Found problems: 744
Let $a, b$ be two real numbers such that $$\sqrt[3]{a}- \sqrt[3]{b} = 10, ,\,\,\,\,\,\, ab = \left( \frac{8 - a - b}{6}\right)^3$$ Find $a - b$.
Find all values of the parameter $m$ such that the equations $x^2 = 2^{|x|} + |x| - y - m = 1 - y^2$ have only one root.
Prove that the system of equations
$
\begin{cases}
\ a^2 - b = c^2 \\
\ b^2 - a = d^2 \\
\end{cases}
$
has no integer solutions $a, b, c, d$.
Find all primes $p$, such that there exist positive integers $x$, $y$ which satisfy
$$\begin{cases}
p + 49 = 2x^2\\
p^2 + 49 = 2y^2\\
\end{cases}$$
Given pairwise different real numbers $a,b,c,d,e$ such that
$$
\left\{ \begin{array}{ll}
ab + b = ac + a, \\
bc + c = bd + b, \\
cd + d = ce + c, \\
de + e = da + d.
\end{array} \right.
$$
Prove that $abcde=1$.
Let \(x\) and \(y\) be positive real numbers satisfying the following system of equations:
\[
\begin{cases}
\sqrt{x}\left(2 + \dfrac{5}{x+y}\right) = 3 \\\\
\sqrt{y}\left(2 - \dfrac{5}{x+y}\right) = 2
\end{cases}
\]
Find the maximum value of \(x + y\).
Let $P(x_1,\dots,x_n)$ denote a polynomial with real coefficients in the variables $x_1,\dots,x_n,$ and suppose that
(a) $\left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_1^2}+\cdots+\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_n^2} \right)P(x_1,\dots,x_n)=0$ (identically)
and that
(b) $x_1^2+\cdots+x_n^2$ divides $P(x_1,\dots,x_n).$
Show that $P=0$ identically.
Determine all $4$-tuples $(a,b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers satisfying $a + b +c + d = 1$ and
$\max (\frac{a^2}{b},\frac{b^2}{a}) \cdot \max (\frac{c^2}{d},\frac{d^2}{c}) = (\min (a + b, c + d))^4$
Suppose that real numbers $x,y$ and $z$ satisfy the following equations:
\begin{align*}
x+\frac{y}{z} &=2,\\
y+\frac{z}{x} &=2,\\
z+\frac{x}{y} &=2.
\end{align*}
Show that $s=x+y+z$ must be equal to $3$ or $7$.
[i]Note:[/i] It is not required to show the existence of such numbers $x,y,z$.
For the system of equations $x^2 + x^2y^2 + x^2y^4 = 525$ and $x + xy + xy^2 = 35$, the sum of the real $y$ values that satisfy the equations is
$ \mathrm{(A) \ } 2 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \frac{5}{2} \qquad \mathrm {(C) \ } 5 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 20 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{55}{2}$
Solve the system of equations $\begin{cases} x^3+y = x^2+1\\
2y^3+z=2y^2+1 \\
3z^3+x=3z^2+1 \end{cases}$
Three players $A,B$ and $C$ play a game with three cards and on each of these $3$ cards it is written a positive integer, all $3$ numbers are different. A game consists of shuffling the cards, giving each player a card and each player is attributed a number of points equal to the number written on the card and then they give the cards back. After a number $(\geq 2)$ of games we find out that A has $20$ points, $B$ has $10$ points and $C$ has $9$ points. We also know that in the last game B had the card with the biggest number. Who had in the first game the card with the second value (this means the middle card concerning its value).
Let $a,b,x,y$ be positive numbers with $a+b+x+y < 2$. Given that $$\begin{cases} a+b^2 = x+y^2 \\ a^2 +b = x^2 +y\end {cases} $$ show that $a = x$ and $b = y$
Determine all integer solutions to the system of equations:
\begin{align*}
xy + yz + zx &= -4 \\
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 &= 24 \\
x^{3} + y^3 + z^3 + 3xyz &= 16
\end{align*}
Solve the system
$$\begin{cases} x+\log\left(x+\sqrt{x^2+1}\right)=y \\
y+\log\left(y+\sqrt{y^2+1}\right)=z \\
z+\log\left(z+\sqrt{z^2+1}\right)=x \end{cases}$$
Two convex polygons have a total of 33 sides and 243 diagonals. Find the number of diagonals in the polygon with the greater number of sides.
Solve the system of equations for variables $x,y$, where $\{a,b\}\in\mathbb{R}$ are constants and $a\neq 0$.
\[x^2 + xy = a^2 + ab\] \[y^2 + xy = a^2 - ab\]
Find all triplets $(x, y, z)$ of real numbers for which
$$\begin{cases}x^2- yz = |y-z| +1 \\ y^2 - zx = |z-x| +1 \\ z^2 -xy = |x-y| + 1 \end{cases}$$
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]
How many ordered triples $(x,y,z)$ of integers satisfy the system of equations below?
\[ \begin{array}{l} x^2-3xy+2yz-z^2=31 \\ -x^2+6yz+2z^2=44 \\ x^2+xy+8z^2=100\\ \end{array} \]
$\text{(A)} \ 0 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 1 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 2 \qquad \text{(D)} \ \text{a finite number greater than 2} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{infinately many}$
Determine all positive real solutions of the following system of equations:
$$a =\ max \{ \frac{1}{b} , \frac{1}{c}\} \,\,\,\,\,\, b = \max \{ \frac{1}{c} , \frac{1}{d}\} \,\,\,\,\,\, c = \max \{ \frac{1}{d}, \frac{1}{e}\} $$
$$d = \max \{ \frac{1}{e} , \frac{1}{f }\} \,\,\,\,\,\, e = \max \{ \frac{1}{f} , \frac{1}{a}\} \,\,\,\,\,\, f = \max \{ \frac{1}{a} , \frac{1}{b}\}$$
Solve the following system
\[
\left\{ \begin{array}{l}
xyzu-x^3=9 \\
x+yz=\dfrac{3}{2}u \\
\end{array} \right.
\]
in positive integers $x$, $y$, $z$ and $u$.
As shown in the figure, triangle $ABC$ is divided into six smaller triangles by lines drawn from the vertices through a common interior point. The areas of four of these triangles are as indicated. Find the area of triangle $ABC$.
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draw(F--C--A--B--C^^A--D^^B--E);
label("$A$", A, SW);
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label("$C$", C, N);
label("84", centroid(H, C, E), fontsize(9.5));
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A difficult mathematical competition consisted of a Part I and a Part II with a combined total of $28$ problems. Each contestant solved $7$ problems altogether. For each pair of problems, there were exactly two contestants who solved both of them. Prove that there was a contestant who, in Part I, solved either no problems or at least four problems.
Solve the equations:
\[\left\{ \begin{array}{l}
x_1 + 2 x_2 + 3 x_3 + \cdots + (n-1) x_{n-1} + n x_n = n \\
2 x_1 + 3 x_2 + 4 x_3 + \cdots + n x_{n-1} + x_n = n-1 \\
3 x_1 + 4 x_2 + 5 x_3 + \cdots + x_{n-1} + 2 x_n = n-2 \\
\cdots \cdots \cdots \cdots\cdot\cdots \cdots \cdots \cdots\cdot\cdots \cdots \cdots \cdots\cdot \\
(n-1) x_1 + n x_2 + x_3 + \cdots + (n-3) x_{n-1} + (n-2) x_n = 2 \\
n x_1 + x_2 + 2 x_3 + \cdots + (n-2) x_{n-1} + (n-1) x_n = 1
\end{array} \right.
\]