Found problems: 85335
Points $M,N,P,Q$ are taken on the sides $AB,BC,CD,DA$ respectively of a square $ABCD$ such that $AM=BN=CP=DQ=\frac1nAB$. Find the ratio of the area of the square determined by the lines $MN,NP,PQ,QM$ to the ratio of $ABCD$.
Suppose that the sides $AB$ and $DC$ of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ are not parallel. On the sides $BC$ and $AD$, pairs of points $(M,N)$ and $(K,L)$ are chosen such that $BM=MN=NC$ and $AK=KL=LD$. Prove that the areas of triangles $OKM$ and $OLN$ are different, where $O$ is the intersection point of $AB$ and $CD$.
Brackets are to be inserted into the expression $10 \div 9 \div 8 \div 7 \div 6 \div 5 \div 4 \div 3 \div 2$ so that the resulting number is an integer.
(a) Determine the maximum value of this integer.
(b) Determine the minimum value of this integer.
How many positive integers $n$ are there such that $3n^2 + 3n + 7$ is a perfect cube?
$
\textbf{a)}\ 0
\qquad\textbf{b)}\ 1
\qquad\textbf{c)}\ 3
\qquad\textbf{d)}\ 7
\qquad\textbf{e)}\ \text{Infinitely many}
$
Find $ \lim_{x\to\infty} \int_{e^{\minus{}x}}^1 \left(\ln \frac{1}{t}\right)^ n\ dt\ (x\geq 0,\ n\equal{}1,\ 2,\ \cdots)$.
A tailor met a tortoise sitting under a tree. When the tortoise was the tailor’s age, the tailor was only a quarter of his current age. When the tree was the tortoise’s age, the tortoise was only a seventh of its current age. If the sum of their ages is now $264$, how old is the tortoise?
Find the greatest odd divisor of $160^3$.
Let $f: [0, \infty) \to [0, \infty)$ be a continuous function with $f(0)>0$ and having the property $$x-y<f(y)-f(x) \le 0~\forall~0 \le x<y.$$ Prove that:
$a)$ There exists a unique $\alpha \in (0, \infty)$ such that $(f \circ f)(\alpha)=\alpha.$
$b)$ The sequence $(x_n)_{n \ge 1},$ defined by $x_1 \ge 0$ and $x_{n+1}=f(x_n)~\forall~n \in \mathbb{N}$ is convergent.
Four boys bought a boat for $\textdollar 60$. The first boy paid one half of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys; the second boy paid one third of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys; and the third boy paid one fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys. How much did the fourth boy pay?
$\textbf{(A) }\textdollar 10\qquad\textbf{(B) }\textdollar 12\qquad\textbf{(C) }\textdollar 13\qquad\textbf{(D) }\textdollar 14\qquad \textbf{(E) }\textdollar 15$
Does there exist such a power of ${2}$, that when written in the decimal system its digits are all different than zero and it is possible to reorder the other digits to form another power of ${2}$? Justify your answer.
Let $a_0,a_1,\dots,a_n \in \mathbb N$. Prove that there exist positive integers $b_0,b_1,\dots,b_n$ such that for $0 \leq i \leq n : a_i \leq b_i \leq 2a_i$ and polynomial \[P(x) = b_0 + b_1 x + \dots + b_n x^n\] is irreducible over $\mathbb Q[x]$.
(10 points)
Find four consecutive terms $a, b, c, d$ of an arithmetic progression and four consecutive terms $a_1, b_1, c_1, d_1$ of a geometric progression such that $$\begin{cases}a + a_1 = 27 \\\ b + b_1 = 27 \\ c + c_1 = 39 \\ d + d_1 = 87\end{cases}$$.
Let $ABC$ be an acute scalene triangle with incenter $I$. Show that the circumcircle of $BIC$ intersects the Euler line of $ABC$ in two distinct points.
(Recall that the [i]Euler line[/i] of a scalene triangle is the line that passes through its circumcenter, centroid, orthocenter, and the nine-point center.)
[i]Andrew Gu[/i]
Solve the equation
\[ \sqrt {x \plus{} \sqrt {4x \plus{} \sqrt {16x \plus{} \sqrt {\dotsc \plus{} \sqrt {4^{2008}x \plus{} 3}}}}} \minus{} \sqrt {x} \equal{} 1.
\]
Express your answer as a reduced fraction with the numerator and denominator written in their prime factorization.
Given a triangle $ ABC $ and a point $ M $ inside it. Prove that $$
\min \{MA, MB, MC\} + MA + MB + MC <AB + BC + AC. $$
Determine all positive integers $n$ with the following property: for each triple $(a, b, c)$ of positive real numbers there is a triple $(k, \ell, m)$ of non-negative integer numbers so that $an^k$, $bn^{\ell}$ and $cn^m$ are the lengths of the sides of a (non-degenerate) triangle shapes.
Let $D$ the touchpoint of the inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ be with side $AB$ . From $A$ the perpendicular lines on the angle bisectors of vertices $B$ and $C$ intersect them at points $A_1$ and $A_2$ respectively . Prove that $A_1A_2 = AD$.
We say that a real number $V$ is [i]good[/i] if there exist two closed convex subsets $X$, $Y$ of the unit cube in $\mathbb{R}^3$, with volume $V$ each, such that for each of the three coordinate planes (that is, the planes spanned by any two of the three coordinate axes), the projections of $X$ and $Y$ onto that plane are disjoint.
Find $\sup \{V\mid V\ \text{is good}\}$.
Let $p_1, p_2, p_3, \ldots$ be the prime numbers listed in increasing order, and let $x_0$ be a real number between 0 and 1. For positive integer $k$, define
\[ x_k = \begin{cases} 0 & \mbox{if} \; x_{k-1} = 0, \\[.1in] {\displaystyle \left\{ \frac{p_k}{x_{k-1}} \right\}} & \mbox{if} \; x_{k-1} \neq 0, \end{cases} \]
where $\{x\}$ denotes the fractional part of $x$. (The fractional part of $x$ is given by $x - \lfloor x \rfloor$ where $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.) Find, with proof, all $x_0$ satisfying $0 < x_0 < 1$ for which the sequence $x_0, x_1, x_2, \ldots$ eventually becomes 0.
Solve the inequality $$3-2\left(3-2\left(3-...-2(3-2x)\right)...\right) >x$$. The total number of right parentheses is $100$.
The figure shows a glass prism which is partially filled with liquid. The surface of the prism consists of two isosceles right triangles, two squares with side length $10$ cm and a rectangle. The prism can lie in three different ways. If the prism lies as shown in figure $1$, the height of the liquid is $5$ cm.
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a) What is the height of the liquid when it lies as shown in figure $2$?
b) What is the height of the liquid when it lies as shown in figure$ 3$?
Let $D$ be a regular dodecahedron, which is a polyhedron with $20$ vertices, $30$ edges, and $12$ regular pentagon faces. A tetrahedron is a polyhedron with $4$ vertices, $6$ edges, and $4$ triangular faces. Find the number of tetrahedra with positive volume whose vertices are vertices of $D$.
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Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $M$ and $N$ denote the midpoints of $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$, respectively. Let $X$ be a point such that $\overline{AX}$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Denote by $\omega_B$ the circle through $M$ and $B$ tangent to $\overline{MX}$, and by $\omega_C$ the circle through $N$ and $C$ tangent to $\overline{NX}$. Show that $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ intersect on line $BC$.
[i]Merlijn Staps[/i]
Let $S$ be the set of all positive integer divisors of $100,000.$ How many numbers are the product of two distinct elements of $S?$
$\textbf{(A) }98\qquad\textbf{(B) }100\qquad\textbf{(C) }117\qquad\textbf{(D) }119\qquad\textbf{(E) }121$
A trapezoid $ABCD$ is given with $BC // AD$. Assume that the bisectors of the angles $BAD$ and $CDA$ intersect on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment $BC$. Prove that $|AB|= |CD|$ or $|AB| +|CD| =|AD|$.