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Prove that the product of five consecutive positive integers cannot be the square of an integer.
I couldn't solve this problem and the only solution I was able to find was very unnatural (it was an official solution, I think) and I couldn't be satisfied with it, so I ask you if you can find some different solutions. The problem is really great one! If $M$ is the centroid of a triangle $ABC$, prove that the following inequality holds: \[\sin\angle CAM+\sin\angle CBM\leq\frac{2}{\sqrt3}.\] The equality occurs in a very strange case, I don't remember it.
Two sequences of nonzero reals $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots$ and $b_2, b_3, \dots$ are such that $b_n=\prod_{i=1}^{n} a_i$ and $a_n=\frac{b_n^2}{3b_n-3}$ for all integers $n > 1$. Given that $a_1=\frac{1}{2}$, find $\lvert b_{60}\rvert$. [i]Proposed by Andrew Zhao[/i]
Consider a matrix of size $n\times n$ whose entries are real numbers of absolute value not exceeding $1$. The sum of all entries of the matrix is $0$. Let $n$ be an even positive integer. Determine the least number $C$ such that every such matrix necessarily has a row or a column with the sum of its entries not exceeding $C$ in absolute value. [i]Proposed by Marcin Kuczma, Poland[/i]
Let $n$ be a positive integer. A $corner$ is a finite set $S$ of ordered $n$-tuples of positive integers such that if $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n, b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n$ are positive integers with $a_k \geq b_k$ for $k = 1, 2, \ldots, n$ and $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n) \in S$, then $(b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n) \in S$. Prove that among any infinite collection of corners, there exist two corners, one of which is a subset of the other one.
Given are real numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ ($n>3$), such that $a_k^3=a_{k+1}^2+a_{k+2}^2+a_{k+3}^2$ for all $k=1,2,...,n$. Prove that all numbers are equal.
Let $ x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ , and $ x,y \in $ $ \left(0,\frac{\pi}{2}\right) $, and $ m \in \left(2,+\infty\right) $ such that $ \tan x * \tan y = m $ . Find the minimum value of the expression $ E(x,y) = \cos x + \cos y $.
Consider the sequence $a(n)$ defined by the following conditions:$$a(1) = 1\,\,\,\, a(n + 1) = a(n) + [\sqrt{a(n)}] \,\,\, , \,\,\,\, n = 1,2,3,...$$ How many perfect squares no greater in value than $1000 000$ will be found among the first terms of the sequence? ( (Note: $[x]$ means the integer part of $x$, that is the greatest integer not greater than $x$.) (A Andjans)
For some integer $m$, the polynomial $x^3-2011x+m$ has the three integer roots $a$, $b$, and $c$. Find $|a|+|b|+|c|$.
In tetrahedron $ABCD$, the volume of tetrahedron $ABCD$ is $\frac{1}{6}$, and $\angle ACB=45^{\circ},AD+BC+\frac{AC}{\sqrt2}=3$, then $CD=$________.
On a rectangular board $100 \times 300$, two people take turns coloring the cells that have not yet been colored. The first one colors cells in yellow, and the second one in blue. Coloring is completed when every cell of the board is colored. A [i]connected sequence[/i] of cells is a sequence of cells in which every two consecutive cells share a common side (and all cells in the sequence are different). Consider all possible connected sequences of yellow cells. The result of the first player is the number of cells in the connected sequence of yellow cells of maximum length. The first player's goal is to maximize the result, and the second player's goal is to make the first player's result as small as possible. Prove that if each player tries to achieve his goal, the result of the first player will be no more than $200$. [i]Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko and Fedir Yudin[/i]
Let $(k_i)$ be a sequence of unique nonzero integers such that $x^2- 5x + k_i$ has rational solutions. Find the minimum possible value of $$\frac15 \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k_i}$$
The diagram below shows the circular face of a clock with radius $20$ cm and a circular disk with radius $10$ cm externally tangent to the clock face at $12$ o'clock. The disk has an arrow painted on it, initially pointing in the upward vertical direction. Let the disk roll clockwise around the clock face. At what point on the clock face will the disk be tangent when the arrow is next pointing in the upward vertical direction? [asy] size(170); defaultpen(linewidth(0.9)+fontsize(13pt)); draw(unitcircle^^circle((0,1.5),0.5)); path arrow = origin--(-0.13,-0.35)--(-0.06,-0.35)--(-0.06,-0.7)--(0.06,-0.7)--(0.06,-0.35)--(0.13,-0.35)--cycle; for(int i=1;i<=12;i=i+1) { draw(0.9*dir(90-30*i)--dir(90-30*i)); label("$"+(string) i+"$",0.78*dir(90-30*i)); } dot(origin); draw(shift((0,1.87))*arrow); draw(arc(origin,1.5,68,30),EndArrow(size=12));[/asy] $ \textbf{(A) }\text{2 o'clock} \qquad\textbf{(B) }\text{3 o'clock} \qquad\textbf{(C) }\text{4 o'clock} \qquad\textbf{(D) }\text{6 o'clock} \qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{8 o'clock} $
There are $2025$ people and $66$ colors, where each person has one ball of each color. For each person, their $66$ balls have positive mass summing to one. Find the smallest constant $C$ such that regardless of the mass distribution, each person can choose one ball such that the sum of the chosen balls of each color does not exceed $C$.
Find the minimum value of $ \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} |x\sin t\minus{}\cos t|\ dt\ (x>0).$
What is the greatest number of balls of radius $1/2$ that can be placed within a rectangular box of size $10 \times 10 \times 1 \ ?$
A number $n$ is said to be [i]nice[/i] if it exists an integer $r>0$ such that the expression of $n$ in base $r$ has all its digits equal. For example, 62 and 15 are $\emph{nice}$ because 62 is 222 in base 5, and 15 is 33 in base 4. Show that 1993 is not [i]nice[/i], but 1994 is.
Suppose we have two identical cardboard polygons. We placed one polygon upon the other one and aligned. Then we pierced polygons with a pin at a point. Then we turned one of the polygons around this pin by $25^o 30'$. It turned out that the polygons coincided (aligned again). What is the minimal possible number of sides of the polygons?
For the positive real numbers $ a,b,c$ prove that \[ \frac c{a \plus{} 2b} \plus{} \frac d{b \plus{} 2c} \plus{} \frac a{c \plus{} 2d} \plus{} \frac b{d \plus{} 2a} \geq \frac 43.\]
Let $P$ be a point on the median $CM$ of a triangle $ABC$ with $AC\ne BC$ and the acute angle $\gamma$ at $C$, such that the bisectors of $\angle PAC$ and $\angle PBC$ intersect at a point $Q$ on the median $CM$. Determine $\angle APB$ and $\angle AQB$.
Six cards with numbers 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5 are given. We are drawing 3 cards from 6 given cards one by one and are forming a three-digit number with the numbers over the cards drawn according to the drawing order. Find the probability that this three-digit number is a multiple of 3. (The card drawn is not put back) $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{5} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {2}{5} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac {3}{7} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac {1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None}$
Each rational point on a real line is assigned an integer. Prove that there is a segment such that the sum of the numbers at its endpoints does not exceed twice the number at its midpoint.
Initially, two constant polynomials are written on the board: \(0\) and \(1\). At each step, it is allowed to add \(1\) to one of the polynomials and to multiply another one by the polynomial \(45x + 2025\). Can the polynomials become equal at some point? [i]Proposed by Oleksii Masalitin[/i]
Let \( p \) be a monic polynomial with all distinct real roots. Show that there exists \( K \) such that \[ (p(x)^2)'' \leq K(p'(x))^2. \]
The digits $1,2,3,..., 9$ are written down in some order so that they form a $9$-digit number. Consider all triples of consecutive digits and find the sum of these seven $3$-digit numbers. What is the largest possible value of this sum? (A Galochkin)