A segment through the focus $F$ of a parabola with vertex $V$ is perpendicular to $\overline{FV}$ and intersects the parabola in points $A$ and $B$. What is $\cos(\angle AVB)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ -\frac{3\sqrt{5}}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ -\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ -\frac{4}{5} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ -\frac{3}{5} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ -\frac{1}{2} $

Let $a,b,c \in \left[ \frac 12, 1 \right]$. Prove that \[ 2 \leq \frac{ a+b}{1+c} + \frac{ b+c}{1+a} + \frac{ c+a}{1+b} \leq 3 . \] [i]selected by Mircea Lascu[/i]

Find the complex numbers $ a,b $ having the properties that $ |a|=|b|=1=\bar{a} +\bar{b} -ab. $

Prove that the product of the sines of two opposite dihedrals in a tetrahedron is proportional to the product of the lengths of the edges of these dihedrals.

A quadrilateral $ABCD$ without parallel sides is circumscribed around a circle with centre $O$. Prove that $O$ is a point of intersection of middle lines of quadrilateral $ABCD$ (i.e. barycentre of points $A,\,B,\,C,\,D$) iff $OA\cdot OC=OB\cdot OD$.

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $\angle CBD = 2 \angle ADB$, $\angle ABD = 2 \angle CDB$ and $AB = CB$. Prove that $AD = CD$.

Let $a$ be a positive real number. Evaluate $I=\int_0^{+\infty} \frac{\sin x\cos x}{x(x^2+a^2)}dx.$

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and let the angle bisectors of its angles $ CAB$ and $ ABC$ meet the sides $ BC$ and $ CA$ at the points $ D$ and $ F$, respectively. The lines $ AD$ and $ BF$ meet the line through the point $ C$ parallel to $ AB$ at the points $ E$ and $ G$ respectively, and we have $ FG \equal{} DE$. Prove that $ CA \equal{} CB$. [i]Original formulation:[/i] Let $ ABC$ be a triangle and $ L$ the line through $ C$ parallel to the side $ AB.$ Let the internal bisector of the angle at $ A$ meet the side $ BC$ at $ D$ and the line $ L$ at $ E$ and let the internal bisector of the angle at $ B$ meet the side $ AC$ at $ F$ and the line $ L$ at $ G.$ If $ GF \equal{} DE,$ prove that $ AC \equal{} BC.$

In a triangle $ABC$, the excircle $\omega_a$ opposite $A$ touches $AB$ at $P$ and $AC$ at $Q$, while the excircle $\omega_b$ opposite $B$ touches $BA$ at $M$ and $BC$ at $N$. Let $K$ be the projection of $C$ onto $MN$ and let $L$ be the projection of $C$ onto $PQ$. Show that the quadrilateral $MKLP$ is cyclic. ([i]Bulgaria[/i])

An arbitrary circle can intersect the graph $ y \equal{} \sin x$ in $ \textbf{(A)} \text{ at most 2 points} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \text{ at most 4 points} \qquad$ $ \textbf{(C)} \text{ at most 6 points} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \text{ at most 8 points} \qquad$ $ \textbf{(E)} \text{ more than 16 points}$

For $ x\geq 0,$ define a function $ f(x)\equal{}\sin \left(\frac{n\pi}{4}\right)\sin x\ (n\pi \leq x<(n\plus{}1)\pi )\ (n\equal{}0,\ 1,\ 2,\ \cdots)$. Evaluate $ \int_0^{100\pi } f(x)\ dx.$

Let $ABC$ is a triangle with $\angle BAC=\frac{\pi}{6}$ and the circumradius equal to 1. If $X$ is a point inside or in its boundary let $m(X)=\min(AX,BX,CX).$ Find all the angles of this triangle if $\max(m(X))=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}.$

Let $ 0\leq \theta\leq \frac{\pi}{2}$ . Prove that $\sin \theta \geq \frac{2\theta}{\pi}$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Let $\omega$ be a circle whose centre $L$ lies on the side $BC$. Suppose that $\omega$ is tangent to $AB$ at $B'$ and $AC$ at $C'$. Suppose also that the circumcentre $O$ of triangle $ABC$ lies on the shorter arc $B'C'$ of $\omega$. Prove that the circumcircle of $ABC$ and $\omega$ meet at two points. [i]Proposed by Härmel Nestra, Estonia[/i]

Let $A=(0,0)$ and $B=(b,2)$ be points on the coordinate plane. Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex equilateral hexagon such that $\angle FAB=120^\circ,$ $\overline{AB}\parallel \overline{DE},$ $\overline{BC}\parallel \overline{EF,}$ $\overline{CD}\parallel \overline{FA},$ and the y-coordinates of its vertices are distinct elements of the set $\{0,2,4,6,8,10\}.$ The area of the hexagon can be written in the form $m\sqrt{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n.$

Do either (1) or (2): (1) Show that any solution $f(t)$ of the functional equation $$f(x+y)f(x-y)=f(x)^{2} +f(y)^{2} -1$$ for $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$ satisfies $$f''(t)= \pm c^{2} f(t)$$ for a constant $c$, assuming the existence and continuity of the second derivative. Deduce that $f(t)$ is one of the functions $$ \pm \cos ct, \;\;\; \pm \cosh ct.$$ (2) Let $(a_{i})_{i=1,...,n}$ and $(b_{i})_{i=1,...,n}$ be real numbers. Define an $(n+1)\times (n+1)$-matrix $A=(c_{ij})$ by $$ c_{i1}=1, \; \; c_{1j}= x^{j-1} \; \text{for} \; j\leq n,\; \; c_{1n+1}=p(x), \;\; c_{ij}=a_{i-1}^{j-1} \; \text{for}\; i>1, j\leq n,\;\; c_{in+1}=b_{i-1}\; \text{for}\; i>1.$$ The polynomial $p(x)$ is defined by the equation $\det A=0$. Let $f$ be a polynomial and replace $(b_{i})$ with $(f(b_{i}))$. Then $\det A=0$ defines another polynomial $q(x)$. Prove that $f(p(x))-q(x)$ is a multiple of $$\prod_{i=1}^{n} (x-a_{i}).$$

How many real solutions are there to the equation $x = 1964 \sin x - 189$ ?

A strip of width $w$ is the set of all points which lie on, or between, two parallel lines distance $w$ apart. Let $S$ be a set of $n$ ($n \ge 3$) points on the plane such that any three different points of $S$ can be covered by a strip of width $1$. Prove that $S$ can be covered by a strip of width $2$.

A secant line splits a circle into two segments. Inside those segments, one draws two squares such that both squares has two corners on a secant line and two on the circumference. The ratio of the square's side lengths is $5:9$. Compute the ratio of the secant line versus circle radius.

There are real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that for every positive number $x$, we have the identity \[ \tan^{-1} \bigl( \frac{1}{x} - \frac{x}{8} \bigr) + \tan^{-1}(ax) + \tan^{-1}(bx) = \frac{\pi}{2} \, . \] (Throughout this equation, $\tan^{-1}$ means the inverse tangent function, sometimes written $\arctan$.) What is the value of $a^2 + b^2$?

In a tetrahedral $ABCD$, given that $\angle ADB=\angle BDC =\angle CDA=\frac{\pi}{3}$, $AD=BD=3$, and $CD=2$. Find the radius of the circumsphere of $ABCD$.

In a triangle $ABC$, points $X$ and $Y$ are on $BC$ and $CA$ respectively such that $CX=CY$,$AX$ is not perpendicular to $BC$ and $BY$ is not perpendicular to $CA$.Let $\Gamma$ be the circle with $C$ as centre and $CX$ as its radius.Find the angles of triangle $ABC$ given that the orthocentres of triangles $AXB$ and $AYB$ lie on $\Gamma$.

In triangle $ABC$, $M$ is midpoint of $AC$, and $D$ is a point on $BC$ such that $DB=DM$. We know that $2BC^{2}-AC^{2}=AB.AC$. Prove that \[BD.DC=\frac{AC^{2}.AB}{2(AB+AC)}\]

A wooden cube, whose edges are one centimeter long, rests on a horizontal surface. Illuminated by a point source of light that is $x$ centimeters directly above an upper vertex, the cube casts a shadow on the horizontal surface. The area of the shadow, which does not inclued the area beneath the cube is 48 square centimeters. Find the greatest integer that does not exceed $1000x.$

Let $A', B' , C'$ be the projections of a point $M$ inside a triangle $ABC$ onto the sides $BC, CA, AB$, respectively. Define $p(M ) = \frac{MA'\cdot MB'\cdot MC'}{MA \cdot MB \cdot MC}$ . Find the position of point $M$ that maximizes $p(M )$.