Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be arbitrary real numbers. Prove the inequality \[ \frac{x_1}{1+x_1^2} + \frac{x_2}{1+x_1^2 + x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac{x_n}{1 + x_1^2 + \cdots + x_n^2} < \sqrt{n}. \]

The set $ \{a_0, a_1, \ldots, a_n\}$ of real numbers satisfies the following conditions: [b](i)[/b] $ a_0 \equal{} a_n \equal{} 0,$ [b](ii)[/b] for $ 1 \leq k \leq n \minus{} 1,$ \[ a_k \equal{} c \plus{} \sum^{n\minus{}1}_{i\equal{}k} a_{i\minus{}k} \cdot \left(a_i \plus{} a_{i\plus{}1} \right)\] Prove that $ c \leq \frac{1}{4n}.$

Which of the following is equal to the product \[ \frac {8}{4}\cdot\frac {12}{8}\cdot\frac {16}{12}\cdots\frac {4n \plus{} 4}{4n}\cdots\frac {2008}{2004}? \]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 251 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 502 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1004 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2008 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4016$

Find the largest positive integer $k$ such that $\phi ( \sigma ( 2^k)) = 2^k$. ($\phi(n)$ denotes the number of positive integers that are smaller than $n$ and relatively prime to $n$, and $\sigma(n)$ denotes the sum of divisors of $n$). As a hint, you are given that $641|2^{32}+1$.

Let $a_1,a_2,\dots$ and $b_1,b_2,\dots$ be sequences of positive real numbers such that $a_1=b_1=1$ and $b_n=b_{n-1}a_n-2$ for $n=2,3,\dots.$ Assume that the sequence $(b_j)$ is bounded. Prove that \[S=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac1{a_1\cdots a_n}\] converges, and evaluate $S.$

Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be arbitrary real numbers. Prove the inequality \[ \frac{x_1}{1+x_1^2} + \frac{x_2}{1+x_1^2 + x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac{x_n}{1 + x_1^2 + \cdots + x_n^2} < \sqrt{n}. \]

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that have a continuous second derivative and for which the equality $f(7x+1)=49f(x)$ holds for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.

Given that $A_k=\frac{k(k-1)}2\cos\frac{k(k-1)\pi}2,$ find $|A_{19}+A_{20}+\cdots+A_{98}|.$

Compute \[\dfrac{2^3-1}{2^3+1}\cdot\dfrac{3^3-1}{3^3+1}\cdot\dfrac{4^3-1}{4^3+1}\cdot\dfrac{5^3-1}{5^3+1}\cdot\dfrac{6^3-1}{6^3+1}.\]

[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Alisha has $6$ cupcakes and Tyrone has $10$ brownies. Tyrone gives some of his brownies to Alisha so that she has three times as many desserts as Tyrone. How many desserts did Tyrone give to Alisha? [b]p2.[/b] Bisky adds one to her favorite number. She then divides the result by $2$, and gets $56$. What is her favorite number? [b]p3.[/b] What is the maximum number of points at which a circle and a square can intersect? [b]p4.[/b] An integer $N$ leaves a remainder of 66 when divided by $120$. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $24$. [b]p5.[/b] $7$ people are chosen to run for student council. How many ways are there to pick $1$ president, $1$ vice president, and $1$ secretary? [b]p6.[/b] Anya, Beth, Chloe, and Dmitri are all close friends, and like to make group chats to talk. How many group chats can be made if Dmitri, the gossip, must always be in the group chat and Anya is never included in them? Group chats must have more than one person. [b]p7.[/b] There exists a telephone pole of height $24$ feet. From the top of this pole, there are two wires reaching the ground in opposite directions, with one wire $25$ feet, and the other wire 40 feet. What is the distance (in feet) between the places where the wires hit the ground? [b]p8.[/b] Tarik is dressing up for a job-interview. He can wear a chill, business, or casual outfit. If he wears a chill oufit, he must wear a t-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. He has eight of the first, seven of the second, and three of the third. If he wears a business outfit, he must wear a blazer, a tie, and khakis; he has two of the first, six of the second, and five of the third; finally, he can also choose the casual style, for which he has three hoodies, nine jeans, and two pairs of sneakers. How many different combinations are there for his interview? [b]p9.[/b] If a non-degenerate triangle has sides $11$ and $13$, what is the sum of all possibilities for the third side length, given that the third side has integral length? [b]p10.[/b] An unknown disease is spreading fast. For every person who has the this illness, it is spread on to $3$ new people each day. If Mary is the only person with this illness at the start of Monday, how many people will have contracted the illness at the end of Thursday? [b]p11.[/b] Gob the giant takes a walk around the equator on Mars, completing one lap around Mars. If Gob’s head is $\frac{13}{\pi}$ meters above his feet, how much farther (in meters) did his head travel than his feet? [b]p12.[/b] $2022$ leaves a remainder of $2$, $6$, $9$, and $7$ when divided by $4$, $7$, $11$, and $13$ respectively. What is the next positive integer which has the same remainders to these divisors? [b]p13.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $AB = 20$, $BC = 21$, and $AC = 29$. Let D be a point on $AC$ such that $\angle ABD = 45^o$. If the length of $AD$ can be represented as $\frac{a}{b}$ , what is $a + b$? [b]p14.[/b] Find the number of primes less than $100$ such that when $1$ is added to the prime, the resulting number has $3$ divisors. [b]p15.[/b] What is the coefficient of the term $a^4z^3$ in the expanded form of $(z - 2a)^7$? [b]p16.[/b] Let $\ell$ and $m$ be lines with slopes $-2$, $1$ respectively. Compute $|s_1 \cdot s_2|$ if $s_1$, $s_2$ represent the slopes of the two distinct angle bisectors of $\ell$ and $m$. [b]p17.[/b] R1D2, Lord Byron, and Ryon are creatures from various planets. They are collecting monkeys for King Avanish, who only understands octal (base $8$). R1D2 only understands binary (base $2$), Lord Byron only understands quarternary (base $4$), and Ryon only understands decimal (base $10$). R1D2 says he has $101010101$ monkeys and adds his monkey to the pile. Lord Byron says he has $3231$ monkeys and adds them to the pile. Ryon says he has $576$ monkeys and adds them to the pile. If King Avanish says he has $x$ monkeys, what is the value of $x$? [b]p18.[/b] A quadrilateral is defined by the origin, $(3, 0)$, $(0, 10)$, and the vertex of the graph of $y = x^2 -8x+22$. What is the area of this quadrilateral? [b]p19.[/b] There is a sphere-container, filled to the brim with fruit punch, of diameter $6$. The contents of this container are poured into a rectangular prism container, again filled to the brim, of dimensions $2\pi$ by $4$ by $3$. However, there is an excess amount in the original container. If all the excess drink is poured into conical containers with diameter $4$ and height $3$, how many containers will be used? [b]p20.[/b] Brian is shooting arrows at a target, made of concurrent circles of radius $1$, $2$, $3$, and $4$. He gets $10$ points for hitting the innermost circle, $8$ for hitting between the smallest and second smallest circles, $5$ for between the second and third smallest circles, $2$ points for between the third smallest and outermost circle, and no points for missing the target. Assume for each shot he takes, there is a $20\%$ chance Brian will miss the target, but otherwise the chances of hitting each target are proportional to the area of the region. The chance that after three shots, Brian will have scored $15$ points can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [b]p21.[/b] What is the largest possible integer value of $n$ such that $\frac{2n^3+n^2+7n-15}{2n+1}$ is an integer? [b]p22.[/b] Let $f(x, y) = x^3 + x^2y + xy^2 + y^3$. Compute $f(0, 2) + f(1, 3) +... f(9, 11).$ [b]p23.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle. Let $AM$ be a median from $A$. Let the perpendicular bisector of segment $\overline{AM}$ meet $AB$ and $AC$ at $D$, $E$ respectively. Given that $AE = 7$, $ME = MC$, and $BDEC$ is cyclic, then compute $AM^2$. [b]p24.[/b] Compute the number of ordered triples of positive integers $(a, b, c)$ such that $a \le 10$, $b \le 11$, $c \le 12$ and $a > b - 1$ and $b > c - 1$. [b]p25.[/b] For a positive integer $n$, denote by $\sigma (n)$ the the sum of the positive integer divisors of $n$. Given that $n + \sigma (n)$ is odd, how many possible values of $n$ are there from $1$ to $2022$, inclusive? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

We say a finite set $S$ of points in the plane is [i]very[/i] if for every point $X$ in $S$, there exists an inversion with center $X$ mapping every point in $S$ other than $X$ to another point in $S$ (possibly the same point). (a) Fix an integer $n$. Prove that if $n \ge 2$, then any line segment $\overline{AB}$ contains a unique very set $S$ of size $n$ such that $A, B \in S$. (b) Find the largest possible size of a very set not contained in any line. (Here, an [i]inversion[/i] with center $O$ and radius $r$ sends every point $P$ other than $O$ to the point $P'$ along ray $OP$ such that $OP\cdot OP' = r^2$.) [i]Proposed by Sammy Luo[/i]

Evaluate \[\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{k}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k2^n+1}.\]

[b]p29.[/b] Consider pentagon $ABCDE$. How many paths are there from vertex $A$ to vertex $E$ where no edge is repeated and does not go through $E$. [b]p30.[/b] Let $a_1, a_2, ...$ be a sequence of positive real numbers such that $\sum^{\infty}_{n=1} a_n = 4$. Compute the maximum possible value of $\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\frac{\sqrt{a_n}}{2^n}$ (assume this always converges). [b]p31.[/b] Define function $f(x) = x^4 + 4$. Let $$P =\prod^{2021}_{k=1} \frac{f(4k - 1)}{f(4k - 3)}.$$ Find the remainder when $P$ is divided by $1000$. [b]p32.[/b] Reduce the following expression to a simplified rational: $\cos^7 \frac{\pi}{9} + \cos^7 \frac{5\pi}{9}+ \cos^7 \frac{7\pi}{9}$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Consider the set $S$ of permutations of $1, 2, \dots, 2022$ such that for all numbers $k$ in the permutation, the number of numbers less than $k$ that follow $k$ is even. For example, for $n=4; S = \{[3,4,1,2]; [3,1,2,4]; [1,2,3,4]; [1,4,2,3]\}$ If $|S| = (a!)^b$ where $a, b \in \mathbb{N}$, then find the product $ab$.