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Billy the baker makes a bunch of loaves of bread every day, and sells them in bundles of size $1, 2$, or $3$. On one particular day, there are $375$ orders, $125$ for each bundle type. As such, Billy goes ahead and makes just enough loaves of bread to meet all the orders. Whenever Billy makes loaves, some get burned, and are not sellable. For nonnegative i less than or equal to the total number of loaves, the probability that exactly i loaves are sellable to customers is inversely proportional to $2^i$ (otherwise, it’s $0$). Once he makes the loaves, he distributes out all of the sellable loaves of bread to some subset of these customers (each of whom will only accept their desired bundle of bread), without worrying about the order in which he gives them out. If the expected number of ways Billy can distribute the bread is of the form $\frac{a^b}{2^c-1}$, find $a + b + c$.
Calculate the following indefinite integrals. [1] $\int \frac{6x+1}{\sqrt{3x^2+x+4}}dx$ [2] $\int \frac{e^x}{e^x+e^{a-x}}dx$ [3] $\int \frac{(\sqrt{x}+1)^3}{\sqrt{x}}dx$ [4] $\int x\ln (x^2-1)dx$ [5] $\int \frac{2(x+2)}{x^2+4x+1}dx$
Call the ordered pair of distinct circles $(\omega, \gamma)$ scribable if there exists a triangle with circumcircle $\omega$ and incircle $\gamma$. Prove that among $n$ distinct circles there are at most $(n/2)^2$ scribable pairs. [i]Proposed by Daniel Liu
For every positive integer $N$, let $\sigma(N)$ denote the sum of the positive integer divisors of $N$. Find all integers $m\geq n\geq 2$ satisfying \[\frac{\sigma(m)-1}{m-1}=\frac{\sigma(n)-1}{n-1}=\frac{\sigma(mn)-1}{mn-1}.\] [i]Ankan Bhattacharya[/i]
Let $S$ be the set of monic polynomials in $x$ of degree 6 all of whose roots are members of the set $\{ -1, 0, 1\}$. Let $P$ be the sum of the polynomials in $S$. What is the coefficient of $x^4$ in $P(x)$?
Triangle $DEF$ is acute. Circle $c_1$ is drawn with $DF$ as its diameter and circle $c_2$ is drawn with $DE$ as its diameter. Points $Y$ and $Z$ are on $DF$ and $DE$ respectively so that $EY$ and $FZ$ are altitudes of triangle $DEF$ . $EY$ intersects $c_1$ at $P$, and $FZ$ intersects $c_2$ at $Q$. $EY$ extended intersects $c_1$ at $R$, and $FZ$ extended intersects $c_2$ at $S$. Prove that $P$, $Q$, $R$, and $S$ are concyclic points.
Given that $a,b,c > 0$ and $a + b + c = 1$. Prove that $\sqrt {\frac{{ab}}{{ab + c}}} + \sqrt {\frac{{bc}}{{bc + a}}} + \sqrt {\frac{{ca}}{{ca + b}}} \leqslant \frac{3}{2}$.
One hundred and one of the squares of an $n\times n$ table are colored blue. It is known that there exists a unique way to cut the table to rectangles along boundaries of its squares with the following property: every rectangle contains exactly one blue square. Find the smallest possible $n$.
Let $ n \geq 4$ be a fixed positive integer. Given a set $ S \equal{} \{P_1, P_2, \ldots, P_n\}$ of $ n$ points in the plane such that no three are collinear and no four concyclic, let $ a_t,$ $ 1 \leq t \leq n,$ be the number of circles $ P_iP_jP_k$ that contain $ P_t$ in their interior, and let \[m(S)=a_1+a_2+\cdots + a_n.\] Prove that there exists a positive integer $ f(n),$ depending only on $ n,$ such that the points of $ S$ are the vertices of a convex polygon if and only if $ m(S) = f(n).$
Let $f$ be a function satisfying $f(x+y+z)=f(x)+f(y)+f(z)$ for all integers $x$, $y$, $z$. Suppose $f(1)=1$, $f(2)=2$. Then $\lim \limits_{n\to \infty} \frac{1}{n^3} \sum \limits_{r=1}^n 4rf(3r)$ equals [list=1] [*] 4 [*] 6 [*] 12 [*] 24 [/list]
In a triangle $ABC$, with $AB\neq AC$ and $A\neq 60^{0},120^{0}$, $D$ is a point on line $AC$ different from $C$. Suppose that the circumcentres and orthocentres of triangles $ABC$ and $ABD$ lie on a circle. Prove that $\angle ABD=\angle ACB$.
Let $ ABCDA’B’C’D’ $ a cube. $ M,P $ are the midpoints of $ AB, $ respectively, $ DD’. $ [b]a)[/b] Show that $ MP, A’C $ are perpendicular, but not coplanar. [b]b)[/b] Calculate the distance between the lines above.
Compute the last digit of $(5^{20}+2)^3.$
[list=1] [*] Prove that $$\lim \limits_{n \to \infty} \left(n+\frac{1}{4}-\zeta(3)-\zeta(5)-\cdots -\zeta(2n+1)\right)=0$$ [*] Calculate $$\sum \limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(n+\frac{1}{4}-\zeta(3)-\zeta(5)-\cdots -\zeta(2n+1)\right)$$ [/list]
For prime number $p$, let $f_p(x)=x^{p-1} +x^{p-2} + \cdots + x + 1$. (1) When $p$ divides $m$, prove that there exists a prime number that is coprime with $m(m-1)$ and divides $f_p(m)$. (2) Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $pn+1$ is prime number.
We call a permutation $ \left(a_1, a_2, ..., a_n\right)$ of $ \left(1, 2, ..., n\right)$ [i]quadratic[/i] if there exists at least a perfect square among the numbers $ a_1$, $ a_1 \plus{} a_2$, $ ...$, $ a_1 \plus{} a_2 \plus{} ... \plus{} a_n$. Find all natural numbers $ n$ such that all permutations in $ S_n$ are quadratic. [i]Remark.[/i] $ S_{n}$ denotes the $ n$-th symmetric group, the group of permutations on $ n$ elements.
A company sells peanut butter in cylindrical jars. Marketing research suggests that using wider jars would increase sales. If the diameter of the jars is increased by $ 25\%$ without altering the volume, by what percent must the height be decreased? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 10\% \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 25\% \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 36\% \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 50\% \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 60\%$
Consider decompositions of an $8\times 8$ chessboard into $p$ non-overlapping rectangles subject to the following conditions: (i) Each rectangle has as many white squares as black squares. (ii) If $a_i$ is the number of white squares in the $i$-th rectangle, then $a_1<a_2<\ldots <a_p$. Find the maximum value of $p$ for which such a decomposition is possible. For this value of $p$, determine all possible sequences $a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_p$.
We say that a set $\displaystyle A$ of non-zero vectors from the plane has the property $\displaystyle \left( \mathcal S \right)$ iff it has at least three elements and for all $\displaystyle \overrightarrow u \in A$ there are $\displaystyle \overrightarrow v, \overrightarrow w \in A$ such that $\displaystyle \overrightarrow v \neq \overrightarrow w$ and $\displaystyle \overrightarrow u = \overrightarrow v + \overrightarrow w$. (a) Prove that for all $\displaystyle n \geq 6$ there is a set of $\displaystyle n$ non-zero vectors, which has the property $\displaystyle \left( \mathcal S \right)$. (b) Prove that every finite set of non-zero vectors, which has the property $\displaystyle \left( \mathcal S \right)$, has at least $\displaystyle 6$ elements. [i]Mihai Baluna[/i]
Sam spends his days walking around the following $2\times 2$ grid of squares. \begin{tabular}[t]{|c|c|}\hline 1&2\\ \hline 4&3 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Say that two squares are adjacent if they share a side. He starts at the square labeled $1$ and every second walks to an adjacent square. How many paths can Sam take so that the sum of the numbers on every square he visits in his path is equal to $20$ (not counting the square he started on)?
A positive interger $n$ is called [i][u]rising[/u][/i] if its decimal representation $a_ka_{k-1}\cdots a_0$ satisfies the condition $a_k\le a_{k-1}\le\cdots \le a_0$. Polynomial $P$ with real coefficents is called [i][u]interger-valued[/u][/i] if for all integer numbers $n$, $P(n)$ takes interger values. $P(n)$ is called [i][u]rising-valued[/u][/i] if for all [i]rising[/i] numbers $n$, $P(n)$ takes integer values. Does it necessarily mean that, "every [i]rising-valued[/i] $P$ is also [i]interger-valued[/i] $P$"?
Let $a > 0$ be a real number and let $f : R \to R$ be a function satisfying $$f(x_1) + f(x_2) \ge a f(x_1 + x_2), \forall x_1 ,x_2 \in R.$$ Prove that $$f(x_1) + f(x_2) +(x_3) \ge \frac{3a^2}{a+2} f(x_1+ x_2 + x_3), \forall x_1 ,x_2,x_3 \in R$$.
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcircle $\omega$ centered at $O$, whose diagonals intersect at $H$. Let $O_1$ and $O_2$ be the circumcenters of triangles $AHD$ and $BHC$. A line through $H$ intersects $\omega$ at $M_1$ and $M_2$ and intersects the circumcircles of triangles $O_1HO$ and $O_2HO$ at $N_1$ and $N_2$, respectively, so that $N_1$ and $N_2$ lie inside $\omega$. Prove that $M_1N_1 = M_2N_2$.
(a) Let be given $2n$ distinct points on a circumference, $n$ of which are red and $n$ are blue. Prove that one can join these points pairwise by $n$ segments so that no two segments intersect and the endpoints of each segments have different colors. (b) Show that the statement from (a) remains valid if the points are in an arbitrary position in the plane so that no three of them are collinear.
$N$ integers are given. Prove that the sum of their squares is divisible by $N$ if it is known that the difference between the product of any $N - 1$ of them and the last one is divisible by $N$. (D. Fomin, Leningrad)