Found problems: 85335
Let $a_1, a_2, ..., a_{2012}$ be pairwise distinct integers. Show that the equation $(x -a_1)(x - a_2)...(x - a_{2012}) = (1006!)^2$ has at most one integral solution.
What is the smallest number that could be the date of the first Saturday after the second Monday following the second Thursday of a month?
Let $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ be polynomials of degree $p$ and $q$ respectively such that every coefficient is $1$ or $2023$. If $P(x)$ divides $Q(x)$, prove that $p+1$ divides $q+1$.
Kelvin the Frog is playing the game of Survival. He starts with two fair coins. Every minute, he flips all his coins one by one, and throws a coin away if it shows tails. The game ends when he has no coins left, and Kelvin's score is the [i]square[/i] of the number of minutes elapsed. What is the expected value of Kelvin's score? For example, if Kelvin flips two tails in the first minute, the game ends and his score is 1.
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that
$$2f(x)f(x + y) -f(x^2) =\frac{x}{2}(f(2x) + 4f(f(y)))$$
for all $x, y \in R$.
Find all the roots of $(x^2 + 3x + 2)(x^2 - 7x + 12)(x^2- 2x -1) + 24 = 0$.
Which statement is correct?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{If } x<0, \text{ then } x^2 > x. \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \text{If } x^2 > 0, \text{ then } x > 0. \qquad$
$ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{If } x^2 > x, \text{ then } x>0. \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \text{If } x^2 > x, \text{ then } x<0. \qquad$
$ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{If } x<1, \text{ then } x^2<x.$
Rabbits Peter and Pauline have three offspring—Flopsie, Mopsie, and Cotton-tail. These five rabbits are to be distributed to four different pet stores so that no store gets both a parent and a child. It is not required that every store gets a rabbit. In how many different ways can this be done?
$\textbf{(A)} \ 96 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 108 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 156 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 204 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 372 $
Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron with side length $1$. Let $X$ be the point in the triangle $BCD$ such that $[XBC]=2[XBD]=4[XCD]$, where $[\overline{\omega}]$ denotes the area of figure $\overline{\omega}$. Let $Y$ lie on segment $AX$ such that $2AY=YX$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BD$. Let $Z$ be a point on segment $AM$ such that the lines $YZ$ and $BC$ intersect at some point. Find $\frac{AZ}{ZM}$.
[u]Set 1[/u]
[b]G1.[/b] The Daily Challenge office has a machine that outputs the number $2.75$ when operated. If it is operated $12$ times, then what is the sum of all $12$ of the machine outputs?
[b]G2.[/b] A car traveling at a constant velocity $v$ takes $30$ minutes to travel a distance of $d$. How long does it take, in minutes, for it travel $10d$ with a constant velocity of $2.5v$?
[b]G3.[/b] Andy originally has $3$ times as many jelly beans as Andrew. After Andrew steals 15 of Andy’s jelly beans, Andy now only has $2$ times as many jelly beans as Andrew. Find the number of jelly beans Andy originally had.
[u]Set 2[/u]
[b]G4.[/b] A coin is weighted so that it is $3$ times more likely to come up as heads than tails. How many times more likely is it for the coin to come up heads twice consecutively than tails twice consecutively?
[b]G5.[/b] There are $n$ students in an Areteem class. When 1 student is absent, the students can be evenly divided into groups of $5$. When $8$ students are absent, the students can evenly be divided into groups of $7$. Find the minimum possible value of $n$.
[b]G6.[/b] Trapezoid $ABCD$ has $AB \parallel CD$ such that $AB = 5$, $BC = 4$ and $DA = 2$. If there exists a point $M$ on $CD$ such that $AM = AD$ and $BM = BC$, find $CD$.
[u]Set 3[/u]
[b]G7.[/b] Angeline has $10$ coins (either pennies, nickels, or dimes) in her pocket. She has twice as many nickels as pennies. If she has $62$ cents in total, then how many dimes does she have?
[b]G8.[/b] Equilateral triangle $ABC$ has side length $6$. There exists point $D$ on side $BC$ such that the area of $ABD$ is twice the area of $ACD$. There also exists point $E$ on segment $AD$ such that the area of $ABE$ is twice the area of $BDE$. If $k$ is the area of triangle $ACE$, then find $k^2$.
[b]G9.[/b] A number $n$ can be represented in base $ 6$ as $\underline{aba}_6$ and base $15$ as $\underline{ba}_{15}$, where $a$ and $b$ are not necessarily distinct digits. Find $n$.
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For positive real numbers $a, b, c, d,$ satisfying the following conditions:
$a(c^2 - 1)=b(b^2+c^2)$ and $d \leq 1$, prove that : $d(a \sqrt{1-d^2} + b^2 \sqrt{1+d^2}) \leq \frac{(a+b)c}{2}$
A positive integer $n$ is known as an [i]interesting[/i] number if $n$ satisfies
\[{\ \{\frac{n}{10^k}} \} > \frac{n}{10^{10}} \]
for all $k=1,2,\ldots 9$.
Find the number of interesting numbers.
Does there exist an infinite sequence of integers \(a_0\), \(a_1\), \(a_2\), \(\ldots\) such that \(a_0\ne0\) and, for any integer \(n\ge0\), the polynomial \[P_n(x)=\sum_{k=0}^na_kx^k\] has \(n\) distinct real roots?
[i]Proposed by Amol Rama and Espen Slettnes[/i]
A circle whose center is on the side $ED$ of the cyclic quadrilateral $BCDE$ touches the other three sides. Prove that $EB+CD = ED.$
For which inequality, there exists a line such that the region defined by the inequality and the line intersect in exactly two distinct points?
$\textbf{(A)}\ x^2+y^2\leq 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ |x+y|+|x-y| \leq 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ |x|^3+|y|^3 \leq 1 \\ \textbf{(D)}\ |x|+|y| \leq 1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ |x|^{1/2} + |y|^{1/2} \leq 1$
Determine the real numbers $a, b, c, d$ so that
$$ab + c + d = 3, \,\, bc + d + a = 5, \,\, cd + a + b = 2 \,\,\,\, and \,\,\,\,da + b + c = 6$$
Ten people form a circle. Each picks a number and tells it to the two neighbors adjacent to him in the circle. Then each person computes and announces the average of the numbers of his two neighbors. The figure shows the average announced by each person ([u]not[/u] the original number the person picked). The number picked by the person who announced the average $6$ was
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label("(1)", (0,.9));
label("(2)", (.4,.65));
label("(3)", (.8,.25));
label("(4)", (.8,-.2));
label("(5)", (.4,-.65));
label("(6)", (0,-.9));
label("(7)", (-.4,-.65));
label("(8)", (-.8,-.2));
label("(9)", (-.8,.25));
label("(10)", (-.4,.65));
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$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{not uniquely determined from the given information} $
$1\times 2$ dominoes are placed on an $8 \times 8$ chessboard without overlapping. They may partially
stick out from the chessboard but the center of each domino must be strictly inside the
chessboard (not on its border). Place on the chessboard in such a way:
a) at least $40$ dominoes, (3 points)
b) at least $41$ dominoes, (3 points)
c) more than $41$ dominoes. (6 points)
[i](Mikhail Evdokimov)[/i]
At a circular track, $10$ cyclists started from some point at the same time in the same direction with different constant speeds. If any two cyclists are at some point at the same time again, we say that they meet. No three or more of them have met at the same time. Prove that by the time every two cyclists have met at least once, each cyclist has had at least $25$ meetings.
On the AMC 8 contest Billy answers 13 questions correctly, answers 7 questions incorrectly and doesn't answer the last 5. What is his score?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 13 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 19 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 26$
Compute the quadruple integral
$$A=\frac1{\pi^2}\int_{[0,1]^2\times[-\pi,\pi]^2}ab\sqrt{a^2+b^2-2ab\cos(x-y)}dadbdxdy$$
[i]Proposed by Moubinool Omarjee[/i]
Show that there are no positive integers $a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5,a_6$ such that
$$(1+a_1 \omega)(1+a_2 \omega)(1+a_3 \omega)(1+a_4 \omega)(1+a_5 \omega)(1+a_6 \omega)$$
is an integer where $\omega$ is an imaginary $5$th root of unity.
Consider the recurrence relation $x_{n+2}=2x_{n+1}+x_n,$ with $x_0=0, x_1=1.$ What is the greatest common divisor of $x_{2023}$ and $x_{721}$?
Let $a_1$, $a_2$, ... be an infinite sequence of integers such that $0 \le a_k \le k$ for every positive integer $k$ and such that
\[
2017 = \sum_{k = 1}^\infty a_k \cdot k! \, .
\]
What is the value of the infinite series $\sum_{k = 1}^\infty a_k$?
Show that for every positive integer $ n$, $ 2^{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot 4^{\frac{1}{4}} \cdot 8^{\frac{1}{8}} \cdot ... \cdot (2^n)^{\frac{1}{2^n}}<4$.