Found problems: 85335
Positive integers $a$ and $b$ are each less than 6. What is the smallest possible value for $2\cdot a-a\cdot b$?
$\textbf{(A) }-20\qquad\textbf{(B) }-15\qquad\textbf{(C) }-10\qquad\textbf{(D) }0\qquad\textbf{(E) }2$
Show that for any $n$ we can find a set $X$ of $n$ distinct integers greater than 1, such that the average of the elements of any subset of $X$ is a square, cube or higher power.
Let be four real numbers. Find the polynom of least degree such that two of these numbers are some locally extreme values, and the other two are the respective points of local extrema.
Positive numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$ are such that $a^2+b^2+c^2+abc=4$. Prove that \[\sqrt{2-a}+\sqrt{2-b}+\sqrt{2-c}\geqslant 2+\sqrt{(2-a)(2-b)(2-c)}.\]
Let $P(x)$ be a quadratic polynomial with real coefficients such that $P(3) = 7$ and \[P(x) = P(0) + P(1)x + P(2)x^2\] for all real $x$. What is $P(-1)$?
Let $B_1,C_1$ be the midpoints of sides $AC,AB$ of a triangle $ABC$ respectively. The tangents to the circumcircle at $B$ and $C$ meet the rays $CC_1,BB_1$ at points $K$ and $L$ respectively. Prove that $\angle BAK = \angle CAL$.
Let $\Omega$ be the incircle of a triangle $ABC$. Suppose that there exists a circle passing through $B$ and $C$ and tangent to $\Omega$ in $A'$. Suppose the similar points $B'$, $C'$ exist. Prove that the lines $AA', BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent.
Prove that $\sin\sqrt{x}<\sqrt{\sin x}$ for every real $x$ such that $0<x<\frac{\pi}{2}$.
Let $S$ be the set of triples $(a,b,c)$ of non-negative integers with $a+b+c$ even. The value of the sum
\[\sum_{(a,b,c)\in S}\frac{1}{2^a3^b5^c}\]
can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relative prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
Two circles $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ intersect at points $M,N$. A line $\ell$ is tangent to $\Gamma_1 ,\Gamma_2$ at $A$ and $B$, respectively. The lines passing through $A$ and $B$ and perpendicular to $\ell$ intersects $MN$ at $C$ and $D$ respectively. Prove that $ABCD$ is a parallelogram.
For $x\ge 0$, define
\[f(x)=\frac1{x+2\cos x}\]
Find the set $\{ y \in \mathbb{R}: y=f(x), x\ge 0\}$
Find all triples $(x,y, z)$ of real numbers such that $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 1 = xy + yz + zx + |x - 2y + z|$.
In a triangle $ABC$ let $K$ be a point on the median $BM$ such that $CK=CM$. It appears that $\angle CBM = 2 \angle ABM$. Prove that $BC=MK$.
Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$, and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$. What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$, $B$, and $C?$
$\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\textbf{(E) }28\pi$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB+AC=3BC$. The $B$-excircle touches side $AC$ and line $BC$ at $E$ and $D$, respectively. The $C$-excircle touches side $AB$ at $F$. Let lines $CF$ and $DE$ meet at $P$. Prove that $\angle PBC = 90^{\circ}$.
[i]Ray Li[/i]
Given circle $\omega$ and point $D$ outside this circle. Find the following points $A, B$ and $C$ on the circle $\omega$ so that the $ABCD$ quadrilateral is convex and has the maximum possible area. Justify your answer.
They tell us that a married couple has $5$ children. Calculate the probability that among them there are at least two men and at least one woman. Probability of being born male is considered $1/2$.
A real symmetric $2018\times 2018$ matrix $A=(a_{ij})$ satisfies $|a_{ij}-2018|\leq 1$ for every $1\leq i,j\leq 2018$. Denote the largest eigenvalue of $A$ by $\lambda(A)$. Find maximum and minumum value of $\lambda(A)$.
Prove that for $\forall$ $a,b,c\in [\frac{1}{3},3]$ the following inequality is true:
$\frac{a}{a+b}+\frac{b}{b+c}+\frac{c}{c+a}\geq \frac{7}{5}$.
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle, $M$ the midpoint of the side $AC$ and $F$ the foot on $AB$ of the altitude through the vertex $C$. Prove that $AM = AF$ holds if and only if $\angle BAC = 60^o$.
(Karl Czakler)
In the adjoining figure, the circle meets the sides of an equilateral triangle at six points. If $AG=2$, $GF=13$, $FC=1$, and $HJ=7$, then $DE$ equals
[asy]
size(200);
defaultpen(fontsize(10));
real r=sqrt(22);
pair B=origin, A=16*dir(60), C=(16,0), D=(10-r,0), E=(10+r,0), F=C+1*dir(120), G=C+14*dir(120), H=13*dir(60), J=6*dir(60), O=circumcenter(G,H,J);
dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^E^^F^^G^^H^^J);
draw(Circle(O, abs(O-D))^^A--B--C--cycle, linewidth(0.7));
label("$A$", A, N);
label("$B$", B, dir(210));
label("$C$", C, dir(330));
label("$D$", D, SW);
label("$E$", E, SE);
label("$F$", F, dir(170));
label("$G$", G, dir(250));
label("$H$", H, SE);
label("$J$", J, dir(0));
label("2", A--G, dir(30));
label("13", F--G, dir(180+30));
label("1", F--C, dir(30));
label("7", H--J, dir(-30));[/asy]
$\textbf {(A) } 2\sqrt{22} \qquad \textbf {(B) } 7\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf {(C) } 9 \qquad \textbf {(D) } 10 \qquad \textbf {(E) } 13$
Let $a, b, c, d, e,$ and $f$ be real numbers. Define the polynomials \[
P(x) = 2x^4 - 26x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c \quad\text{ and }\quad Q(x) = 5x^4 - 80x^3 + dx^2 + ex + f. \] Let $S$ be the set of all complex numbers which are a root of [i]either[/i] $P$ or $Q$ (or both). Given that $S = \{1,2,3,4,5\}$, compute $P(6) \cdot Q(6).$
[i]Proposed by Michael Tang[/i]
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 $|AB| +|CD| =|AD|$.
Let $B$ be a point on a circle $S_1$, and let $A$ be a point distinct from $B$ on the tangent at $B$ to $S_1$. Let $C$ be a point not on $S_1$ such that the line segment $AC$ meets $S_1$ at two distinct points. Let $S_2$ be the circle touching $AC$ at $C$ and touching $S_1$ at a point $D$ on the opposite side of $AC$ from $B$. Prove that the circumcentre of triangle $BCD$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.
Let be given four positive real numbers $ a$, $ b$, $ A$, $ B$. Consider a sequence of real numbers $ x_1$, $ x_2$, $ x_3$, $ \ldots$ is given by $ x_1 \equal{} a$, $ x_2 \equal{} b$ and $ x_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} A\sqrt [3]{x_n^2} \plus{} B\sqrt [3]{x_{n \minus{} 1}^2}$ ($ n \equal{} 2, 3, 4, \ldots$). Prove that there exist limit $ \lim_{n\to \plus{} \propto}x_n$ and find this limit.