Found problems: 85335
It is given positive real number $a$ such that: $$\left\{\frac{1}{a}\right\}=\{a^2\}$$ $$ 2<a^2<3$$ Find the value of $$a^{12}-\frac{144}{a}$$
On a $100 \times 100$ chessboard, the plan is to place several $1 \times 3$ boards and $3 \times 1$ board, so that
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[*] Each tile of the initial chessboard is covered by at most one small board.
[*] The boards cover the entire chessboard tile, except for one tile.
[*] The sides of the board are placed parallel to the chessboard.
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Suppose that to carry out the instructions above, it takes $H$ number of $1 \times 3$ boards and $V$ number of $3 \times 1$ boards. Determine all possible pairs of $(H,V)$.
[i]Proposed by Muhammad Afifurrahman, Indonesia[/i]
Find all functions $f: [0, +\infty) \to [0, +\infty)$ satisfying the equation
\[(y+1)f(x+y) = f\left(xf(y)\right)\]
For all non-negative real numbers $x$ and $y.$
Given a right triangle $ABC$ with the hypotenuse $AB$. Let $K$ be any interior point of triangle $ABC$ and points $L, M$ are symmetric of point $K$ wrt lines $BC, AC$ respectively. Specify all possible values for $S_{ABLM} / S_{ABC}$, where $S_{XY ... Z}$ indicates the area of the polygon $XY...Z$ .
Prove that $ ABCD $ is a rectangle if and only if $ MA^2+MC^2=MB^2+MD^2, $ for all spatial points $ M. $
Prove that $3^n + 1$ is not divisible by $2^n$ for any integer $n > 1$.
Given $5$ points of a sphere radius $r$, show that two of the points are a distance $\le r \sqrt2$ apart.
4. Suppose 36 objects are placed along a circle at equal distances. In how many ways can 3 objects be chosen from among them so that no two of the three chosen objects are adjacent nor diametrically opposite.
Let $C(O_1),C(O_2)$ be two externally tangent circles at point $P$. A line $t$ is tangent to $C(O_1)$ in point $R$ and intersects $C(O_2)$ in points $A,B$ such that $A$ is closer to $R$ than $B$ is. The line $AO_1$ intersects the perpendicular to $t$ in $B$ at point $C$, the line $PC$ intersects $AB$ in $Q$.
Prove that $QO_1$ passes through the midpoint of $BC$.
Figures $ 0$, $ 1$, $ 2$, and $ 3$ consist of $ 1$, $ 5$, $ 13$, and $ 25$ nonoverlapping squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping squares would there be in figure $ 100$?
[asy]
unitsize(8);
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle);
draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle);
draw((8,1)--(11,1)--(11,2)--(8,2)--cycle);
draw((19,0)--(20,0)--(20,5)--(19,5)--cycle);
draw((18,1)--(21,1)--(21,4)--(18,4)--cycle);
draw((17,2)--(22,2)--(22,3)--(17,3)--cycle);
draw((32,0)--(33,0)--(33,7)--(32,7)--cycle);
draw((29,3)--(36,3)--(36,4)--(29,4)--cycle);
draw((31,1)--(34,1)--(34,6)--(31,6)--cycle);
draw((30,2)--(35,2)--(35,5)--(30,5)--cycle);
label("Figure",(0.5,-1),S);
label("$0$",(0.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(9.5,-1),S);
label("$1$",(9.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(19.5,-1),S);
label("$2$",(19.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(32.5,-1),S);
label("$3$",(32.5,-2.5),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 10401 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 19801 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 20201 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 39801 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 40801$
Let $P$ be a point interior to triangle $ABC$ (with $CA \neq CB$). The lines $AP$, $BP$ and $CP$ meet again its circumcircle $\Gamma$ at $K$, $L$, respectively $M$. The tangent line at $C$ to $\Gamma$ meets the line $AB$ at $S$. Show that from $SC = SP$ follows $MK = ML$.
[i]Proposed by Marcin E. Kuczma, Poland[/i]
Let $P$ be a point in the interior of the equilateral triangle $\triangle ABC$ such that $\sphericalangle{APC}=120^\circ$. Let $M$ be the intersection of $CP$ with $AB$, and $N$ the intersection of $AP$ and $BC$. Find the locus of the circumcentre of the triangle $MBN$ as $P$ varies.
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle such that $\angle ABC=60^{\circ}.$
a) Prove that if $BC=CD$ then $AB= CD+DA.$
b) Is it true that if $AB= CD+DA$ then $BC=CD$?
The point $D$ at the side $AB$ of triangle $ABC$ is given. Construct points $E,F$ at sides $BC, AC$ respectively such that the midpoints of $DE$ and $DF$ are collinear with $B$ and the midpoints of $DE$ and $EF$ are collinear with $C.$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=AC$. Let $D$ be a point on $BC$, and $E$ a point on $AD$ such that $\angle BED=\angle BAC=2\angle CED$. Prove that $BD=2CD$.
Let $n$ be a nonnegative integer, and let $p$ be a prime number that is congruent to $7$ modulo $8$. Prove that
$$\sum_{k=1}^{p} \left\{ \frac{k^{2n}}{p} - \frac{1}{2} \right\} = \frac{p-1}{2}$$
Let $x_1,x_2, ..., x_n$ be non-negative real numbers. Solve the system of equations:
$$x_k+x_{k+1}=x^2_{k+2}\,\,,\,\,\, (k =1,2,...,n),$$
where $x_{n+1} = x_1$, $x_{n+2} = x_2$.
Let $P$ be the set of prime numbers. Consider a subset $M$ of $P$ with at least three elements. We assume that, for each non empty and finite subset $A$ of $M$, with $A \neq M$, the prime divisors of the integer $( \prod_{p \in A} ) - 1$ belong to $M$.
Prove that $M = P$.
Let $\triangle ABC$ be triangle with incenter $I$ and circumcircle $\Gamma$. Let $M=BI\cap \Gamma$ and $N=CI\cap \Gamma$, the line parallel to $MN$ through $I$ cuts $AB$, $AC$ in $P$ and $Q$. Prove that the circumradius of $\odot (BNP)$ and $\odot (CMQ)$ are equal.
Find all sets of five consecutive integers with that property that the sum of the squares of the first three numbers is equal to the sum of the squares on the last two.
Prove that a Hausdorff space X is countably compact iff for every open cover $\cal {U}$ there is a finite set $A \subset X$ such that $ \bigcup \{U \in {\cal U} : U \cap A \neq \emptyset \} = X$.
Let $\Gamma$ be a circle and let $d$ be a line such that $\Gamma$ and $d$ have no common points. Further, let $AB$ be a diameter of the circle $\Gamma$; assume that this diameter $AB$ is perpendicular to the line $d$, and the point $B$ is nearer to the line $d$ than the point $A$. Let $C$ be an arbitrary point on the circle $\Gamma$, different from the points $A$ and $B$. Let $D$ be the point of intersection of the lines $AC$ and $d$. One of the two tangents from the point $D$ to the circle $\Gamma$ touches this circle $\Gamma$ at a point $E$; hereby, we assume that the points $B$ and $E$ lie in the same halfplane with respect to the line $AC$. Denote by $F$ the point of intersection of the lines $BE$ and $d$. Let the line $AF$ intersect the circle $\Gamma$ at a point $G$, different from $A$.
Prove that the reflection of the point $G$ in the line $AB$ lies on the line $CF$.
[i]20 problems for 25 minutes.[/i]
[b]p1.[/b] What is $20 \div 2 - 0 \times 1 + 2 \times 5$?
[b]p2.[/b] Today is Saturday, January $25$, $2020$. Exactly four hundred years from today, January $25$, $2420$, is again a Saturday. How many weekend days (Saturdays and Sundays) are in February, $2420$? (January has $31$ days and in year $2040$, February has $29$ days.)
[b]p3.[/b] Given that there are four people sitting around a circular table, and two of them stand up, what is the probability that the two of them were originally sitting next to each other?
[b]p4.[/b] What is the area of a triangle with side lengths $5$, $5$, and $6$?
[b]p5.[/b] Six people go to OBA Noodles on Main Street. Each person has $1/2$ probability to order Duck Noodle Soup, $1/3$ probability to order OBA Ramen, and $1/6$ probability to order Kimchi Udon Soup. What is the probability that three people get Duck Noodle Soup, two people get OBA Ramen, and one person gets Kimchi Udon Soup?
[b]p6.[/b] Among all positive integers $a$ and $b$ that satisfy $a^b = 64$, what is the minimum possible value of $a+b$?
[b]p7.[/b] A positive integer $n$ is called trivial if its tens digit divides $n$. How many two-digit trivial numbers are there?
[b]p8.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ has $AB = 5$, $BC = 13$, and $AC = 12$. Square $BCDE$ is constructed outside of the triangle. The perpendicular line from $A$ to side $DE$ cuts the square into two parts. What is the positive difference in their areas?
[b]p9.[/b] In an increasing arithmetic sequence, the first, third, and ninth terms form an increasing geometric sequence (in that order). Given that the first term is $5$, find the sum of the first nine terms of the arithmetic sequence.
[b]p10.[/b] Square $ABCD$ has side length $1$. Let points $C'$ and $D'$ be the reflections of points $C$ and $D$ over lines $AB$ and $BC$, respectively. Let P be the center of square $ABCD$. What is the area of the concave quadrilateral $PD'BC'$?
[b]p11.[/b] How many four-digit palindromes are multiples of $7$? (A palindrome is a number which reads the same forwards and backwards.)
[b]p12.[/b] Let $A$ and $B$ be positive integers such that the absolute value of the difference between the sum of the digits of $A$ and the sum of the digits of $(A + B)$ is $14$. What is the minimum possible value for $B$?
[b]p13.[/b] Clark writes the following set of congruences: $x \equiv a$ (mod $6$), $x \equiv b$ (mod $10$), $x \equiv c$ (mod $15$), and he picks $a$, $b$, and $c$ to be three randomly chosen integers. What is the probability that a solution for $x$ exists?
[b]p14.[/b] Vincent the bug is crawling on the real number line starting from $2020$. Each second, he may crawl from $x$ to $x - 1$, or teleport from $x$ to $\frac{x}{3}$ . What is the least number of seconds needed for Vincent to get to $0$?
[b]p15.[/b] How many positive divisors of $2020$ do not also divide $1010$?
[b]p16.[/b] A bishop is a piece in the game of chess that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Two bishops attack each other if the two bishops lie on the same diagonal of a chessboard. Find the maximum number of bishops that can be placed on an $8\times 8$ chessboard such that no two bishops attack each other.
[b]p17.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a right triangle with hypotenuse $20$ and perimeter $41$. What is the area of $ABC$?
[b]p18.[/b] What is the remainder when $x^{19} + 2x^{18} + 3x^{17} +...+ 20$ is divided by $x^2 + 1$?
[b]p19.[/b] Ben splits the integers from $1$ to $1000$ into $50$ groups of $20$ consecutive integers each, starting with $\{1, 2,...,20\}$. How many of these groups contain at least one perfect square?
[b]p20.[/b] Trapezoid $ABCD$ with $AB$ parallel to $CD$ has $AB = 10$, $BC = 20$, $CD = 35$, and $AD = 15$. Let $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at $P$ and let $AC$ and $BD$ intersect at $Q$. Line $PQ$ intersects $AB$ at $R$. What is the length of $AR$?
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Solve for $x$:
\begin{eqnarray*}
v - w + x - y + z & = & 79 \\
v + w + x + y + z & = & -1 \\
v + 2w + 4x + 8y + 16z & = & -2 \\
v + 3w + 9x + 27y + 81z & = & -1 \\
v + 5w + 25x + 125y + 625z & = & 79.
\end{eqnarray*}
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle CAB > 45^o$ and $\angle CBA > 45^o$. Construct an isosceles right angled triangle $RAB$ with $AB$ as its hypotenuse and $R$ inside $ABC$. Also construct isosceles right angled triangles $ACQ$ and $BCP$ having $AC$ and $BC$ respectively as their hypotenuses and lying entirely outside $ABC$. Show that $CQRP$ is a parallelogram.