Prove that there are no real numbers $ a, b, c $, $ x_1, x_2, x_3 $ such that for every real number $ x $ $$ ax^2 + bx + c = a(x - x_2)(x - x_3) $$ $$bx^2 + cx + a = b(x - x_3) (x - x_1)$$ $$cx^2 + ax + b = c(x - x_1) (x - x_2)$$ and $ x_1 \neq x_2 $, $ x_2 \neq x_3 $, $ x_3 \neq x_1 $, $ abc \neq 0 $.

The system of equations \begin{eqnarray*}\log_{10}(2000xy) - (\log_{10}x)(\log_{10}y) & = & 4 \\ \log_{10}(2yz) - (\log_{10}y)(\log_{10}z) & = & 1 \\ \log_{10}(zx) - (\log_{10}z)(\log_{10}x) & = & 0 \\ \end{eqnarray*} has two solutions $ (x_{1},y_{1},z_{1})$ and $ (x_{2},y_{2},z_{2}).$ Find $ y_{1} + y_{2}.$

In a mathematical contest, three problems, $A,B,C$ were posed. Among the participants ther were 25 students who solved at least one problem each. Of all the contestants who did not solve problem $A$, the number who solved $B$ was twice the number who solved $C$. The number of students who solved only problem $A$ was one more than the number of students who solved $A$ and at least one other problem. Of all students who solved just one problem, half did not solve problem $A$. How many students solved only problem $B$?

In a certain city, age is reckoned in terms of real numbers rather than integers. Every two citizens $x$ and $x'$ either know each other or do not know each other. Moreover, if they do not, then there exists a chain of citizens $x = x_0, x_1, \ldots, x_n = x'$ for some integer $n \geq 2$ such that $ x_{i-1}$ and $x_i$ know each other. In a census, all male citizens declare their ages, and there is at least one male citizen. Each female citizen provides only the information that her age is the average of the ages of all the citizens she knows. Prove that this is enough to determine uniquely the ages of all the female citizens.

Let $d$ be any positive integer not equal to $2, 5$ or $13$. Show that one can find distinct $a,b$ in the set $\{2,5,13,d\}$ such that $ab-1$ is not a perfect square.

The vertices of a $ 3 \minus{} 4 \minus{} 5$ right triangle are the centers of three mutually externally tangent circles, as shown. What is the sum of the areas of the three circles? [asy]unitsize(5mm); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); pair B=(0,0), C=(5,0); pair A=intersectionpoints(Circle(B,3),Circle(C,4))[0]; draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(Circle(C,3)); draw(Circle(A,1)); draw(Circle(B,2)); label("$A$",A,N); label("$B$",B,W); label("$C$",C,E); label("3",midpoint(B--A),NW); label("4",midpoint(A--C),NE); label("5",midpoint(B--C),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A) } 12\pi\qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac {25\pi}{2}\qquad \textbf{(C) } 13\pi\qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac {27\pi}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E) } 14\pi$

Solve the system of equations: $ \sqrt {3x}(1 \plus{} \frac {1}{x \plus{} y}) \equal{} 2$ $ \sqrt {7y}(1 \minus{} \frac {1}{x \plus{} y}) \equal{} 4\sqrt {2}$

$C$ is the circle center $(0,1)$, radius $1$. $P$ is the parabola $y = ax^2$. They meet at $(0, 0)$. For what values of $a$ do they meet at another point or points?

Let $ \,n > 6\,$ be an integer and $ \,a_{1},a_{2},\cdots ,a_{k}\,$ be all the natural numbers less than $ n$ and relatively prime to $ n$. If \[ a_{2} \minus{} a_{1} \equal{} a_{3} \minus{} a_{2} \equal{} \cdots \equal{} a_{k} \minus{} a_{k \minus{} 1} > 0, \] prove that $ \,n\,$ must be either a prime number or a power of $ \,2$.

Find all triples of reals $(a, b, c)$ such that $$a - \frac{1}{b}=b - \frac{1}{c}=c - \frac{1}{a}.$$

Determine all functionf $f : \mathbb{R} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) - c \sin{x} \sin{y} \] for all reals $x,y$ where $c> 1$ is a given constant.

Find all solutions $(x,y,z)$ to the system $$\begin{cases}(x^2 - 6x + 13)y = 20 \\ (y^2 - 6y + 13)z = 20 \\ (z^2 - 6z + 13)x = 20 \end{cases}$$

Find all real numbers $a, b, c$ that satisfy $$ 2a - b =a^2b, \qquad 2b-c = b^2 c, \qquad 2c-a= c^2 a.$$

Show that there are two real solutions to: $$\begin{cases} x + y^2 + z^4 = 0 \\ y + z^2 + x^4 = 0 \\ z + x^2 + y^5 = 0\end {cases}$$

Find the total number of solutions to the following system of equations: $ \{\begin{array}{l} a^2 + bc\equiv a \pmod{37} \\ b(a + d)\equiv b \pmod{37} \\ c(a + d)\equiv c \pmod{37} \\ bc + d^2\equiv d \pmod{37} \\ ad - bc\equiv 1 \pmod{37} \end{array}$

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Solve the system of equations \begin{align*}x_{1}+2x_{2}+\cdots+nx_{n}&= \frac{n(n+1)}{2}\\ x_{1}+x_{2}^{2}+\cdots+x_{n}^{n}&= n\end{align*} for $n$-tuples $(x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{n})$ of nonnegative real numbers.

Prove that there are no rational numbers $x,y,z$ with $x+y+z=0$ and $x^2+y^2+z^2=100$.

Find $x+y+z$ when $$a_1x+a_2y+a_3z= a$$$$b_1x+b_2y+b_3z=b$$$$c_1x+c_2y+c_3z=c$$ Given that $$a_1\left(b_2c_3-b_3c_2\right)-a_2\left(b_1c_3-b_3c_1\right)+a_3\left(b_1c_2-b_2c_1\right)=9$$$$a\left(b_2c_3-b_3c_2\right)-a_2\left(bc_3-b_3c\right)+a_3\left(bc_2-b_2c\right)=17$$$$a_1\left(bc_3-b_3c\right)-a\left(b_1c_3-b_3c_1\right)+a_3\left(b_1c-bc_1\right)=-8$$$$a_1\left(b_2c-bc_2\right)-a_2\left(b_1c-bc_1\right)+a\left(b_1c_2-b_2c_1\right)=7.$$ [i]2017 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #5.1[/i]

Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a polynomial $f(x)$ with real coefficients, with the following properties: (1) for each integer $k$, the number $f(k)$ is an integer if and only if $k$ is not divisible by $n$; (2) the degree of $f$ is less than $n$. [i](Hungary) Géza Kós[/i]

Find all solutions of the system $\sqrt[3]{\frac{yz^4}{x^2}}+2wx=0 $ $\sqrt[3]{\frac{xz^4}{y}}+5wy=0 $ $\sqrt[3]{\frac{xy}{x}}+7wz^{-1/3}=0$ $x^{12}+\frac{125}{4}y^5+\frac{343}{2}z^4=16$ where $x, y, z \ge 0$ and $w \in R$ [hide=PS] I attached the system, in case I have any typos[/hide]

Find the triple of positive integers $(x,y,z)$ with $z$ least possible for which there are positive integers $a, b, c, d$ with the following properties: (i) $x^y = a^b = c^d$ and $x > a > c$ (ii) $z = ab = cd$ (iii) $x + y = a + b$.

Do there exist positive integers $a,b,c$ and $d$ such that $$\begin{cases} \dfrac{a}{b} + \dfrac{c}{d} = 1\\ \\ \dfrac{a}{d} + \dfrac{c}{b} = 2008\end{cases}$$ ?

(a) If $c(a^3+b^3) = a(b^3+c^3) = b(c^3+a^3)$ with $a, b, c$ positive real numbers, does $a = b = c$ necessarily hold? (b) If $a(a^3+b^3) = b(b^3+c^3) = c(c^3+a^3)$ with $a, b, c$ positive real numbers, does $a = b = c$ necessarily hold?

Find the number of $7$-tuples of positive integers $(a,b,c,d,e,f,g)$ that satisfy the following systems of equations: \begin{align*} abc&=70,\\ cde&=71,\\ efg&=72. \end{align*}

Given a positive integer number $a$ and two real numbers $A$ and $B$, find a necessary and sufficient condition on $A$ and $B$ for the following system of equations to have integer solution: \[ \left\{\begin{array}{cc} x^2+y^2+z^2=(Ba)^2\\ x^2(Ax^2+By^2)+y^2(Ay^2+Bz^2)+z^2(Az^2+Bx^2)=\dfrac{1}{4}(2A+B)(Ba)^4\end{array}\right. \]