Let a quardilateral $ABCD$ with $AB=AD$ and $\widehat B=\widehat D=90$. At $CD$ we take point $E$ and at $BC$ we take point $Z$ such that $AE\bot DZ$. Prove that $AZ\bot BE$

Circle $C_1$ and $C_2$ each have radius $1$, and the distance between their centers is $\frac{1}{2}$. Circle $C_3$ is the largest circle internally tangent to both $C_1$ and $C_2$. Circle $C_4$ is internally tangent to both $C_1$ and $C_2$ and externally tangent to $C_3$. What is the radius of $C_4$? [asy] import olympiad; size(10cm); draw(circle((0,0),0.75)); draw(circle((-0.25,0),1)); draw(circle((0.25,0),1)); draw(circle((0,6/7),3/28)); pair A = (0,0), B = (-0.25,0), C = (0.25,0), D = (0,6/7), E = (-0.95710678118, 0.70710678118), F = (0.95710678118, -0.70710678118); dot(B^^C); draw(B--E, dashed); draw(C--F, dashed); draw(B--C); label("$C_4$", D); label("$C_1$", (-1.375, 0)); label("$C_2$", (1.375,0)); label("$\frac{1}{2}$", (0, -.125)); label("$C_3$", (-0.4, -0.4)); label("$1$", (-.85, 0.70)); label("$1$", (.85, -.7)); import olympiad; markscalefactor=0.005; [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{14} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{12} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{10} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{3}{28} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{1}{9}$

Find all triangles that can be divided into congruent right-angled isosceles triangles with side lengths $1, 1, \sqrt{2}$.

One of the external common tangent lines of the two externally tangent circles with center $O_1$ and $O_2$ touches the circles at $B$ and $C$, respectively. Let $A$ be the common point of the circles. The line $BA$ meets the circle with center $O_2$ at $A$ and $D$. If $|BA|=5$ and $|AD|=4$, then what is $|CD|$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \sqrt{20} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{27} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{15}2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4\sqrt5 $

There are $3$ sticks of each color between blue, red and green, such that we can make a triangle $T$ with sides sticks with all different colors. Dana makes $2$ two arrangements, she starts with $T$ and uses the other six sticks to extend the sides of $T$, as shown in the figure. This leads to two hexagons with vertex the ends of these six sticks. Prove that the area of the both hexagons it´s the same. [asy]size(300); pair A, B, C, D, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, K; A = (0, 0); B = (1, 0); C=(-0.5,2); D=(-1.1063,4.4254); M=(-1.7369,3.6492); N=(3.5,0); P=(-2.0616,0); Q=(0.2425,-0.9701); R=(1.6,-0.8); S=(7.5164,0.8552); T=(8.5064,0.8552); U=(7.0214,2.8352); V=(8.1167,-1.546); W=(9.731,-0.7776); X=(10.5474,0.8552); Y=(6.7813,3.7956); Z=(6.4274,3.6272); K=(5.0414,0.8552); draw(A--B, blue); label("$b$", (A + B) / 2, dir(270), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (B+C) / 2, dir(10), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (A+C) / 2, dir(230), fontsize(10)); draw(B--C,green); draw(D--C,green); label("$g$", (C + D) / 2, dir(10), fontsize(10)); draw(C--A,red); label("$r$", (C + M) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); draw(B--N,green); label("$g$", (B + N) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); draw(A--P,red); label("$r$", (A+P) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); draw(A--Q,blue); label("$b$", (A+Q) / 2, dir(540), fontsize(10)); draw(B--R,blue); draw(C--M,red); label("$b$", (B+R) / 2, dir(600), fontsize(10)); draw(Q--R--N--D--M--P--Q, dashed); draw(Y--Z--K--V--W--X--Y, dashed); draw(S--T,blue); draw(U--T,green); draw(U--S,red); draw(T--W,red); draw(T--X,red); draw(S--K,green); draw(S--V,green); draw(Y--U,blue); draw(U--Z,blue); label("$b$", (Y+U) / 2, dir(0), fontsize(10)); label("$b$", (U+Z) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); label("$b$", (S+T) / 2, dir(100), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (S+U) / 2, dir(200), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (T+W) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$r$", (T+X) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (U+T) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (S+K) / 2, dir(70), fontsize(10)); label("$g$", (V+S) / 2, dir(30), fontsize(10)); [/asy]

Consider the sequence $\{a_n\}$ defined so that $a_n$ is the leftmost digit of $2^n$. The first few terms of this sequence are $1,2,4,8,1,3,6,\dots$. For how many $0\le n\le100000$ is $a_n=1$? If $C$ is the correct answer and $A$ is your answer, then your score will be rounded up from $\max\left(0,25-\tfrac{1}{6}\sqrt{|A-C|}\right)$.

Find the largest possible real part of \[(75+117i)z+\frac{96+144i}{z}\] where $z$ is a complex number with $|z|=4$.

Given a triangle $ABC$ satisfying $AC+BC=3\cdot AB$. The incircle of triangle $ABC$ has center $I$ and touches the sides $BC$ and $CA$ at the points $D$ and $E$, respectively. Let $K$ and $L$ be the reflections of the points $D$ and $E$ with respect to $I$. Prove that the points $A$, $B$, $K$, $L$ lie on one circle. [i]Proposed by Dimitris Kontogiannis, Greece[/i]

Given that the base-$17$ integer $\overline{8323a02421_{17}}$ (where a is a base-$17$ digit) is divisible by $\overline{16_{10}}$, find $a$. Express your answer in base $10$. [i]Proposed by Jonathan Liu[/i]

Determine the minimum value of $a^{2} + b^{2}$ when $(a,b)$ traverses all the pairs of real numbers for which the equation \[ x^{4} + ax^{3} + bx^{2} + ax + 1 = 0 \] has at least one real root.

For every integer $d \geq 1$, let $M_d$ be the set of all positive integers that cannot be written as a sum of an arithmetic progression with difference $d$, having at least two terms and consisting of positive integers. Let $A = M_1$, $B = M_2 \setminus \{2 \}, C = M_3$. Prove that every $c \in C$ may be written in a unique way as $c = ab$ with $a \in A, b \in B.$

In the diagram below, three squares are inscribed in right triangles. Their areas are $A$, $M$, and $N$, as indicated in the diagram. If $M = 5$ and $N = 12$, then $A$ can be expressed as $a + b\sqrt{c}$, where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $a + b + c$. [asy] size(250); defaultpen (linewidth (0.7) + fontsize (10)); pair O = origin, A = (1, 1), B = (4/3, 1/3), C = (2/3, 5/3), P = (3/2, 0), Q = (0,3); draw (P--O--Q--cycle^^(0, 5/3)--C--(2/3,1)^^(0,1)--A--(1,0)^^(1,1/3)--B--(4/3,0)); label("$A$", (.5,.5)); label("$M$", (7/6, 1/6)); label("$N$", (1/3, 4/3));[/asy] [i]Proposed by Aaron Lin[/i]

A particle moves under a central force inversely proportional to the $k$-th power of the distance. If the particle describes a circle ( the central force proceeding from a point on the circumference of the circle ), find $k$.

Find all real solutions of the equation: $ [x]\plus{}[x\plus{}\dfrac{1}{2}]\plus{}[x\plus{}\dfrac{2}{3}]\equal{}2002$

Let $x,y$ and $z$ be real numbers satisfying the system \begin{align*} \log_2(xyz-3+\log_5 x) &= 5 \\ \log_3(xyz-3+\log_5 y) &= 4 \\ \log_4(xyz-3+\log_5 z) &= 4. \end{align*} Find the value of $|\log_5 x|+|\log_5 y|+|\log_5 z|$.

Find the largest positive real $ k$, such that for any positive reals $ a,b,c,d$, there is always: \[ (a\plus{}b\plus{}c) \left[ 3^4(a\plus{}b\plus{}c\plus{}d)^5 \plus{} 2^4(a\plus{}b\plus{}c\plus{}2d)^5 \right] \geq kabcd^3\]

In each cell of a table $8\times 8$ lives a knight or a liar. By the tradition, the knights always say the truth and the liars always lie. All the inhabitants of the table say the following statement "The number of liars in my column is (strictly) greater than the number of liars in my row". Determine how many possible configurations are compatible with the statement.

How many positive factors does $23,232$ have? $\textbf{(A) }9\qquad\textbf{(B) }12\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$

Suppose that $f(x)=x^2-10x+21$. Find all distinct real roots of $f(f(x)+7)$.

Find the number of primes $p$ between $100$ and $200$ for which $x^{11}+y^{16}\equiv 2013\pmod p$ has a solution in integers $x$ and $y$.

Let $\{F_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ and $\{L_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ denote the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, respectively, given by $$F_{n+1} = F_n + F_{n-1}\ \text{and}\ L_{n+1} = L_n + L_{n-1}\ \text{for all}\ n \geq 1$$with $F_0 = 0$, $F_1 = 1$, $L_0 = 2$, and $L_1 = 1$. Prove that for integers $n \geq 1$ and $j \geq 0$ [list=1] [*]$\sum \limits_{k=1}^n F_{k\pm j}L_{k\mp j}=F_{2n+1}-1+\begin{cases} 0, & \text{if}\ n\ \text{is even}\\ \left(-1\right)^{\pm j}F_{\pm 2j}, & \text{if}\ n\ \text{is odd} \end{cases}$ [*] $\sum \limits_{k=1}^nF_{k+j}F_{k-j}L_{k+j}L_{k-j}=\frac{F_{4n+2}-1-nL_{4j}}{5}$ [/list]

Let $C$ be a cube and let $f: C \longrightarrow C$ be a surjection with $|PQ| \geq |f(P)f(Q)|$ for all $P,Q \in C$. Prove that $f$ is an isometry.

The game involves two players $A$ and $B$. Player $A$ sets the value of one of the coefficients $a, b$ or $c$ of the polynomial $$x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c.$$ Player $B$ indicates the value of any of the two remaining coefficients . Player $A$ then sets the value of the last coefficients. Is there a strategy for player A such that no matter how player $B$ plays, the equation $$x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c = 0$$ to have three different (real) solutions?

Only $A$ and $B$ have $n$ friends in a village of $2010$ people. The other $2008$ people have all different numbers of friends. How many possible values of $n$ are there? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None} $

p1. It is known that $a_1=2$ , $a_2=3$ . For $k > 2$, define $a_k=\frac{1}{2}a_{k-2}+\frac{1}{3}a_{k-1}$. Find the infinite sum of of $a_1+a_2+a_3+...$ p2. The [i]multiplied [/i] number is a natural number in two-digit form followed by the result time. For example, $7\times 8 = 56$, then $7856$ and $8756$ are multiplied numbers . $2\times 3 = 6$, then $236$ and $326$ are multiplied. $2\times 0 = 0$, then $200$ is the multiplied. For the record, the first digit of the number times can't be $0$. a. What is the difference between the largest and the smallest multiplied number? b. Find all the multiplied numbers that consist of three digits and each digit is square number. c. Given the following "boxes" that must be filled with multiple numbers. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/6/ac086a3d1a0549fae909c072224605430daf1d.png[/img] Determine the contents of the shaded box. Is this content the only one? d. Complete all the empty boxes above with multiplied numbers. p3. Look at the picture of the arrangement of three squares below. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/3/c0200abae77cc73260b083117bf4bafc707eea.png[/img]Prove that $\angle BAX + \angle CAX = 45^o$ p4. Prove that $(n-1)n (n^3 + 1)$ is always divisible by $6$ for all natural number $n$.