A sphere is inscribed in a cube that has a surface area of $ 24$ square meters. A second cube is then inscribed within the sphere. What is the surface area in square meters of the inner cube? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 12$

Logan is constructing a scaled model of his town. The city's water tower stands $ 40$ meters high, and the top portion is a sphere that holds $ 100,000$ liters of water. Logan's miniature water tower holds $ 0.1$ liters. How tall, in meters, should Logan make his tower? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0.04\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{0.4}{\pi}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0.4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{4}{\pi}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4$

In a solid sphere of radius $R$ the density $\rho$ is a function of $r$, the distance from the center of the sphere. If the magnitude of the gravitational force of attraction due to the sphere at any point inside the sphere is $k r^2$, where $k$ is a constant, find $\rho$ as a function of $r.$ Find also the magnitude of the force of attraction at a point outside the sphere at a distance $r$ from the center.

Let $\vec{v_1},\vec{v_2},\vec{v_3},\vec{v_4}$ and $\vec{v_5}$ be vectors in three dimensions. Show that for some $i,j$ in $1,2,3,4,5$, $\vec{v_i}\cdot \vec{v_j}\ge 0$.

The base of a regular pyramid is a regular $2n$-gon $A_1A_2...A_{2n}$. A sphere passing through the top vertex $S$ of the pyramid cuts the edge $SA_i$ at $B_i$ (for $i = 1, 2, ... , 2n$). Show that $\sum\limits_{i=1}^n SB_{2i-1} = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n SB_{2i}$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. An $n-\emph{simplex}$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ is given by $n+1$ points $P_0, P_1,\cdots , P_n$, called its vertices, which do not all belong to the same hyperplane. For every $n$-simplex $\mathcal{S}$ we denote by $v(\mathcal{S})$ the volume of $\mathcal{S}$, and we write $C(\mathcal{S})$ for the center of the unique sphere containing all the vertices of $\mathcal{S}$. Suppose that $P$ is a point inside an $n$-simplex $\mathcal{S}$. Let $\mathcal{S}_i$ be the $n$-simplex obtained from $\mathcal{S}$ by replacing its $i^{\text{th}}$ vertex by $P$. Prove that : \[ \sum_{j=0}^{n}v(\mathcal{S}_j)C(\mathcal{S}_j)=v(\mathcal{S})C(\mathcal{S}) \]

Prove that for every positive integer $n \geq 3$ there exist two sets $A =\{ x_1, x_2,\ldots, x_n\}$ and $B =\{ y_1, y_2,\ldots, y_n\}$ for which [b]i)[/b] $A \cap B = \varnothing.$ [b]ii)[/b] $x_1+ x_2+\cdots+ x_n= y_1+ y_2+\cdots+ y_n.$ [b]ii)[/b] $x_1^2+ x_2^2+\cdots+ x_n^2= y_1^2+ y_2^2+\cdots+ y_n^2.$

Consider a tetrahedron $SABC$. The incircle of the triangle $ABC$ has the center $I$ and touches its sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at the points $E$, $F$, $D$, respectively. Let $A^{\prime}$, $B^{\prime}$, $C^{\prime}$ be the points on the segments $SA$, $SB$, $SC$ such that $AA^{\prime}=AD$, $BB^{\prime}=BE$, $CC^{\prime}=CF$, and let $S^{\prime}$ be the point diametrically opposite to the point $S$ on the circumsphere of the tetrahedron $SABC$. Assume that the line $SI$ is an altitude of the tetrahedron $SABC$. Show that $S^{\prime}A^{\prime}=S^{\prime}B^{\prime}=S^{\prime}C^{\prime}$.

Consider two spheres $\Sigma_1$ and $\Sigma_2$ and a line $\Delta$ not meeting them. Let $C_i$ and $r_i$ be the center and radius of $\Sigma_i$, and let $H_i$ and $d_i$ be the orthogonal projection of $C_i$ onto $\Delta$ and the distance of $C_i$ from $\Delta~(i=1,2)$. For a point $M$ on $\Delta$, let $\delta_i(M)$ be the length of a tangent $MT_i$ to $\Sigma_i$, where $T_i\in\Sigma_i~(i=1,2)$. Find $M$ on $\Delta$ for which $\delta_1(M)+\delta_2(M)$ is minimal.

Sphere $S$ touches a plane. Let $A,B,C,D$ be four points on the plane such that no three of them are collinear. Consider the point $A'$ such that $S$ in tangent to the faces of tetrahedron $A'BCD$. Points $B',C',D'$ are defined similarly. Prove that $A',B',C',D'$ are coplanar and the plane $A'B'C'D'$ touches $S$. [i]Proposed by Alexey Zaslavsky (Russia)[/i]

In one galaxy, there exist more than one million stars. Let $M$ be the set of the distances between any $2$ of them. Prove that, in every moment, $M$ has at least $79$ members. (Suppose each star as a point.)

Given a cube of unit side. Let $A$ and $B$ be two opposite vertex. Determine the radius of the sphere, with center inside the cube, tangent to the three faces of the cube with common point $A$ and tangent to the three sides with common point $B$.

Eight spheres with radius of $1$ are put into a circular column. There are two floors, and each sphere is tangent to adjacent four spheres, one of the bottom surfaces, and the flank. Then the height of the circular column is________.

Suppose that $A$ is a finite subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ such that (a) every three distinct points in $A$ contain two points that are exactly at unit distance apart, and (b) the Euclidean norm of every point $v$ in $A$ satisfies \[\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2\vert A\vert}} \le \|v\| \le \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2\vert A\vert}}.\] Prove that the cardinality of $A$ is at most $2d+4$.

Prove that if a set $X\subset S^n$ takes up more than half a Riemannian volume of a unit sphere $S^n$, then the set of all possible geodesic segments length less than $\pi$ with endpoints in the set $X$ covers the entire sphere. Geodetic on sphere $S^n$ is a curve lying on some circle of intersection of the sphere $S^n\subset R^{n+1}$ two-dimensional linear subspace $L \subset R^{n+1}$

Logan is constructing a scaled model of his town. The city's water tower stands $ 40$ meters high, and the top portion is a sphere that holds $ 100,000$ liters of water. Logan's miniature water tower holds $ 0.1$ liters. How tall, in meters, should Logan make his tower? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0.04\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{0.4}{\pi}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0.4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{4}{\pi}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Consider five spheres with radius $10$ cm . Four of these spheres are arranged on a horizontal table so that its centers form a $20$ cm square and the fifth sphere is placed on them so that it touches the other four. What is the distance between center of this fifth sphere and the table?

We have an empty equilateral triangle with length of a side $l$. We put the triangle, horizontally, over a sphere of radius $r$. Clearly, if the triangle is small enough, the triangle is held by the sphere. Which is the distance between any vertex of the triangle and the centre of the sphere (as a function of $l$ and $r$)?

Five points are chosen uniformly and independently at random on the surface of a sphere. Next, 2 of these 5 points are randomly picked, with every pair equally likely. What is the probability that the 2 points are separated by the plane containing the other 3 points?

There is a ring outside of Saturn. In order to distinguish if the ring is actually a part of Saturn or is instead part of the satellites of Saturn, we need to know the relation between the velocity $v$ of each layer in the ring and the distance $R$ of the layer to the center of Saturn. Which of the following statements is correct? $\textbf{(A) }$ If $v \propto R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(B) }$ If $v^2 \propto R$, then the layer is part of the satellites of Saturn. $\textbf{(C) }$ If $v \propto 1/R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(D) }$ If $v^2 \propto 1/R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(E) }$ If $v \propto R^2$, then the layer is part of the satellites of Saturn.

Let $S$ be the set of interior points of a sphere and $C$ be the set of interior points of a circle. Find, with proof, whether there exists a function $f:S\rightarrow C$ such that $d(A,B)\le d(f(A),f(B))$ for any two points $A,B\in S$ where $d(X,Y)$ denotes the distance between the points $X$ and $Y$. [i]Marius Cavachi[/i]

A tetrahedron $ABCD$ has all edges of length less than $100$, and contains two nonintersecting spheres of diameter $1$. Prove that it contains a sphere of diameter $1.01$.

Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle of center $O$ in the plane $\alpha$, and let $V \notin\alpha$ be a point in space such that $V O \perp \alpha$. Let $A' \in (V A)$, $B'\in (V B)$, $C'\in (V C)$, $D'\in (V D)$ be four points, and let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of the segments $A'C'$ and $B'D'$. .Prove that $MN \parallel \alpha$ if and only if $V , A', B', C', D'$ all lie on a sphere.

(a) Prove that if the six dihedral (i.e. angles between pairs of faces) of a given tetrahedron are congruent, then the tetrahedron is regular. (b) Is a tetrahedron necessarily regular if five dihedral angles are congruent?

Let $s_1$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $8,12,\cdots$ and let $s_2$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $17,19\cdots$. Assume $n\ne 0$. Then $s_1=s_2$ for: $\text{(A)} \ \text{no value of n} \qquad \text{(B)} \ \text{one value of n} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \text{two values of n}$ $\text{(D)} \ \text{four values of n} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{more than four values of n}$