Let $a,b,c$ be distinct positive real numbers, and let $k$ be a positive integer greater than $3$. Show that \[\left\lvert\frac{a^{k+1}(b-c)+b^{k+1}(c-a)+c^{k+1}(a-b)}{a^k(b-c)+b^k(c-a)+c^k(a-b)}\right\rvert\ge \frac{k+1}{3(k-1)}(a+b+c)\] and \[\left\lvert\frac{a^{k+2}(b-c)+b^{k+2}(c-a)+c^{k+2}(a-b)}{a^k(b-c)+b^k(c-a)+c^k(a-b)}\right\rvert\ge \frac{(k+1)(k+2)}{3k(k-1)}(a^2+b^2+c^2).\] [i]Calvin Deng.[/i]

Let $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n$ be postive real numbers such that $x_1x_2\cdots x_n=1$ ,$S=x^3_1+x^3_2+\cdots+x^3_n$.Find the maximum of $\frac{x_1}{S-x^3_1+x^2_1}+\frac{x_2}{S-x^3_2+x^2_2}+\cdots+\frac{x_n}{S-x^3_n+x^2_n}$

Let $ H$ be the piont of midpoint of the cord $ PQ$ that is on the circle centered the origin $ O$ with radius $ 1.$ Suppose the length of the cord $ PQ$ is $ 2\sin \frac {t}{2}$ for the angle $ t\ (0\leq t\leq \pi)$ that is formed by half-ray $ OH$ and the positive direction of the $ x$ axis. Answer the following questions. (1) Express the coordiante of $ H$ in terms of $ t$. (2) When $ t$ moves in the range of $ 0\leq t\leq \pi$, find the minimum value of $ x$ coordinate of $ H$. (3) When $ t$ moves in the range of $ 0\leq t\leq \frac {\pi}{2}$, find the area $ S$ of the region bounded by the curve drawn by the point $ H$ and the $ x$ axis and the $ y$ axis.

If $U, S, M, C, A$ are distinct (not necessarily positive) integers such that $U \cdot S \cdot M \cdot C \cdot A = 2020$, what is the greatest possible value of $U + S + M + C + A$?

In trapezoid $ABCD$, $AD$ is parallel to $BC$. Knowing that $AB=AD+BC$, prove that the bisector of $\angle A$ also bisects $CD$.

There is a very popular race course where runners frequently go for a daily run. Assume that all runners randomly select a start time, a starting position on the course, and a direction to run. Also assume that all runners make exactly one complete circuit of the race course, all runners run at the same speed, and all runners complete the circuit in one hour. Suppose that one afternoon you go for a run on this race course, and you count $300$ runners which you pass going in the opposite direction, although some of those runners you count twice since you pass them twice. What is the expected value of the number of different runners that you pass not counting duplicates?

[b]Problem Section #4 b) Let $A$ be a unit square. What is the largest area of a triangle whose vertices lie on the perimeter of $A$? Justify your answer.

[b]p1.[/b] Compute $2020 \cdot \left( 2^{(0\cdot1)} + 9 - \frac{(20^1)}{8}\right)$. [b]p2.[/b] Nathan has five distinct shirts, three distinct pairs of pants, and four distinct pairs of shoes. If an “outfit” has a shirt, pair of pants, and a pair of shoes, how many distinct outfits can Nathan make? [b]p3.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus such that $\vartriangle ABD$ and $\vartriangle BCD$ are equilateral triangles. Find the angle measure of $\angle ACD$ in degrees. [b]p4.[/b] Find the units digit of $2019^{2019}$. [b]p5.[/b] Determine the number of ways to color the four vertices of a square red, white, or blue if two colorings that can be turned into each other by rotations and reflections are considered the same. [b]p6.[/b] Kathy rolls two fair dice numbered from $1$ to $6$. At least one of them comes up as a $4$ or $5$. Compute the probability that the sumof the numbers of the two dice is at least $10$. [b]p7.[/b] Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(x, y)$ such that $20x +19y = 2019$. [b]p8.[/b] Let $p$ be a prime number such that both $2p -1$ and $10p -1$ are prime numbers. Find the sum of all possible values of $p$. [b]p9.[/b] In a square $ABCD$ with side length $10$, let $E$ be the intersection of $AC$ and $BD$. There is a circle inscribed in triangle $ABE$ with radius $r$ and a circle circumscribed around triangle $ABE$ with radius $R$. Compute $R -r$ . [b]p10.[/b] The fraction $\frac{13}{37 \cdot 77}$ can be written as a repeating decimal $0.a_1a_2...a_{n-1}a_n$ with $n$ digits in its shortest repeating decimal representation. Find $a_1 +a_2 +...+a_{n-1}+a_n$. [b]p11.[/b] Let point $E$ be the midpoint of segment $AB$ of length $12$. Linda the ant is sitting at $A$. If there is a circle $O$ of radius $3$ centered at $E$, compute the length of the shortest path Linda can take from $A$ to $B$ if she can’t cross the circumference of $O$. [b]p12.[/b] Euhan and Minjune are playing tennis. The first one to reach $25$ points wins. Every point ends with Euhan calling the ball in or out. If the ball is called in, Minjune receives a point. If the ball is called out, Euhan receives a point. Euhan always makes the right call when the ball is out. However, he has a $\frac34$ chance of making the right call when the ball is in, meaning that he has a $\frac14$ chance of calling a ball out when it is in. The probability that the ball is in is equal to the probability that the ball is out. If Euhan won, determine the expected number of wrong callsmade by Euhan. [b]p13.[/b] Find the number of subsets of $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7\}$ which contain four consecutive numbers. [b]p14.[/b] Ezra and Richard are playing a game which consists of a series of rounds. In each round, one of either Ezra or Richard receives a point. When one of either Ezra or Richard has three more points than the other, he is declared the winner. Find the number of games which last eleven rounds. Two games are considered distinct if there exists a round in which the two games had different outcomes. [b]p15.[/b] There are $10$ distinct subway lines in Boston, each of which consists of a path of stations. Using any $9$ lines, any pair of stations are connected. However, among any $8$ lines there exists a pair of stations that cannot be reached from one another. It happens that the number of stations is minimized so this property is satisfied. What is the average number of stations that each line passes through? [b]p16.[/b] There exist positive integers $k$ and $3\nmid m$ for which $$1 -\frac12 + \frac13 - \frac14 +...+ \frac{1}{53}-\frac{1}{54}+\frac{1}{55}=\frac{3^k \times m}{28\times 29\times ... \times 54\times 55}.$$ Find the value $k$. [b]p17.[/b] Geronimo the giraffe is removing pellets from a box without replacement. There are $5$ red pellets, $10$ blue pellets, and $15$ white pellets. Determine the probability that all of the red pellets are removed before all the blue pellets and before all of the white pellets are removed. [b]p18.[/b] Find the remainder when $$70! \left( \frac{1}{4 \times 67}+ \frac{1}{5 \times 66}+...+ \frac{1}{66\times 5}+ \frac{1}{67\times 4} \right)$$ is divided by $71$. [b]p19.[/b] Let $A_1A_2...A_{12}$ be the regular dodecagon. Let $X$ be the intersection of $A_1A_2$ and $A_5A_{11}$. Given that $X A_2 \cdot A_1A_2 = 10$, find the area of dodecagon. [b]p20.[/b] Evaluate the following infinite series: $$\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\sum^{\infty}_{m=1} \frac{n \sec^2m -m \tan^2 n}{3^{m+n}(m+n)}$$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Archimedes drew a square with side length $36$ cm into the sand and he also drew a circle of radius $36$ cm around each vertex of the square. If the total area of the grey parts is $n \cdot \pi$ cm$^2$, what is the value of $n$? [i]Do not disturb my circles![/i] [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/7/a755007990625c74fc2e59b999f0a3eddb2371.png[/img]

Given a triangle $ABC$, consider the semicircle with diameter $\overline{EF}$ on $\overline{BC}$ tangent to $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$. If $BE=1$, $EF=24$, and $FC=3$, find the perimeter of $\triangle{ABC}$. [i]Proposed by Ray Li[/i]

Prove that among the seven natural numbers forming an arithmetic progression with difference $ 30 $ , one and only one is divisible by $ 7 $ .

Let $(a_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a sequence defined by $a_0\geq 0$ and the recurrence relation $$a_{n+1}=\frac{a_n^2-1}{n+1},$$ for all $n\geq 0$. Prove that here exists a real number $a> 0$ such that: [list] [*] if $a_0\geq a,$ $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_n = \infty$; [*] if $a_0\in [0,a),$ $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_n = 0$.

Points $A$, $B$ and $C$ lie on one side of the angle with the vertex at point $O$, and points $A'$, $B'$ and $C'$ lie on the other. It is known that$ B$ is the midpoint of the segment $AC$, $B'$ is the midpoint of the segment $A'C'$, and lines $AA'$, $BB'$ and $CC'$ are parallel (fig.). Prove that the centers of the circles circumscribed around the triangles $OAC$, $OA'C$ and $OBB'$ lie on the same straight line. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/6/92831077781bc45f25e9f71077034f84753a59.png[/img]

Solve in none-negative integers ${x^3} + 7{x^2} + 35x + 27 = {y^3}$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and let $AN$, $BM$ and $CP$ the altitudes with respect to the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $R$, $S$ be the pojections of $N$ on the sides $AB$, $CA$, respectively, and let $Q$, $W$ be the projections of $N$ on the altitudes $BM$ and $CP$, respectively. (a) Show that $R$, $Q$, $W$, $S$ are collinear. (b) Show that $MP=RS-QW$.

Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficieints such that $P\left(x^2\right)=P(x)P(x-1)$ for all $x\in\mathbb R$.

Compute $ \sum_{n \equal{} 1}^\infty\sum_{k \equal{} 1}^{n \minus{} 1}\frac {k}{2^{n \plus{} k}}$.

Let $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ be angles of a triangle. Determine all real triplets $x,y,z$ satisfying the system \begin{align*} x\cos\beta+\frac1z\cos\alpha &=1, \\ y\cos\gamma+\frac1x\cos\beta &=1, \\ z\cos\alpha+\frac1y\cos\gamma &=1. \end{align*}

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with orthocentre $H$ and circumcentre $O$. Let $R$ be the radius of the circumcircle. \begin{align*} \text{Let }\mathit{A'}\text{ be the point on }\mathit{AO}\text{ (extended if necessary) for which }\mathit{HA'}\perp\mathit{AO}. \\ \text{Let }\mathit{B'}\text{ be the point on }\mathit{BO}\text{ (extended if necessary) for which }\mathit{HB'}\perp\mathit{BO}. \\ \text{Let }\mathit{C'}\text{ be the point on }\mathit{CO}\text{ (extended if necessary) for which }\mathit{HC'}\perp\mathit{CO}.\end{align*} Prove that $HA'+HB'+HC'<2R$ (Note: The orthocentre of a triangle is the intersection of the three altitudes of the triangle. The circumcircle of a triangle is the circle passing through the triangle’s three vertices. The circummcentre is the centre of the circumcircle.)

Let $\sigma (n)$ shows the number of positive divisors of $n$. Let $s(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of $n+1$ such that for every divisor $a$, $a-1$ is also a divisor of $n$. Find the maximum value of $2s(n)- \sigma (n) $.

Let $d$ be a positive divisor of $5 + 1998^{1998}$. Prove that $d = 2 \cdot x^2 + 2 \cdot x \cdot y + 3 \cdot y^2$, where $x, y$ are integers if and only if $d$ is congruent to 3 or 7 $\pmod{20}$.

Find the least positive number m such that for any polynimial f(x) with real coefficients, there is a polynimial g(x) with real coefficients (degree not greater than m) such that there exist 2017 distinct number $a_1,a_2,...,a_{2017}$ such that $g(a_i)=f(a_{i+1})$ for i=1,2,...,2017 where indices taken modulo 2017.

Let $n$ be a positive integer such that $n^5+n^3+2n^2+2n+2$ is a perfect cube. Prove that $2n^2+n+2$ is not a perfect cube. [i]Proposed by Anastasija Trajanova[/i]

ABC is a triangle with A=90 and C=30.Let M be the midpoint of BC. Let W be a circle passing through A tangent in M to BC. Let P be the circumcircle of ABC. W is intersecting AC in N and P in M. prove that MN is perpendicular to BC.

For each natural number $n$ we denote $a_n$ as the greatest perfect square less than or equal to $n$ and $b_n$ as the least perfect square greater than $n$. For example $a_9=3^2$, $b_9=4^2$ and $a_{20}=4^2$, $b_{20}=5^2$. Calculate: $$\frac{1}{a_1b_1}+\frac{1}{a_2b_2}+\frac{1}{a_3b_3}+\ldots +\frac{1}{a_{600}b_{600}}$$