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We are given an angle $0^o < \phi \le 180^o$ and a circular disc. An ant begins its journey from an interior point of the disc, travelling in a straight line in a certain direction. When it reaches the edge of the disc, it does the following: it turns clockwise by the angle $\phi $, and if its new direction does not point towards the interior of the disc, it turns by the angle $\phi $ again, and repeats this until it faces the interior. Then it continues its journey in this new direction and turns as before every time when it reaches the edge. For what values of $\phi $ is it true that for any starting point and initial direction the ant eventually returns to its starting position?
A square $ABCD$ with side length $1$ is inscribed in a circle. A smaller square lies in the circle with two vertices lying on segment $AB$ and the other two vertices lying on minor arc $AB$. Compute the area of the smaller square.
Real numbers $x, y, z$ satisfy $$x + xy + xyz = 1, y + yz + xyz = 2, z + xz + xyz = 4.$$ The largest possible value of $xyz$ is $\frac{a+b\sqrt{c}}{d}$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are integers, $d$ is positive, $c$ is square-free, and gcd$(a,b, d) = 1$. Find $1000a + 100b + 10c + d$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $D$, $E$, $F$ be 3 points on the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ respectively, such that the inradii of the triangles $AEF$, $BDF$ and $CDE$ are equal with half of the inradius of the triangle $ABC$. Prove that $D$, $E$, $F$ are the midpoints of the sides of the triangle $ABC$.
The circle $\omega_1$ passes through the center $O$ of the circle $\omega_2$ and meets it at points $A$ and $B$. The circle $\omega_3$ centered at $A$ with radius $AB$ meets $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at points $C$ and $D$ (distinct from $B$). Prove that $C, O, D$ are collinear.
Petya and Vasya are playing the following game. Petya chooses a non-negative random value $\xi$ with expectation $\mathbb{E} [\xi ] = 1$, after which Vasya chooses his own value $\eta$ with expectation $\mathbb{E} [\eta ] = 1$ without reference to the value of $\xi$. For which maximal value $p$ can Petya choose a value $\xi$ in such a way that for any choice of Vasya's $\eta$, the inequality $\mathbb{P}[\eta \geq \xi ] \leq p$ holds?
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter $O$ and radius $10$. Let sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ have midpoints $M, N, P$, and $Q$, respectively. If $MP = NQ$ and $OM + OP = 16$, then what is the area of triangle $\vartriangle OAB$?
Consider pairwise distinct complex numbers $z_1,z_2,z_3,z_4,z_5,z_6$ whose images $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4,A_5,A_6$ respectively are succesive points on the circle centered at $O(0,0)$ and having radius $r>0.$ If $w$ is a root of the equation $z^2+z+1=0$ and the next equalities hold \[z_1w^2+z_3w+z_5=0 \\ z_2w^2+z_4w+z_6=0\] prove that [b]a)[/b] Triangle $A_1A_3A_5$ is equilateral [b]b)[/b] \[|z_1-z_2|+|z_2-z_3|+|z_3-z_4|+|z_4-z_5|+z_5-z_6|+|z_6-z_1|=3|z_1-z_4|=3|z_2-z_5|=3|z_3-z_6|.\]
Let $S$ be a finite set of positive integers which has the following property:if $x$ is a member of $S$,then so are all positive divisors of $x$. A non-empty subset $T$ of $S$ is [i]good[/i] if whenever $x,y\in T$ and $x<y$, the ratio $y/x$ is a power of a prime number. A non-empty subset $T$ of $S$ is [i]bad[/i] if whenever $x,y\in T$ and $x<y$, the ratio $y/x$ is not a power of a prime number. A set of an element is considered both [i]good[/i] and [i]bad[/i]. Let $k$ be the largest possible size of a [i]good[/i] subset of $S$. Prove that $k$ is also the smallest number of pairwise-disjoint [i]bad[/i] subsets whose union is $S$.
Let $AA_1, BB_1, $ and $CC_1$ be the bisectors of a triangle $ABC$. The segments $BB_1$ and $A_1C_1$ meet at point $D$. Let $E$ be the projection of $D$ to $AC$. Points $P$ and $Q$ on sides $AB$ and $BC$ respectively are such that $EP = PD, EQ = QD$. Prove that $\angle PDB_1 = \angle EDQ$.
Let K be a bounded, d-dimensional convex polyhedron that is not simplex and P is a point on K. Show that if vertices $P_1 , ..., P_k$ are not all on the same face of K, then one of them can be omitted so that the convex hull of the remaining vertices of K still contains P. [hide=note]caratheodory's theorem might be useful. [/hide]
Prove that in any triangle $ABC$, \[ 0 < \cot { \left( \frac{A}{4} \right)} - \tan{ \left( \frac{B}{4} \right) } - \tan{ \left( \frac{C}{4} \right) } - 1 < 2 \cot { \left( \frac{A}{2} \right) }. \]
Sam's cup has a $400$ mL mixture of coffee and milk tea. He pours $200$ mL into Ben's empty cup. Ben then adds 100mL of co ee to his cup and stirs well. Finally, Ben pours $200$ mL out of his cup back into Sam's cup. If the mixture in Sam's cup is now $50\%$ milk tea, then how many milliliters of milk tea were in it originally?
If $a > b > c > d > 0$ are integers such that $ad = bc$, show that $$(a - d)^2 \ge 4d + 8$$
PUMaCDonalds, a newly-opened fast food restaurant, has 5 menu items. If the first 4 customers each choose one menu item at random, the probability that the 4th customer orders a previously unordered item is $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
Find the number of sets $\{a,b,c\}$ of three distinct positive integers with the property that the product of $a,b,$ and $c$ is equal to the product of $11,21,31,41,51,$ and $61$.
Let $f(x)$ be a continuous function such that $\int_0^1 f(x)\ dx=1.$ Find $f(x)$ for which $\int_0^1 (x^2+x+1)f(x)^2dx$ is minimized.
On a mathematical competition $ n$ problems were given. The final results showed that: (i) on each problem, exactly three contestants scored $ 7$ points; (ii) for each pair of problems, exactly one contestant scored $ 7$ points on both problems. Prove that if $ n \geq 8$, then there is a contestant who got $ 7$ points on each problem. Is this statement necessarily true if $ n \equal{} 7$?
Two circles $ O, O'$ having same radius meet at two points, $ A,B (A \not = B) $. Point $ P,Q $ are each on circle $ O $ and $ O' $ $(P \not = A,B ~ Q\not = A,B )$. Select the point $ R $ such that $ PAQR $ is a parallelogram. Assume that $ B, R, P, Q $ is cyclic. Now prove that $ PQ = OO' $.
Consider a container of a hollow cube $ABGCDEPF$ (where $ABGC$, $DEPF$ are squares and $AD\parallel BE\parallel GP\parallel CF$). The cube is placed on a table in a way that the space diagonal $AP=1$ is perpendicular to the table. Then, water is poured into the cube. Denote $x$ the length of part of $AP$ submerged in water. Determine the volume of water $y$ in terms of $x$ when a) $0 < x \leq\frac13$, b) $\frac13 < x \leq\frac12$.
Circles $ w_{1}$ and $ w_{2}$ with centres $ O_{1}$ and $ O_{2}$ are externally tangent at point $ D$ and internally tangent to a circle $ w$ at points $ E$ and $ F$ respectively. Line $ t$ is the common tangent of $ w_{1}$ and $ w_{2}$ at $ D$. Let $ AB$ be the diameter of $ w$ perpendicular to $ t$, so that $ A, E, O_{1}$ are on the same side of $ t$. Prove that lines $ AO_{1}$, $ BO_{2}$, $ EF$ and $ t$ are concurrent.
For real numbers $a, b$ and $c$ we have \[(2b-a)^2 + (2b-c)^2 = 2(2b^2-ac).\] Prove that the numbers $a, b$ and $c$ are three consecutive terms in some arithmetic sequence.
Let $f(n)$ take in a nonnegative integer $n$ and return an integer between $0$ and $n-1$ at random (with the exception being $f(0)=0$ always). What is the expected value of $f(f(22))$?
A positive integer $n$ is given. Consider all polynomials $P(x)=x^n+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\ldots+a_0$, whose coefficients are nonnegative integers, not exceeding $100$. Call $P$ [i]reducible[/i] if it can be factored into two non-constant polynomials with nonnegative integer coeffiecients, and [i]irreducible[/i] otherwise. Prove that the number of [i]irreducible[/i] polynomials is at least twice as big as the number of [i]reducible[/i] polynomials. [i]D. Zmiaikou[/i]
Let $\tau(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of $n$. Let $\tau_1(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of $n$ which have remainders $1$ when divided by $3$. Find all positive integral values of the fraction $\frac{\tau(10n)}{\tau_1(10n)}$.