Found problems: 85335
2023 Durer Math Competition Finals, 1
Prove that for any real $r>0$, one can cover the circumference of a $1\times r$ rectangle with non-intersecting disks of unit radius.
2012 Indonesia TST, 2
Let $\omega$ be a circle with center $O$, and let $l$ be a line not intersecting $\omega$. $E$ is a point on $l$ such that $OE$ is perpendicular with $l$. Let $M$ be an arbitrary point on $M$ different from $E$. Let $A$ and $B$ be distinct points on the circle $\omega$ such that $MA$ and $MB$ are tangents to $\omega$. Let $C$ and $D$ be the foot of perpendiculars from $E$ to $MA$ and $MB$ respectively. Let $F$ be the intersection of $CD$ and $OE$. As $M$ moves, determine the locus of $F$.
2018 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 1
For two non-zero real numbers $a, b$ , the equation, $a(x-a)^2 + b(x-b)^2 = 0$ has a unique solution.
Prove that $a=\pm b$.
2024 Kyiv City MO Round 2, Problem 3
$2024$ ones and $2024$ twos are arranged in a circle in some order. Is it always possible to divide the circle into
[b]a)[/b] two (contiguous) parts with equal sums?
[b]b)[/b] three (contiguous) parts with equal sums?
[i]Proposed by Fedir Yudin[/i]
2007 Nicolae Păun, 3
Construct a function $ f:[0,1]\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that is primitivable, bounded, and doesn't touch its bounds.
[i]Dorian Popa[/i]
2015 IMO, 4
Triangle $ABC$ has circumcircle $\Omega$ and circumcenter $O$. A circle $\Gamma$ with center $A$ intersects the segment $BC$ at points $D$ and $E$, such that $B$, $D$, $E$, and $C$ are all different and lie on line $BC$ in this order. Let $F$ and $G$ be the points of intersection of $\Gamma$ and $\Omega$, such that $A$, $F$, $B$, $C$, and $G$ lie on $\Omega$ in this order. Let $K$ be the second point of intersection of the circumcircle of triangle $BDF$ and the segment $AB$. Let $L$ be the second point of intersection of the circumcircle of triangle $CGE$ and the segment $CA$.
Suppose that the lines $FK$ and $GL$ are different and intersect at the point $X$. Prove that $X$ lies on the line $AO$.
[i]Proposed by Greece[/i]
2019 Saudi Arabia BMO TST, 3
Let $300$ students participate to the Olympiad. Between each $3$ participants there is a pair that are not friends. Hamza enumerates participants in some order and denotes by $x_i$ the number of friends of $i$-th participant. It occurs that $\{x_1,x_2,...,x_{299},x_{300}\} = \{1, 2,..., N - 1,N\}$ Find the biggest possible value for $N$.
2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
On a $999\times 999$ board a [i]limp rook[/i] can move in the following way: From any square it can move to any of its adjacent squares, i.e. a square having a common side with it, and every move must be a turn, i.e. the directions of any two consecutive moves must be perpendicular. A [i]non-intersecting route[/i] of the limp rook consists of a sequence of pairwise different squares that the limp rook can visit in that order by an admissible sequence of moves. Such a non-intersecting route is called [i]cyclic[/i], if the limp rook can, after reaching the last square of the route, move directly to the first square of the route and start over.
How many squares does the longest possible cyclic, non-intersecting route of a limp rook visit?
[i]Proposed by Nikolay Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]
1967 IMO Shortlist, 2
In the space $n \geq 3$ points are given. Every pair of points determines some distance. Suppose all distances are different. Connect every point with the nearest point. Prove that it is impossible to obtain (closed) polygonal line in such a way.
2002 AMC 12/AHSME, 8
Let $AB$ be a segment of length $26$, and let points $C$ and $D$ be located on $AB$ such that $AC=1$ and $AD=8$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on one of the semicircles with diameter $AB$ for which $EC$ and $FD$ are perpendicular to $AB$. Find $EF$.
$\textbf{(A) }5\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }7\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(E) }12$
2011 Math Prize For Girls Problems, 20
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle with each side of length 1. Let $X$ be a point chosen uniformly at random on side $\overline{AB}$. Let $Y$ be a point chosen uniformly at random on side $\overline{AC}$. (Points $X$ and $Y$ are chosen independently.) Let $p$ be the probability that the distance $XY$ is at most $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt[4]{3}}\,$. What is the value of $900p$, rounded to the nearest integer?
2018 Purple Comet Problems, 5
One afternoon at the park there were twice as many dogs as there were people, and there were twice as many people as there were snakes. The sum of the number of eyes plus the number of legs on all of these dogs, people, and snakes was $510$. Find the number of dogs that were at the park.
1995 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 3
Consider the function $ f(x) \equal{} \frac {2x^3 \minus{} 3}{3x^2 \minus{} 1}$.
$ 1.$ Prove that there is a continuous function $ g(x)$ on $ \mathbb{R}$ satisfying $ f(g(x)) \equal{} x$ and $ g(x) > x$ for all real $ x$.
$ 2.$ Show that there exists a real number $ a > 1$ such that the sequence $ \{a_n\}$, $ n \equal{} 1, 2, \ldots$, defined as follows $ a_0 \equal{} a$, $ a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} f(a_n)$, $ \forall n\in\mathbb{N}$ is periodic with the smallest period $ 1995$.
2022 Miklós Schweitzer, 1
We say that a set $A \subset \mathbb Z$ is irregular if, for any different elements $x, y \in A$, there is no element of the form $x + k(y -x)$ different from $x$ and $y$ (where $k$ is an integer). Is there an infinite irregular set?
2016 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3
In the below picture, $T$ is an equilateral triangle with a side length of $5$ and $\omega$ is a circle with a radius of $2$. The triangle and the circle have the same center. Let $X$ be the area of the shaded region, and let $Y$ be the area of the starred region. What is $X - Y$?
2004 Estonia Team Selection Test, 1
Let $k > 1$ be a fixed natural number. Find all polynomials $P(x)$ satisfying the condition $P(x^k) = (P(x))^k$ for all real numbers $x$.
2024 German National Olympiad, 3
At a party, $25$ elves give each other presents. No elf gives a present to herself. Each elf gives a present to at least one other elf, but no elf gives a present to all other elves.
Show that it is possible to choose a group of three elves including at least two elves who give a present to exactly one of the other two elves in the group.
2011 Purple Comet Problems, 7
When $12{}^1{}^8$ is divided by $18{}^1{}^2$, the result is $(\tfrac{m}{n})^3$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime integers. Find $m-n$.
2013 Romanian Master of Mathematics, 2
Does there exist a pair $(g,h)$ of functions $g,h:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that the only function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $f(g(x))=g(f(x))$ and $f(h(x))=h(f(x))$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ is identity function $f(x)\equiv x$?
1994 Miklós Schweitzer, 3
Let p be an odd prime, A be a non-empty subset of residue classes modulo p, $f:A\to\mathbb R$. Suppose that f is not constant and satisfies $f(x) \leq \frac{f(x + h) + f(x-h)}{2}$ whenever $x,x+h,x-h\in A$. Prove that $|A| \leq \frac{p + 1}{2}$.
PEN J Problems, 3
If $p$ is a prime and $n$ an integer such that $1<n \le p$, then \[\phi \left( \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}n^{k}\right) \equiv 0 \; \pmod{p}.\]
2007 China Second Round Olympiad, 3
For positive integers $k,m$, where $1\le k\le 5$, define the function $f(m,k)$ as
\[f(m,k)=\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left[m\sqrt{\frac{k+1}{i+1}}\right]\]
where $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer not exceeding $x$. Prove that for any positive integer $n$, there exist positive integers $k,m$, where $1\le k\le 5$, such that $f(m,k)=n$.
2018 AIME Problems, 9
Octagon $ABCDEFGH$ with side lengths $AB = CD = EF = GH = 10$ and $BC= DE = FG = HA = 11$ is formed by removing four $6-8-10$ triangles from the corners of a $23\times 27$ rectangle with side $\overline{AH}$ on a short side of the rectangle, as shown. Let $J$ be the midpoint of $\overline{HA}$, and partition the octagon into $7$ triangles by drawing segments $\overline{JB}$, $\overline{JC}$, $\overline{JD}$, $\overline{JE}$, $\overline{JF}$, and $\overline{JG}$. Find the area of the convex polygon whose vertices are the centroids of these $7$ triangles.
[asy]
unitsize(6);
pair P = (0, 0), Q = (0, 23), R = (27, 23), SS = (27, 0);
pair A = (0, 6), B = (8, 0), C = (19, 0), D = (27, 6), EE = (27, 17), F = (19, 23), G = (8, 23), J = (0, 23/2), H = (0, 17);
draw(P--Q--R--SS--cycle);
draw(J--B);
draw(J--C);
draw(J--D);
draw(J--EE);
draw(J--F);
draw(J--G);
draw(A--B);
draw(H--G);
real dark = 0.6;
filldraw(A--B--P--cycle, gray(dark));
filldraw(H--G--Q--cycle, gray(dark));
filldraw(F--EE--R--cycle, gray(dark));
filldraw(D--C--SS--cycle, gray(dark));
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
dot(D);
dot(EE);
dot(F);
dot(G);
dot(H);
dot(J);
dot(H);
defaultpen(fontsize(10pt));
real r = 1.3;
label("$A$", A, W*r);
label("$B$", B, S*r);
label("$C$", C, S*r);
label("$D$", D, E*r);
label("$E$", EE, E*r);
label("$F$", F, N*r);
label("$G$", G, N*r);
label("$H$", H, W*r);
label("$J$", J, W*r);
[/asy]
2022 Miklós Schweitzer, 8
Original in Hungarian; translated with Google translate; polished by myself.
Prove that, the signs $\varepsilon_n = \pm 1$ can be chosen such that the function $f(s) = \sum_{n = 1}^\infty\frac{\varepsilon_n}{n^s}\colon \{s\in\Bbb C:\operatorname{Re}s > 1\}\to \Bbb C$ converges to every complex value at every point $\xi \in \{s\in\Bbb C:\operatorname{Re}s = 1\}$ (i.e. for every $\xi \in \{s\in\Bbb C:\operatorname{Re}s = 1\}$ and every $z \in \Bbb C$, there exists a sequence $s_n \to \xi$, $\operatorname{Re}s_n > 1$, for which $f(s_n) \to z$).
2011 Flanders Math Olympiad, 3
There are $18$ students in a class. Each student is asked two questions: how many other students have the same first name as you and how many other students have the same surname as you. The answers $0, 1, 2, . . ., 7$ all occur. Prove that there are two students with the same first name and last name.