Found problems: 85335
2020 USMCA, 13
$\Omega$ is a quarter-circle of radius $1$. Let $O$ be the center of $\Omega$, and $A$ and $B$ be the endpoints of its arc. Circle $\omega$ is inscribed in $\Omega$. Circle $\gamma$ is externally tangent to $\omega$ and internally tangent to $\Omega$ on segment $OA$ and arc $AB$. Determine the radius of $\gamma$.
LMT Speed Rounds, 20
The remainder when $x^{100} -x^{99} +... -x +1$ is divided by $x^2 -1$ can be written in the form $ax +b$. Find $2a +b$.
[i]Proposed by Calvin Garces[/i]
2019 Purple Comet Problems, 27
Binhao has a fair coin. He writes the number $+1$ on a blackboard. Then he flips the coin. If it comes up heads (H), he writes $+\frac12$ , and otherwise, if he flips tails (T), he writes $-\frac12$ . Then he flips the coin again. If it comes up heads, he writes $+\frac14$ , and otherwise he writes $-\frac14$ . Binhao continues to flip the coin, and on the nth flip, if he flips heads, he writes $+ \frac{1}{2n}$ , and otherwise he writes $- \frac{1}{2n}$ . For example, if Binhao flips HHTHTHT, he writes $1 + \frac12 + \frac14 - \frac18 + \frac{1}{16} -\frac{1}{32} + \frac{1}{64} -\frac{1}{128}$ . The probability that Binhao will generate a series whose sum is greater than $\frac17$ is $\frac{p}{q}$ , where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p + 10q$.
2021 Indonesia TST, C
A square board with a size of $2020 \times 2020$ is divided into $2020^2$ small squares of size $1 \times 1$. Each of these small squares will be coloured black or white. Determine the number of ways to colour the board such that for every $2\times 2$ square, which consists of $4$ small squares, contains $2$ black small squares and $2$ white small squares.
2005 Turkey Team Selection Test, 2
Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $\angle A=90$ and $\angle B < \angle C$. The tangent at $A$ to its circumcircle $\Gamma$ meets the line $BC$ at $D$. Let $E$ be the reflection of $A$ across $BC$, $X$ the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $BE$, and $Y$ be the midpoint of $AX$. Let the line $BY$ meet $\Gamma$ again at $Z$. Prove that the line $BD$ is tangent to circumcircle of triangle $ADZ$ .
1985 Tournament Of Towns, (090) T1
In quadrilateral ABCD it is given that $AB = BC = 1, \angle ABC = 100^o$ , and $\angle CDA = 130^o$ . Find the length of $BD$.
2012 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 18
A triangle and two points inside it are marked. It is known that one of the triangle’s angles is equal to $58^{\circ}$, one of two remaining angles is equal to $59^{\circ}$, one of two given points is the incenter of the triangle and the second one is its circumcenter. Using only the ruler without partitions determine where is each of the angles and where is each of the centers.
2025 Belarusian National Olympiad, 11.7
Positive real numbers $a_1>a_2>\ldots>a_n$ with sum $s$ are such that the equation $nx^2-sx+1=0$ has a positive root $a_{n+1}$ smaller than $a_n$.
Prove that there exists a positive integer $r \leq n$ such that the inequality $a_ra_{r+1} \geq \frac{1}{r}$ holds.
[i]M. Zorka[/i]
2014 Romania Team Selection Test, 2
Let $a$ be a real number in the open interval $(0,1)$. Let $n\geq 2$ be a positive integer and let $f_n\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be defined by $f_n(x) = x+\frac{x^2}{n}$. Show that
\[\frac{a(1-a)n^2+2a^2n+a^3}{(1-a)^2n^2+a(2-a)n+a^2}<(f_n \circ\ \cdots\ \circ f_n)(a)<\frac{an+a^2}{(1-a)n+a}\] where there are $n$ functions in the composition.
2003 Purple Comet Problems, 20
In how many ways can we form three teams of four players each from a group of $12$ participants?
2010 HMNT, 8-10
[u]Linear? What's The Problem?[/u]
A function $f(x_1, x_2,..., x_n)$ is said to be linear in each of its variables if it is a polynomial such that no variable appears with power higher than one in any term. For example, $1 + x + xy$ is linear in $x$ and $y$, but $1 + x^2$ is not. Similarly, $2x + 3yz$ is linear in $x$, $y$, and $z$, but $xyz^2$ is not.
[b]p8.[/b] A function $f(x,y)$ is linear in $x$ and in $y$. $f(x,y) =\frac{1}{xy}$ for $x,y \in \{3, 4\}$. What is $f(5,5)$?
[b]p9.[/b] A function $f(x, y,z)$ is linear in $x$, $y$, and $z$ such that $f(x,y, z) = \frac{1}{xyz}$ for $x,y,z \in \{3,4\}$. What is $f(5, 5, 5)$?
[b]p10.[/b] A function $f(x_1, x_2,..., x_n)$ is linear in each of the $x_i$ and $f(x_1, x_2,..., x_n)= \frac{1}{x_1x_2...x_n}$ when $x_i \in \{3,4\}$ for all $ i$. In terms of $n$, what is $f(5,5,...,5)$?
2007 Nicolae Coculescu, 2
Let be two sequences $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 0} , \left( b_n \right)_{n\ge 0} $ satisfying the following system:
$$ \left\{ \begin{matrix} a_0>0,& \quad a_{n+1} =a_ne^{-a_n} , &\quad\forall n\ge 0 \\ b_{0}\in (0,1) ,& \quad b_{n+1} =b_n\cos \sqrt{b_n} ,& \quad\forall n\ge 0 \end{matrix} \right. $$
Calculate $ \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{a_n}{b_n} . $
[i]Florian Dumitrel[/i]
2004 Romania National Olympiad, 1
Let $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function such that $|f(x)-f(y)| \leq |x-y|$, for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Prove that if for any real $x$, the sequence $x,f(x),f(f(x)),\ldots$ is an arithmetic progression, then there is $a \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)=x+a$, for all $x \in \mathbb R$.
2015 Postal Coaching, Problem 3
Show that there are no positive integers $a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5,a_6$ such that
$$(1+a_1 \omega)(1+a_2 \omega)(1+a_3 \omega)(1+a_4 \omega)(1+a_5 \omega)(1+a_6 \omega)$$
is an integer where $\omega$ is an imaginary $5$th root of unity.
2014 Contests, 1
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral such that $m \left (\widehat{DAB} \right )=m \left (\widehat{CBD} \right )=120^{\circ}$, $|AB|=2$, $|AD|=4$ and $|BC|=|BD|$. If the line through $C$ which is parallel to $AB$ meets $AD$ at $E$, what is $|CE|$?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 8
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the preceding}
$
2012 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 7
Some cities of Russia are connected with some cities of Ukraine with international airlines. The Interstate Council for the Promotion of Migration intends to introduce a one-way traffic on each airline so that, by taking off from the city, it could no longer be returned in this city (using other one-way airlines). Prove that the number of ways to do this is not divided by $3$.
2014 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Qualification, 2
Alphonse and Beryl play a game involving $n$ safes. Each safe can be opened by a unique key and each key opens a unique safe. Beryl randomly shuffles the $n$ keys, and after placing one key inside each safe, she locks all of the safes with her master key. Alphonse then selects $m$ of the safes (where $m < n$), and Beryl uses her master key to open just the safes that Alphonse selected. Alphonse collects all of the keys inside these $m$ safes and tries to use these keys to open up the other $n - m$ safes. If he can open a safe with one of the $m$ keys, he can then use the key in that safe to try to open any of the remaining safes, repeating the process until Alphonse successfully opens all of the safes, or cannot open any more. Let $P_m(n)$ be the probability that Alphonse can eventually open all $n$ safes starting from his initial selection of $m$ keys.
(a) Show that $P_2(3) = \frac23$.
(b) Prove that $P_1(n) = \frac1n$.
(c) For all integers $n \geq 2$, prove that $$P_2(n) = \frac2n \cdot P_1(n-1) + \frac{n-2}{n} \cdot P_2(n-1).$$
(d) Determine a formula for $P_2 (n)$.
2012 Argentina National Olympiad Level 2, 6
Let $k$ be a positive integer. There are $2k$ pieces arranged in a row. A [i]move[/i] consists of swapping two adjacent pieces. Several moves must be made so that each piece passes through both the first and the last position. What is the minimum number of moves required to achieve this?
2025 CMIMC Geometry, 7
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with altitude $\overline{AF}.$ Let $AB=5, AC=8, BC=7.$ Let $P$ be on $\overline{AF}$ such that it lies between $A$ and $F.$ Let $\omega_1, \omega_2$ be the circumcircles of $APB, APC$ respectively. Let $\overline{BC}$ intersect $\omega_1$ at $B' \neq B.$ Also, let $\overline{BC}$ intersect $\omega_2$ at $C' \neq C.$ Let $X \neq A$ be on $\omega_1$ such that $B'X=B'A.$ Let $Y \neq A$ be on $\omega_2$ such that $C'A=C'Y.$ Let $X, Y, A$ all lie on one line $h.$ Find the length of $PA.$
Russian TST 2020, P2
Octagon $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6A_7A_8$ is inscribed in a circle $\Omega$ with center $O$. It is known that $A_1A_2\|A_5A_6$, $A_3A_4\|A_7A_8$ and $A_2A_3\|A_5A_8$. The circle $\omega_{12}$ passes through $A_1$, $A_2$ and touches $A_1A_6$; circle $\omega_{34}$ passes through $A_3$, $A_4$ and touches $A_3A_8$; the circle $\omega_{56}$ passes through $A_5$, $A_6$ and touches $A_5A_2$; the circle $\omega_{78}$ passes through $A_7$, $A_8$ and touches $A_7A_4$. The common external tangent to $\omega_{12}$ and $\omega_{34}$ cross the line passing through ${A_1A_6}\cap{A_3A_8}$ and ${A_5A_2}\cap{A_7A_4}$ at the point $X$. Prove that one of the common tangents to $\omega_{56}$ and $\omega_{78}$ passes through $X$.
1951 AMC 12/AHSME, 3
If the length of a diagonal of a square is $ a \plus{} b$, then the area of the square is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ (a \plus{} b)^2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{2}(a \plus{} b)^2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ a^2 \plus{} b^2$
$ \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {1}{2}(a^2 \plus{} b^2) \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$
1999 Austrian-Polish Competition, 3
Given an integer $n \ge 2$, find all sustems of $n$ functions$ f_1,..., f_n : R \to R$ such that for all $x,y \in R$
$$\begin{cases} f_1(x)-f_2 (x)f_2(y)+ f_1(y) = 0 \\ f_2(x^2)-f_3 (x)f_3(y)+ f_2(y^2) = 0 \\ ... \\ f_n(x^n)-f_1 (x)f_1(y)+ f_n(y^n) = 0 \end {cases}$$
2024 Iran MO (2nd Round), 3
Find all natural numbers $x,y>1$and primes $p$ that satisfy $$\frac{x^2-1}{y^2-1}=(p+1)^2. $$
2017 Morocco TST-, 5
Let $n$ be a positive integer relatively prime to $6$. We paint the vertices of a regular $n$-gon with three colours so that there is an odd number of vertices of each colour. Show that there exists an isosceles triangle whose three vertices are of different colours.
2017 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 20
Compute the value of the sum
\[
\sum_{k = 1}^{11} \frac{\sin(2^{k + 4} \pi / 89)}{\sin(2^k \pi / 89)} \, .
\]