Found problems: 85335
For a positive integer $k$, let $f_1(k)$ be the square of the sum of the digits of $k$. Define $f_{n+1}$ = $f_1 \circ f_n$ . Evaluate $f_{2007}(2^{2006} )$.
Two circles $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ intersect in $A$ and $B$. A line passing through $B$ intersects $C_{1}$ in $C$ and $C_{2}$ in $D$. Another line passing through $B$ intersects $C_{1}$ in $E$ and $C_{2}$ in $F$, $(CF)$ intersects $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ in $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Make sure that in your diagram, $B, E, C, A, P \in C_{1}$ and $B, D, F, A, Q \in C_{2}$ in this order. Let $M$ and $N$ be the middles of the arcs $BP$ and $BQ$ respectively. Prove that if $CD=EF$, then the points $C,F,M,N$ are cocylic in this order.
Find all real numbers $a > 1$ such that there exists an integer $k \ge 1$ such that the sequence $\{x_n\}_{n\ge 1}$ formed with the first $k$ digits of the number $\lfloor a^n\rfloor$ is periodical.
For each positive integer $ n$ find all positive integers $ m$ for which there exist positive integers $ x_1<x_2<...<x_n$ with:
$ \frac{1}{x_1}\plus{}\frac{2}{x_2}\plus{}...\plus{}\frac{n}{x_n}\equal{}m.$
The zeroes of the function $f(x)=x^2-ax+2a$ are integers. What is the sum of all possible values of $a$?
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }16\qquad\textbf{(D) }17\qquad\textbf{(E) }18$
An Indian raga has two kinds of notes: a short note, which lasts for $1$ beat and a long note, which lasts for $2$ beats. For example, there are $3$ ragas which are $3$ beats long; $3$ short notes, a short note followed by a long note, and a long note followed by a short note. How many Indian ragas are 11 beats long?
Prove that in every triangle for each of its altitudes: If you project the foof of one altitude on the other two altitudes and on the other two sides of the triangle, those four projections lie on the same line.
For the function $$ g(a) = \underbrace{\max}_{x\in R} \left\{ \cos x + \cos \left(x + \frac{\pi}{6} \right)+ \cos \left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right) + cos(x + a) \right\},$$ let $b \in R$ be the input that maximizes $g$. If $\cos^2 b = \frac{m+\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{p}-\sqrt{q}}{24}$ for positive integers $m, n, p, q$, find $m + n + p + q$.
There are $ 1993$ towns in a country, and at least $ 93$ roads going out of each town. It's known that every town can be reached from any other town. Prove that this can always be done with no more than $ 62$ transfers.
Let $BM$ be a median of nonisosceles right-angled triangle $ABC$ ($\angle B = 90^o$), and $Ha, Hc$ be the orthocenters of triangles $ABM, CBM$ respectively. Prove that lines $AH_c$ and $CH_a$ meet on the medial line of triangle $ABC$.
(D. Svhetsov)
What is the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $\sqrt{n}-\sqrt{n-1}<.01$?
$\textbf{(A) }2499\qquad\textbf{(B) }2500\qquad\textbf{(C) }2501\qquad\textbf{(D) }10,000\qquad \textbf{(E) }\text{There is no such integer}$
Let be a real $ 4\times 4 $ real matrix with $ \text{det} \left( A^2-I\right) <0. $ Prove that there is a number $ \alpha\in (-1,1) $ so that $ A+\alpha I $ is singular.
[i]Mihai Haivas[/i]
A set of integers is called [b]legendary[/b] if you can reach any integer from it by using the following action multiple times:
If the numbers $x,y$ are in the set, we may add the number $xy-y^2-y+x$ to the set.
Prove that any legendary set contains at least 8 numbers.
A [i]permutation[/i] of the set of positive integers $[n] = \{1, 2, . . . , n\}$ is a sequence $(a_1 , a_2 , \ldots, a_n ) $ such that each element of $[n]$ appears precisely one time as a term of the sequence. For example, $(3, 5, 1, 2, 4)$ is a permutation of $[5]$. Let $P (n)$ be the number of permutations of $[n]$ for which $ka_k$ is a perfect square for all $1 \leq k \leq n$. Find with proof the smallest $n$ such that $P (n)$ is a multiple of $2010$.
We write $\{a,b,c\}$ for the set of three different positive integers $a, b$, and $c$. By choosing some or all of the numbers a, b and c, we can form seven nonempty subsets of $\{a,b,c\}$. We can then calculate the sum of the elements of each subset. For example, for the set $\{4,7,42\}$ we will find sums of $4, 7, 42,11, 46, 49$, and $53$ for its seven subsets. Since $7, 11$, and $53$ are prime, the set $\{4,7,42\}$ has exactly three subsets whose sums are prime. (Recall that prime numbers are numbers with exactly two different factors, $1$ and themselves. In particular, the number $1$ is not prime.)
What is the largest possible number of subsets with prime sums that a set of three different positive integers can have? Give an example of a set $\{a,b,c\}$ that has that number of subsets with prime sums, and explain why no other three-element set could have more.
Let $ ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $ AB$ and $ CD$ parallel, $ \angle D \equal{} 2 \angle B, AD \equal{} 5,$ and $ CD \equal{} 2.$ Then $ AB$ equals
A. 7
B. 8
C. 13/2
D. 27/4
E. $ 5 \plus{} \frac{3 \sqrt{2}}{2}$
Find the smallest value of a function $$y = \cos 8x + 3\cos 4x +3\cos2x + 2\cos x.$$
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]p1.[/b] Six pirates – Captain Jack and his five crewmen – sit in a circle to split a treasure of $99$ gold coins. Jack must decide how many coins to take for himself and how many to give each crewman (not necessarily the same number to each). The five crewmen will then vote on Jack's decision. Each is greedy and will vote “aye” only if he gets more coins than each of his two neighbors. If a majority vote “aye”, Jack's decision is accepted. Otherwise Jack is thrown overboard and gets nothing. What is the most coins Captain Jack can take for himself and survive?
[b]p2[/b]. Rose and Bella take turns painting cells red and blue on an infinite piece of graph paper. On Rose's turn, she picks any blank cell and paints it red. Bella, on her turn, picks any blank cell and paints it blue. Bella wins if the paper has four blue cells arranged as corners of a square of any size with sides parallel to the grid lines. Rose goes first. Show that she cannot prevent Bella from winning.
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[b]p3.[/b] A $25\times 25$ checkerboard is cut along the gridlines into some number of smaller square boards. Show that the total length of the cuts is divisible by $4$. For example, the cuts shown on the picture have total length $16$, which is divisible by $4$.
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[b]p4.[/b] Each robot in the Martian Army is equipped with a battery that lasts some number of hours. For any two robots, one's battery lasts at least three times as long as the other's. A robot works until its battery is depleted, then recharges its battery until it is full, then goes back to work, and so on. A battery that lasts $N$ hours takes exactly $N$ hours to recharge. Prove that there will be a moment in time when all the robots are recharging (so you can invade the planet).
[b]p5.[/b] A casino machine accepts tokens of $32$ different colors, one at a time. For each color, the player can choose between two fixed rewards. Each reward is up to $\$10$ cash, plus maybe another token. For example, a blue token always gives the player a choice of getting either $\$5$ plus a red token or $\$3$ plus a yellow token; a black token can always be exchanged either for $\$10$ (but no token) or for a brown token (but no cash). A player may keep playing as long as he has a token. Rob and Bob each have one white token. Rob watches Bob play and win $\$500$. Prove that Rob can win at least $\$1000$.
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[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]p6.[/b] The sum of $2015$ rational numbers is an integer. The product of every pair of them is also an integer. Prove that they are all integers.
(A rational number is one that can be written as $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are integers and $n\ne 0$.)
[b]p7.[/b] An $N \times N$ table is filled with integers such that numbers in cells that share a side differ by at most $1$. Prove that there is some number that appears in the table at least $N$ times. For example, in the $5 \times 5$ table below the numbers $1$ and $2$ appear at least $5$ times.
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A regular hexagon with a side of $50$ was divided to equilateral triangles with unit side, parallel to the sides of the hexagon. It is allowed to delete any three nodes of the resulting lattice defining a segment of length $2$. As a result of several such operations, exactly one node remains. How many ways is this possible?
In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, $AD,BE$ and $CF$ are the altitudes and $H$ the orthocentre. Lines $EF$ and $BC$ meet at $N$. The line passing through $D$ and parallel to $FE$ meets lines $AB$ and $AC$ at $K$ and $L$, respectively. Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle $NKL$ bisects the side $BC$.
The altitudes $AA_1$ and $CC_1$ of a triangle $ABC$ meet at point $H$. Point $H_A$ is symmetric to $H$ about $A$. Line $H_AC_1$ meets $BC$ at point $C' $, point $A' $ is defined similarly. Prove that $A' C' // AC$.
Initially, the integer $80$ is written on a blackboard. At each step, the integer $x$ on the blackboard is replaced with an integer chosen uniformly at random among [0,x−1], unless $x=0$ , in which case it is replaced by an integer chosen uniformly at random among [0,2024]. Let $P(a,b)$ be the probability that after $a$ steps, the integer on the board is $b$. Determine
$$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{P(a,80)}{P(a,2024)}$$
(that is, the value that the function $\frac{P(a,80)}{P(a,2024)}$ approaches as $a$ goes to infinity).
Find the number of integers $n$ for which $n^2+10n<2008$.
Given that
\[ \frac{((3!)!)!}{3!} = k \cdot n!, \]
where $k$ and $n$ are positive integers and $n$ is as large as possible, find $k + n$.
Show that if $2 + 2\sqrt{28n^2 + 1}$ is an integer, then it is a square (for $n$ an integer).