The lengths of the sides of triangle $A'B'C'$ are equal to the lengths of the three medians of triangle $ABC.$ Then the ratio $\mathrm{Area} (A'B'C') / \mathrm{Area} (ABC)$ equals $$ \mathrm a. ~ \frac 12\qquad \mathrm b.~\frac 23\qquad \mathrm c. ~\frac34 \qquad \mathrm d. ~\frac56 \qquad \mathrm e. ~\text{Cannot be determined from the information given.} $$

On a particular January day, the high temperature in Lincoln, Nebraska, was 16 degrees higher than the low temperature, and the average of the high and low temperatures was $3^{\circ}$. In degrees, what was the low temperature in Lincoln that day? $\textbf{(A) }-13\qquad\textbf{(B) }-8\qquad\textbf{(C) }-5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }11$

$ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral. The midpoints of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ are respectively $P$ and $Q$. If $BD$ bisects $\angle AQC$, the prove that $AC$ will bisect $\angle BPD$.

Let $P$ be the point of intersection of the diagonals of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$.Let $X,Y,Z$ be points on the interior of $AB,BC,CD$ respectively such that $\frac{AX}{XB}=\frac{BY}{YC}=\frac{CZ}{ZD}=2$. Suppose that $XY$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle CYZ$ and that $Y Z$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle BXY$.Show that $\angle APD=\angle XYZ$.

Let $0<a<b$ and let $f:[a,b]\to\mathbb R$ be a continuous function with $\int^b_af(t)dt=0$. Show that $$\int^b_a\int^b_af(x)f(y)\ln(x+y)dxdy\le0.$$

Matthias covered a $7 \times 7$ square board, divided into $1 \times 1$ squares, with pieces of the following three types without gaps or overlaps, and without going off the board. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/9/8a2e63f723cbdf188f22344054f364f1924d47.gif[/img] Each type $1$ piece covers exactly $3$ squares and each type $2$ or type $3$ piece covers exactly $4$ squares. Determine the number of pieces of type $1$ that Matías could have used. (Pieces can be rotated and flipped.)

Find the real numbers $x, y, z$ such that, $$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y+z}=\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z+x}=\frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{z}+\frac{1}{x+y}=\frac{1}{4}.$$

The number of solutions of the equation $\tan x+\sec x=2\cos x$, where $0\le x\le\pi$, is $\textbf{(A)}~0$ $\textbf{(B)}~1$ $\textbf{(C)}~2$ $\textbf{(D)}~3$

Let $f$ be a real-valued function of real and positive argument such that $f(x) + 3xf(\tfrac1x) = 2(x + 1)$ for all real numbers $x > 0$. Find $f(2003)$.

A polynomial $P(x)$ of degree $n$ has $n$ different real roots. What is the largest number of its coefficients that can be zero?

For any positive integer $n$, we define $$S_n=\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{2^k}{k^2}.$$ Prove that there are no polynomials $P,Q$ with real coefficients such that for any positive integer $n$, we have $\frac{S_{n+1}}{S_n}=\frac{P(n)}{Q(n)}$.

Find the last two digits of $11^{1998}$

In each square of a garden shaped like a $2022 \times 2022$ board, there is initially a tree of height $0$. A gardener and a lumberjack alternate turns playing the following game, with the gardener taking the first turn: [list] [*] The gardener chooses a square in the garden. Each tree on that square and all the surrounding squares (of which there are at most eight) then becomes one unit taller. [*] The lumberjack then chooses four different squares on the board. Each tree of positive height on those squares then becomes one unit shorter. [/list] We say that a tree is [i]majestic[/i] if its height is at least $10^6$. Determine the largest $K$ such that the gardener can ensure there are eventually $K$ majestic trees on the board, no matter how the lumberjack plays.

For every nonnegative integer $ n$ and every real number $ x$ prove the inequality: $ |\cos x|\plus{}|\cos 2x|\plus{}\ldots\plus{}|\cos 2^nx|\geq \dfrac{n}{2\sqrt{2}}$

1. In a triangle $ABC$, $O$ is the circumcenter and $I$ is the incenter. $X$ is the reflection of $I$ to $O$. $A_1$ is foot of the perpendicular from $X$ to $BC$. $B_1$ and $C_1$ are defined similarly. prove that $AA_1$,$BB_1$ and $CC_1$ are concurrent.(12 points)

We have $100$ cards with two sides, the [i]even[/i] and the [i]odd[/i]. In each side there are written two succesive integers, in the [i]odd[/i] side and odd integer and at the back in the [i]even[/i] side the even number that follows the odd number of the [i]odd[/i] side, such that all intgers from $1$ to $200$ are used. Student $A$ randomly choses $21$ cards and sums all the numbers of boths sides and announces as their sum the number $913$. Student $B$ randomly choses from the remaining cards $20$ cards and sums all the numbers of boths sides and announces as their sum the number $2400$. a) Explain why student $A$ has done an error in the addition. b) If the correct result for student $A$ is $903$, explain why also student $B$ has done an error in the addition.

Let be given integers k and n such that 1<=k<=n. Find the number of ordered k-tuples (a_1,a_2,...,a_n), where a_1, a_2, ..., a_k are different and in the set {1,2,...,n}, satisfying 1) There exist s, t such that 1<=s<t<=k and a_s>a_t. 2) There exists s such that 1<=s<=k and a_s is not congruent to s mod 2. P.S. This is the only problem from VMO 1996 I cannot find a solution or I cannot solve. But I'm not good at all in combinatoric...