Found problems: 85335
There were ten points $X_1, \ldots , X_{10}$ on a line in this particular order. Pete constructed an isosceles triangle on each segment $X_1X_2, X_2X_3,\ldots, X_9X_{10}$ as a base with the angle $\alpha{}$ at its apex. It so happened that all the apexes of those triangles lie on a common semicircle with diameter $X_1X_{10}$. Find $\alpha{}$.
[i]Egor Bakaev[/i]
Two congruent equilateral triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$ in the plane are given. Show that the midpoints of the segments $AA',BB', CC'$ either are collinear or form an equilateral triangle.
For real numbers $a$ and $b$ define $f(x) = \frac{1}{ax+b}$. For which $a$ and $b$ are there three distinct real numbers $x_1,x_2,x_3$ such that $f(x_1) = x_2$, $f(x_2) = x_3$ and $f(x_3) = x_1$?
(i) $ABC$ is a triangle with a right angle at $A$, and $P$ is a point on the hypotenuse $BC$.
The line $AP$ produced beyond $P$ meets the line through $B$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $U$.
Prove that $BU = BA$ if, and only if, $CP = CA$.
(ii) $A$ is a point on the semicircle $CB$, and points $X$ and $Y$ are on the line segment $BC$.
The line $AX$, produced beyond $X$, meets the line through $B$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $U$.
Also the line $AY$, produced beyond $Y$, meets the line through $C$ which is perpendicular to $BC$ at $V$.
Given that $BY = BA$ and $CX = CA$, determine the angle $\angle VAU$.
Find all numbers between $100$ and $999$ which equal the sum of the cubes of their digits.
Find all ordered triples $ (x,y,z)$ of real numbers which satisfy the following system of equations:
\[ \left\{\begin{array}{rcl} xy & \equal{} & z \minus{} x \minus{} y \\
xz & \equal{} & y \minus{} x \minus{} z \\
yz & \equal{} & x \minus{} y \minus{} z \end{array} \right.
\]
$A, B, C$ are collinear with $B$ betweeen $A$ and $C$. $K_{1}$ is the circle with diameter $AB$, and $K_{2}$ is the circle with diameter $BC$. Another circle touches $AC$ at $B$ and meets $K_{1}$ again at $P$ and $K_{2}$ again at $Q$. The line $PQ$ meets $K_{1}$ again at $R$ and $K_{2}$ again at $S$. Show that the lines $AR$ and $CS$ meet on the perpendicular to $AC$ at $B$.
Denote by $\mathbb{Z}^{*}$ the set of all nonzero integers and denote by $\mathbb{N}_{0}$ the set of all nonnegative integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}^{*} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}_{0}$ such that:
$(1)$ For all $a,b \in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$ such that $a+b \in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$ we have $f(a+b) \geq $ [b]min[/b] $\left \{ f(a),f(b) \right \}$.
$(2)$ For all $a, b \in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$ we have $f(ab) = f(a)+f(b)$.
Does the set $\{1,2,3,...,3000\}$ contain a subset $ A$ consisting of 2000 numbers that $x\in A$ implies $2x \notin A$ ?!! :?:
Five people take a true-or-false test with five questions. Each person randomly guesses on every question. Given that, for each question, a majority of test-takers answered it correctly, let $p$ be the probability that every person answers exactly three questions correctly. Suppose that $p=\tfrac{a}{2^b}$ where $a$ is an odd positive integer and $b$ is a nonnegative integer. Compute $100a+b.$
The cells of the $11 \times 111 \times11$ cube contain the numbers $ 1, 2, , . .. . . 1331$, once each number. Two worms are sent from one corner cube to the opposite corner. Each of them can crawl into a cube adjacent to the edge, while the first can crawl if the number in the adjacent cube differs by $8$, the second - if they differ by $ 9$. Is there such an arrangement of numbers that both worms can get to the opposite corner cube?
A right circular cone has base of radius 1 and height 3. A cube is inscribed in the cone so that one face of the cube is contained in the base of the cone. What is the side-length of the cube?
In the figure below, choose point $D$ on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\triangle ACD$ and $\triangle ABD$ have equal perimeters. What is the area of $\triangle ABD$?
[asy]draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(0,3)--(0,0));
label("$A$", (0,0), SW);
label("$B$", (4,0), ESE);
label("$C$", (0, 3), N);
label("$3$", (0, 1.5), W);
label("$4$", (2, 0), S);
label("$5$", (2, 1.5), NE);[/asy]
$\textbf{(A) }\frac{3}{4}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{12}{5}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac{5}{2}$
Calculate the sum of the series $\sum_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{\sin^33^k}{3^k}$.
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that $f(a) + 2ab + 2f(b)$ divides $f(a)^2 + 4f(b)^2$ for any positive integers $a$ and $b$.
Jane has $4$ pears, $5$ bananas, $3$ lemons, $1$ orange, and $6$ apples. If she uses one of each fruit to make a
fruit smoothie, what is the total number of fruits that she has left?
One member of an infinite arithmetic sequence in the set of natural numbers is a perfect square. Show that there are infinitely many members of this sequence having this property.
We are given two three-litre bottles, one containing $1$ litre of water and the other containing $1$ litre of $2\%$ salt solution . One can pour liquids from one bottle to the other and then mix them to obtain solutions of different concentration . Can one obtain a $1 . 5\%$ solution of salt in the bottle which originally contained water?
(S . Fomin, Leningrad),
Two boxes contain some number of red, yellow, and blue balls. The first box has $3$ red, $4$ yellow, and $5$ blue balls, and the second box has $6$ red, $2$ yellow, and $7$ blue balls. There are two ways to select a ball from these boxes; one could first randomly choose a box and then randomly select a ball or one could put all the balls in the same box and simply randomly select a ball from there. How much greater is the probability of drawing a red ball using the second method than the first?
Kei draws a $6\times 6$ grid. He colors $13$ of the unit squares silver and the remaining squares gold. Kei then folds the grid in half vertically, forming pairs of overlapping unit squares. Let $m$ and $M$ the least and greatest possible number of gold-on-gold pairs, respectively. What is $m + M?$
$\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad\textbf{(B) }14 \qquad\textbf{(C) }16\qquad\textbf{(D) }18 \qquad\textbf{(E) }20$\\
For a positive integer $a$, $a'$ is the integer obtained by the following method: the decimal writing of $a'$ is the inverse of the decimal writing of $a$ (the decimal writing of $a'$ can begin by zeros, but not the one of $a$); for instance if $a=2370$, $a'=0732$, that is $732$.
Let $a_{1}$ be a positive integer, and $(a_{n})_{n \geq 1}$ the sequence defined by $a_{1}$ and the following formula for $n \geq 1$:
\[a_{n+1}=a_{n}+a'_{n}. \]
Can $a_{7}$ be prime?
The student wrote on the board three natural numbers that are consecutive members of one arithmetic progression. Then he erased the commas separating the numbers, resulting in a seven-digit number. What is the largest number that could result?
Eleven pirates find a treasure chest. When they split up the coins in it, they find that there are 5 coins left. They throw one pirate overboard and split the coins again, only to find that there are 3 coins left over. So, they throw another pirate over and try again. This time, the coins split evenly.
What is the least number of coins there could have been?
Given a non-zero integer $y$ and a positive integer $n$. If $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n \in \mathbb{Z} - \{0, 1\}$ and $z \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ satisfy $(x_1x_2 \ldots x_n)^2y \le 2^{2(n+1)}$ and $x_1x_2 \ldots x_ny = z + 1$, prove that there is a prime among $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n, z$.
[color=blue]It appears that the problem statement is incorrect; suppose $y = 5, n = 2$, then $x_1 = x_2 = -1$ and $z = 4$. They all satisfy the problem's conditions, but none of $x_1, x_2, z$ is a prime. What should the problem be, or did I misinterpret the problem badly?[/color]
There are $ n$ points ($ n \geq 4$) on a sphere with radius $ R$, and not all of them lie on the same semi-sphere. Prove that among all the angles formed by any two of the $ n$ points and the sphere centre $ O$ ($ O$ is the vertex of the angle), there is at least one that is not less than $ \displaystyle 2 \arcsin{\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}}$.