Found problems: 467
Is it possible to place within a square an equilateral triangle whose area is larger than $9/ 20$ of the area of the square?
Let $ABCD$ be a square. Let $P$ be a point on the semicircle of diameter $AB$ outside the square. Let $M$ and $N$ be the intersections of $PD$ and $PC$ with $AB$, respectively. Prove that $MN^2 = AM \cdot BN$.
Determine the least real number $a > 1$ such that for any point $P$ in the interior of a square $ABCD$, the ratio of the areas of some two triangle $PAB, PBC, PCD, PDA$ lies in the interval $[1/a, a]$.
Let $ABCD$ be a square of side $a$. On side $AD$ consider points $E$ and $Z$ such that $DE=a/3$ and $AZ=a/4$. If the lines $BZ$ and $CE$ intersect at point $H$, calculate the area of the triangle $BCH$ in terms of $a$.
In the square $ABCD$ of side length $2$ the point $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$ and $P$ a point on $DC$. Determine the smallest value of $AP+PM$.
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Outside the square $ABCD$, the rhombus $BCMN$ is constructed with angle $BCM$ obtuse . Let $P$ be the intersection point of the lines $BM$ and $AN$ . Prove that $DM \perp CP$ and the triangle $DPM$ is right isosceles .
Let $ABCD$ be a square, point $E$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$. The point $F$ belongs to the side $AB$, and $DE \perp EF$. The point $G$ lies inside the square, and $GF = FE$ and $GF \perp FE$. Prove that:
a) $DE$ is the bisector of the $\angle FDC$
b) $FG$ is the bisector of the $\angle AFD$
c) the point $G$ is the center of the circle inscribed in the triangle $ADF$.
(Ercole Suppa, Italy)
One square is inscribed in a circle, and another square is circumscribed around the same circle so that its vertices lie on the extensions of the sides of the first (see figure). Find the angle between the sides of these squares.
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Two squares, both with side length $1$, are arranged so that one has one vertex in the center of the other. Determine the area of the gray area.
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Square $ABCD$ has side length $1$. Point $P$, $Q$, $R$, and $S$ each lie on a side of $ABCD$ such that $APQCRS$ is an equilateral convex hexagon with side length $s$. What is $s$?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2-\sqrt{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) } 1-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{2}{3}$
$ABCD$ is any convex quadrilateral. Squares center $E, F, G, H$ are constructed on the outside of the edges $AB, BC, CD$ and $DA$ respectively. Show that $EG$ and $FH$ are equal and perpendicular.
A point $O$ is chosen inside the square $ABCD$. The square $A'B'C'D'$ is the image of the square $ABCD$ under the homothety with center at point $O$ and coefficient $k> 1$ (points $A', B', C', D' $ are images of points $A, B, C, D$ respectively). Prove that the sum of the areas of the quadrilaterals $A'ABB'$ and $C'CDD'$ is equal to the sum of the areas quadrilaterals $B'BCC'$ and $D'DAA'$.
The square $ABCD$ has to be decomposed into $n$ triangles (which are not overlapping) and which have all angles acute. Find the smallest integer $n$ for which there exist a solution of that problem and for such $n$ construct at least one decomposition. Answer whether it is possible to ask moreover that (at least) one of these triangles has the perimeter less than an arbitrarily given positive number.
Let $K$ and $K'$ be two squares in the same plane, their sides of equal length. Is it possible to decompose $K$ into a finite number of triangles $T_1, T_2, \ldots, T_p$ with mutually disjoint interiors and find translations $t_1, t_2, \ldots, t_p$ such that
\[K'=\bigcup_{i=1}^{p} t_i(T_i) \ ? \]
The sides of a $10$ by $10$ square $ABCD$ are reflective on the inside. A beam of light enters the square via the vertex $A$ and heads to the point $P$ on $CD$ with $CP = 3$ and $PD = 7$. In $P$ it naturally reflects on the $CD$ side. The light beam can only leave the square via one of the angular points $A, B, C$ or $D$.
What is the distance that the light beam travels within the square before it leaves the square again?
By which vertex does that happen?
We consider an $n \times n$ ($n \in N, n \ge 2$) square divided into $n^2$ unit squares. Determine all the values of $k \in N$ for which we can write a real number in each of the unit squares such that the sum of the $n^2$ numbers is a positive number, while the sum of the numbers from the unit squares of any $k \times k$ square is a negative number.
Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of all positive integers and $S=\left\{(a, b, c, d) \in \mathbb{N}^4: a^2+b^2+c^2=d^2\right\}$. Find the largest positive integer $m$ such that $m$ divides abcd for all $(a, b, c, d) \in S$.
Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with $AB\ge BC$ Point $M$ is located on the side $(AD)$, and the perpendicular bisector of $[MC]$ intersects the line $BC$ at the point $N$. Let ${Q} =MN\cup AB$ . Knowing that $\angle MQA= 2\cdot \angle BCQ $, show that the quadrilateral $ABCD$ is a square.
Cut a square into eight acute-angled triangles.
Let $ABCD$ be a square. The points $N$ and $P$ are chosen on the sides $AB$ and $AD$ respectively, such that $NP=NC$. The point $Q$ on the segment $AN$ is such that that $\angle QPN=\angle NCB$. Prove that $\angle BCQ=\frac{1}{2}\angle AQP$.
A circle $K_1$ of radius $r_1 = 1\slash 2$ is inscribed in a semi-circle $H$ with diameter $AB$ and radius $1.$ A sequence of different circles $K_2, K_3, \ldots$ with radii $r_2, r_3, \ldots$ respectively are drawn so that for each $n\geq 1$, the circle $K_{n+1}$ is tangent to $H$, $K_n$ and $AB.$ Prove that $a_n = 1\slash r_n$ is an integer for each $n$, and that it is a perfect square for $n$ even and twice a perfect square for $n$ odd.
To obtain a square $P$ of side length $2$ cm divided into $4$ unit squares it is sufficient to draw $3$ squares:
$P$ and another $2$ unit squares with a common vertex, as shown below:
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Find the minimum number of squares sufficient to obtain a square.of side length $n$ cm divided into $n^2$ unit squares ($n \ge 3$ is an integer).
Find all quadrilaterals which can be covered (without overlappings) with squares with side $ 1$ and equilateral triangles with side $ 1$.
(Emanuele Tron)
On a sheet divided into squares, each square measuring $2cm$, two circles are drawn such that both circles are inscribed in a square as in the figure below. Determine the minimum distance between the two circles.
Let $ABCD$ be a square of side paper $10$ and $P$ a point on side $BC$. By folding the paper along the $AP$ line, point $B$ determines the point $Q$, as seen in the figure. The line $PQ$ cuts the side $CD$ at $R$. Calculate the perimeter of the triangle $ PCR$
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