Olympiad problems

2012 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 14

[b]Q14.[/b] Let be given a trinagle $ABC$ with $\angle A=90^o$ and the bisectrices of angles $B$ and $C$ meet at $I$. Suppose that $IH$ is perpendicular to $BC$ ($H$ belongs to $BC$). If $HB=5 \text{cm}, \; HC=8 \text{cm}$, compute the area of $\triangle ABC$.

1996 Canada National Olympiad, 4

Tags: trigonometry , angle bisector , geometry

Let triangle $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB = AC$. Suppose that the angle bisector of its angle $\angle B$ meets the side $AC$ at a point $D$ and that $BC = BD+AD$. Determine $\angle A$.

2013 Waseda University Entrance Examination, 4

Tags: calculus , integration , geometry , trigonometry , calculus computations

Given a solid $R$ contained in a semi cylinder with the hight $1$ which has a semicircle with radius $1$ as the base. The cross section at the hight $x\ (0\leq x\leq 1)$ is the form combined with two right-angled triangles as attached figure as below. Answer the following questions. (1) Find the cross-sectional area $S(x)$ at the hight $x$. (2) Find the volume of $R$. If necessary, when you integrate, set $x=\sin t.$

2005 Taiwan TST Round 1, 2

Tags: trigonometry , incenter , symmetry , cyclic quadrilateral , geometry

$P$ is a point in the interior of $\triangle ABC$, and $\angle ABP = \angle PCB = 10^\circ$. (a) If $\angle PBC = 10^\circ$ and $\angle ACP = 20^\circ$, what is the value of $\angle BAP$? (b) If $\angle PBC = 20^\circ$ and $\angle ACP = 10^\circ$, what is the value of $\angle BAP$?

2002 National Olympiad First Round, 21

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , trigonometry , trapezoid

Let $A_1A_2 \cdots A_{10}$ be a regular decagon such that $[A_1A_4]=b$ and the length of the circumradius is $R$. What is the length of a side of the decagon? $ \textbf{a)}\ b-R \qquad\textbf{b)}\ b^2-R^2 \qquad\textbf{c)}\ R+\dfrac b2 \qquad\textbf{d)}\ b-2R \qquad\textbf{e)}\ 2b-3R $

2018 Purple Comet Problems, 25

Tags: trigonometry

If a and b are in the interval $\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ such that $13(\sin a + \sin b) + 43(\cos a + \cos b) = 2\sqrt{2018}$, then $\tan a + \tan b = \frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.

1998 Romania Team Selection Test, 4

Tags: analytic geometry , trigonometry , function , combinatorics

Consider in the plane a finite set of segments such that the sum of their lengths is less than $\sqrt{2}$. Prove that there exists an infinite unit square grid covering the plane such that the lines defining the grid do not intersect any of the segments. [i]Vasile Pop[/i]

1978 IMO Longlists, 6

Tags: polynomial , function , trigonometry , geometry , algebra

Prove that for all $X > 1$, there exists a triangle whose sides have lengths $P_1(X) = X^4+X^3+2X^2+X+1, P_2(X) = 2X^3+X^2+2X+1$, and $P_3(X) = X^4-1$. Prove that all these triangles have the same greatest angle and calculate it.

2022 AMC 12/AHSME, 12

Tags: geometry , tetrahedron , trigonometry

Let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AB}$ in regular tetrahedron $ABCD$. What is $\cos({\angle CMD})$? $\textbf{(A)} ~\frac{1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~\frac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~\frac{2}{5} \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~\frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $

2000 Irish Math Olympiad, 2

Tags: trigonometry , inequalities , cyclic quadrilateral , geometry

In a cyclic quadrilateral $ ABCD, a,b,c,d$ are its side lengths, $ Q$ its area, and $ R$ its circumradius. Prove that: $ R^2\equal{}\frac{(ab\plus{}cd)(ac\plus{}bd)(ad\plus{}bc)}{16Q^2}$. Deduce that $ R \ge \frac{(abcd)^{\frac{3}{4}}}{Q\sqrt{2}}$ with equality if and only if $ ABCD$ is a square.

2008 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 2

Tags: trigonometry , geometry

Circle $I$ is the incircle of $\triangle ABC$. Circle $I$ is tangent to sides $BC$ and $AC$ at $M,N$ respectively. $E,F$ are midpoints of sides $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. Lines $EF, BI$ intersect at $D$. Show that $M,N,D$ are collinear.

2007 F = Ma, 32

Tags: geometry , geometric transformation , rotation , trigonometry

A thin, uniform rod has mass $m$ and length $L$. Let the acceleration due to gravity be $g$. Let the rotational inertia of the rod about its center be $md^2$. The rod is suspended from a distance $kd$ from the center, and undergoes small oscillations with an angular frequency $\beta \sqrt{\frac{g}{d}}$. Find an expression for $\beta$ in terms of $k$. $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1+k^2$ $ \textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{1+k^2}$ $ \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{\frac{k}{1+k}}$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt{\frac{k^2}{1+k}}$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of the above}$

2014 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , trigonometry , analytic geometry , graphing lines

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with sides $AB = 6$, $BC = 10$, and $CA = 8$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $BA$ and $BC$, respectively. Choose the point $Y$ on ray $CM$ so that the circumcircle of triangle $AMY$ is tangent to $AN$. Find the area of triangle $NAY$.

1961 IMO, 5

Tags: inequalities , trigonometry , geometry , perpendicular bisector

Construct a triangle $ABC$ if $AC=b$, $AB=c$ and $\angle AMB=w$, where $M$ is the midpoint of the segment $BC$ and $w<90$. Prove that a solution exists if and only if \[ b \tan{\dfrac{w}{2}} \leq c <b \] In what case does the equality hold?

1998 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 10.1

Tags: algebra , trigonometry

Let $f(x) = x^2 + ax + b cos x$. Find all values of parameter$ a$ and $b$, for which the equations $f(x) = 0$ and $f(f(x)) = 0 $have the same non-empty sets of real roots.

OMMC POTM, 2024 6

Tags: trigonometry , number theory , floor function

Find the remainder modulo $101$ of $$\left\lfloor \dfrac{1}{(2 \cos \left(\frac{4\pi}{7} \right))^{103}}\right\rfloor$$

1969 Kurschak Competition, 2

Tags: trigonometry , geometry , equilateral

A triangle has side lengths $a, b, c$ and angles $A, B, C$ as usual (with $b$ opposite $B$ etc). Show that if $$a(1 - 2 \cos A) + b(1 - 2 \cos B) + c(1 - 2 \cos C) = 0$$ then the triangle is equilateral.

1999 Hong kong National Olympiad, 2

Tags: incenter , trigonometry , geometry

Let $I$ be the incentre and $O$ the circumcentre of a non-equilateral triangle $ABC$. Prove that $\angle AIO \le 90^{\circ}$ if and only if $2BC\le AB+AC$.

2007 Moldova Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: inradius , circumcircle , trigonometry , geometry

Consider a triangle $ABC$, with corresponding sides $a,b,c$, inradius $r$ and circumradius $R$. If $r_{A}, r_{B}, r_{C}$ are the radii of the respective excircles of the triangle, show that \[a^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{A}}-\frac{r}{r_{B}r_{C}}\right)+b^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{B}}-\frac{r}{r_{A}r_{C}}\right)+c^{2}\left(\frac 2{r_{C}}-\frac{r}{r_{A}r_{B}}\right)=4(R+3r) \]

1963 German National Olympiad, 2

Tags: trigonometry , algebra

For which numbers $x$of the interval $0 < x <\pi$ holds: $$\frac{\tan 2x}{\tan x} -\frac{2 \cot 2x}{\cot x}=1$$

1991 Arnold's Trivium, 2

Tags: limit , trigonometry

Find the limit \[\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\sin \tan x-\tan\sin x}{\arcsin\arctan x-\arctan\arcsin x}\]

2011 China Northern MO, 7

Tags: trigonometry , inequalities

In $\triangle ABC$ , then \[\frac{1}{1+\cos^2 A+\cos^2 B}+\frac{1}{1+\cos^2 B+\cos^2 C}+\frac{1}{1+\cos^2 C+\cos^2 A}\le 2\]

1979 Vietnam National Olympiad, 4

Tags: polynomial , trigonometry , algebra

For each integer $n > 0$ show that there is a polynomial $p(x)$ such that $p(2 cos x) = 2 cos nx$.

2000 Baltic Way, 3

Tags: circumcircle , trigonometry , geometry

Given a triangle $ ABC$ with $ \angle A \equal{} 90^{\circ}$ and $ AB \neq AC$. The points $ D$, $ E$, $ F$ lie on the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively, in such a way that $ AFDE$ is a square. Prove that the line $ BC$, the line $ FE$ and the line tangent at the point $ A$ to the circumcircle of the triangle $ ABC$ intersect in one point.

1985 Iran MO (2nd round), 1

Tags: trigonometry , induction , strong induction , algebra

Let $\alpha $ be an angle such that $\cos \alpha = \frac pq$, where $p$ and $q$ are two integers. Prove that the number $q^n \cos n \alpha$ is an integer.