Let $ABCD$ be a circumscribed quadrilateral. Let $g$ be a line through $A$ which meets the segment $BC$ in $M$ and the line $CD$ in $N$. Denote by $I_1$, $I_2$ and $I_3$ the incenters of $\triangle ABM$, $\triangle MNC$ and $\triangle NDA$, respectively. Prove that the orthocenter of $\triangle I_1I_2I_3$ lies on $g$. [i]Proposed by Nikolay Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]

Today was the 5th Kettering Olympiad - and here are the problems, which are very good intermediate problems. 1. Find all real $x$ so that $(1+x^2)(1+x^4)=4x^3$ 2. Mark and John play a game. They have $100$ pebbles on a table. They take turns taking at least one at at most eight pebbles away. The person to claim the last pebble wins. Mark goes first. Can you find a way for Mark to always win? What about John? 3. Prove that $\sin x + \sin 3x + \sin 5x + ... + \sin 11 x = (1-\cos 12 x)/(2 \sin x)$ 4. Mark has $7$ pieces of paper. He takes some of them and splits each into $7$ pieces of paper. He repeats this process some number of times. He then tells John he has $2000$ pieces of paper. John tells him he is wrong. Why is John right? 5. In a triangle $ABC$, the altitude, angle bisector, and median split angle $A$ into four equal angles. Find the angles of $ABC.$ 6. There are $100$ cities. There exist airlines connecting pairs of cities. a) Find the minimal number of airlines such that with at most $k$ plane changes, one can go from any city to any other city. b) Given that there are $4852$ airlines, show that, given any schematic, one can go from any city to any other city.

Prove that the equation \[x^3 - 3 \tan\frac{\pi}{12} x^2 - 3x + \tan\frac{\pi}{12}= 0\] has one root $x_1 = \tan \frac{\pi}{36}$, and find the other roots.

If $z$ is a complex number such that \[ z + z^{-1} = \sqrt{3}, \] what is the value of \[ z^{2010} + z^{-2010} \, ? \]

On a semicircle with diameter $AB$ and centre $S$, points $C$ and $D$ are given such that point $C$ belongs to arc $AD$. Suppose $\angle CSD = 120^\circ$. Let $E$ be the point of intersection of the straight lines $AC$ and $BD$ and $F$ the point of intersection of the straight lines $AD$ and $BC$. Prove that $EF=\sqrt{3}AB$.

Prove that $ \forall x\in \mathbb{R} $ , $ \cos ^7x+\cos ^7(x+\frac {2\pi}{3})+\cos ^7(x+\frac {4\pi}{3})=\frac {63}{64}\cos 3x $

In a circle we enscribe a regular $2001$-gon and inside it a regular $667$-gon with shared vertices. Prove that the surface in the $2001$-gon but not in the $667$-gon is of the form $k.sin^3\left(\frac{\pi}{2001}\right).cos^3\left(\frac{\pi}{2001}\right)$ with $k$ a positive integer. Find $k$.

Show that for any vectors $a, b$ in Euclidean space, \[|a \times b|^3 \leq \frac{3 \sqrt 3}{8} |a|^2 |b|^2 |a-b|^2\] Remark. Here $\times$ denotes the vector product.

Let x, y be reals satisfying: sin x+cos y=1 sin y+cos x=-1 Prove cos 2x=cos 2y

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral and points $E$ and $F$ on sides $AB,CD$ such that \[\tfrac{AB}{AE}=\tfrac{CD}{DF}=n\] If $S$ is the area of $AEFD$ show that ${S\leq\frac{AB\cdot CD+n(n-1)AD^2+n^2DA\cdot BC}{2n^2}}$

In the adjoining figure of a rectangular solid, $\angle DHG=45^\circ$ and $\angle FHB=60^\circ$. Find the cosine of $\angle BHD$. [asy] size(200); import three;defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); currentprojection=orthographic(1/3+1/10,1-1/10,1/3); real r=sqrt(3); triple A=(0,0,r), B=(0,r,r), C=(1,r,r), D=(1,0,r), E=O, F=(0,r,0), G=(1,0,0), H=(1,r,0); draw(D--G--H--D--A--B--C--D--B--F--H--B^^C--H); draw(A--E^^G--E^^F--E, linetype("4 4")); label("$A$", A, N); label("$B$", B, dir(0)); label("$C$", C, N); label("$D$", D, W); label("$E$", E, NW); label("$F$", F, S); label("$G$", G, W); label("$H$", H, S); triple H45=(1,r-0.15,0.1), H60=(1-0.05, r, 0.07); label("$45^\circ$", H45, dir(125), fontsize(8)); label("$60^\circ$", H60, dir(25), fontsize(8));[/asy] $\textbf {(A) } \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} \qquad \textbf {(B) } \frac{\sqrt{2}}{6} \qquad \textbf {(C) } \frac{\sqrt{6}}{3} \qquad \textbf {(D) } \frac{\sqrt{6}}{4} \qquad \textbf {(E) } \frac{\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{2}}{4}$

Let $n\in\mathbb{N}^*$. Prove that \[ \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{ \displaystyle (1+x^2)^{n+1}-\prod_{k=1}^n\cos kx}{ \displaystyle x\sum_{k=1}^n\sin kx}=\frac{2n^2+n+12}{6n}. \]

Show that the distance between a point on the hyperbola $xy=5$ and a point on the ellipse $x^{2}+6y^{2}=6$ is at least $\frac{9}{7}$.

Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius 2. Extend $\overline{AB}$ through $B$ to point $D$ so that $AD=13$, and extend $\overline{AC}$ through $C$ to point $E$ so that $AE=11$. Through $D$, draw a line $l_1$ parallel to $\overline{AE}$, and through $E$, draw a line ${l}_2$ parallel to $\overline{AD}$. Let $F$ be the intersection of ${l}_1$ and ${l}_2$. Let $G$ be the point on the circle that is collinear with $A$ and $F$ and distinct from $A$. Given that the area of $\triangle CBG$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{p\sqrt{q}}{r}$, where $p$, $q$, and $r$ are positive integers, $p$ and $r$ are relatively prime, and $q$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $p+q+r$.

$u$ is a real parameter such that $0<u<1$. For $0\le x \le u$, $f(x)=0$. For $u\le x \le n$, $f(x)=1-\left(\sqrt{ux}+\sqrt{(1-u)(1-x)}\right)^2$. The sequence $\{u_n\}$ is define recursively as follows: $u_1=f(1)$ and $u_n=f(u_{n-1})$ $\forall n\in \mathbb{N}, n\neq 1$. Show that there exists a positive integer $k$ for which $u_k=0$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let the tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$ at $A$ meet the line $BC$ at $D$. The perpendicular to $BC$ at $B$ meets the perpendicular bisector of $AB$ at $E$. The perpendicular to $BC$ at $C$ meets the perpendicular bisector of $AC$ at $F$. Prove that the points $D$, $E$ and $F$ are collinear. [i]Valentin Vornicu[/i]

There exists a positive real number $x$ such that $ \cos (\arctan (x)) = x $. Find the value of $x^2$.

Prove that for every $ x $ such that $ \sin x \neq 0 $, exists natural $ n $ such that $ | \sin nx | \geq \frac {\sqrt {3}} {2} $.

A cuboctahedron is the convex hull of (smallest convex set containing) the $12$ points $(\pm 1, \pm 1, 0), (\pm 1, 0, \pm 1), (0, \pm 1, \pm 1)$. Find the cosine of the solid angle of one of the triangular faces, as viewed from the origin. (Take a figure and consider the set of points on the unit sphere centered on the origin such that the ray from the origin through the point intersects the figure. The area of that set is the solid angle of the figure as viewed from the origin.)

Prove: \[|\sin a_1|+|\sin a_2|+|\sin a_3|+\ldots+|\sin a_n|+|\cos(a_1+a_2+a_3+\ldots+a_n)|\geq 1.\]

In a triangle $ABC$, with $\widehat{A} > 90^\circ$, let $O$ and $H$ denote its circumcenter and orthocenter, respectively. Let $K$ be the reflection of $H$ with respect to $A$. Prove that $K, O$ and $C$ are collinear if and only if $\widehat{A} - \widehat{B} = 90^\circ$.

Find all real functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x^2+yf(x))=xf(x+y)$.

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid such that side $[AB]$ and side $[CD]$ are perpendicular to side $[BC]$. Let $E$ be a point on side $[BC]$ such that $\triangle AED$ is equilateral. If $|AB|=7$ and $|CD|=5$, what is the area of trapezoid $ABCD$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 27\sqrt{3} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 42 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 24\sqrt{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 36 $

$ ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral. If $ \angle B \equal{} \angle D$, $ AC\bigcap BD \equal{} \left\{E\right\}$, $ \angle BCD \equal{} 150{}^\circ$, $ \left|BE\right| \equal{} x$, $ \left|AC\right| \equal{} z$, then find $ \left|ED\right|$ in terms of $ x$ and $ z$. $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac {z \minus{} x}{\sqrt {3} } \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {z \minus{} 2x}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac {z \plus{} x}{\sqrt {3} } \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac {z \minus{} 2x}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac {2z \minus{} 3x}{2}$

$ABCD$ is a rhombus. Take points $E$, $F$, $G$, $H$ on sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, $DA$ respectively so that $EF$ and $GH$ are tangent to the incircle of $ABCD$. Show that $EH$ and $FG$ are parallel.