass $m$ on a frictionless inclined plane of angle $\theta$ is connected by a cord over a small frictionless, massless pulley to a second block of mass $M$ hanging vertically, as shown. If $M=1.5m$, and the acceleration of the system is $\frac{g}{3}$, where $g$ is the acceleration of gravity, what is $\theta$, in degrees, rounded to the nearest integer? [asy]size(12cm); pen p=linewidth(1), dark_grey=gray(0.25), ll_grey=gray(0.90), light_grey=gray(0.75); pair B = (-1,-1); pair C = (-1,-7); pair A = (-13,-7); path inclined_plane = A--B--C--cycle; draw(inclined_plane, p); real r = 1; // for marking angles draw(arc(A, r, 0, degrees(B-A))); // mark angle label("$\theta$", A + r/1.337*(dir(C-A)+dir(B-A)), (0,0), fontsize(16pt)); // label angle as theta draw((C+(-r/2,0))--(C+(-r/2,r/2))--(C+(0,r/2))); // draw right angle real h = 1.2; // height of box real w = 1.9; // width of box path box = (0,0)--(0,h)--(w,h)--(w,0)--cycle; // the box // box on slope with label picture box_on_slope; filldraw(box_on_slope, box, light_grey, black); label(box_on_slope, "$m$", (w/2,h/2)); pair V = A + rotate(90) * (h/2 * dir(B-A)); // point with distance l/2 from AB pair T1 = dir(125); // point of tangency with pulley pair X1 = intersectionpoint(T1--(T1 - rotate(-90)*(2013*dir(T1))), V--(V+B-A)); // construct midpoint of right side of box draw(T1--X1); // string add(shift(X1-(w,h/2))*rotate(degrees(B-A), (w,h/2)) * box_on_slope); // picture for the hanging box picture hanging_box; filldraw(hanging_box, box, light_grey, black); label(hanging_box, "$M$", (w/2,h/2)); pair T2 = (1,0); pair X2 = (1,-3); draw(T2--X2); // string add(shift(X2-(w/2,h)) * hanging_box); // Draws the actual pulley filldraw(unitcircle, grey, p); // outer boundary of pulley wheel filldraw(scale(0.4)*unitcircle, light_grey, p); // inner boundary of pulley wheel path pulley_body=arc((0,0),0.3,-40,130)--arc((-1,-1),0.5,130,320)--cycle; // defines "arm" of pulley filldraw(pulley_body, ll_grey, dark_grey+p); // draws the arm filldraw(scale(0.18)*unitcircle, ll_grey, dark_grey+p); // inner circle of pulley[/asy][i](Proposed by Ahaan Rungta)[/i]

Find all values of $ \alpha$ for which the curves $ y\equal{}\alpha x^2\plus{}\alpha x\plus{}\frac1{24}$ and $ x\equal{}\alpha y^2\plus{}\alpha y\plus{}\frac1{24}$ are tangent to each other.

A polynomial $p(x)$ has remainder three when divided by $x-1$ and remainder five when divided by $x-3$. The remainder when $p(x)$ is divided by $(x-1)(x-3)$ is $\textbf{(A) }x-2\qquad\textbf{(B) }x+2\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad \textbf{(E) }15$

Let $M$ and $N$ be points on the sides $BC$ and $CD$, respectively, of a square $ABCD$. If $|BM|=21$, $|DN|=4$, and $|NC|=24$, what is $m(\widehat{MAN})$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 15^\circ \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 30^\circ \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 37^\circ \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 45^\circ \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 60^\circ $

In the usual coordinate system $ xOy$ a line $ d$ intersect the circles $ C_1:$ $ (x\plus{}1)^2\plus{}y^2\equal{}1$ and $ C_2:$ $ (x\minus{}2)^2\plus{}y^2\equal{}4$ in the points $ A,B,C$ and $ D$ (in this order). It is known that $ A\left(\minus{}\frac32,\frac{\sqrt3}2\right)$ and $ \angle{BOC}\equal{}60^{\circ}$. All the $ Oy$ coordinates of these $ 4$ points are positive. Find the slope of $ d$.

Let $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ be strictly increasing linear functions from $\mathbb R $ to $\mathbb R $ such that $f(x)$ is an integer if and only if $g(x)$ is an integer. Prove that for any real number $x$, $f(x)-g(x)$ is an integer.

ABC  is a triangle with coordinates A =(2, 6), B =(0, 0), and C =(14, 0). (a) Let P  be the midpoint of AB. Determine the equation of the line perpendicular to AB passing through P. (b) Let Q be the point on line BC  for which PQ is perpendicular to AB. Determine the length of AQ. (c) There is a (unique) circle passing through the points A, B, and C. Determine the radius of this circle.

Let $P$ be the parabola with equation $y = x^2$ and let $Q = (20, 14)$ There are real numbers $r$ and $s$ such that the line through $Q$ with slope $m$ does not intersect $P$ if and only if $r < m < s$. What is $r + s?$ $ \textbf{(A)} 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)} 26 \qquad \textbf{(C)} 40 \qquad \textbf{(D)} 52 \qquad \textbf{(E)} 80 \qquad $

The area of a circle centered at the origin, which is inscribed in the parabola $y=x^2-25$, can be expressed as $\tfrac ab\pi$, where $a$ and $b$ are coprime positive integers. What is the value of $a+b$?