Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals. Prove that \[ \frac{(a-b)(a-c)}{2a^2 + (b+c)^2} + \frac{(b-c)(b-a)}{2b^2 + (c+a)^2} + \frac{(c-a)(c-b)}{2c^2 + (a+b)^2} \geq 0. \] [i]Calvin Deng.[/i]

Determine all arithmetic sequences $a_1, a_2,...$ for which there exists integer $N > 1$ such that for any positive integer $k$ the following divisibility holds $a_1a_2 ...a_k | a_{N+1}a_{N+2}...a_{N+k}$ .

Let $x_1 = 97$, and for $n > 1$ let $x_n = \frac{n}{x_{n - 1}}$. Calculate the product $x_1 x_2 \dotsm x_8$.

For all non-zero real numbers $x$ and $y$ such that $x-y=xy$, $\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}$ equals $\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{xy}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{x-y}\qquad\textbf{(C) }0\qquad\textbf{(D) }-1\qquad\textbf{(E) }y-x$

Which of the following numbers is [b]not[/b] a perfect square? $\textbf{(A) }1^{2016}\qquad\textbf{(B) }2^{2017}\qquad\textbf{(C) }3^{2018}\qquad\textbf{(D) }4^{2019}\qquad \textbf{(E) }5^{2020}$

Let $ X$ be a set of $ k$ vertexes on a plane such that no three of them are collinear. Let $ P$ be the family of all $ {k \choose 2}$ segments that connect each pair of points. Determine $ \tau(P)$.

The vertices of a triangle have integer coordinates and one of its sides is of length $\sqrt{n}$, where $n$ is a square-free natural number. Prove that the ratio of the circumradius and the inradius is an irrational number.

Does there exist an positive integer $n$, so that for any positive integer $m<1002$, there exists an integer $k$ so that \[\displaystyle \frac{m}{1002} < \frac{k}{n} < \frac {m+1}{1003}\] holds? If $n$ does not exist, prove it; if $n$ exists, determine the minimum value of it. I know this problem was easy, but it still appeared on our TST, and so I posted it here.

Let $M$ be the point of intersection of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ of the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$. Let$ K$ be the intersection point of the extension of side $AB$ (from $A$) with the bisector of the $\angle ACD$. If $MA \cdot MC + MA \cdot CD = MB\cdot MD$ , prove that $\angle BKC = \angle CDB$.

Prove that there are no $x\in\mathbb{R}^+$ such that $$x^{\lfloor x \rfloor }=\frac92.$$

Prove that for any $a$ the function $y (x) = \cos (\cos x) + a \cdot \sin (\sin x)$ is periodic. Find its smallest period in terms of $a$.

Two players play a game with a pile of $N$ coins on a table. On a player's turn, if there are $n$ coins, the player can take at most $n/2+1$ coins, and must take at least one coin. The player who grabs the last coin wins. For how many values of $N$ between $1$ and $100$ (inclusive) does the first player have a winning strategy?

Solve in integers the following equation $\frac{1}{2}(x + y)(y + z)(z + x) + (x + y + z)^3 = 1 - xyz$.

The number $2.5252525...$ can be written as a fraction. When reduced to lowest terms the sum of the numerator and denominator of this fraction is: $ \textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B)} 29\qquad\textbf{(C) }141\qquad\textbf{(D) }349\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{none of these} $

Among all ellipses with center at the origin, exactly one such ellipse is tangent to the graph of the curve $x^3 - 6x^2y + 3xy^2 + y^3 + 9x^2 - 9xy + 9y^2 = 0$ at three distinct points. The area of this ellipse is $\frac{k\pi\sqrt{m}}{n}$, where $k,m,$ and $n$ are positive integers such that $\gcd(k,n)=1$ and $m$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $100k+10m+n$. [i]Proposed by Jaedon Whyte[/i]

(a) Let $x$ and $y$ be two positive integers such that $\sqrt{x} +\sqrt{y}$ is an integer. Show that $\sqrt{x}$ and $\sqrt{y}$ are both integers. (b) Find all positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $\sqrt{x} +\sqrt{y}=\sqrt{2007}$.

A function $f$ with its domain on the positive integers $N =\{1, 2, ...\}$ satisfies the following conditions: (a) $f(1) = 2017$. (b) $\sum_{i=1}^n f(i) = n^2f(n)$, for every positive integer $n > 1$. What is the value of $f(2017)$?

Let $M$ be a point inside quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that $ABMD$ is parallelogram. If $\angle CBM = \angle CDM$ prove that $\angle ACD = \angle BCM$

In the cartesian plane, consider the curves $x^2+y^2=r^2$ and $(xy)^2=1$. Call $F_r$ the convex polygon with vertices the points of intersection of these 2 curves. (if they exist) (a) Find the area of the polygon as a function of $r$. (b) For which values of $r$ do we have a regular polygon?

The orthogonal projections of the vertices $A, B, C$ of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ on the opposite faces are denoted by $A', B', C'$ respectively. Suppose that point $A'$ is the circumcenter of the triangle $BCD$, point $B'$ is the incenter of the triangle $ACD$ and $C'$ is the centroid of the triangle $ABD$. Prove that tetrahedron $ABCD$ is regular.

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] In order to make good salad dressing, Bob needs a $0.9\%$ salt solution. If soy sauce is $15\%$ salt, how much water, in mL, does Bob need to add to $3$ mL of pure soy sauce in order to have a good salad dressing? [b]p2.[/b] Alex the Geologist is buying a canteen before he ventures into the desert. The original cost of a canteen is $\$20$, but Alex has two coupons. One coupon is $\$3$ off and the other is $10\%$ off the entire remaining cost. Alex can use the coupons in any order. What is the least amount of money he could pay for the canteen? [b]p3.[/b] Steve and Yooni have six distinct teddy bears to split between them, including exactly $1$ blue teddy bear and $1$ green teddy bear. How many ways are there for the two to divide the teddy bears, if Steve gets the blue teddy bear and Yooni gets the green teddy bear? (The two do not necessarily have to get the same number of teddy bears, but each teddy bear must go to a person.) [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] In the currency of Mathamania, $5$ wampas are equal to $3$ kabobs and $10$ kabobs are equal to $2$ jambas. How many jambas are equal to twenty-five wampas? [b]p5.[/b] A sphere has a volume of $81\pi$. A new sphere with the same center is constructed with a radius that is $\frac13$ the radius of the original sphere. Find the volume, in terms of $\pi$, of the region between the two spheres. [b]p6.[/b] A frog is located at the origin. It makes four hops, each of which moves it either $1$ unit to the right or $1$ unit to the left. If it also ends at the origin, how many $4$-hop paths can it take? [u]Round 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Nick multiplies two consecutive positive integers to get $4^5 - 2^5$ . What is the smaller of the two numbers? [b]p8.[/b] In rectangle $ABCD$, $E$ is a point on segment $CD$ such that $\angle EBC = 30^o$ and $\angle AEB = 80^o$. Find $\angle EAB$, in degrees. [b]p9.[/b] Mary’s secret garden contains clones of Homer Simpson and WALL-E. A WALL-E clone has $4$ legs. Meanwhile, Homer Simpson clones are human and therefore have $2$ legs each. A Homer Simpson clone always has $5$ donuts, while a WALL-E clone has $2$. In Mary’s secret garden, there are $184$ donuts and $128$ legs. How many WALL-E clones are there? [u]Round 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] Including Richie, there are $6$ students in a math club. Each day, Richie hangs out with a different group of club mates, each of whom gives him a dollar when he hangs out with them. How many dollars will Richie have by the time he has hung out with every possible group of club mates? [b]p11.[/b] There are seven boxes in a line: three empty, three holding $\$10$ each, and one holding the jackpot of $\$1, 000, 000$. From the left to the right, the boxes are numbered $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6$ and $7$, in that order. You are told the following: $\bullet$ No two adjacent boxes hold the same contents. $\bullet$ Box $4$ is empty. $\bullet$ There is one more $\$10$ prize to the right of the jackpot than there is to the left. Which box holds the jackpot? [b]p12.[/b] Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers such that $a + b = 8$. Let $c$ be the minimum possible value of $x^2 + ax + b$ over all real numbers $x$. Find the maximum possible value of $c$ over all such $a$ and $b$. [u]Round 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with $AB = 10$ and $BC = 12$. Let M be the midpoint of $CD$, and $P$ be a point on $BM$ such that $BP = BC$. Find the area of $ABPD$. [b]p14.[/b] The number $19$ has the following properties: $\bullet$ It is a $2$-digit positive integer. $\bullet$ It is the two leading digits of a $4$-digit perfect square, because $1936 = 44^2$. How many numbers, including $19$, satisfy these two conditions? [b]p15.[/b] In a $3 \times 3$ grid, each unit square is colored either black or white. A coloring is considered “nice” if there is at most one white square in each row or column. What is the total number of nice colorings? Rotations and reflections of a coloring are considered distinct. (For example, in the three squares shown below, only the rightmost one has a nice coloring. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/4/e6932c822bec77aa0b07c98d1789e58416b912.png[/img] PS. You should use hide for answers. Rest rounds have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2786958p24498425]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

In the game of Tristack Solitaire, you start with three stacks of cards, each with a different positive integer number of cards. At any time, you can double the number of cards in any one stack of cards by moving cards from exactly one other, larger, stack of cards to the stack you double. You win the game when any two of the three stacks have the same number of cards. For example, if you start with stacks of $3$, $5$, and $7$ cards, then you have three possible legal moves: [list] [*]You may move $3$ cards from the $5$-card stack to the $3$-card stack, leaving stacks of $6$, $2$, and $7$ cards. [*]You may move $3$ cards from the $7$-card stack to the $3$-card stack, leaving stacks of $6,$ $5$, and $4$ cards. [*]You may move $5$ cards from the $7$-card stack to the $5$-card stack, leaving stacks of $3$, $10$, and $2$ cards.[/list] Can you win Tristack Solitaire from any starting position? If so, then give a strategy for winning. If not, then explain why.

For how many distinct ordered triples $(a,b,c)$ of boolean variables does the expression $a \lor (b \land c)$ evaluate to true?

Let $m,n$ positive integers and $p$ prime number with $p=3k+2$. If $p \mid {(m+n)^2-mn}$ , prove that $$p \mid m,n$$

Let $p{}$ be a prime number and $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_p$ be integers for which $x_1^n+x_2^n+\cdots+x_p^n$ is divisible by $p{}$ for any positive integer $n{}$. Prove that $x_1-x_2$ is divisible by $p{}.$