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2010 Princeton University Math Competition, 8

The expression $\sin2^\circ\sin4^\circ\sin6^\circ\cdots\sin90^\circ$ is equal to $p\sqrt{5}/2^{50}$, where $p$ is an integer. Find $p$.

2015 AMC 10, 10

How many rearrangements of $abcd$ are there in which no two adjacent letters are also adjacent letters in the alphabet? For example, no such rearrangements could include either $ab$ or $ba$. $ \textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }4 $

1999 AMC 8, 23

Tags: geometry , symmetry
Square $ABCD$ has sides of length 3. Segments $CM$ and $CN$ divide the square's area into three equal parts. How long is segment $CM$ ? [asy] pair A,B,C,D,M,N; A = (0,0); B = (0,3); C = (3,3); D = (3,0); M = (0,1); N = (1,0); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(M--C--N); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$M$",M,W); label("$B$",B,NW); label("$C$",C,NE); label("$D$",D,SE); label("$N$",N,S);[/asy] $ \text{(A)}\ \sqrt{10}\qquad\text{(B)}\ \sqrt{12}\qquad\text{(C)}\ \sqrt{13}\qquad\text{(D)}\ \sqrt{14}\qquad\text{(E)}\ \sqrt{15} $

1997 AIME Problems, 10

Every card in a deck has a picture of one shape - circle, square, or triangle, which is painted in one of the three colors - red, blue, or green. Furthermore, each color is applied in one of three shades - light, medium, or dark. The deck has 27 cards, with every shape-color-shade combination represented. A set of three cards from the deck is called complementary if all of the following statements are true: i. Either each of the three cards has a different shape or all three of the card have the same shape. ii. Either each of the three cards has a different color or all three of the cards have the same color. iii. Either each of the three cards has a different shade or all three of the cards have the same shade. How many different complementary three-card sets are there?

2000 Belarus Team Selection Test, 7.3

A game is played by $n$ girls ($n \geq 2$), everybody having a ball. Each of the $\binom{n}{2}$ pairs of players, is an arbitrary order, exchange the balls they have at the moment. The game is called nice [b]nice[/b] if at the end nobody has her own ball and it is called [b]tiresome[/b] if at the end everybody has her initial ball. Determine the values of $n$ for which there exists a nice game and those for which there exists a tiresome game.

2019 Serbia National Math Olympiad, 4

For a $\triangle ABC$ , let $A_1$ be the symmetric point of the intersection of angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ and $BC$ , where center of the symmetry is the midpoint of side $BC$, In the same way we define $B_1 $ ( on $AC$ ) and $C_1$ (on $AB$). Intersection of circumcircle of $\triangle A_1B_1C_1$ and line $AB$ is the set $\{Z,C_1 \}$, with $BC$ is the set $\{X,A_1\}$ and with $CA$ is the set $\{Y,B_1\}$. If the perpendicular lines from $X,Y,Z$ on $BC,CA$ and $ AB$ , respectively are concurrent , prove that $\triangle ABC$ is isosceles.

2013 Dutch IMO TST, 5

Let $ABCDEF$ be a cyclic hexagon satisfying $AB\perp BD$ and $BC=EF$.Let $P$ be the intersection of lines $BC$ and $AD$ and let $Q$ be the intersection of lines $EF$ and $AD$.Assume that $P$ and $Q$ are on the same side of $D$ and $A$ is on the opposite side.Let $S$ be the midpoint of $AD$.Let $K$ and $L$ be the incentres of $\triangle BPS$ and $\triangle EQS$ respectively.Prove that $\angle KDL=90^0$.

2006 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 1

[b]Problem 1.[/b] Points $D$ and $E$ are chosen on the sides $AB$ and $AC$, respectively, of a triangle $\triangle ABC$ such that $DE\parallel BC$. The circumcircle $k$ of triangle $\triangle ADE$ intersects the lines $BE$ and $CD$ at the points $M$ and $N$ (different from $E$ and $D$). The lines $AM$ and $AN$ intersect the side $BC$ at points $P$ and $Q$ such that $BC=2\cdot PQ$ and the point $P$ lies between $B$ and $Q$. Prove that the circle $k$ passes through the point of intersection of the side $BC$ and the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$. [i]Nikolai Nikolov[/i]

2013 ELMO Shortlist, 10

Let $AB=AC$ in $\triangle ABC$, and let $D$ be a point on segment $AB$. The tangent at $D$ to the circumcircle $\omega$ of $BCD$ hits $AC$ at $E$. The other tangent from $E$ to $\omega$ touches it at $F$, and $G=BF \cap CD$, $H=AG \cap BC$. Prove that $BH=2HC$. [i]Proposed by David Stoner[/i]

1991 Arnold's Trivium, 100

Find the mathematical expectation of the area of the projection of a cube with edge of length $1$ onto a plane with an isotropically distributed random direction of projection.

1976 IMO Longlists, 46

Let $ a,b,c,d$ be nonnegative real numbers. Prove that \[ a^4\plus{}b^4\plus{}c^4\plus{}d^4\plus{}2abcd \ge a^2b^2\plus{}a^2c^2\plus{}a^2d^2\plus{}b^2c^2\plus{}b^2d^2\plus{}c^2d^2.\]

2002 Romania Team Selection Test, 1

Let $ABCDE$ be a cyclic pentagon inscribed in a circle of centre $O$ which has angles $\angle B=120^{\circ},\angle C=120^{\circ},$ $\angle D=130^{\circ},\angle E=100^{\circ}$. Show that the diagonals $BD$ and $CE$ meet at a point belonging to the diameter $AO$. [i]Dinu Șerbănescu[/i]

2007 Princeton University Math Competition, 7

Tags: symmetry
Positive reals $p$ and $q$ are such that the graph of $y = x^2 - 2px + q$ does not intersect the $x$-axis. Find $q$ if there is a unique pair of points $A, B$ on the graph with $AB$ parallel to the $x$-axis and $\angle AOB = \frac{\pi}{2}$, where $O$ is the origin.

1987 China Team Selection Test, 1

Given a convex figure in the Cartesian plane that is symmetric with respect of both axis, we construct a rectangle $A$ inside it with maximum area (over all posible rectangles). Then we enlarge it with center in the center of the rectangle and ratio lamda such that is covers the convex figure. Find the smallest lamda such that it works for all convex figures.

JBMO Geometry Collection, 2004

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC=BC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of its side $AC$, and let $Z$ be the line through $C$ perpendicular to $AB$. The circle through the points $B$, $C$, and $M$ intersects the line $Z$ at the points $C$ and $Q$. Find the radius of the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$ in terms of $m = CQ$.

1989 Putnam, B1

A dart, thrown at random, hits a square target. Assuming that any two parts of the target of equal area are equall likely to be hit, find the probability that hte point hit is nearer to the center than any edge.

1998 Romania Team Selection Test, 1

A word of length $n$ is an ordered sequence $x_1x_2\ldots x_n$ where $x_i$ is a letter from the set $\{ a,b,c \}$. Denote by $A_n$ the set of words of length $n$ which do not contain any block $x_ix_{i+1}, i=1,2,\ldots ,n-1,$ of the form $aa$ or $bb$ and by $B_n$ the set of words of length $n$ in which none of the subsequences $x_ix_{i+1}x_{i+2}, i=1,2,\ldots n-2,$ contains all the letters $a,b,c$. Prove that $|B_{n+1}|=3|A_n|$. [i]Vasile Pop[/i]

2005 JBMO Shortlist, 6

Let $C_1,C_2$ be two circles intersecting at points $A,P$ with centers $O,K$ respectively. Let $B,C$ be the symmetric of $A$ wrt $O,K$ in circles $C_1,C_2 $ respectively. A random line passing through $A$ intersects circles $C_1,C_2$ at $D,E$ respectively. Prove that the center of circumcircle of triangle $DEP$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $OKP$.

2001 Putnam, 4

Triangle $ABC$ has area $1$. Points $E$, $F$, and $G$ lie, respectively, on sides $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$ such that $AE$ bisects $BF$ at point $R$, $BF$ bisects $CG$ at point $S$, and $CG$ bisects $AE$ at point $T$. Find the area of the triangle $RST$.

2010 Contests, 1

A finite set of integers is called [i]bad[/i] if its elements add up to $2010$. A finite set of integers is a [i]Benelux-set[/i] if none of its subsets is bad. Determine the smallest positive integer $n$ such that the set $\{502, 503, 504, . . . , 2009\}$ can be partitioned into $n$ Benelux-sets. (A partition of a set $S$ into $n$ subsets is a collection of $n$ pairwise disjoint subsets of $S$, the union of which equals $S$.) [i](2nd Benelux Mathematical Olympiad 2010, Problem 1)[/i]

1985 IMO Shortlist, 12

A sequence of polynomials $P_m(x, y, z), m = 0, 1, 2, \cdots$, in $x, y$, and $z$ is defined by $P_0(x, y, z) = 1$ and by \[P_m(x, y, z) = (x + z)(y + z)P_{m-1}(x, y, z + 1) - z^2P_{m-1}(x, y, z)\] for $m > 0$. Prove that each $P_m(x, y, z)$ is symmetric, in other words, is unaltered by any permutation of $x, y, z.$

2008 National Olympiad First Round, 12

In how many ways a cube can be painted using seven different colors in such a way that no two faces are in same color? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 154 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 203 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 210 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 240 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the above} $

2006 Kyiv Mathematical Festival, 1

Tags: symmetry
See all the problems from 5-th Kyiv math festival [url=http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=506789#p506789]here[/url] Squirrels $A$ and $B$ have $360$ nuts. $A$ divides these nuts into five non-empty heaps and $B$ chooses three heaps. If the total number of nuts in these heaps is divisible by the total number of nuts in other two heaps then $A$ wins. Otherwise $B$ wins. Which of the squirrels has a winning strategy?

2005 AMC 12/AHSME, 7

Square $ EFGH$ is inside the square $ ABCD$ so that each side of $ EFGH$ can be extended to pass through a vertex of $ ABCD$. Square $ ABCD$ has side length $ \sqrt {50}$ and $ BE \equal{} 1$. What is the area of the inner square $ EFGH$? [asy]unitsize(4cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); pair D=(0,0), C=(1,0), B=(1,1), A=(0,1); pair F=intersectionpoints(Circle(D,2/sqrt(5)),Circle(A,1))[0]; pair G=foot(A,D,F), H=foot(B,A,G), E=foot(C,B,H); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(D--F); draw(C--E); draw(B--H); draw(A--G); label("$A$",A,NW); label("$B$",B,NE); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$D$",D,SW); label("$E$",E,NNW); label("$F$",F,ENE); label("$G$",G,SSE); label("$H$",H,WSW);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 25\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 40\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 42$

2014 AIME Problems, 11

A token starts at the point $(0,0)$ of an $xy$-coordinate grid and them makes a sequence of six moves. Each move is $1$ unit in a direction parallel to one of the coordinate axes. Each move is selected randomly from the four possible directions and independently of the other moves. The probability the token ends at a point on the graph of $|y|=|x|$ is $\tfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.