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2005 Tournament of Towns, 2

A segment of length $\sqrt2 + \sqrt3 + \sqrt5$ is drawn. Is it possible to draw a segment of unit length using a compass and a straightedge? [i](3 points)[/i]

2013 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 873

Let $a,\ b$ be positive real numbers. Consider the circle $C_1: (x-a)^2+y^2=a^2$ and the ellipse $C_2: x^2+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1.$ (1) Find the condition for which $C_1$ is inscribed in $C_2$. (2) Suppose $b=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ and $C_1$ is inscribed in $C_2$. Find the coordinate $(p,\ q)$ of the point of tangency in the first quadrant for $C_1$ and $C_2$. (3) Under the condition in (1), find the area of the part enclosed by $C_1,\ C_2$ for $x\geq p$. 60 point

2015 BMT Spring, 7

Tags: geometry , incircle , angle
In $ \vartriangle ABC$, $\angle B = 46^o$ and $\angle C = 48^o$ . A circle is inscribed in $ \vartriangle ABC$ and the points of tangency are connected to form $PQR$. What is the measure of the largest angle in $\vartriangle P QR$?

2008 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 3

Let $ ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle. We consider the equilateral triangle $ A'UV$, where $ A' \in (BC)$, $ U\in (AC)$ and $ V\in(AB)$ such that $ UV \parallel BC$. We define the points $ B',C'$ in the same way. Prove that $ AA'$, $ BB'$ and $ CC'$ are concurrent.

2023 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 4

A table tennis tournament has $101$ contestants, where each pair of contestants will play each other exactly once. In each match, the player who gets $11$ points first is the winner, and the other the loser. At the end of the tournament, it turns out that there exist matches with scores $11$ to $0$ and $11$ to $10$. Show that there exists 3 contestants $A,B,C$ such that the score of the losers in the matches between $A,B$ and $A,C$ are equal, but different from the score of the loser in the match between $B,C$.

PEN J Problems, 22

Let $n$ be an odd positive integer. Prove that $\sigma(n)^3 <n^4$.

2001 National Olympiad First Round, 21

Let $b$ be the length of the largest diagonal and $c$ be the length of the smallest diagonal of a regular nonagon with side length $a$. Which one of the followings is true? $ \textbf{(A)}\ b=\dfrac{a+c}2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ b=\sqrt {ac} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ b^2=\dfrac{a^2+c^2}2 \\ \textbf{(D)}\ c=a+b \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ c^2=a^2+b^2 $

2006 IMO Shortlist, 7

Consider a convex polyhedron without parallel edges and without an edge parallel to any face other than the two faces adjacent to it. Call a pair of points of the polyhedron [i]antipodal[/i] if there exist two parallel planes passing through these points and such that the polyhedron is contained between these planes. Let $A$ be the number of antipodal pairs of vertices, and let $B$ be the number of antipodal pairs of midpoint edges. Determine the difference $A-B$ in terms of the numbers of vertices, edges, and faces. [i]Proposed by Kei Irei, Japan[/i]

2011 Paraguay Mathematical Olympiad, 3

If number $\overline{aaaa}$ is divided by $\overline{bb}$, the quotient is a number between $140$ and $160$ inclusively, and the remainder is equal to $\overline{(a-b)(a-b)}$. Find all pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ that satisfy this.

2011 Estonia Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: algebra
Does there exist an operation $*$ on the set of all integers such that the following conditions hold simultaneously: $(1)$ for all integers $x,y,z$, $(x*y)*z=x*(y*z)$; $(2)$ for all integers $x$ and $y$, $x*x*y=y*x*x=y$?

2007 National Olympiad First Round, 33

Tags: geometry
The tangent lines from the point $A$ to the circle $C$ touches the circle at $M$ and $N$. Let $P$ a point on $[AN]$. Let $MP$ meet $C$ at $Q$. Let $MN$ meet the line through $P$ and parallel to $MA$ at $R$. If $|MA|=2$, $|MN|=\sqrt 3$, and $QR \parallel AN$, what is $|PN|$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac 32 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac {\sqrt 3} 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt 2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt 3 $

2023 Malaysian Squad Selection Test, 6

Tags: geometry
Given a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ with circumcenter $O$, let the circle $(AOD)$ intersect the segments $AB$, $AC$, $DB$, $DC$ at $P$, $Q$, $R$, $S$ respectively. Suppose $X$ is the reflection of $D$ about $PQ$ and $Y$ is the reflection of $A$ about $RS$. Prove that the circles $(AOD)$, $(BPX)$, $(CSY)$ meet at a common point. [i]Proposed by Leia Mayssa & Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]

2021 USAJMO, 3

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An equilateral triangle $\Delta$ of side length $L>0$ is given. Suppose that $n$ equilateral triangles with side length 1 and with non-overlapping interiors are drawn inside $\Delta$, such that each unit equilateral triangle has sides parallel to $\Delta$, but with opposite orientation. (An example with $n=2$ is drawn below.) [asy] draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1/2,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,linewidth(0.5)); filldraw((0.45,0.55)--(0.65,0.55)--(0.55,0.55-sqrt(3)/2*0.2)--cycle,gray,linewidth(0.5)); filldraw((0.54,0.3)--(0.34,0.3)--(0.44,0.3-sqrt(3)/2*0.2)--cycle,gray,linewidth(0.5)); [/asy] Prove that \[n \leq \frac{2}{3} L^{2}.\]

1989 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4

Let $n$ be an odd positive integer. Show that the equation $$ \frac{4}{n} =\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}$$ has a solution in the positive integers if and only if $n$ has a divisor of the form $4k+3$.

2011 QEDMO 9th, 2

Let $a,b,c$ be the three different solutions of $x^3-x-1 = 0$. Compute $a^4+b^5+c^6-c$.

2012 Baltic Way, 17

Let $d(n)$ denote the number of positive divisors of $n$. Find all triples $(n,k,p)$, where $n$ and $k$ are positive integers and $p$ is a prime number, such that \[n^{d(n)} - 1 = p^k.\]

2002 Austrian-Polish Competition, 4

For each positive integer $n$ find the largest subset $M(n)$ of real numbers possessing the property: \[n+\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{n+1}\geq n \prod_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}+\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}\quad \text{for all}\; x_{1},x_{2},\cdots,x_{n}\in M(n)\] When does the inequality become an equality ?

Croatia MO (HMO) - geometry, 2019.3

Given an isosceles triangle $ABC$ such that $|AB|=|AC|$ . Let $M$ be the midpoint of the segment $BC$ and let $P$ be a point other than $A$ such that $PA\parallel BC$. The points $X$ and $Y$ are located respectively on rays $PB$ and $PC$, so that the point $B$ is between $P$ and $X$, the point $C$ is between $P$ and $Y$ and $\angle PXM=\angle PYM$. Prove that the points $A,P,X$ and $Y$ are concyclic.

2015 BMT Spring, 4

Tags: algebra , sequence
Let $\{a_n\}$ be a sequence of real numbers with $a_1=-1$, $a_2=2$ and for all $n\ge3$, $$a_{n+1}-a_n-a_{n+2}=0.$$ Find $a_1+a_2+a_3+\ldots+a_{2015}$.

2013 AMC 12/AHSME, 16

Let $ABCDE$ be an equiangular convex pentagon of perimeter $1$. The pairwise intersections of the lines that extend the side of the pentagon determine a five-pointed star polygon. Let $s$ be the perimeter of the star. What is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible perimeter of $s$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt{5} $

2018 Online Math Open Problems, 8

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Compute the number of ordered quadruples $(a,b,c,d)$ of distinct positive integers such that $\displaystyle \binom{\binom{a}{b}}{\binom{c}{d}}=21$. [i]Proposed by Luke Robitaille[/i]

2023 Indonesia TST, 2

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.

2006 MOP Homework, 5

Find all pairs of positive integers (m, n) for which it is possible to paint each unit square of an m*n chessboard either black or white in such way that, for any unit square of the board, the number of unit squares which are painted the same color as that square and which have at least one common vertex with it (including the square itself) is even.

2007 Bosnia Herzegovina Team Selection Test, 4

Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial such that $P(x)=x^3-2x^2+bx+c$. Roots of $P(x)$ belong to interval $(0,1)$. Prove that $8b+9c \leq 8$. When does equality hold?

2023 LMT Fall, 3C

Tags: theme , geo
Determine the least integer $n$ such that for any set of $n$ lines in the 2D plane, there exists either a subset of $1001$ lines that are all parallel, or a subset of $1001$ lines that are pairwise nonparallel. [i]Proposed by Samuel Wang[/i] [hide=Solution][i]Solution.[/i] $\boxed{1000001}$ Since being parallel is a transitive property, we note that in order for this to not exist, there must exist at most $1001$ groups of lines, all pairwise intersecting, with each group containing at most $1001$ lines. Thus, $n = 1000^2 + 1 = \boxed{1000001}$.[/hide]