(A.Zaslavsky) A convex polygon can be divided into 2008 congruent quadrilaterals. Is it true that this polygon has a center or an axis of symmetry?

Prove that if $m=5^n+3^n+1$ is a prime, then $12$ divides $n$.

In a mathematical version of baseball, the umpire chooses a positive integer $m$, $m \leq n$, and you guess positive integers to obtain information about $m$. If your guess is smaller than the umpire's $m$, he calls it a "ball"; if it is greater than or equal to $m$, he calls it a "strike." To "hit" it you must state the the correct value of $m$ after the 3rd strike or the 6th guess, whichever comes first. What is the largest $n$ so that there exists a strategy that will allow you to bat 1.000, i.e. always state $m$ correctly? Describe your strategy in detail.

If you take a subset of $4002$ numbers from the whole numbers $1$ to $6003$, then there is always a subset of $2001$ numbers within that subset with the following property: If you order the $2001$ numbers from small to large, the numbers are alternately even and odd (or odd and even). Prove this.

Determine all non-negative integers $n$ for which there exist two relatively prime non-negative integers $x$ and $y$ and a positive integer $k\geqslant 2$ such that $3^n=x^k+y^k$.

Let $f$ be a real-valued function such that \[f(x)+2f\left(\dfrac{2002}x\right)=3x\] for all $x>0$. Find $f(2)$. $\textbf{(A) }1000\qquad\textbf{(B) }2000\qquad\textbf{(C) }3000\qquad\textbf{(D) }4000\qquad\textbf{(E) }6000$

a) A positive integer is called [i]nice [/i] if it can be represented as an arithmetic mean of some (not necessarily distinct) positive integers each being a nonnegative power of $2$. Prove that all positive integers are nice. b) A positive integer is called [i]ugly [/i] if it can not be represented as an arithmetic mean of some pairwise distinct positive integers each being a nonnegative power of $2$. Prove that there exist infinitely many ugly positive integers. (A. Romanenko, D. Zmeikov)

Let $n>1$ be a natural number. Find the real values of the parameter $a$, for which the equation $\sqrt[n]{1+x}+\sqrt[n]{1-x}=a$ has a single real root.

Let $a_1,\ldots,a_{n+1}$ be positive real numbers satisfying $1/(a_1+1)+\cdots+1/(a_{n+1}+1)=n$. Prove that \[\sum_{i=1}^{n+1}\prod_{j\neq i}\sqrt[n]{a_j}\leqslant\frac{n+1}{n}.\]

Find the area of the region surrounded by the two curves $ y=\sqrt{x},\ \sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}=1$ and the $ x$ axis.

Let $ABCDV$ be a regular quadrangular pyramid with $V$ as the apex. The plane $\lambda$ intersects the $VA$, $VB$, $VC$ and $VD$ at $M$, $N$, $P$, $Q$ respectively. Find $VQ : QD$, if $VM : MA = 2 : 1$, $VN : NB = 1 : 1$ and $VP : PC = 1 : 2$.

Given a plane with two circles, one with points $A$ and $B$, and the other with points $C$ and $D$ are shown in the figure. The line $AB$ passes through the center of the first circle and touches the second circle while the line $CD$ passes through the center of the second circle and touches the first circle. Prove that the lines $AD$ and $BC$ are parallel. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/e/92f7b57751e7828a6487a052d4869e27e658b2.png[/img]

Points $A(11,9)$ and $B(2,-3)$ are vertices of $\triangle ABC$ with $AB=AC$. The altitude from $A$ meets the opposite side at $D(-1, 3)$. What are the coordinates of point $C$? $\textbf{(A) } (-8, 9)\qquad \textbf{(B) } (-4, 8)\qquad \textbf{(C) } (-4,9)\qquad \textbf{(D) } (-2, 3)\qquad \textbf{(E) } (-1, 0)$

$f$ is a function twice differentiable on $[0,1]$ and such that $f''$ is continuous. We suppose that : $f(1)-1=f(0)=f'(1)=f'(0)=0$. Prove that there exists $x_0$ on $[0,1]$ such that $|f''(x_0)| \geq 4$

For $n$ a positive integer, define $f_1(n)=n$ and then for $i$ a positive integer, define $f_{i+1}(n)=f_i(n)^{f_i(n)}$. Determine $f_{100}(75)\pmod{17}$. Justify your answer.

Let $n$ and $k$ be positive integers, where $n > 1$ is odd. Suppose $n$ voters are to elect one of the $k$ cadidates from a set $A$ according to the rule of "majoritarian compromise" described below. After each voter ranks the candidates in a column according to his/her preferences, these columns are concatenated to form a $k$ x $n$ voting matrix. We denote the number of ccurences of $a \in A$ in the $i$-th row of the voting matrix by $a_{i}$ . Let $l_{a}$ stand for the minimum integer $l$ for which $\sum^{l}_{i=1}{a_{i}}> \frac{n}{2}$. Setting $l'= min \{l_{a} | a \in A\}$, we will regard the voting matrices which make the set $\{a \in A | l_{a} = l' \}$ as admissible. For each such matrix, the single candidate in this set will get elected according to majoritarian compromise. Moreover, if $w_{1} \geq w_{2} \geq ... \geq
w_{k} \geq 0$ are given, for each admissible voting matrix, $\sum^{k}_{i=1}{w_{i}a_{i}}$ is called the total weighted score of $a \in A$. We will say that the system $(w_{1},w_{2}, . . . , w_{k})$ of weights represents majoritarian compromise if the total score of the elected candidate is maximum among the scores of all candidates. (a) Determine whether there is a system of weights representing majoritarian compromise if $k = 3$. (b) Show that such a system of weights does not exist for $k > 3$.

Find all integers $n$, such that the following number is a perfect square \[N= n^4 + 6n^3 + 11n^2 +3n+31. \]

Consider $A = \{1, 2, ..., 16\}$. A partition of $A$ into nonempty sets $A_1, A_2,..., A_n$ is said to be good if none of the Ai contains elements $a, b, c$ (not necessarily distinct) such that $a = b + c$. (a) Find a good partition $\{A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4\}$ of $A$. (b) Prove that no partition $\{A_1, A_2, A_3\}$ of $A$ is good

Solve the equation for primes $p$ and $q$: $$p^3-q^3=pq^3-1.$$

On a board the numbers $(n-1, n, n+1)$ are written where $n$ is positive integer. On a move choose 2 numbers $a$ and $b$, delete them and write $2a-b$ and $2b-a$. After a succession of moves, on the board there are 2 zeros. Find all possible values for $n$. Proposed by Andrei Eckstein

Consider a triangle $ABC$. Let $S$ be a circumference in the interior of the triangle that is tangent to the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at the points $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively. In the exterior of the triangle we draw three circumferences $S_A$, $S_B$, $S_C$. The circumference $S_A$ is tangent to $BC$ at $L$ and to the prolongation of the lines $AB$, $AC$ at the points $M$, $N$ respectively. The circumference $S_B$ is tangent to $AC$ at $E$ and to the prolongation of the line $BC$ at $P$. The circumference $S_C$ is tangent to $AB$ at $F$ and to the prolongation of the line $BC$ at $Q$. Show that the lines $EP$, $FQ$ and $AL$ meet at a point of the circumference $S$.

In triangle $ABC$, angle $C$ is three times the angle $A$, and side $AB$ is twice the side $BC$. What can be the angle $ABC$?

$10$ real numbers are given $a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_{10} $, and the $45$ sums of two of these numbers are formed $a_i+a_j $, $1\leq i<j\leq 10$ . It is known that not all these sums are integers. Determine the minimum value of $k$ such that it is possible that among the $45$ sums there are $k$ that are not integers and $45-k$ that are integers.

Suppose that $a$ and $ b$ are distinct positive integers satisfying $20a + 17b = p$ and $17a + 20b = q$ for certain primes $p$ and $ q$. Determine the minimum value of $p + q$.

Triangle $ABC$ satisfies $\angle ABC < \angle BCA < \angle CAB < 90^{\circ}$. $O$ is the circumcenter of triangle $ABC$, and $K$ is the reflection of $O$ in $BC$. $D,E$ is the foot of perpendicular line from $K$ to line $AB$, $AC$, respectively. Line $DE$ meets $BC$ at $P$, and a circle with diameter $AK$ meets the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at $Q(\neq A)$. If $PQ$ cuts the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ at $S$, then prove that $S$ lies on the circle with diameter $AK$.