For two real numbers $x$ and $y$, let $x\circ y=\frac{xy}{x+y}$. The value of \[1 \circ (2 \circ (3 \circ (4 \circ 5)))\] can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

Andy rolls a fair 4-sided dice, numbered 1 to 4, until he rolls a number that is less than his last roll. If the expected number of times that Andy will roll the dice can be expressed as a reduced fraction $\frac{p}{q}$, find $p + q$. Let $T = TNYWR$. The solutions in $z$ to the equation \[\left(z + \frac Tz\right)^2 = 1\] form the vertices of a quadrilateral in the complex plane. Compute the area of this quadrilateral.

Points $A$, $B$, and $C$ lie in the plane such that $AB=13$, $BC=14$, and $CA=15$. A peculiar laser is fired from $A$ perpendicular to $\overline{BC}$. After bouncing off $BC$, it travels in a direction perpendicular to $CA$. When it hits $CA$, it travels in a direction perpendicular to $AB$, and after hitting $AB$ its new direction is perpendicular to $BC$ again. If this process is continued indefinitely, the laser path will eventually approach some finite polygonal shape $T_\infty$. What is the ratio of the perimeter of $T_\infty$ to the perimeter of $\triangle ABC$?

Let $f(x, y) = \left\lfloor \frac{5x}{2y} \right\rfloor + \left\lceil \frac{5y}{2x} \right\rceil$. Suppose $x, y$ are chosen independently uniformly at random from the interval $(0, 1]$. Let $p$ be the probability that $f(x, y) < 6$. If $p$ can be expressed in the form $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$, compute $m + n$. (Note: $\lfloor x\rfloor $ is defined as the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$ and $\lceil x \rceil$ is defined as the least integer greater than or equal to$ x$.)

Let a tree on $mn + 1$ vertices be $(m,n)$-nice if the following conditions hold: [list] [*] $m + 1$ colors are assigned to the nodes of the tree [*] for the first $m$ colors, there will be exactly $n$ nodes of color $i$ $(1\le i \le m)$ [*] the root node of the tree will be the unique node of color $m+1$. \item the $(m,n)$-nice trees must also satisfy the condition that for any two non-root nodes $i, j$, if the color of $i$ equals the color of $j$, then the color of the parent of $i$ equals the color of the parent of $j$. [*] Nodes of the same color are considered indistinguishable (swapping any two of them results in the same tree). [/list] Let $N(u,v,l)$ denote the number of $(u,v)$-nice trees with $l$ leaves. Note that $N(2,2,2) = 2, N(2,2,3) = 4, N(2,2,4) = 6$. Compute the remainder when $\sum_{l = 123}^{789} N(8,101,l)$ is divided by $101$. Definition: Any rooted, ordered tree consists of some set of nodes, each of which has a (possibly empty) ordered list of children. Each node is the child of exactly one other node, with the exception of the root, which has not parent. There also cannot be any cycles of nodes which are all linearly children of each other. [i]Proposed by Advait Nene[/i]

Eric and Christina are playing a game with $n$ stones. They alternate taking some number of stones from the pile, with Eric going first. The number of stones Eric takes from the pile must be a power of $3$ (e.g. 1, 3, 9, 27, ...), while the number of stones Christina takes must be a power of $2$ (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8, ...). Whoever takes the last stone wins. Find the sum of all $1\leq n \leq 100$ for which Eric has a winning strategy. [i]Proposed by Connor Gordon[/i]

Suppose you start at $0$, a friend starts at $6$, and another friend starts at $8$ on the number line. Every second, the leftmost person moves left with probability $\tfrac14$, the middle person with probability $\tfrac13$, and the rightmost person with probability $\tfrac12$. If a person does not move left, they move right, and if two people are on the same spot, they are randomly assigned which one of the positions they are. Determine the expected time until you all meet in one point.

The lengths of the two legs of a right triangle are the two distinct roots of the quadratic $x^2 - 36x + 70$. What is the length of the triangle’s hypotenuse?

Find the sum of all two-digit prime numbers whose digits are also both prime numbers. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

Suppose that the sequence of real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ satisfies $a_1 = - \sqrt{1}, a_2 = \sqrt{2}$, and for all $k > 1$, \[ \frac{a_{k+1}+a_{k-1}}{a_k} = \frac{\sqrt{3} + \sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{2}}. \] Find $a_{2023}$. [i]Proposed by Kevin You[/i]

Let $f:\mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ be a bijection satisfying $f(ab)=f(a)f(b)$ for all $a,b\in \mathbb{N}$. Determine the minimum possible value of $f(n)/n$, taken over all possible $f$ and all $n\leq 2019$.

$2$ identical red tokens and $2$ identical black tokens are placed on distinct cells of a $5\times5$ grid. Suppose it is impossible to color some additional cells of the grid red or black such that there exists a red path between the red tokens and a black path between the black tokens. Find the number of possible arrangements of the tokens on the grid. (A red path is a path of edge adjacent red cells, and same for a black path.)

$1296$ CMU Students sit in a circle. Every pair of adjacent students rolls a standard six-sided die, and the `score' of any individual student is the sum of their two dice rolls. A 'matched pair' of students is an (unordered) pair of distinct students with the same score. What is the expected value of the number of matched pairs of students? [i]Proposed by Dilhan Salgado[/i]

A kite with $AB = BC$ and $AD = CD$ has diagonals which satisfy $AC = 80$ and $BD = 71$. Let $AC$ and $BD$ intersect at a point $O$. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by the circumcenters of $ABO$, $BCO$, $CDO$, and $ADO$.

A positive integer $n$ is said to be base-able if there exists positive integers $a$ and $b,$ with $b>1,$ such that $n=a^b.$ How many positive integer divisors of $729000000$ are base-able? [i]Proposed by Kyle Lee[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = AC = 10$ and $BC = 12$. Define $\ell_A$ as the line through $A$ perpendicular to $\overline{AB}$. Similarly, $\ell_B$ is the line through $B$ perpendicular to $\overline{BC}$ and $\ell_C$ is the line through $C$ perpendicular to $\overline{CA}$. These three lines $\ell_A, \ell_B, \ell_C$ form a triangle with perimeter $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Find $m + n$.

Consider the polynomial \[P(x)=x^3+3x^2+6x+10.\] Let its three roots be $a$, $b$, $c$. Define $Q(x)$ to be the monic cubic polynomial with roots $ab$, $bc$, $ca$. Compute $|Q(1)|$. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

For how many nonempty subsets $S \subseteq \{1, 2, \ldots , 10\}$ is the sum of all elements in $S$ even? [i]Proposed by Andrew Wen[/i]

Four students Alice, Bob, Charlie, and Diana want to arrange themselves in a line such that Alice is at either end of the line, i.e., she is not in between two students. In how many ways can the students do this? [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

Mr. DoBa likes to listen to music occasionally while he does his math homework. When he listens to classical music, he solves one problem every $3$ minutes. When he listens to rap music, however, he only solves one problem every $5$ minutes. Mr. DoBa listens to a playlist comprised of $60\%$ classical music and $40\%$ rap music. Each song is exactly $4$ minutes long. Suppose that the expected number of problems he solves in an hour does not depend on whether or not Mr. DoBa is listening to music at any given moment, and let $m$ the average number of problems Mr. DoBa solves per minute when he is not listening to music. Determine the value of $1000m$.

Let $S$ be the set of all four digit palindromes (a palindrome is a number that reads the same forwards and backwards). The average value of $|m - n|$ over all ordered pairs $(m, n)$, where $m$ and $n$ are (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$, is equal to $p/q$ , for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Find $p + q$.

Currently, Selena’s analog clock says $4{:}00$. Suddenly her clock breaks, so the hour hand moves $12$ times as fast as it normally does, but the minute hand stays the same speed. Find the degree measure of the smaller angle formed by the minute and the hour hand $2024$ minutes from now.

Let $\triangle ABC$ have $AB=9$ and $AC=10$. A semicircle is inscribed in $\triangle ABC$ with its center on segment $BC$ such that it is tangent $AB$ at point $D$ and $AC$ at point $E$. If $AD=2DB$ and $r$ is the radius of the semicircle, $r^2$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Andy Xu[/i]

Compute the number of ordered triples $(x,y,z)$ of integers satisfying \[x^2+y^2+z^2=9.\] [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

Two right triangles are placed next to each other to form a quadrilateral as shown. What is the perimeter of the quadrilateral? [asy] size(4cm); fill((-5,0)--(0,12)--(0,6)--(8,0)--cycle, gray+opacity(0.3)); draw((0,0)--(0,12)--(-5,0)--cycle); draw((0,0)--(8,0)--(0,6)); label("5", (-2.5,0), S); label("13", (-2.5,6), dir(140)); label("6", (0,3), E); label("8", (4,0), S); [/asy] [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]