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The LHS Math Team is doing Karaoke. William sings every song, David sings every other song, Peter sings every third song, and Muztaba sings every fourth song. If they sing $600$ songs, find the average number of people singing each song.
A construction rope is tied to two trees. It is straight and taut. It is then vibrated at a constant velocity $v_1$. The tension in the rope is then halved. Again, the rope is vibrated at a constant velocity $v_2$. The tension in the rope is then halved again. And, for the third time, the rope is vibrated at a constant velocity, this time $v_3$. The value of $\frac{v_1}{v_3}+\frac{v_3}{v_1}$ can be expressed as a positive number $\frac{m\sqrt{r}}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime, and $r$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n+r$. If the number is rational, let $r=1$. [i](Ahaan Rungta, 2 points)[/i]
$N> 4$ points move around the circle, each with a constant speed. For Any four of them have a moment in time when they all meet. Prove that is the moment when all the points meet.
A snail crawls over a table at a constant speed. Every $15$ minutes it turns by $90^o$, and in between these turns it crawls along a straight line. Prove that it can return to the starting point only in an integer number of hours.
Eddie has a study block that lasts $1$ hour. It takes Eddie $25$ minutes to do his homework and $5$ minutes to play a game of Clash Royale. He can’t do both at the same time. How many games can he play in this study block while still completing his homework? [i]Proposed by Edwin Zhao[/i] [hide=Solution] [i]Solution.[/i] $\boxed{7}$ Study block lasts 60 minutes, thus he has 35 minutes to play Clash Royale, during which he can play $\frac{35}{5}=\boxed{7}$ games. [/hide]
Let $a_n$ be a sequence such that $a_1=1$, $a_2=1$, and $a_{n+2}=\tfrac{a_{n+1}a_n}{a_{n+1}+a_n}$. Find the value of \[\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{a_n3^n}.\]
Find the value of $1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 + 2\cdot3\cdot4\cdot5 + \dots + 6\cdot7\cdot8\cdot9$.
Suppose $(a,b)$ is an ordered pair of integers such that the three numbers $a$, $b$, and $ab$ form an arithmetic progression, in that order. Find the sum of all possible values of $a$. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
The angles in triangle $ABC$ are such that $\angle A$, $\angle B$, $\angle C$ form an arithmetic progression in that order. Find the measure of $\angle B$, in degrees.
Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$. Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\qquad\textbf{(D) }26\qquad\textbf{(E) }27$
Today is $12/14/24,$ which is of the form $ab/ac/bc$ for not necessarily distinct digits $a$, $b$, and $c$. Find the number of other dates in the $21$st century that can also be written in this form.
An automobile starts from rest and ends at rest, traversing a distance of one mile in one minute, along a straight road. If a governor prevents the speed of the car from exceeding $90$ miles per hour, show that at some time of the traverse the acceleration or deceleration of the car was at least $6.6$ ft/sec.
Blue rolls a fair $n$-sided die that has sides its numbered with the integers from $1$ to $n$, and then he flips a coin. Blue knows that the coin is weighted to land heads either $\dfrac{1}{3}$ or $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of the time. Given that the probability of both rolling a $7$ and flipping heads is $\dfrac{1}{15}$, find $n$. [i]Proposed by Jacob Xu[/i] [hide=Solution][i]Solution[/i]. $\boxed{10}$ The chance of getting any given number is $\dfrac{1}{n}$ , so the probability of getting $7$ and heads is either $\dfrac{1}{n} \cdot \dfrac{1}{3}=\dfrac{1}{3n}$ or $\dfrac{1}{n} \cdot \dfrac{2}{3}=\dfrac{2}{3n}$. We get that either $n = 5$ or $n = 10$, but since rolling a $7$ is possible, only $n = \boxed{10}$ is a solution.[/hide]
Let $x$ and $y$ be real numbers such that \[ x+\frac{1}{y} = 20 \,\,\, \text{and} \,\,\, y+\frac{1}{x} = 24. \]Find $\frac{x}{y}.$
A father and his son are skating around a circular skating rink. From time to time, the father overtakes the son. After the son starts skating in the opposite direction, they begin to meet five times more often. What is the ratio of the skating speeds of the father and the son? (Tairova)
What is $2021+20+21+2+0+2+1$? [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
Let $a$ and $b$ be two-digit positive integers. Find the greatest possible value of $a+b$, given that the greatest common factor of $a$ and $b$ is $6$. [i]Proposed by Jacob Xu[/i] [hide=Solution][i]Solution[/i]. $\boxed{186}$ We can write our two numbers as $6x$ and $6y$. Notice that $x$ and $y$ must be relatively prime. Since $6x$ and $6y$ are two digit numbers, we just need to check values of $x$ and $y$ from $2$ through $16$ such that $x$ and $y$ are relatively prime. We maximize the sum when $x = 15$ and $y = 16$, since consecutive numbers are always relatively prime. So the sum is $6 \cdot (15+16) = \boxed{186}$.[/hide]
Danyang is doing math. He starts to draw an isosceles triangle, but only manages to draws an angle of $70^{\circ}$ before he has to leave for recess. Find the sum of all possible values for the smallest angle in Danyang's triangle.
[asy] size(5cm); defaultpen(fontsize(6pt)); draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,4)--(0,4)--cycle); draw((0,0)--(-4,0)--(-4,-4)--(0,-4)--cycle); draw((1,-1)--(1,3)--(-3,3)--(-3,-1)--cycle); draw((-1,1)--(-1,-3)--(3,-3)--(3,1)--cycle); draw((-4,-4)--(0,-4)--(0,-3)--(3,-3)--(3,0)--(4,0)--(4,4)--(0,4)--(0,3)--(-3,3)--(-3,0)--(-4,0)--cycle, red+1.2); label("1", (-3.5,0), S); label("2", (-2,0), S); label("1", (-0.5,0), S); label("1", (3.5,0), S); label("2", (2,0), S); label("1", (0.5,0), S); label("1", (0,3.5), E); label("2", (0,2), E); label("1", (0,0.5), E); label("1", (0,-3.5), E); label("2", (0,-2), E); label("1", (0,-0.5), E); [/asy] Compute the area of the resulting shape, drawn in red above. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
Define $x\star y$ to be $xy\cdot \min(x,y)$ and $x\diamond y$ to be $xy\cdot \max(x,y)$. Suppose $ab=4$. Find the value of \[ (a\star b)\cdot (a\diamond b). \]
Chris has a list of $5$ distinct numbers and every minute he independently and uniformly at random swaps a pair of them. Find the probability that after $4$ minutes the order of the list is the same as the original list.
A train passes an observer in $t_1$ sec. At the same speed the train crosses a bridge $\ell$ m long. It takes the train $t_2$ sec to cross the bridge from the moment the locomotive drives onto the bridge until the last car leaves it. Find the length and speed of the train.
Let $ABCD$ be a unit square in the plane. Points $X$ and $Y$ are chosen independently and uniformly at random on the perimeter of $ABCD$. If the expected value of the area of triangle $\triangle AXY$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$, compute $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
Call a number [i]orz[/i] if it is a positive integer less than $2024$. Call a number [i]admitting[/i] if it can be expressed as $a^2-1$ where $a$ is a positive integer. Finally call a number [i]muztaba[/i] if it has exactly $4$ positive integer factors. Find the number of [i]muztaba admitting orz[/i] numbers.
High schoolers chew a lot of gum. At the supermarket, $15$ packs of $14$ sticks of gum costs $\$10$. If $1400$ high schoolers chew $3$ sticks of gum per day, find the total number of dollars spent by these high schoolers on gum per week.