For real $a, b$ define the sequence $x_{0}, x_{1}, x_{2}, ...$ by $x_{0}= a, x_{n+1}= x_{n}+b \sin x_{n}$. If $b = 1$, show that the sequence converges to a finite limit for all $a$. If $b > 2$, show that the sequence diverges for some $a$.

Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be reals. Find the least possible value of $$(2 \cos \alpha + 5 \sin \beta - 8)^2 + (2 \sin \alpha + 5 \cos \beta - 15)^2.$$

If $f\left(\frac{x}{x - 1}\right) = \frac{1}{x}$ for all $x \ne 0,1$ and $0 < \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}$, then $f(\sec^{2}\theta) =$ $ \textbf{(A) }\sin^{2}\theta\qquad\textbf{(B) }\cos^{2}\theta\qquad\textbf{(C) }\tan^{2}\theta\qquad\textbf{(D) }\cot^{2}\theta\qquad\textbf{(E) }\csc^{2}\theta $

Let $ABC$ be an acute scalene triangle with $O$ as its circumcenter. Point $P$ lies inside triangle $ABC$ with $\angle PAB = \angle PBC$ and $\angle PAC = \angle PCB$. Point $Q$ lies on line $BC$ with $QA = QP$. Prove that $\angle AQP = 2\angle OQB$.

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle and $AD$ the bisector of the angle $\angle BAC$ with $D\in(BC)$. Let $E$ and $F$ denote feet of perpendiculars from $D$ to $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. If $BF\cap CE=K$ and $\odot AKE\cap BF=L$ prove that $DL\perp BF$.

Let $P$, $Q$, and $R$ be the points where the incircle of a triangle $ABC$ touches the sides $AB$, $BC$, and $CA$, respectively. Prove the inequality $\frac{BC} {PQ} + \frac{CA} {QR} + \frac{AB} {RP} \geq 6$.

Define the sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ by $x_{0}=a\in (0,1)$ and $x_{n+1}=\frac{4}{\pi^{2}}(\cos^{-1}x_{n}+\frac{\pi}{2})\sin^{-1}x_{n}(n=0,1,2,...)$. Show that the sequence converges and find its limit.

Prove that in any triangle $ABC$, \[ 0 < \cot { \left( \frac{A}{4} \right)} - \tan{ \left( \frac{B}{4} \right) } - \tan{ \left( \frac{C}{4} \right) } - 1 < 2 \cot { \left( \frac{A}{2} \right) }. \]

Triangle $ABC$ is right-angled at $C$ with $AC = b$ and $BC = a$. If $d$ is the length of the altitude from $C$ to $AB$, prove that $\dfrac{1}{a^2}+\dfrac{1}{b^2}=\dfrac{1}{d^2}$

Two equal-sized regular $n$-gons intersect to form a $2n$-gon $C$. Prove that the sum of the sides of $C$ which form part of one $n$-gon equals half the perimeter of $C$. [i]Alternative formulation:[/i] Let two equal regular $n$-gons $S$ and $T$ be located in the plane such that their intersection $S\cap T$ is a $2n$-gon (with $n\ge 3$). The sides of the polygon $S$ are coloured in red and the sides of $T$ in blue. Prove that the sum of the lengths of the blue sides of the polygon $S\cap T$ is equal to the sum of the lengths of its red sides.

Let $S$ be a square of side length $1$. Two points are chosen independently at random on the sides of $S$. The probability that the straight-line distance between the points is at least $\tfrac12$ is $\tfrac{a-b\pi}c$, where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers and $\gcd(a,b,c)=1$. What is $a+b+c$? $\textbf{(A) }59\qquad\textbf{(B) }60\qquad\textbf{(C) }61\qquad\textbf{(D) }62\qquad\textbf{(E) }63$

In the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ angle $\angle{BAD}=90$,$\angle{BAC}=2\cdot\angle{BDC}$ and $\angle{DBA}+\angle{DCB}=180$. Then find the angle $\angle{DBA}$

Consider the function \[f(x)= \sin \biggl( \frac{\pi}{2} \lfloor x \rfloor \biggr).\] Find the period of $f$ and sketch diagram of $f$ in one period. Also prove that $\lim_{x \to 1} f(x)$ does not exist.

Solve the Cauchy problem \[\frac{\partial ^2A}{\partial t^2}=9\frac{\partial^2 A}{\partial x^2}-2B,\;\frac{\partial^2 B}{\partial t^2}=6\frac{\partial^2 B}{\partial x^2}-2A\] \[A|_{t=0}=\cos x,\; B|_{t=0}=0,\; \left.\frac{\partial A}{\partial t}\right|_{t=0}=\left.\frac{\partial B}{\partial t}\right|_{t=0}=0\]

Square $ ABCD$ has side length $ 2$. A semicircle with diameter $ \overline{AB}$ is constructed inside the square, and the tangent to the semicricle from $ C$ intersects side $ \overline{AD}$ at $ E$. What is the length of $ \overline{CE}$? [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); pair A=origin, B=(1,0), C=(1,1), D=(0,1), X=tangent(C, (0.5,0), 0.5, 1), F=C+2*dir(C--X), E=intersectionpoint(C--F, A--D); draw(C--D--A--B--C--E); draw(Arc((0.5,0), 0.5, 0, 180)); pair point=(0.5,0.5); label("$A$", A, dir(point--A)); label("$B$", B, dir(point--B)); label("$C$", C, dir(point--C)); label("$D$", D, dir(point--D)); label("$E$", E, dir(point--E));[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {2 \plus{} \sqrt5}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac52 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 5 \minus{} \sqrt5$

Let $ M$ and $ N$ be two points inside triangle $ ABC$ such that \[ \angle MAB \equal{} \angle NAC\quad \mbox{and}\quad \angle MBA \equal{} \angle NBC. \] Prove that \[ \frac {AM \cdot AN}{AB \cdot AC} \plus{} \frac {BM \cdot BN}{BA \cdot BC} \plus{} \frac {CM \cdot CN}{CA \cdot CB} \equal{} 1. \]

Given a circle of radius $r$ and a tangent line $\ell$ to the circle through a given point $P$ on the circle. From a variable point $R$ on the circle, a perpendicular $RQ$ is drawn to $\ell$ with $Q$ on $\ell$. Determine the maximum of the area of triangle $PQR$.

Let $0^{\circ}\leq\alpha,\beta,\gamma\leq90^{\circ}$ be angles such that \[\sin\alpha-\cos\beta=\tan\gamma\] \[\sin\beta-\cos\alpha=\cot\gamma\] Compute the sum of all possible values of $\gamma$ in degrees. [i]Proposed by Michael Ren[/i]

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Show that \[\sum^{n}_{k=1}\tan^{2}\frac{k \pi}{2n+1}\] is an odd integer.

There is a set of triangles, in each of which the smallest angle does not exceed $36^o$ . A new one is formed from these triangles according to the following rule: the smallest side of the new one is equal to the sum of the smallest sides of these triangles, its middle side is equal to the sum of the middle sides, and the largest is the sum of the largest ones. Prove that the sine of the smallest angle of the resulting triangle is less than $2 \sin 18^o$ .

Let $a,b,c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ respectively, the angles opposite these sides. Prove that if \[ a+b=\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}(a\tan{\alpha}+b\tan{\beta}) \] the triangle is isosceles.

Let $ AB$ be the diameter of semicircle $O$ , $C, D $ be points on the arc $AB$, $P, Q$ be respectively the circumcenter of $\triangle OAC $ and $\triangle OBD $ . Prove that:$CP\cdot CQ=DP \cdot DQ$.[asy] import cse5; import olympiad; unitsize(3.5cm); dotfactor=4; pathpen=black; real h=sqrt(55/64); pair A=(-1,0), O=origin, B=(1,0),C=shift(-3/8,h)*O,D=shift(4/5,3/5)*O,P=circumcenter(O,A,C), Q=circumcenter(O,D,B); D(arc(O,1,0,180),darkgreen); D(MP("A",A,W)--MP("C",C,N)--MP("P",P,SE)--MP("D",D,E)--MP("Q",Q,E)--C--MP("O",O,S)--D--MP("B",B,E)--cycle,deepblue); D(O); [/asy]

Let $BM$ be the median of right-angled triangle $ABC (\angle B = 90^{\circ})$. The incircle of triangle $ABM$ touches sides $AB, AM$ in points $A_{1},A_{2}$; points $C_{1}, C_{2}$ are defined similarly. Prove that lines $A_{1}A_{2}$ and $C_{1}C_{2}$ meet on the bisector of angle $ABC$.

In a triangle $ABC$, let $D$ and $E$ be the feet of the angle bisectors of angles $A$ and $B$, respectively. A rhombus is inscribed into the quadrilateral $AEDB$ (all vertices of the rhombus lie on different sides of $AEDB$). Let $\varphi$ be the non-obtuse angle of the rhombus. Prove that $\varphi \le \max \{ \angle BAC, \angle ABC \}$.

Hi guys, I was just reading over old posts that I made last year ( :P ) and saw how much the level of Getting Started became harder. To encourage more people from posting, I decided to start a Problem of the Day. This is how I'll conduct this: 1. In each post (not including this one since it has rules, etc) everyday, I'll post the problem. I may post another thread after it to give hints though. 2. Level of problem.. This is VERY important. All problems in this thread will be all AHSME or problems similar to this level. No AIME. Some AHSME problems, however, that involve tough insight or skills will not be posted. The chosen problems will be usually ones that everyone can solve after working. Calculators are allowed when you solve problems but it is NOT necessary. 3. Response.. All you have to do is simply solve the problem and post the solution. There is no credit given or taken away if you get the problem wrong. This isn't like other threads where the number of problems you get right or not matters. As for posting, post your solutions here in this thread. Do NOT PM me. Also, here are some more restrictions when posting solutions: A. No single answer post. It doesn't matter if you put hide and say "Answer is ###..." If you don't put explanation, it simply means you cheated off from some other people. I've seen several posts that went like "I know the answer" and simply post the letter. What is the purpose of even posting then? Huh? B. Do NOT go back to the previous problem(s). This causes too much confusion. C. You're FREE to give hints and post different idea, way or answer in some cases in problems. If you see someone did wrong or you don't understand what they did, post here. That's what this thread is for. 4. Main purpose.. This is for anyone who visits this forum to enjoy math. I rememeber when I first came into this forum, I was poor at math compared to other people. But I kindly got help from many people such as JBL, joml88, tokenadult, and many other people that would take too much time to type. Perhaps without them, I wouldn't be even a moderator in this forum now. This site clearly made me to enjoy math more and more and I'd like to do the same thing. That's about the rule.. Have fun problem solving! Next post will contain the Day 1 Problem. You can post the solutions until I post one. :D