Found problems: 85335
2021 BMT, 5
Bill divides a $28 \times 30$ rectangular board into two smaller rectangular boards with a single straightcut, so that the side lengths of both boards are positive whole numbers. How many different pairs of rectangular boards, up to congruence and arrangement, can Bill possibly obtain? (For instance, a cut that is $1$ unit away from either of the edges with length $28$ will result in the same pair of boards: either way, one would end up with a $1 \times 28$ board and a $29 \times 28$ board.)
2000 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 7
Find $ [\sqrt{19992000}]$ where $ [x]$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $ x$.
2025 VJIMC, 1
Let $a\geq 2$ be an integer. Prove that there exists a positive integer $b$ with the following property: For each positive integer $n$, there is a prime number $p$ (possibly depending on $a,b,n$) such that $a^n + b$ is divisible by $p$, but not divisible by $p^2$.
2010 National Chemistry Olympiad, 2
A flame test was performed to confirm the identity of a metal ion in solution. The result was a green flame. Which of the following metal ions is indicated?
${ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{copper} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{sodium} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{strontium} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{zinc} } $
2007 ITest, 41
The sequence of digits \[123456789101112131415161718192021\ldots\] is obtained by writing the positive integers in order. If the $10^n$th digit in this sequence occurs in the part of the sequence in which the $m$-digit numbers are placed, define $f(n)$ to be $m$. For example, $f(2) = 2$ because the $100^{\text{th}}$ digit enters the sequence in the placement of the two-digit integer $55$. Find the value of $f(2007)$.
2010 ISI B.Math Entrance Exam, 2
In the accompanying figure , $y=f(x)$ is the graph of a one-to-one continuous function $f$ . At each point $P$ on the graph of $y=2x^2$ , assume that the areas $OAP$ and $OBP$ are equal . Here $PA,PB$ are the horizontal and vertical segments . Determine the function $f$.
[asy]
Label f;
xaxis(0,60,blue);
yaxis(0,60,blue);
real f(real x)
{
return (x^2)/60;
}
draw(graph(f,0,53),red);
label("$y=x^2$",(30,15),E);
real f(real x)
{
return (x^2)/25;
}
draw(graph(f,0,38),red);
label("$y=2x^2$",(37,37^2/25),E);
real f(real x)
{
return (x^2)/10;
}
draw(graph(f,0,25),red);
label("$y=f(x)$",(24,576/10),W);
label("$O(0,0)$",(0,0),S);
dot((20,400/25));
dot((20,400/60));
label("$P$",(20,400/25),E);
label("$B$",(20,400/60),SE);
dot(((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25));
label("$A$",((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25),W);
draw((20,400/25)..((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25));
draw((20,400/25)..(20,400/60));
[/asy]
2004 Estonia Team Selection Test, 6
Call a convex polyhedron a [i]footballoid [/i] if it has the following properties.
(1) Any face is either a regular pentagon or a regular hexagon.
(2) All neighbours of a pentagonal face are hexagonal (a [i]neighbour [/i] of a face is a face that has a common edge with it).
Find all possibilities for the number of pentagonal and hexagonal faces of a footballoid.
1978 Kurschak Competition, 2
The vertices of a convex $n$-gon are colored so that adjacent vertices have different colors. Prove that if $n$ is odd, then the polygon can be divided into triangles with non-intersecting diagonals such that no diagonal has its endpoints the same color.
1995 AMC 8, 3
Which of the following operations has the same effect on a number as multiplying by $\dfrac{3}{4}$ and then dividing by $\dfrac{3}{5}$?
$\text{(A)}\ \text{dividing by }\dfrac{4}{3} \qquad \text{(B)}\ \text{dividing by }\dfrac{9}{20} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \text{multiplying by }\dfrac{9}{20} \qquad \text{(D)}\ \text{dividing by }\dfrac{5}{4} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \text{multiplying by }\dfrac{5}{4}$
2009 Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, 12
Find all non-negative integer solutions of the equation
\[ 2^x\plus{}2009\equal{}3^y5^z.\]
2013 Bosnia Herzegovina Team Selection Test, 4
Find all primes $p,q$ such that $p$ divides $30q-1$ and $q$ divides $30p-1$.
1950 AMC 12/AHSME, 46
In triangle $ABC$, $AB=12$, $AC=7$, and $BC=10$. If sides $AB$ and $AC$ are doubled while $BC$ remains the same, then:
$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{The area is doubled} \qquad\\
\textbf{(B)}\ \text{The altitude is doubled} \qquad\\
\textbf{(C)}\ \text{The area is four times the original area} \qquad\\
\textbf{(D)}\ \text{The median is unchanged} \qquad\\
\textbf{(E)}\ \text{The area of the triangle is 0}$
2013 Miklós Schweitzer, 9
Prove that there is a function ${f: (0,\infty) \rightarrow (0,\infty)}$ which is nowhere continuous and for all ${x,y \in (0,\infty)}$ and any rational ${\alpha}$ we have
\[ \displaystyle f\left( \left(\frac{x^\alpha+y^\alpha}{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}\right)\leq \left(\frac{f(x)^\alpha +f(y)^\alpha }{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}. \]
Is there such a function if instead the above relation holds for every ${x,y \in (0,\infty)}$ and for every irrational ${\alpha}?$
[i]Proposed by Maksa Gyula and Zsolt Páles[/i]
2021 BMT, 17
Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has circumcenter $O$ and orthocenter $H$. Let $D$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$, and suppose $AD = 12$. If $BD = \frac14 BC$ and $OH \parallel BC$, compute $AB^2$.
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2022 Brazil Undergrad MO, 1
Let $0<a<1$. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ continuous at $x = 0$ such that $f(x) + f(ax) = x,\, \forall x \in \mathbb{R}$
2016 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 2
a,b,c>0 and $abc\ge 1$.Prove that:
$\dfrac{1}{a^3+2b^3+6}+\dfrac{1}{b^3+2c^3+6}+\dfrac{1}{c^3+2a^3+6} \le \dfrac{1}{3}$
2019 PUMaC Algebra B, 1
Let $a,b$ be positive integers such that $a+b=10$. Let $\tfrac{p}{q}$ be the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of $\tfrac{1}{a}+\tfrac{1}{b}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $p+q$.
2012 CIIM, Problem 6
Let $n \geq 2$ and $p(x) = x^n + a_{n-1} x^{n-1} + \cdots + a_1 x + a_0$ a polynomial with real coefficients. Show that if there exists a positive integer $k$ such that $(x-1)^{k+1}$ divides $p(x)$ then \[\sum_{j=0}^{n-1}|a_j| > 1 +\frac{2k^2}{n}.\]
1988 AMC 12/AHSME, 24
An isosceles trapezoid is circumscribed around a circle. The longer base of the trapezoid is $16$, and one of the base angles is $\arcsin(.8)$. Find the area of the trapezoid.
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 72\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 75\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 80\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 90\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{not uniquely determined} $
1982 IMO Shortlist, 14
Let $ABCD$ be a convex plane quadrilateral and let $A_1$ denote the circumcenter of $\triangle BCD$. Define $B_1, C_1,D_1$ in a corresponding way.
(a) Prove that either all of $A_1,B_1, C_1,D_1$ coincide in one point, or they are all distinct. Assuming the latter case, show that $A_1$, C1 are on opposite sides of the line $B_1D_1$, and similarly,$ B_1,D_1$ are on opposite sides of the line $A_1C_1$. (This establishes the convexity of the quadrilateral $A_1B_1C_1D_1$.)
(b) Denote by $A_2$ the circumcenter of $B_1C_1D_1$, and define $B_2, C_2,D_2$ in an analogous way. Show that the quadrilateral $A_2B_2C_2D_2$ is similar to the quadrilateral $ABCD.$
2004 Purple Comet Problems, 13
A cubic block with dimensions $n$ by $n$ by $n$ is made up of a collection of $1$ by $1$ by $1$ unit cubes. What is the smallest value of $n$ so that if the outer two layers of unit cubes are removed from the block, more than half the original unit cubes will still remain?
2016 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 7
Let $ABCD$ ba a square and let point $E$ be the midpoint of side $AD$. Points $G$ and $F$ are located on the segment $(BE)$ such that the lines $AG$ and $CF$ are perpendicular on the line $BE$. Prove that $DF= CG$.
2010 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST, 3.3
Let $ABCDEFG$ be a regular heptagon. If $AC = m$ and $AD = n$, prove that $AB =\frac{mn}{m+n}$.
2003 China Team Selection Test, 1
Triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in circle $O$. Tangent $PD$ is drawn from $A$, $D$ is on ray $BC$, $P$ is on ray $DA$. Line $PU$ ($U \in BD$) intersects circle $O$ at $Q$, $T$, and intersect $AB$ and $AC$ at $R$ and $S$ respectively. Prove that if $QR=ST$, then $PQ=UT$.
2016 Nigerian Senior MO Round 2, Problem 1
Let $a, b, c, x, y$ and $z$ be complex numbers such that $a=\frac{b+c}{x-2}, b=\frac{c+a}{y-2}, c=\frac{a+b}{z-2}$. If $xy+yz+zx=1000$ and $x+y+z=2016$, find the value of $xyz$.