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1998 AIME Problems, 10

Eight spheres of radius 100 are placed on a flat surface so that each sphere is tangent to two others and their centers are the vertices of a regular octagon. A ninth sphere is placed on the flat surface so that it is tangent to each of the other eight spheres. The radius of this last sphere is $a+b\sqrt{c},$ where $a, b,$ and $c$ are positive integers, and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a+b+c.$

1972 Polish MO Finals, 4

Points $A$ and $B$ are given on a line having no common points with a sphere $K$. The feet $P$ of the perpendicular from the center of $K$ to the line $AB$ is positioned between $A$ and $B$, and the lengths of segments $AP$ and $BP$ both exceed the radius of $K$. Consider the set $Z$ of all triangles $ABC$ whose sides $AC$ and $BC$ are tangent to $K$. Prove that among all triangles in $Z$, a triangle $T$ with a maximum perimeter also has a maximum area.

1991 Baltic Way, 18

Is it possible to place two non-intersecting tetrahedra of volume $\frac{1}{2}$ into a sphere with radius $1$?

1980 Poland - Second Round, 3

There is a sphere $ K $ in space and points $ A, B $ outside the sphere such that the segment $ AB $ intersects the interior of the sphere. Prove that the set of points $ P $ for which the segments $ AP $ and $ BP $ are tangent to the sphere $ K $ is contained in a certain plane.

2016 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 3

In a tetrahedron, the midpoints of all the edges lie on the same sphere. Prove that it's altitudes intersect at one point.

1976 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4

Each vertex of the 3-dimensional Euclidean space either is coloured red or blue. Prove that within those squares being possible in this space with edge length 1 there is at least one square either with three red vertices or four blue vertices !

2000 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 3

For each vertex of a given tetrahedron, a sphere passing through that vertex and the midpoints of the edges outgoing from this vertex is constructed. Prove that these four spheres pass through a single point.

1984 IMO Longlists, 65

A tetrahedron is inscribed in a sphere of radius $1$ such that the center of the sphere is inside the tetrahedron. Prove that the sum of lengths of all edges of the tetrahedron is greater than 6.

1996 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

Given a trihedral angle Sxyz. A plane (P) not through S cuts Sx,Sy,Sz respectively at A,B,C. On the plane (P), outside triangle ABC, construct triangles DAB,EBC,FCA which are confruent to the triangles SAB,SBC,SCA respectively. Let (T) be the sphere lying inside Sxyz, but not inside the tetrahedron SABC, toucheing the planes containing the faces of SABC. Prove that (T) touches the plane (P) at the circumcenter of triangle DEF.

2014 District Olympiad, 3

Let $ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon with side length $a$. At point $A$, the perpendicular $AS$, with length $2a\sqrt{3}$, is erected on the hexagon's plane. The points $M, N, P, Q,$ and $R$ are the projections of point $A$ on the lines $SB, SC, SD, SE,$ and $SF$, respectively. [list=a] [*]Prove that the points $M, N, P, Q, R$ lie on the same plane. [*]Find the measure of the angle between the planes $(MNP)$ and $(ABC)$.[/list]

1966 IMO Shortlist, 6

Let $m$ be a convex polygon in a plane, $l$ its perimeter and $S$ its area. Let $M\left( R\right) $ be the locus of all points in the space whose distance to $m$ is $\leq R,$ and $V\left(R\right) $ is the volume of the solid $M\left( R\right) .$ [i]a.)[/i] Prove that \[V (R) = \frac 43 \pi R^3 +\frac{\pi}{2} lR^2 +2SR.\] Hereby, we say that the distance of a point $C$ to a figure $m$ is $\leq R$ if there exists a point $D$ of the figure $m$ such that the distance $CD$ is $\leq R.$ (This point $D$ may lie on the boundary of the figure $m$ and inside the figure.) additional question: [i]b.)[/i] Find the area of the planar $R$-neighborhood of a convex or non-convex polygon $m.$ [i]c.)[/i] Find the volume of the $R$-neighborhood of a convex polyhedron, e. g. of a cube or of a tetrahedron. [b]Note by Darij:[/b] I guess that the ''$R$-neighborhood'' of a figure is defined as the locus of all points whose distance to the figure is $\leq R.$

1991 Poland - Second Round, 6

The parallelepiped contains a sphere of radius $r$ and is contained within a sphere of radius $R$. Prove that $ \frac{R}{r} \geq \sqrt{3} $.

1963 IMO, 2

Point $A$ and segment $BC$ are given. Determine the locus of points in space which are vertices of right angles with one side passing through $A$, and the other side intersecting segment $BC$.

2002 Iran Team Selection Test, 7

$S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$ are three spheres in $\mathbb R^{3}$ that their centers are not collinear. $k\leq8$ is the number of planes that touch three spheres. $A_{i},B_{i},C_{i}$ is the point that $i$-th plane touch the spheres $S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$. Let $O_{i}$ be circumcenter of $A_{i}B_{i}C_{i}$. Prove that $O_{i}$ are collinear.

2000 National High School Mathematics League, 11

A sphere is tangent to six edges of a regular tetrahedron. If the length of each edge is $a$, then the volume of the sphere is________.

2004 Moldova Team Selection Test, 2

In the tetrahedron $ABCD$ the radius of its inscribed sphere is $r$ and the radiuses of the exinscribed spheres (each tangent with a face of the tetrahedron and with the planes of the other faces) are $r_A, r_B, r_C, r_D.$ Prove the inequality $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{r_A^2-r_Ar_B+r_B^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{r_B^2-r_Br_C+r_C^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{r_C^2-r_Cr_D+r_D^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{r_D^2-r_Dr_A+r_A^2}}\leq\frac{2}{r}.$$

1974 IMO Longlists, 48

We are given $n$ mass points of equal mass in space. We define a sequence of points $O_1,O_2,O_3,\ldots $ as follows: $O_1$ is an arbitrary point (within the unit distance of at least one of the $n$ points); $O_2$ is the centre of gravity of all the $n$ given points that are inside the unit sphere centred at $O_1$;$O_3$ is the centre of gravity of all of the $n$ given points that are inside the unit sphere centred at $O_2$; etc. Prove that starting from some $m$, all points $O_m,O_{m+1},O_{m+2},\ldots$ coincide.

2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 23

Ajay is standing at point $A$ near Pontianak, Indonesia, $0^\circ$ latitude and $110^\circ \text{ E}$ longitude. Billy is standing at point $B$ near Big Baldy Mountain, Idaho, USA, $45^\circ \text{ N}$ latitude and $115^\circ \text{ W}$ longitude. Assume that Earth is a perfect sphere with center $C$. What is the degree measure of $\angle ACB$? $ \textbf{(A) }105 \qquad \textbf{(B) }112\frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C) }120 \qquad \textbf{(D) }135 \qquad \textbf{(E) }150 \qquad $

2020 AIME Problems, 6

Tags: sphere , geometry
A flat board has a circular hole with radius $1$ and a circular hole with radius $2$ such that the distance between the centers of the two holes is 7. Two spheres with equal radii sit in the two holes such that the spheres are tangent to each other. The square of the radius of the spheres is $\frac{m}n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

1987 Vietnam National Olympiad, 3

Prove that among any five distinct rays $ Ox$, $ Oy$, $ Oz$, $ Ot$, $ Or$ in space there exist two which form an angle less than or equal to $ 90^{\circ}$.

2005 Iran MO (3rd Round), 1

We call the set $A\in \mathbb R^n$ CN if and only if for every continuous $f:A\to A$ there exists some $x\in A$ such that $f(x)=x$. a) Example: We know that $A = \{ x\in\mathbb R^n | |x|\leq 1 \}$ is CN. b) The circle is not CN. Which one of these sets are CN? 1) $A=\{x\in\mathbb R^3| |x|=1\}$ 2) The cross $\{(x,y)\in\mathbb R^2|xy=0,\ |x|+|y|\leq1\}$ 3) Graph of the function $f:[0,1]\to \mathbb R$ defined by \[f(x)=\sin\frac 1x\ \mbox{if}\ x\neq0,\ f(0)=0\]

1966 IMO Longlists, 56

In a tetrahedron, all three pairs of opposite (skew) edges are mutually perpendicular. Prove that the midpoints of the six edges of the tetrahedron lie on one sphere.

2012 Online Math Open Problems, 50

In tetrahedron $SABC$, the circumcircles of faces $SAB$, $SBC$, and $SCA$ each have radius $108$. The inscribed sphere of $SABC$, centered at $I$, has radius $35.$ Additionally, $SI = 125$. Let $R$ be the largest possible value of the circumradius of face $ABC$. Given that $R$ can be expressed in the form $\sqrt{\frac{m}{n}}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$. [i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]

1986 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 440

Consider all the tetrahedrons $AXBY$, circumscribed around the sphere. Let $A$ and $B$ points be fixed. Prove that the sum of angles in the non-plane quadrangle $AXBY$ doesn't depend on points $X$ and $Y$ .

2001 IMC, 3

Find the maximum number of points on a sphere of radius $1$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that the distance between any two of these points is strictly greater than $\sqrt{2}$.