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Consider the shape formed from taking equilateral triangle $ABC$ with side length $6$ and tracing out the arc $BC$ with center $A$. Set the shape down on line $l$ so that segment $AB$ is perpendicular to $l$, and $B$ touches $l$. Beginning from arc $BC$ touching $l$, we roll $ABC$ along $l$ until both points $A$ and $C$ are on the line. The area traced out by the roll can be written in the form $n\pi$, where $n$ is an integer. Find $n$.
Gordon has the least number of coins (half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies) needed to make $99\cent$. He randomly chooses one. What is the probability that it is a penny? $\textbf{(A) } \dfrac15\qquad\textbf{(B) } \dfrac13\qquad\textbf{(C) } \dfrac12\qquad\textbf{(D) } \dfrac23\qquad\textbf{(E) } \dfrac34$
Prove the equality $$\frac{2}{x^2-1}+\frac{4}{x^2-4} +\frac{6}{x^2-9}+...+\frac{20}{x^2-100} =\frac{11}{(x-1)(x+10)}+\frac{11}{(x-2)(x+9)}+...+\frac{11}{(x-10)(x+1)}$$
Find all positive integers $ n$ such that there exists sequence consisting of $ 1$ and $ - 1: a_{1},a_{2},\cdots,a_{n}$ satisfying $ a_{1}\cdot1^2 + a_{2}\cdot2^2 + \cdots + a_{n}\cdot n^2 = 0.$
Let $M$ be the set of palindromic integers of the form $5n+4$ where $n\ge 0$ is an integer. [list=a] [*]If we write the elements of $M$ in increasing order, what is the $50^{\text{th}}$ number? [*]Among all numbers in $M$ with nonzero digits which sum up to $2014$ which is the largest and smallest one?[/list]
The doctor instructed a person to take $48$ pills for next $30$ days. Every day he take at least $1$ pill and at most $6$ pills. Show that exist the numbers of conscutive days such that the total numbers of pills he take is equal with $11$.
Prove that the medians from the vertices $A$ and $B$ of a triangle $ABC$ are orthogonal if and only if $BC^2+AC^2=5AB^2$.
The faces of a cubical die are marked with the numbers $ 1$, $ 2$, $ 2$, $ 3$, $ 3$, and $ 4$. The faces of a second cubical die are marked with the numbers $ 1$, $ 3$, $ 4$, $ 5$, $ 6$, and $ 8$. Both dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the two top numbers will be $ 5$, $ 7$, or $ 9$ ? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {5}{18} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {7}{18} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {11}{18} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {8}{9}$
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral such that $AB$ is a diameter of it's circumcircle. Suppose that $AB$ and $CD$ intersect at $I$, $AD$ and $BC$ at $J$, $AC$ and $BD$ at $K$, and let $N$ be a point on $AB$. Show that $IK$ is perpendicular to $JN$ if and only if $N$ is the midpoint of $AB$.
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron such that edges $AB$, $AC$, and $AD$ are mutually perpendicular. Let the areas of triangles $ABC$, $ACD$, and $ADB$ be denoted by $x$, $y$, and $z$, respectively. In terms of $x$, $y$, and $z$, find the area of triangle $BCD$.
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and $P$ be a point in its interior. Let $P_A,P_B$ and $P_c$ be the images of $P$ under reflection in the sides $BC,CA$, and $AB$, respectively. If $P$ is the orthocentre of the triangle $P_AP_BP_C$ and if the largest angle of the triangle that can be formed by the line segments$ PA, PB$. and $PC$ is $x^o$, determine the value of $x$.
Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers such that $a!+b$ and $b!+a$ are both powers of $5$. [i]Nikola Velov, North Macedonia[/i]
For positive integers $n, k$ with $1 \le k \le n$, define $$L(n, k) = Lcm \,(n, n - 1, n -2, ..., n - k + 1)$$ Let $f(n)$ be the largest value of $k$ such that $L(n, 1) < L(n, 2) < ... < L(n, k)$. Prove that $f(n) < 3\sqrt{n}$ and $f(n) > k$ if $n > k! + k$.
[asy]size(150); draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1.5)--(0,1.5)--cycle); draw((2,0)--(3,0)--(3,1.5)--(2,1.5)--cycle); draw((4,0)--(5,0)--(5,1.5)--(4,1.5)--cycle); draw((2,2.5)--(3,2.5)--(3,4)--(2,4)--cycle); draw((4,2.5)--(5,2.5)--(5,4)--(4,4)--cycle); label("3",(0.5,0.5),N); label("4",(2.5,0.5),N); label("6",(4.5,0.5),N); label("P",(2.5,3),N); label("Q",(4.5,3),N);[/asy] Five cards are lying on a table as shown. Each card has a letter on one side and a whole number on the other side. Jane said, "If a vowel is on one side of any card, then an even number is on the other side." Mary showed Jane was wrong by turning over one card. Which card did Mary turn over? \[ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{P} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{Q} \qquad \]
At a party attended by $n$ married couples, each person talks to everyone else at the party except his or her spouse. The conversations involve sets of persons or cliques $C_1, C_2, \cdots, C_k$ with the following property: no couple are members of the same clique, but for every other pair of persons there is exactly one clique to which both members belong. Prove that if $n \geq 4$, then $k \geq 2n$. [i]Proposed by USA.[/i]
Determine all positive integers $a,b,c$ satisfying $a^{(b^c)}=(b^a)^c$
The following sequence of letters is written on a board: \[ \text{TNOTNOTNO...TNOTN} \] where the sequence repeats 2024 times. At each step, one of the following operations can be performed: 1. Take two different adjacent letters and replace them with two copies of the missing letter. 2. Take three consecutive identical letters and remove them. After a certain number of steps, only two identical letters remain. Determine which letter it is possible to reach.
Show that for all real numbers $x, y$ satisfying $x+y \geq 0$ \[ (x^2+y^2)^3 \geq 32(x^3+y^3)(xy-x-y) \]
Let $ \mathcal Q$ be a unit cube. We say that a tetrahedron is [b]good[/b] if all its edges are equal and all of its vertices lie on the boundary of $ \mathcal Q$. Find all possible volumes of good tetrahedra.
Consider the set $S$ of all the different odd positive integers that are not multiples of $5$ and that are less than $30m, m$ being a positive integer. What is the smallest integer $k$ such that in any subset of $k$ integers from $S$ there must be two integers one of which divides the other? Prove your result.
We are given an $18\times 18$ table, all of whose cells may be black or white. Initially all the cells are coloured white. We may perform the following operation: choose one column or one row and change the colour of all cells in this column or row. Is it possible by repeating the operation to obtain a table with exactly $16$ black cells?
Let $ABCD$ be an inscribed trapezoid such that the sides $[AB]$ and $[CD]$ are parallel. If $m(\widehat{AOD})=60^\circ$ and the altitude of the trapezoid is $10$, what is the area of the trapezoid?
The diagrams below shows a $2$ by $2$ grid made up of four $1$ by $1$ squares. Shown are two paths along the grid from the lower left corner to the upper right corner of the grid, one with length $4$ and one with length $6$. A path may not intersect itself by moving to a point where the path has already been. Find the sum of the lengths of all the paths from the lower left corner to the upper right corner of the grid. [asy] import graph; size(6cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); draw((-1,4)--(-1,2), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-1,4)--(1,4), linewidth(1.6)); draw((1,4)--(1,2), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-1,2)--(1,2), linewidth(1.6)); draw((0,4)--(0,2), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-1,3)--(1,3), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-0.5,1)--(-2.5,1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-2.5,1)--(-2.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-1.5,1)--(-1.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((-2.5,0)--(-0.5,0), linewidth(1.6)); draw((0.5,1)--(0.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((2.5,1)--(2.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((0.5,-1)--(2.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((1.5,1)--(1.5,-1), linewidth(1.6)); draw((0.5,0)--(2.5,0), linewidth(1.6)); draw((0.5,1)--(0.5,0), linewidth(4) + red); draw((0.5,0)--(1.5,0), linewidth(4) + red); draw((0.5,-1)--(1.5,-1), linewidth(4) + red); draw((1.5,0)--(1.5,-1), linewidth(4) + red); draw((0.5,1)--(2.5,1), linewidth(4) + red); draw((-0.5,1)--(-0.5,-1), linewidth(4) + red); draw((-2.5,-1)--(-0.5,-1), linewidth(4) + red); [/asy]
Given an acute triangle $ABC$. The longest line of altitude is the one from vertex $A$ perpendicular to $BC$, and it's length is equal to the length of the median of vertex $B$. Prove that $\angle ABC \le 60^o$
In a convex pentagon, let the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side be called an altitude. Prove that if four of the altitudes are concurrent at a point then the fifth altitude also passes through this point.