What is the value of the product $$\left(\frac{1\cdot3}{2\cdot2}\right)\left(\frac{2\cdot4}{3\cdot3}\right)\left(\frac{3\cdot5}{4\cdot4}\right)\cdots\left(\frac{97\cdot99}{98\cdot98}\right)\left(\frac{98\cdot100}{99\cdot99}\right)?$$ $\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{50}{99}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{9800}{9801}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{100}{99}\qquad\textbf{(E) } 50$

The straight river is one and a half kilometers wide and has a current of $8$ kilometers per hour. A boat capable of traveling $10$ kilometers per hour in still water, sets out across the water. How many minutes will it take the boat to reach a point directly across from where it started?

Find all the real number sequences $\{b_n\}_{n \geq 1}$ and $\{c_n\}_{n \geq 1}$ that satisfy the following conditions: (i) For any positive integer $n$, $b_n \leq c_n$; (ii) For any positive integer $n$, $b_{n+1}$ and $c_{n+1}$ is the two roots of the equation $x^2+b_nx+c_n=0$.

The numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$ are real. Prove that $$(a^5+b^5+c^5+a^3c^2+b^3a^2+c^3b^2)^2\geq 4(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a^5b^3+b^5c^3+c^5a^3)$$

Find all real solutions of $\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{x^2-1}=\sqrt{x^3}$

Circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ with centers at points $O_1$ and $O_2$ intersect at points $A$ and $B$. A point $C$ is constructed such that $AO_2CO_1$ is a parallelogram. An arbitrary line is drawn through point $A$, which intersects the circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ for the second time at points $X$ and $Y$, respectively. Prove that $CX = CY$. (Oleksii Masalitin)

The chess piece [i]sick rook[/i] can move along rows and columns as a regular rook, but at most by $2$ fields. We can place [i]sick rooks[/i] on a square board in such a way that no two of them attack each other and no field is attacked by more than one [i]sick rook[/i]. a) Prove that on $30\times 30$ board, we cannot place more than $100$ [i]sick rooks[/i]. b) Find the maximum number of [i]sick rooks[/i] which can be placed on $8\times 8$ board. c) Prove that on $32\times 32$ board, we cannot place more than $120$ [i]sick rooks[/i].

The two angles of the squares are adjacent, and the extension of the diagonals of one square intersect the diagonal of another square at point $O$ (see figure). Prove that $O$ is the midpoint of $AB$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/8/8daaaa55c38e15c4a8ac7492c38707f05475cc.png[/img]

[i]20 problems for 25 minutes.[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Compute $\frac{2024}{2 + 0 \times 2 - 4}.$ [b]p2.[/b] Find the smallest integer that can be written as the product of three distinct positive odd integers. [b]p3.[/b] Bryan’s physics test score is a two-digit number. When Bryan reverses its digits and adds the tens digit of his test score, he once again obtains his test score. Determine Bryan’s physics test score. [b]p4.[/b] Grant took four classes today. He spent $70$ minutes in math class. Had his math class been $40$ minutes instead, he would have spent $15\%$ less total time in class today. Find how many minutes he spent in his other classes combined. [b]p5.[/b] Albert’s favorite number is a nonnegative integer. The square of Albert’s favorite number has $9$ digits. Find the number of digits in Albert’s favorite number. [b]p6.[/b] Two semicircular arcs are drawn in a rectangle, splitting it into four regions as shown below. Given the areas of two of the regions, find the area of the entire rectangle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/a/22109b346c7bdadeaf901d62155de4c506b33c.png[/img] [b]p7.[/b] Daria is buying a tomato and a banana. She has a $20\%$-off coupon which she may use on one of the two items. If she uses it on the tomato, she will spend $\$1.21$ total, and if she uses it on the banana, she will spend $\$1.31$ total. In cents, find the absolute difference between the price of a tomato and the price of a banana. [b]p8.[/b] Celine takes an $8\times 8$ checkerboard of alternating black and white unit squares and cuts it along a line, creating two rectangles with integer side lengths, each of which contains at least $9$ black squares. Find the number of ways Celine can do this. (Rotations and reflections of the cut are considered distinct.) [b]p9.[/b] Each of the nine panes of glass in the circular window shown below has an area of $\pi$, eight of which are congruent. Find the perimeter of one of the non-circular panes. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/c/0d3644dde33b68f186ba1ff0602e08ce7996f5.png[/img] [b]p10.[/b] In Alan’s favorite book, pages are numbered with consecutive integers starting with $1$. The average of the page numbers in Chapter Five is $95$ and the average of the page numbers in Chapter Six is $114$. Find the number of pages in Chapters Five and Six combined. [b]p11.[/b] Find the number of ordered pairs $(a, b)$ of positive integers such that $a + b = 2024$ and $$\frac{a}{b}>\frac{1000}{1025}.$$ [b]p12.[/b] A square is split into three smaller rectangles $A$, $B$, and $C$. The area of $A$ is $80$, $B$ is a square, and the area of $C$ is $30$. Compute the area of $B$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/5/43109b964eacaddefd410ddb8bf4e4354a068b.png[/img] [b]p13.[/b] A knight on a chessboard moves two spaces horizontally and one space vertically, or two spaces vertically and one space horizontally. Two knights attack each other if each knight can move onto the other knight’s square. Find the number of ways to place a white knight and a black knight on an $8 \times 8$ chessboard so that the two knights attack each other. One such possible configuration is shown below. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/2/b4a83fbbab7e54dda81ac5805728d268b6db9f.png[/img] [b]p14.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $N$ for which the median of the positive divisors of $N$ is $9$. [b]p15.[/b] Let $x$, $y$, and $z$ be nonzero real numbers such that $$\begin{cases} 20x + 24y = yz \\ 20y + 24x = xz \end{cases}$$ Find the sum of all possible values of $z$. [b]p16.[/b] Ava glues together $9$ standard six-sided dice in a $3 \times 3$ grid so that any two touching faces have the same number of dots. Find the number of dots visible on the surface of the resulting shape. (On a standard six-sided die, opposite faces sum to $7$.) [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/5/bc71dac9b8ae52a4456154000afde2c89fd83a.png[/img] [b]p17.[/b] Harini has a regular octahedron of volume $1$. She cuts off its $6$ vertices, turning the triangular faces into regular hexagons. Find the volume of the resulting solid. [b]p18.[/b] Each second, Oron types either $O$ or $P$ with equal probability, forming a growing sequence of letters. Find the probability he types out $POP$ before $OOP$. [b]p19.[/b] For an integer $n \ge 10$, define $f(n)$ to be the number formed after removing the first digit from $n$ (and removing any leading zeros) and define $g(n)$ to be the number formed after removing the last digit from $n$. Find the sum of the solutions to the equation $f(n) + g(n) = 2024$. [b]p20.[/b] In convex trapezoid $ABCD$ with $\overline{AB} \parallel \overline{CD}$ and $AD = BC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. If $\angle AMB = 24^o$ and $\angle CMD = 66^o$, find $\angle ABC$, in degrees. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $(a_n)_n\geq 0$ and $a_{m+n}+a_{m-n}=\frac{1}{2}(a_{2m}+a_{2n})$ for every $m\geq n\geq0.$ If $a_1=1,$ then find the value of $a_{2007}.$

In a triangle $ABC$, points $A_{1}$ and $A_{2}$ are chosen in the prolongations beyond $A$ of segments $AB$ and $AC$, such that $AA_{1}=AA_{2}=BC$. Define analogously points $B_{1}$, $B_{2}$, $C_{1}$, $C_{2}$. If $[ABC]$ denotes the area of triangle $ABC$, show that $[A_{1}A_{2}B_{1}B_{2}C_{1}C_{2}] \geq 13 [ABC]$.

A bag contains only blue balls and green balls. There are $6$ blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball at random from this bag is $ \frac{1}{4} $, then the number of green balls in the bag is $ \text{(A)}\ 12\qquad\text{(B)}\ 18\qquad\text{(C)}\ 24\qquad\text{(D)}\ 30\qquad\text{(E)}\ 36 $

In an acute-angled triangle $ ABC$, $ D,E,F$ are the feet of the altitudes from $ A,B,C$, respectively, and $ P,Q,R$ are the feet of the perpendiculars from $ A,B,C$ onto $ EF,FD,DE$, respectively. Prove that the lines $ AP,BQ,CR$ are concurrent.

The bisectors of the angles $ CAB, ABC, BCA $ of the triangle $ ABC $ intersect the circle circumcribed around this triangle at points $ K, L, M $, respectively. Prove that $$ AK+BL+CM > AB+BC+CA.$$

The diagonals $AC{}$ and $BD$ of the trapezoid $ABCD$ intersect at $E{}.$ The bisector of the angle $BEC$ intersects the bases $BC$ and $AD$ at $X{}$ and $Z{}$. The perpendicular bisector of the segment $XZ$ intersects the sides $AB$ and $CD$ at $Y{}$ and $T{}$. Prove that $XYZT{}$ is a rhombus. [i]Proposed by M. Didin, I. Kukharchuk and P. Puchkov[/i]

Integers $1, 2,...,100$ are written on a circle, not necessarily in that order. Can it be that the absolute value of the dierence between any two adjacent integers is at least $30$ and at most $50$?

Peter has a deck of $1001$ cards, and with a blue pen he has written the numbers $1,2,\ldots,1001$ on the cards (one number on each card). He replaced cards in a circle so that blue numbers were on the bottom side of the card. Then, for each card $C$, he took $500$ consecutive cards following $C$ (clockwise order), and denoted by $f(C)$ the number of blue numbers written on those $500$ cards that are greater than the blue number written on $C$ itself. After all, he wrote this $f(C)$ number on the top side of the card $C$ with a red pen. Prove that Peter's friend Basil, who sees all the red numbers on these cards, can determine the blue number on each card.

Given natural $n,m,k$. It is known that $m^n$ is divisible by $n^m$, and $n^k$ is divisible by $k^n$. Prove that $m^k$ is divisible by $k^m$.

Let $a<b<c<d<e$ be real numbers. Among the $10$ sums of the pairs of these numbers, the least $3$ are $32,36,37$, while the largest two are $48$ and $51$. Find all possible values of $e$

Evaluate \[\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{k}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k2^n+1}.\]

Determine and justify all solutions $(x,y, z)$ of the system of equations: $x^2 = y + z$ $y^2 = x + z$ $z^2 = x + y$

Let $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ be two non-intersecting circles. Let one of its internal tangents touches $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at $A_1$ and $A_2$, respectively, and let one of its external tangents touches $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at $B_1$ and $B_2$, respectively. Prove that if $A_1B_2\perp A_2B_1$, then $A_1B_2 = A_2B_1$.

Professor Oak is feeding his $100$ Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a bowl whose capacity is a positive real number of kilograms. These capacities are known to Professor Oak. The total capacity of all the bowls is $100$ kilograms. Professor Oak distributes $100$ kilograms of food in such a way that each Pokémon receives a non-negative integer number of kilograms of food (which may be larger than the capacity of the bowl). The [i]dissatisfaction level[/i] of a Pokémon who received $N$ kilograms of food and whose bowl has a capacity of $C$ kilograms is equal to $\lvert N-C\rvert$. Find the smallest real number $D$ such that, regardless of the capacities of the bowls, Professor Oak can distribute food in a way that the sum of the dissatisfaction levels over all the $100$ Pokémon is at most $D$. [i]Oleksii Masalitin, Ukraine[/i]

Angle bisectors $AA', BB'$and $CC'$ are drawn in triangle $ABC$ with angle $\angle B= 120^o$. Find $\angle A'B'C'$.

Alice and Bob take turns alternatively on a $2020\times2020$ board with Alice starting the game. In every move each person colours a cell that have not been coloured yet and will be rewarded with as many points as the coloured cells in the same row and column. When the table is coloured completely, the points determine the winner. Who has the wining strategy and what is the maximum difference he/she can grantees? [i]Proposed by Seyed Reza Hosseini[/i]