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2,581
In the diagram, a straight, flat road joins $A$ to $B$. <image_1> Karuna runs from $A$ to $B$, turns around instantly, and runs back to $A$. Karuna runs at $6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. Starting at the same time as Karuna, Jorge runs from $B$ to $A$, turns around instantly, and runs back to $B$. Jorge runs from $B$ t...
[ "Suppose that Karuna and Jorge meet for the first time after $t_{1}$ seconds and for the second time after $t_{2}$ seconds.\n\nWhen they meet for the first time, Karuna has run partway from $A$ to $B$ and Jorge has run partway from $B$ to $A$.\n\n<img_3496>\n\nAt this instant, the sum of the distances that they hav...
[ "27, 77" ]
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2,585
In the diagram, rectangle $P Q R S$ is placed inside rectangle $A B C D$ in two different ways: first, with $Q$ at $B$ and $R$ at $C$; second, with $P$ on $A B, Q$ on $B C, R$ on $C D$, and $S$ on $D A$. <image_1> If $A B=718$ and $P Q=250$, determine the length of $B C$.
[ "Let $B C=x, P B=b$, and $B Q=a$.\n\nSince $B C=x$, then $A D=P S=Q R=x$.\n\nSince $B C=x$ and $B Q=a$, then $Q C=x-a$.\n\nSince $A B=718$ and $P B=b$, then $A P=718-b$.\n\nNote that $P Q=S R=250$.\n\nLet $\\angle B Q P=\\theta$.\n\nSince $\\triangle P B Q$ is right-angled at $B$, then $\\angle B P Q=90^{\\circ}-\\...
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2,591
How many equilateral triangles of side $1 \mathrm{~cm}$, placed as shown in the diagram, are needed to completely cover the interior of an equilateral triangle of side $10 \mathrm{~cm}$ ? <image_1>
[ "If we proceed by pattern recognition, we find after row 1 we have a total of 1 triangle, after two rows we have $2^{2}$ or 4 triangles. After ten rows we have $10^{2}$ or 100 triangles.\n\n<img_3802>", "This solution is based on the fact that the ratio of areas for similar triangles is the square of the ratio of...
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2,593
A rectangle PQRS has side PQ on the x-axis and touches the graph of $y=k \cos x$ at the points $S$ and $R$ as shown. If the length of $P Q$ is $\frac{\pi}{3}$ and the area of the rectangle is $\frac{5 \pi}{3}$, what is the value of $k ?$ <image_1>
[ "If $P Q=\\frac{\\pi}{3}$, then by symmetry the coordinates of $R$\n\nare $\\left(\\frac{\\pi}{6}, k \\cos \\frac{\\pi}{6}\\right)$.\n\nArea of rectangle $P Q R S=\\frac{\\pi}{3}\\left(k \\cos \\frac{\\pi}{6}\\right)=\\frac{\\pi}{3}(k)\\left(\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}\\right)$\n\nBut $\\frac{\\sqrt{3} k \\pi}{6}=\\frac{5...
[ "$\\frac{10}{\\sqrt{3}}$,$\\frac{10}{3} \\sqrt{3}$" ]
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In determining the height, $M N$, of a tower on an island, two points $A$ and $B, 100 \mathrm{~m}$ apart, are chosen on the same horizontal plane as $N$. If $\angle N A B=108^{\circ}$, $\angle A B N=47^{\circ}$ and $\angle M B N=32^{\circ}$, determine the height of the tower to the nearest metre. <image_1>
[ "In $\\triangle B A N, \\angle B N A=25^{\\circ}$\n\nUsing the Sine Law in $\\triangle B A N$,\n\n$\\frac{N B}{\\sin 108^{\\circ}}=\\frac{100}{\\sin 25^{\\circ}}$\n\nTherefore $N B=\\frac{100 \\sin 108^{\\circ}}{\\sin 25^{\\circ}} \\approx 225.04$,\n\n<img_3946>\n\nNow in $\\triangle M N B, \\frac{M N}{N B}=\\tan 3...
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2,595
The points $A, P$ and a third point $Q$ (not shown) are the vertices of a triangle which is similar to triangle $A B C$. What are the coordinates of all possible positions for $Q$ ? <image_1>
[ "$Q(4,0), Q(0,4)$\n\n$Q(2,0), Q(0,2)$\n\n$Q(-2,2), Q(2,-2)$\n\n<img_3757>" ]
[ "$(4,0),(0,4),(2,0),(0,2),(-2,2),(2,-2)$" ]
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In triangle $A B C, B C=2$. Point $D$ is on $\overline{A C}$ such that $A D=1$ and $C D=2$. If $\mathrm{m} \angle B D C=2 \mathrm{~m} \angle A$, compute $\sin A$. <image_1>
[ "Let $[A B C]=K$. Then $[B C D]=\\frac{2}{3} \\cdot K$. Let $\\overline{D E}$ be the bisector of $\\angle B D C$, as shown below.\n\n<img_3399>\n\nNotice that $\\mathrm{m} \\angle D B A=\\mathrm{m} \\angle B D C-\\mathrm{m} \\angle A=\\mathrm{m} \\angle A$, so triangle $A D B$ is isosceles, and $B D=1$. (Alternatel...
[ "$\\frac{\\sqrt{6}}{4}$" ]
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2,716
Two equilateral triangles of side length 1 and six isosceles triangles with legs of length $x$ and base of length 1 are joined as shown below; the net is folded to make a solid. If the volume of the solid is 6 , compute $x$. <image_1>
[ "First consider a regular octahedron of side length 1. To compute its volume, divide it into two square-based pyramids with edges of length 1 . Such a pyramid has slant height $\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}$ and height $\\sqrt{\\left(\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}\\right)^{2}-\\left(\\frac{1}{2}\\right)^{2}}=\\sqrt{\\frac{1}{2}}=\\fr...
[ "$\\frac{5 \\sqrt{39}}{3}$" ]
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2,719
Let $T=5$. The diagram at right consists of $T$ congruent circles, each of radius 1 , whose centers are collinear, and each pair of adjacent circles are externally tangent to each other. Compute the length of the tangent segment $\overline{A B}$. <image_1>
[ "For each point of tangency of consecutive circles, drop a perpendicular from that point to $\\overline{A B}$. For each of the $T-2$ circles between the first and last circles, the distance between consecutive perpendiculars is $2 \\cdot 1=2$. Furthermore, the distance from $A$ to the first perpendicular equals 1 (...
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Square $A B C D$ has side length 22. Points $G$ and $H$ lie on $\overline{A B}$ so that $A H=B G=5$. Points $E$ and $F$ lie outside square $A B C D$ so that $E F G H$ is a square. Compute the area of hexagon $A E F B C D$. <image_1>
[ "Note that $G H=A B-A H-B G=22-5-5=12$. Thus\n\n$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n{[A E F B C D] } & =[A B C D]+[E F G H]+[A E H]+[B F G] \\\\\n& =22^{2}+12^{2}+\\frac{1}{2} \\cdot 5 \\cdot 12+\\frac{1}{2} \\cdot 5 \\cdot 12 \\\\\n& =484+144+30+30 \\\\\n& =\\mathbf{6 8 8} .\n\\end{aligned}\n$$" ]
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2,769
Suppose that Xena traces a path along the segments in the figure shown, starting and ending at point $A$. The path passes through each of the eleven vertices besides $A$ exactly once, and only visits $A$ at the beginning and end of the path. Compute the number of possible paths Xena could trace. <image_1>
[ "Count the number of complete paths that pass through all vertices exactly once (such a path is called a Hamiltonian path). The set of vertices can be split into two rings:\n\n$$\n\\mathcal{I}=\\left\\{A_{1}, A_{2}, \\ldots, A_{6}\\right\\} \\text { (i.e., the inner ring), } \\quad \\mathcal{O}=\\left\\{B_{1}, B_{2...
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Let $T$ be a rational number. Two coplanar squares $\mathcal{S}_{1}$ and $\mathcal{S}_{2}$ each have area $T$ and are arranged as shown to form a nonconvex octagon. The center of $\mathcal{S}_{1}$ is a vertex of $\mathcal{S}_{2}$, and the center of $\mathcal{S}_{2}$ is a vertex of $\mathcal{S}_{1}$. Compute $\frac{\tex...
[ "Let $2 x$ be the side length of the squares. Then the intersection of $\\mathcal{S}_{1}$ and $\\mathcal{S}_{2}$ is a square of side length $x$, so its area is $x^{2}$. The area of the union of $\\mathcal{S}_{1}$ and $\\mathcal{S}_{2}$ is $(2 x)^{2}+(2 x)^{2}-x^{2}=7 x^{2}$. Thus the desired ratio of areas is $\\fr...
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In acute triangle $I L K$, shown in the figure, point $G$ lies on $\overline{L K}$ so that $\overline{I G} \perp \overline{L K}$. Given that $I L=\sqrt{41}$ and $L G=I K=5$, compute $G K$. <image_1>
[ "Using the Pythagorean Theorem, $I G=\\sqrt{(I L)^{2}-(L G)^{2}}=\\sqrt{41-25}=4$, and $G K=\\sqrt{(I K)^{2}-(I G)^{2}}=$ $\\sqrt{25-16}=3$." ]
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2,806
This Question involves one Robber and one or more Cops. After robbing a bank, the Robber retreats to a network of hideouts, represented by dots in the diagram below. Every day, the Robber stays holed up in a single hideout, and every night, the Robber moves to an adjacent hideout. Two hideouts are adjacent if and only ...
[ "First we prove that for all maps $M, C(M)<h(M)$.\n\nProve. Let $n=h(M)$. The following strategy will always catch a Robber within two days using $n-1$ Cops, which proves that $C(M) \\leq n-1$. Choose any subset $\\mathcal{S}$ of $n-1$ hideouts and position $n-1$ Cops at the hideouts of $\\mathcal{S}$ for 2 days. I...
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2,810
This Question involves one Robber and one or more Cops. After robbing a bank, the Robber retreats to a network of hideouts, represented by dots in the diagram below. Every day, the Robber stays holed up in a single hideout, and every night, the Robber moves to an adjacent hideout. Two hideouts are adjacent if and only ...
[ "or the map $M$ from figure a, $W(M)=7$. The most efficient strategy is to use 7 Cops to blanket all the hideouts on the first day. Any strategy using fewer than 7 Cops would require 6 Cops on each of two consecutive days: given that any hideout can be reached from any other hideout, leaving more than one hideout u...
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In $\triangle A B C, \mathrm{~m} \angle A=\mathrm{m} \angle B=45^{\circ}$ and $A B=16$. Mutually tangent circular arcs are drawn centered at all three vertices; the arcs centered at $A$ and $B$ intersect at the midpoint of $\overline{A B}$. Compute the area of the region inside the triangle and outside of the three arc...
[ "Because $A B=16, A C=B C=\\frac{16}{\\sqrt{2}}=8 \\sqrt{2}$. Then each of the large arcs has radius 8 , and the small arc has radius $8 \\sqrt{2}-8$. Each large arc has measure $45^{\\circ}$ and the small arc has measure $90^{\\circ}$. Therefore the area enclosed by each large arc is $\\frac{45}{360} \\cdot \\pi \...
[ "$\\quad 64-64 \\pi+32 \\pi \\sqrt{2}$" ]
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Given noncollinear points $A, B, C$, segment $\overline{A B}$ is trisected by points $D$ and $E$, and $F$ is the midpoint of segment $\overline{A C} . \overline{D F}$ and $\overline{B F}$ intersect $\overline{C E}$ at $G$ and $H$, respectively. If $[D E G]=18$, compute $[F G H]$. <image_1>
[ "Compute the desired area as $[E G F B]-[E H B]$. To compute the area of concave quadrilateral $E G F B$, draw segment $\\overline{B G}$, which divides the quadrilateral into three triangles, $\\triangle D E G, \\triangle B D G$, and $\\triangle B G F$. Then $[B D G]=[D E G]=18$ because the triangles have equal bas...
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Let $T=6$. In the square $D E F G$ diagrammed at right, points $M$ and $N$ trisect $\overline{F G}$, points $A$ and $B$ are the midpoints of $\overline{E F}$ and $\overline{D G}$, respectively, and $\overline{E M} \cap \overline{A B}=S$ and $\overline{D N} \cap \overline{A B}=H$. If the side length of square $D E F G$ ...
[ "Note that $D E S H$ is a trapezoid with height $\\frac{T}{2}$. Because $\\overline{A S}$ and $\\overline{B H}$ are midlines of triangles $E F M$ and $D G N$ respectively, it follows that $A S=B H=\\frac{T}{6}$. Thus $S H=T-2 \\cdot \\frac{T}{6}=\\frac{2 T}{3}$. Thus $[D E S H]=\\frac{1}{2}\\left(T+\\frac{2 T}{3}\\...
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2,837
Let $R$ be the larger number you will receive, and let $r$ be the smaller number you will receive. In the diagram at right (not drawn to scale), circle $D$ has radius $R$, circle $K$ has radius $r$, and circles $D$ and $K$ are tangent at $C$. Line $\overleftrightarrow{Y P}$ is tangent to circles $D$ and $K$. Compute $Y...
[ "Note that $\\overline{D Y}$ and $\\overline{K P}$ are both perpendicular to line $\\overleftrightarrow{Y P}$. Let $J$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $K$ to $\\overline{D Y}$. Then $P K J Y$ is a rectangle and $Y P=J K=\\sqrt{D K^{2}-D J^{2}}=$ $\\sqrt{(R+r)^{2}-(R-r)^{2}}=2 \\sqrt{R r}$. With $R=450$ and $r...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The first pair indicates an increase; the next three are decreases, and the last pair is an increase. So the 2-signature is $(12,21,21,21,12)$." ]
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is $\\left(\\begin{array}{c}2 n \\\\ n\\end{array}\\right)$. The shape of this signature is a wedge: $n$ up steps followed by $n$ down steps. The wedge for $n=3$ is illustrated below:\n\n<img_3277>\n\nThe largest number in the label, $2 n+1$, must be placed at the peak in the center. If we choose the nu...
[ "$\\binom{2n}{n}$" ]
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is 16 . We have a shape with two peaks and a valley in the middle. The 5 must go on one of the two peaks, so we place it on the first peak. By the shape's symmetry, we will double our answer at the end to account for the 5 -labels where the 5 is on the other peak.\n\n<img_3879>\n\nThe 4 can go to the le...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is 7936. The shape of this 2-signature has four peaks and three intermediate valleys:\n\n<img_3473>\n\nWe will solve this problem by building up from smaller examples. Let $f_{n}$ equal the number of $(2 n+1)$-labels whose 2 -signature consists of $n$ peaks and $n-1$ intermediate valleys. In part (b) we...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is $p ! \\cdot p^{n-p}$.\n\nCall two consecutive windows in a $p$-signature compatible if the last $p-1$ numbers in the first label and the first $p-1$ numbers in the second label (their \"overlap\") describe the same ordering. For example, in the $p$-signature $(. ., 2143,2431, \\ldots), 2143$ and 2431...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is $n=7, p=5$.\n\nLet $P$ denote the probability that a randomly chosen $p$-signature is possible. We are\n\n\n\ngiven that $1-P=575$, so $P=\\frac{1}{576}$. We want to find $p$ and $n$ for which\n\n$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n\\frac{p ! \\cdot p^{n-p}}{(p !)^{n-p+1}} & =\\frac{1}{576} \\\\\n\\frac{p^{n-p}}{(...
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "12345 and 54321 are the only ones." ]
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An $\boldsymbol{n}$-label is a permutation of the numbers 1 through $n$. For example, $J=35214$ is a 5 -label and $K=132$ is a 3 -label. For a fixed positive integer $p$, where $p \leq n$, consider consecutive blocks of $p$ numbers in an $n$-label. For example, when $p=3$ and $L=263415$, the blocks are 263,634,341, and...
[ "The answer is $p=16$. To show this fact we will need to extend the idea from part 8(b) about \"linking\" inequalities forced by the various windows:\n\nTheorem: A $p$-signature for an $n$-label $L$ is unique if and only if for every $k<n, k$ and $k+1$ are in at least one window together. That is, the distance betw...
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In rectangle $M N P Q$, point $A$ lies on $\overline{Q N}$. Segments parallel to the rectangle's sides are drawn through point $A$, dividing the rectangle into four regions. The areas of regions I, II, and III are integers in geometric progression. If the area of $M N P Q$ is 2009 , compute the maximum possible area of...
[ "Because $A$ is on diagonal $\\overline{N Q}$, rectangles $N X A B$ and $A C Q Y$ are similar. Thus $\\frac{A B}{A X}=\\frac{Q Y}{Q C}=$ $\\frac{A C}{A Y} \\Rightarrow A B \\cdot A Y=A C \\cdot A X$. Therefore, we have $2009=[\\mathrm{I}]+2[\\mathrm{II}]+[\\mathrm{III}]$.\n\nLet the common ratio of the geometric pr...
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The numbers $1,2, \ldots, 8$ are placed in the $3 \times 3$ grid below, leaving exactly one blank square. Such a placement is called okay if in every pair of adjacent squares, either one square is blank or the difference between the two numbers is at most 2 (two squares are considered adjacent if they share a common si...
[ "We say that two numbers are neighbors if they occupy adjacent squares, and that $a$ is a friend of $b$ if $0<|a-b| \\leq 2$. Using this vocabulary, the problem's condition is that every pair of neighbors must be friends of each other. Each of the numbers 1 and 8 has two friends, and each number has at most four fr...
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Let $T=80$. In circle $O$, diagrammed at right, minor arc $\widehat{A B}$ measures $\frac{T}{4}$ degrees. If $\mathrm{m} \angle O A C=10^{\circ}$ and $\mathrm{m} \angle O B D=5^{\circ}$, compute the degree measure of $\angle A E B$. Just pass the number without the units. <image_1>
[ "Note that $\\mathrm{m} \\angle A E B=\\frac{1}{2}(\\mathrm{~m} \\widehat{A B}-m \\widehat{C D})=\\frac{1}{2}(\\mathrm{~m} \\widehat{A B}-\\mathrm{m} \\angle C O D)$. Also note that $\\mathrm{m} \\angle C O D=$ $360^{\\circ}-(\\mathrm{m} \\angle A O C+\\mathrm{m} \\angle B O D+\\mathrm{m} \\angle A O B)=360^{\\circ...
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Let $T=24$. A regular $n$-gon is inscribed in a circle; $P$ and $Q$ are consecutive vertices of the polygon, and $A$ is another vertex of the polygon as shown. If $\mathrm{m} \angle A P Q=\mathrm{m} \angle A Q P=T \cdot \mathrm{m} \angle Q A P$, compute the value of $n$. <image_1>
[ "Let $\\mathrm{m} \\angle A=x$. Then $\\mathrm{m} \\angle P=\\mathrm{m} \\angle Q=T x$, and $(2 T+1) x=180^{\\circ}$, so $x=\\frac{180^{\\circ}}{2 T+1}$. Let $O$ be the center of the circle, as shown below.\n\n<img_3423>\n\nThen $\\mathrm{m} \\angle P O Q=2 \\mathrm{~m} \\angle P A Q=2\\left(\\frac{180^{\\circ}}{2 ...
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A king strapped for cash is forced to sell off his kingdom $U=\left\{(x, y): x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\right\}$. He sells the two circular plots $C$ and $C^{\prime}$ centered at $\left( \pm \frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ with radius $\frac{1}{2}$. The retained parts of the kingdom form two regions, each bordered by three arcs of circ...
[ "The four \"removed\" circles have radii $\\frac{1}{2}, \\frac{1}{2}, \\frac{1}{3}, \\frac{1}{3}$ so the combined area of the six remaining curvilinear territories is:\n\n$$\n\\pi\\left(1^{2}-\\left(\\frac{1}{2}\\right)^{2}-\\left(\\frac{1}{2}\\right)^{2}-\\left(\\frac{1}{3}\\right)^{2}-\\left(\\frac{1}{3}\\right)^...
[ "$\\frac{5 \\pi}{18}$" ]
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A king strapped for cash is forced to sell off his kingdom $U=\left\{(x, y): x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\right\}$. He sells the two circular plots $C$ and $C^{\prime}$ centered at $\left( \pm \frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ with radius $\frac{1}{2}$. The retained parts of the kingdom form two regions, each bordered by three arcs of circ...
[ "At the beginning of day 2, there are six c-triangles, so six incircles are sold, dividing each of the six territories into three smaller curvilinear triangles. So a total of 18 curvilinear triangles exist at the start of day 3, each of which is itself divided into three pieces that day (by the sale of a total of 1...
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A king strapped for cash is forced to sell off his kingdom $U=\left\{(x, y): x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\right\}$. He sells the two circular plots $C$ and $C^{\prime}$ centered at $\left( \pm \frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ with radius $\frac{1}{2}$. The retained parts of the kingdom form two regions, each bordered by three arcs of circ...
[ "The total number of plots sold up to and including day $n$ is\n\n$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n2+\\sum_{k=1}^{n} X_{k} & =2+2 \\sum_{k=1}^{n} 3^{k-1} \\\\\n& =2+2 \\cdot\\left(1+3+3^{2}+\\ldots+3^{n-1}\\right) \\\\\n& =3^{n}+1\n\\end{aligned}\n$$\n\nAlternatively, proceed by induction: on day 0 , there are $2=3^{0}+1$ plo...
[ "$3^{n}+1$" ]
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A king strapped for cash is forced to sell off his kingdom $U=\left\{(x, y): x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\right\}$. He sells the two circular plots $C$ and $C^{\prime}$ centered at $\left( \pm \frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ with radius $\frac{1}{2}$. The retained parts of the kingdom form two regions, each bordered by three arcs of circ...
[ "Use Descartes' Circle Formula with $a=b=1$ and $c=\\frac{3}{2}$ to solve for $d$ :\n\n$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n2 \\cdot\\left(1^{2}+1^{2}+\\left(\\frac{3}{2}\\right)^{2}+d^{2}\\right) & =\\left(1+1+\\frac{3}{2}+d\\right)^{2} \\\\\n\\frac{17}{2}+2 d^{2} & =\\frac{49}{4}+7 d+d^{2} \\\\\nd^{2}-7 d-\\frac{15}{4} & =0\n\\...
[ "$2$, $\\frac{2}{15}$" ]
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A king strapped for cash is forced to sell off his kingdom $U=\left\{(x, y): x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\right\}$. He sells the two circular plots $C$ and $C^{\prime}$ centered at $\left( \pm \frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ with radius $\frac{1}{2}$. The retained parts of the kingdom form two regions, each bordered by three arcs of circ...
[ "Day 3 begins with two circles of curvature 15 from the configuration $(2,2,3,15)$, and four circles of curvature 6 from the configuration $(-1,2,3,6)$. Consider the following two cases:\n\nCase 1: $(a, b, c, d)=(2,2,3,15), s=22$\n\n- $a=2: a^{\\prime}=2 s-3 a=\\mathbf{3 8}$\n- $b=2: b^{\\prime}=2 s-3 b=\\mathbf{3 ...
[ "$\\frac{\\pi}{38^{2}}, \\frac{\\pi}{35^{2}}, \\frac{\\pi}{23^{2}}, \\frac{\\pi}{14^{2}}, \\frac{\\pi}{11^{2}}$" ]
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Points $A$ and $L$ lie outside circle $\omega$, whose center is $O$, and $\overline{A L}$ contains diameter $\overline{R M}$, as shown below. Circle $\omega$ is tangent to $\overline{L K}$ at $K$. Also, $\overline{A K}$ intersects $\omega$ at $Y$, which is between $A$ and $K$. If $K L=3, M L=2$, and $\mathrm{m} \angle ...
[ "Notice that $\\overline{O K} \\perp \\overline{K L}$, and let $r$ be the radius of $\\omega$.\n\n<img_3784>\n\nThen consider right triangle $O K L$. Because $M L=2, O K=r$, and $O L=r+2$, it follows that $r^{2}+3^{2}=(r+2)^{2}$, from which $r=\\frac{5}{4}$.\n\nBecause $\\mathrm{m} \\angle Y K L=\\frac{1}{2} \\math...
[ "$\\frac{375}{182}$" ]
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Let $T=8 \sqrt{2}$. In the diagram at right, the smaller circle is internally tangent to the larger circle at point $O$, and $\overline{O P}$ is a diameter of the larger circle. Point $Q$ lies on $\overline{O P}$ such that $P Q=T$, and $\overline{P Q}$ does not intersect the smaller circle. If the larger circle's radiu...
[ "Let $r$ be the radius of the smaller circle. Then the conditions defining $Q$ imply that $P Q=$ $T<4 r$. With $T=8 \\sqrt{2}$, note that $r>2 \\sqrt{2} \\rightarrow 3 r>6 \\sqrt{2}=\\sqrt{72}$. The least integer greater than $\\sqrt{72}$ is 9 ." ]
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The arrangement of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. In fact, about 700 years before Pascal, the Indian mathematician Halayudha wrote about it in his commentaries to a then-1000-year-old treatise on verse structure by the Indian poet and mathematician Pingala, who called it...
[ "$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n& \\mathrm{Pa}(1,1)+\\mathrm{Pa}(2,1)+\\mathrm{Pa}(3,1)+\\mathrm{Pa}(4,1)+\\mathrm{Pa}(5,1)=1+2+3+4+5=\\mathbf{1 5} \\\\\n& \\mathrm{Pa}(2,2)+\\mathrm{Pa}(3,2)+\\mathrm{Pa}(4,2)+\\mathrm{Pa}(5,2)+\\mathrm{Pa}(6,2)=1+3+6+10+15=\\mathbf{3 5} \\\\\n& \\mathrm{Pa}(3,3)+\\mathrm{Pa}(4,3)+\\mathrm{...
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The arrangement of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. In fact, about 700 years before Pascal, the Indian mathematician Halayudha wrote about it in his commentaries to a then-1000-year-old treatise on verse structure by the Indian poet and mathematician Pingala, who called it...
[ "Notice that $\\mathrm{Pa}(n, n)+\\operatorname{Pa}(n+1, n)+\\cdots+\\operatorname{Pa}(n+k, n)=\\mathrm{Pa}(n+k+1, n+1)$, so $m=n+k+1$ and $j=n+1$. (By symmetry, $j=k$ is also correct.) The equation is true for all $n$ when $k=0$, because the sum is simply $\\mathrm{Pa}(n, n)$ and the right side is $\\mathrm{Pa}(n+...
[ "$m=n+k+1$, $j=n+1$" ]
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The arrangement of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. In fact, about 700 years before Pascal, the Indian mathematician Halayudha wrote about it in his commentaries to a then-1000-year-old treatise on verse structure by the Indian poet and mathematician Pingala, who called it...
[ "Using the given values yields the system of equations below.\n\n$$\n\\left\\{\\begin{array}{l}\n\\mathrm{Cl}(1,1)=1=a(1)^{2}+b(1)+c \\\\\n\\mathrm{Cl}(2,1)=7=a(2)^{2}+b(2)+c \\\\\n\\mathrm{Cl}(3,1)=19=a(3)^{2}+b(3)+c\n\\end{array}\\right.\n$$\n\nSolving this system, $a=3, b=-3, c=1$." ]
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The arrangement of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. In fact, about 700 years before Pascal, the Indian mathematician Halayudha wrote about it in his commentaries to a then-1000-year-old treatise on verse structure by the Indian poet and mathematician Pingala, who called it...
[ "$\\mathrm{Cl}(11,2)=1000$." ]
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The arrangement of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. In fact, about 700 years before Pascal, the Indian mathematician Halayudha wrote about it in his commentaries to a then-1000-year-old treatise on verse structure by the Indian poet and mathematician Pingala, who called it...
[ "$\\mathrm{Cl}(11,3)=2025$." ]
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Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle: Consider the triangle formed by the rule $$ \begin{cases}\operatorname{Le}(n, 0)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, n)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, k)=\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k)+\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k+1) & \text { for all } n \text {...
[ "$\\operatorname{Le}(17,1)=\\operatorname{Le}(16,0)-\\operatorname{Le}(17,0)=\\frac{1}{17}-\\frac{1}{18}=\\frac{1}{306}$." ]
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Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle: Consider the triangle formed by the rule $$ \begin{cases}\operatorname{Le}(n, 0)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, n)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, k)=\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k)+\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k+1) & \text { for all } n \text {...
[ "$\\operatorname{Le}(17,2)=\\operatorname{Le}(16,1)-\\operatorname{Le}(17,1)=\\operatorname{Le}(15,0)-\\operatorname{Le}(16,0)-\\operatorname{Le}(17,1)=\\frac{1}{2448}$." ]
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Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle: Consider the triangle formed by the rule $$ \begin{cases}\operatorname{Le}(n, 0)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, n)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, k)=\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k)+\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k+1) & \text { for all } n \text {...
[ "Because $\\operatorname{Le}(n, 1)=\\frac{1}{n}-\\frac{1}{n+1}$,\n\n$$\n\\begin{aligned}\n\\sum_{i=1}^{2011} \\operatorname{Le}(i, 1) & =\\sum_{i=1}^{2011}\\left(\\frac{1}{n}-\\frac{1}{n+1}\\right) \\\\\n& =\\left(\\frac{1}{1}-\\frac{1}{2}\\right)+\\left(\\frac{1}{2}-\\frac{1}{3}\\right)+\\cdots+\\left(\\frac{1}{20...
[ "$\\frac{2011}{2012}$" ]
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Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle: Consider the triangle formed by the rule $$ \begin{cases}\operatorname{Le}(n, 0)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, n)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, k)=\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k)+\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k+1) & \text { for all } n \text {...
[ "Extending the result of $8 \\mathrm{~b}$ gives\n\n$$\n\\sum_{i=1}^{n} \\operatorname{Le}(i, 1)=\\frac{1}{1}-\\frac{1}{n}\n$$\n\nso as $n \\rightarrow \\infty, \\sum_{i=1}^{n} \\operatorname{Le}(i, 1) \\rightarrow 1$. This value appears as $\\operatorname{Le}(0,0)$, so $n=k=0$." ]
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Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle: Consider the triangle formed by the rule $$ \begin{cases}\operatorname{Le}(n, 0)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, n)=\frac{1}{n+1} & \text { for all } n \\ \operatorname{Le}(n, k)=\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k)+\operatorname{Le}(n+1, k+1) & \text { for all } n \text {...
[ "$n=k=m-1$." ]
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$\quad$ Let $T=12$. As shown, three circles are mutually externally tangent. The large circle has a radius of $T$, and the smaller two circles each have radius $\frac{T}{2}$. Compute the area of the triangle whose vertices are the centers of the three circles. <image_1>
[ "The desired triangle is an isosceles triangle whose base vertices are the centers of the two smaller circles. The congruent sides of the triangle have length $T+\\frac{T}{2}$. Thus the altitude to the base has length $\\sqrt{\\left(\\frac{3 T}{2}\\right)^{2}-\\left(\\frac{T}{2}\\right)^{2}}=T \\sqrt{2}$. Thus the ...
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Xenia and Sergey play the following game. Xenia thinks of a positive integer $N$ not exceeding 5000. Then she fixes 20 distinct positive integers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{20}$ such that, for each $k=1,2, \ldots, 20$, the numbers $N$ and $a_{k}$ are congruent modulo $k$. By a move, Sergey tells Xenia a set $S$ of posit...
[ "Sergey can determine Xenia's number in 2 but not fewer moves.\n\n\n\nWe first show that 2 moves are sufficient. Let Sergey provide the set $\\{17,18\\}$ on his first move, and the set $\\{18,19\\}$ on the second move. In Xenia's two responses, exactly one number occurs twice, namely, $a_{18}$. Thus, Sergey is able...
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Given a positive integer $n$, determine the largest real number $\mu$ satisfying the following condition: for every $4 n$-point configuration $C$ in an open unit square $U$, there exists an open rectangle in $U$, whose sides are parallel to those of $U$, which contains exactly one point of $C$, and has an area greater ...
[ "The required maximum is $\\frac{1}{2 n+2}$. To show that the condition in the statement is not met if $\\mu>\\frac{1}{2 n+2}$, let $U=(0,1) \\times(0,1)$, choose a small enough positive $\\epsilon$, and consider the configuration $C$ consisting of the $n$ four-element clusters of points $\\left(\\frac{i}{n+1} \\pm...
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Find (in closed form) the difference between the number of positive integers at most $2^{2017}$ with even weight and the number of positive integers at most $2^{2017}$ with odd weight.
[ "For every integer $M \\geq 0$, let $A_{M}=\\sum_{n=-2^{M}+1}^{0}(-1)^{w(n)}$ and let $B_{M}=$ $\\sum_{n=1}^{2^{M}}(-1)^{w(n)}$; thus, $B_{M}$ evaluates the difference of the number of even weight integers in the range 1 through $2^{M}$ and the number of odd weight integers in that range.\n\n\n\nNotice that\n\n\n\n...
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Determine all positive integers $n$ satisfying the following condition: for every monic polynomial $P$ of degree at most $n$ with integer coefficients, there exists a positive integer $k \leq n$, and $k+1$ distinct integers $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{k+1}$ such that $$ P\left(x_{1}\right)+P\left(x_{2}\right)+\cdots+...
[ "There is only one such integer, namely, $n=2$. In this case, if $P$ is a constant polynomial, the required condition is clearly satisfied; if $P=X+c$, then $P(c-1)+P(c+1)=$ $P(3 c)$; and if $P=X^{2}+q X+r$, then $P(X)=P(-X-q)$.\n\n\n\nTo rule out all other values of $n$, it is sufficient to exhibit a monic polynom...
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Let $n$ be an integer greater than 1 and let $X$ be an $n$-element set. A non-empty collection of subsets $A_{1}, \ldots, A_{k}$ of $X$ is tight if the union $A_{1} \cup \cdots \cup A_{k}$ is a proper subset of $X$ and no element of $X$ lies in exactly one of the $A_{i}$ s. Find the largest cardinality of a collection ...
[ "The required maximum is $2 n-2$. To describe a $(2 n-2)$-element collection satisfying the required conditions, write $X=\\{1,2, \\ldots, n\\}$ and set $B_{k}=\\{1,2, \\ldots, k\\}$, $k=1,2, \\ldots, n-1$, and $B_{k}=\\{k-n+2, k-n+3, \\ldots, n\\}, k=n, n+1, \\ldots, 2 n-2$. To show that no subcollection of the $B...
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Determine all prime numbers $p$ and all positive integers $x$ and $y$ satisfying $x^{3}+y^{3}=$ $p(x y+p)$.
[ "Up to a swap of the first two entries, the only solutions are $(x, y, p)=(1,8,19)$, $(x, y, p)=(2,7,13)$ and $(x, y, p)=(4,5,7)$. The verification is routine.\n\n\n\nSet $s=x+y$. Rewrite the equation in the form $s\\left(s^{2}-3 x y\\right)=p(p+x y)$, and express $x y$ :\n\n\n\n$$\n\nx y=\\frac{s^{3}-p^{2}}{3 s+p}...
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Let $n \geqslant 2$ be an integer, and let $f$ be a $4 n$-variable polynomial with real coefficients. Assume that, for any $2 n$ points $\left(x_{1}, y_{1}\right), \ldots,\left(x_{2 n}, y_{2 n}\right)$ in the plane, $f\left(x_{1}, y_{1}, \ldots, x_{2 n}, y_{2 n}\right)=0$ if and only if the points form the vertices of ...
[ "The smallest possible degree is $2 n$. In what follows, we will frequently write $A_{i}=$ $\\left(x_{i}, y_{i}\\right)$, and abbreviate $P\\left(x_{1}, y_{1}, \\ldots, x_{2 n}, y_{2 n}\\right)$ to $P\\left(A_{1}, \\ldots, A_{2 n}\\right)$ or as a function of any $2 n$ points.\n\n\n\nSuppose that $f$ is valid. Firs...
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For a positive integer $a$, define a sequence of integers $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots$ by letting $x_{1}=a$ and $x_{n+1}=2 x_{n}+1$ for $n \geq 1$. Let $y_{n}=2^{x_{n}}-1$. Determine the largest possible $k$ such that, for some positive integer $a$, the numbers $y_{1}, \ldots, y_{k}$ are all prime.
[ "The largest such is $k=2$. Notice first that if $y_{i}$ is prime, then $x_{i}$ is prime as well. Actually, if $x_{i}=1$ then $y_{i}=1$ which is not prime, and if $x_{i}=m n$ for integer $m, n>1$ then $2^{m}-1 \\mid 2^{x_{i}}-1=y_{i}$, so $y_{i}$ is composite. In particular, if $y_{1}, y_{2}, \\ldots, y_{k}$ are pr...
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Let $n$ be a positive integer and fix $2 n$ distinct points on a circumference. Split these points into $n$ pairs and join the points in each pair by an arrow (i.e., an oriented line segment). The resulting configuration is good if no two arrows cross, and there are no arrows $\overrightarrow{A B}$ and $\overrightarrow...
[ "The required number is $\\left(\\begin{array}{c}2 n \\\\ n\\end{array}\\right)$. To prove this, trace the circumference counterclockwise to label the points $a_{1}, a_{2}, \\ldots, a_{2 n}$.\n\nLet $\\mathcal{C}$ be any good configuration and let $O(\\mathcal{C})$ be the set of all points from which arrows emerge....
[ "$\\binom{2n}{n}$" ]
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Given positive integers $m$ and $n \geq m$, determine the largest number of dominoes $(1 \times 2$ or $2 \times 1$ rectangles) that can be placed on a rectangular board with $m$ rows and $2 n$ columns consisting of cells $(1 \times 1$ squares $)$ so that: (i) each domino covers exactly two adjacent cells of the boar...
[ "The required maximum is $m n-\\lfloor m / 2\\rfloor$ and is achieved by the brick-like vertically symmetric arrangement of blocks of $n$ and $n-1$ horizontal dominoes placed on alternate rows, so that the bottom row of the board is completely covered by $n$ dominoes.\n\n\n\nTo show that the number of dominoes in a...
[ "$m n-\\lfloor m / 2\\rfloor$" ]
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A cubic sequence is a sequence of integers given by $a_{n}=n^{3}+b n^{2}+c n+d$, where $b, c$ and $d$ are integer constants and $n$ ranges over all integers, including negative integers. Determine the possible values of $a_{2015} \cdot a_{2016}$ for a cubic sequence satisfying the condition in part (a).
[ "The only possible value of $a_{2015} \\cdot a_{2016}$ is 0 . For simplicity, by performing a translation of the sequence (which may change the defining constants $b, c$ and $d$ ), we may instead concern ourselves with the values $a_{0}$ and $a_{1}$, rather than $a_{2015}$ and $a_{2016}$.\n\n\n\nSuppose now that we...
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Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that $$ f(x+f(y))=f(x+y)+f(y)\tag{1} $$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}^{+}$. (Symbol $\mathbb{R}^{+}$denotes the set of all positive real numbers.)
[ "First we show that $f(y)>y$ for all $y \\in \\mathbb{R}^{+}$. Functional equation (1) yields $f(x+f(y))>f(x+y)$ and hence $f(y) \\neq y$ immediately. If $f(y)<y$ for some $y$, then setting $x=y-f(y)$ we get\n\n$$\nf(y)=f((y-f(y))+f(y))=f((y-f(y))+y)+f(y)>f(y),\n$$\n\ncontradiction. Therefore $f(y)>y$ for all $y \\...
[ "$f(x)=2 x$" ]
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Let $n>1$ be an integer. In the space, consider the set $$ S=\{(x, y, z) \mid x, y, z \in\{0,1, \ldots, n\}, x+y+z>0\} $$ Find the smallest number of planes that jointly contain all $(n+1)^{3}-1$ points of $S$ but none of them passes through the origin.
[ "It is easy to find $3 n$ such planes. For example, planes $x=i, y=i$ or $z=i$ $(i=1,2, \\ldots, n)$ cover the set $S$ but none of them contains the origin. Another such collection consists of all planes $x+y+z=k$ for $k=1,2, \\ldots, 3 n$.\n\nWe show that $3 n$ is the smallest possible number.\n\nLemma 1. Consider...
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Find all positive integers $n$, for which the numbers in the set $S=\{1,2, \ldots, n\}$ can be colored red and blue, with the following condition being satisfied: the set $S \times S \times S$ contains exactly 2007 ordered triples $(x, y, z)$ such that (i) $x, y, z$ are of the same color and (ii) $x+y+z$ is divisible b...
[ "Suppose that the numbers $1,2, \\ldots, n$ are colored red and blue. Denote by $R$ and $B$ the sets of red and blue numbers, respectively; let $|R|=r$ and $|B|=b=n-r$. Call a triple $(x, y, z) \\in S \\times S \\times S$ monochromatic if $x, y, z$ have the same color, and bichromatic otherwise. Call a triple $(x, ...
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Determine the smallest positive real number $k$ with the following property. Let $A B C D$ be a convex quadrilateral, and let points $A_{1}, B_{1}, C_{1}$ and $D_{1}$ lie on sides $A B, B C$, $C D$ and $D A$, respectively. Consider the areas of triangles $A A_{1} D_{1}, B B_{1} A_{1}, C C_{1} B_{1}$, and $D D_{1} C_{1...
[ "Throughout the solution, triangles $A A_{1} D_{1}, B B_{1} A_{1}, C C_{1} B_{1}$, and $D D_{1} C_{1}$ will be referred to as border triangles. We will denote by $[\\mathcal{R}]$ the area of a region $\\mathcal{R}$.\n\nFirst, we show that $k \\geq 1$. Consider a triangle $A B C$ with unit area; let $A_{1}, B_{1}, K...
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Find all pairs $(k, n)$ of positive integers for which $7^{k}-3^{n}$ divides $k^{4}+n^{2}$.
[ "Suppose that a pair $(k, n)$ satisfies the condition of the problem. Since $7^{k}-3^{n}$ is even, $k^{4}+n^{2}$ is also even, hence $k$ and $n$ have the same parity. If $k$ and $n$ are odd, then $k^{4}+n^{2} \\equiv 1+1=2(\\bmod 4)$, while $7^{k}-3^{n} \\equiv 7-3 \\equiv 0(\\bmod 4)$, so $k^{4}+n^{2}$ cannot be d...
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Find all surjective functions $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for every $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$ and every prime $p$, the number $f(m+n)$ is divisible by $p$ if and only if $f(m)+f(n)$ is divisible by $p$. ( $\mathbb{N}$ is the set of all positive integers.)
[ "Suppose that function $f: \\mathbb{N} \\rightarrow \\mathbb{N}$ satisfies the problem conditions.\n\nLemma. For any prime $p$ and any $x, y \\in \\mathbb{N}$, we have $x \\equiv y(\\bmod p)$ if and only if $f(x) \\equiv f(y)$ $(\\bmod p)$. Moreover, $p \\mid f(x)$ if and only if $p \\mid x$.\n\nProof. Consider an ...
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Determine all pairs $(f, g)$ of functions from the set of positive integers to itself that satisfy $$ f^{g(n)+1}(n)+g^{f(n)}(n)=f(n+1)-g(n+1)+1 $$ for every positive integer $n$. Here, $f^{k}(n)$ means $\underbrace{f(f(\ldots f}_{k}(n) \ldots))$.
[ "The given relation implies\n\n$$\nf\\left(f^{g(n)}(n)\\right)<f(n+1) \\quad \\text { for all } n\n\\tag{1}\n$$\n\nwhich will turn out to be sufficient to determine $f$.\n\nLet $y_{1}<y_{2}<\\ldots$ be all the values attained by $f$ (this sequence might be either finite or infinite). We will prove that for every po...
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Determine the greatest positive integer $k$ that satisfies the following property: The set of positive integers can be partitioned into $k$ subsets $A_{1}, A_{2}, \ldots, A_{k}$ such that for all integers $n \geq 15$ and all $i \in\{1,2, \ldots, k\}$ there exist two distinct elements of $A_{i}$ whose sum is $n$.
[ "There are various examples showing that $k=3$ does indeed have the property under consideration. E.g. one can take\n\n$$\n\\begin{gathered}\nA_{1}=\\{1,2,3\\} \\cup\\{3 m \\mid m \\geq 4\\} \\\\\nA_{2}=\\{4,5,6\\} \\cup\\{3 m-1 \\mid m \\geq 4\\} \\\\\nA_{3}=\\{7,8,9\\} \\cup\\{3 m-2 \\mid m \\geq 4\\}\n\\end{gath...
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Let $m$ be a positive integer and consider a checkerboard consisting of $m$ by $m$ unit squares. At the midpoints of some of these unit squares there is an ant. At time 0, each ant starts moving with speed 1 parallel to some edge of the checkerboard. When two ants moving in opposite directions meet, they both turn $90^...
[ "For $m=1$ the answer is clearly correct, so assume $m>1$. In the sequel, the word collision will be used to denote meeting of exactly two ants, moving in opposite directions.\n\nIf at the beginning we place an ant on the southwest corner square facing east and an ant on the southeast corner square facing west, the...
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On a square table of 2011 by 2011 cells we place a finite number of napkins that each cover a square of 52 by 52 cells. In each cell we write the number of napkins covering it, and we record the maximal number $k$ of cells that all contain the same nonzero number. Considering all possible napkin configurations, what is...
[ "Let $m=39$, then $2011=52 m-17$. We begin with an example showing that there can exist 3986729 cells carrying the same positive number.\n\n<img_3188>\n\nTo describe it, we number the columns from the left to the right and the rows from the bottom to the top by $1,2, \\ldots, 2011$. We will denote each napkin by th...
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For each positive integer $k$, let $t(k)$ be the largest odd divisor of $k$. Determine all positive integers $a$ for which there exists a positive integer $n$ such that all the differences $$ t(n+a)-t(n), \quad t(n+a+1)-t(n+1), \quad \ldots, \quad t(n+2 a-1)-t(n+a-1) $$ are divisible by 4 .
[ "A pair $(a, n)$ satisfying the condition of the problem will be called a winning pair. It is straightforward to check that the pairs $(1,1),(3,1)$, and $(5,4)$ are winning pairs.\n\nNow suppose that $a$ is a positive integer not equal to 1,3 , and 5 . We will show that there are no winning pairs $(a, n)$ by distin...
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Let $x_{1}, \ldots, x_{100}$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $x_{i}+x_{i+1}+x_{i+2} \leq 1$ for all $i=1, \ldots, 100$ (we put $x_{101}=x_{1}, x_{102}=x_{2}$ ). Find the maximal possible value of the sum $$ S=\sum_{i=1}^{100} x_{i} x_{i+2} $$
[ "Let $x_{2 i}=0, x_{2 i-1}=\\frac{1}{2}$ for all $i=1, \\ldots, 50$. Then we have $S=50 \\cdot\\left(\\frac{1}{2}\\right)^{2}=\\frac{25}{2}$. So, we are left to show that $S \\leq \\frac{25}{2}$ for all values of $x_{i}$ 's satisfying the problem conditions.\n\nConsider any $1 \\leq i \\leq 50$. By the problem cond...
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Denote by $\mathbb{Q}^{+}$the set of all positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{Q}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{Q}^{+}$ which satisfy the following equation for all $x, y \in \mathbb{Q}^{+}$: $$ f\left(f(x)^{2} y\right)=x^{3} f(x y) \tag{1} $$
[ "By substituting $y=1$, we get\n\n$$\nf\\left(f(x)^{2}\\right)=x^{3} f(x)\\tag{2}\n$$\n\nThen, whenever $f(x)=f(y)$, we have\n\n$$\nx^{3}=\\frac{f\\left(f(x)^{2}\\right)}{f(x)}=\\frac{f\\left(f(y)^{2}\\right)}{f(y)}=y^{3}\n$$\n\nwhich implies $x=y$, so the function $f$ is injective.\n\nNow replace $x$ by $x y$ in (...
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On some planet, there are $2^{N}$ countries $(N \geq 4)$. Each country has a flag $N$ units wide and one unit high composed of $N$ fields of size $1 \times 1$, each field being either yellow or blue. No two countries have the same flag. We say that a set of $N$ flags is diverse if these flags can be arranged into an $...
[ "When speaking about the diagonal of a square, we will always mean the main diagonal.\n\nLet $M_{N}$ be the smallest positive integer satisfying the problem condition. First, we show that $M_{N}>2^{N-2}$. Consider the collection of all $2^{N-2}$ flags having yellow first squares and blue second ones. Obviously, bot...
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2500 chess kings have to be placed on a $100 \times 100$ chessboard so that (i) no king can capture any other one (i.e. no two kings are placed in two squares sharing a common vertex); (ii) each row and each column contains exactly 25 kings. Find the number of such arrangements. (Two arrangements differing by rotati...
[ "Suppose that we have an arrangement satisfying the problem conditions. Divide the board into $2 \\times 2$ pieces; we call these pieces blocks. Each block can contain not more than one king (otherwise these two kings would attack each other); hence, by the pigeonhole principle each block must contain exactly one k...
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Find the least positive integer $n$ for which there exists a set $\left\{s_{1}, s_{2}, \ldots, s_{n}\right\}$ consisting of $n$ distinct positive integers such that $$ \left(1-\frac{1}{s_{1}}\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{s_{2}}\right) \ldots\left(1-\frac{1}{s_{n}}\right)=\frac{51}{2010} $$
[ "Suppose that for some $n$ there exist the desired numbers; we may assume that $s_{1}<s_{2}<\\cdots<s_{n}$. Surely $s_{1}>1$ since otherwise $1-\\frac{1}{s_{1}}=0$. So we have $2 \\leq s_{1} \\leq s_{2}-1 \\leq \\cdots \\leq s_{n}-(n-1)$, hence $s_{i} \\geq i+1$ for each $i=1, \\ldots, n$. Therefore\n\n$$\n\\begin{...
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Find all pairs $(m, n)$ of nonnegative integers for which $$ m^{2}+2 \cdot 3^{n}=m\left(2^{n+1}-1\right) \tag{1} $$
[ "For fixed values of $n$, the equation (1) is a simple quadratic equation in $m$. For $n \\leq 5$ the solutions are listed in the following table.\n\n| case | equation | discriminant | integer roots |\n| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |\n| $n=0$ | $m^{2}-m+2=0$ | -7 | none |\n| $n=1$ | $m^{2}-3 m+6=0$ | -15 | none |\n| ...
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Find the smallest number $n$ such that there exist polynomials $f_{1}, f_{2}, \ldots, f_{n}$ with rational coefficients satisfying $$ x^{2}+7=f_{1}(x)^{2}+f_{2}(x)^{2}+\cdots+f_{n}(x)^{2} . $$
[ "The equality $x^{2}+7=x^{2}+2^{2}+1^{2}+1^{2}+1^{2}$ shows that $n \\leq 5$. It remains to show that $x^{2}+7$ is not a sum of four (or less) squares of polynomials with rational coefficients.\n\nSuppose by way of contradiction that $x^{2}+7=f_{1}(x)^{2}+f_{2}(x)^{2}+f_{3}(x)^{2}+f_{4}(x)^{2}$, where the coefficie...
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Determine the smallest number $M$ such that the inequality $$ \left|a b\left(a^{2}-b^{2}\right)+b c\left(b^{2}-c^{2}\right)+c a\left(c^{2}-a^{2}\right)\right| \leq M\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}\right)^{2} $$ holds for all real numbers $a, b, c$.
[ "We first consider the cubic polynomial\n\n$$\nP(t)=t b\\left(t^{2}-b^{2}\\right)+b c\\left(b^{2}-c^{2}\\right)+c t\\left(c^{2}-t^{2}\\right) .\n$$\n\nIt is easy to check that $P(b)=P(c)=P(-b-c)=0$, and therefore\n\n$$\nP(t)=(b-c)(t-b)(t-c)(t+b+c)\n$$\n\nsince the cubic coefficient is $b-c$. The left-hand side of t...
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A diagonal of a regular 2006-gon is called odd if its endpoints divide the boundary into two parts, each composed of an odd number of sides. Sides are also regarded as odd diagonals. Suppose the 2006-gon has been dissected into triangles by 2003 nonintersecting diagonals. Find the maximum possible number of isosceles ...
[ "Call an isosceles triangle odd if it has two odd sides. Suppose we are given a dissection as in the problem statement. A triangle in the dissection which is odd and isosceles will be called iso-odd for brevity.\n\nLemma. Let $A B$ be one of dissecting diagonals and let $\\mathcal{L}$ be the shorter part of the bou...
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In triangle $A B C$, let $J$ be the centre of the excircle tangent to side $B C$ at $A_{1}$ and to the extensions of sides $A C$ and $A B$ at $B_{1}$ and $C_{1}$, respectively. Suppose that the lines $A_{1} B_{1}$ and $A B$ are perpendicular and intersect at $D$. Let $E$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $C_{1}$ to...
[ "Let $K$ be the intersection point of lines $J C$ and $A_{1} B_{1}$. Obviously $J C \\perp A_{1} B_{1}$ and since $A_{1} B_{1} \\perp A B$, the lines $J K$ and $C_{1} D$ are parallel and equal. From the right triangle $B_{1} C J$ we obtain $J C_{1}^{2}=J B_{1}^{2}=J C \\cdot J K=J C \\cdot C_{1} D$ from which we in...
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Determine all pairs $(x, y)$ of integers satisfying the equation $$ 1+2^{x}+2^{2 x+1}=y^{2} $$
[ "If $(x, y)$ is a solution then obviously $x \\geq 0$ and $(x,-y)$ is a solution too. For $x=0$ we get the two solutions $(0,2)$ and $(0,-2)$.\n\nNow let $(x, y)$ be a solution with $x>0$; without loss of generality confine attention to $y>0$. The equation rewritten as\n\n$$\n2^{x}\\left(1+2^{x+1}\\right)=(y-1)(y+1...
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Given a positive integer $n$, find the smallest value of $\left\lfloor\frac{a_{1}}{1}\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{a_{2}}{2}\right\rfloor+\cdots+\left\lfloor\frac{a_{n}}{n}\right\rfloor$ over all permutations $\left(a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}\right)$ of $(1,2, \ldots, n)$.
[ "Suppose that $2^{k} \\leqslant n<2^{k+1}$ with some nonnegative integer $k$. First we show a permutation $\\left(a_{1}, a_{2}, \\ldots, a_{n}\\right)$ such that $\\left\\lfloor\\frac{a_{1}}{1}\\right\\rfloor+\\left\\lfloor\\frac{a_{2}}{2}\\right\\rfloor+\\cdots+\\left\\lfloor\\frac{a_{n}}{n}\\right\\rfloor=k+1$; t...
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Let $n \geqslant 3$ be an integer. An integer $m \geqslant n+1$ is called $n$-colourful if, given infinitely many marbles in each of $n$ colours $C_{1}, C_{2}, \ldots, C_{n}$, it is possible to place $m$ of them around a circle so that in any group of $n+1$ consecutive marbles there is at least one marble of colour $C_...
[ "First suppose that there are $n(n-1)-1$ marbles. Then for one of the colours, say blue, there are at most $n-2$ marbles, which partition the non-blue marbles into at most $n-2$ groups with at least $(n-1)^{2}>n(n-2)$ marbles in total. Thus one of these groups contains at least $n+1$ marbles and this group does not...
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Determine the largest $N$ for which there exists a table $T$ of integers with $N$ rows and 100 columns that has the following properties: (i) Every row contains the numbers 1,2, ., 100 in some order. (ii) For any two distinct rows $r$ and $s$, there is a column $c$ such that $|T(r, c)-T(s, c)| \geqslant 2$. Here $T(...
[ "Non-existence of a larger table. Let us consider some fixed row in the table, and let us replace (for $k=1,2, \\ldots, 50$ ) each of two numbers $2 k-1$ and $2 k$ respectively by the symbol $x_{k}$. The resulting pattern is an arrangement of 50 symbols $x_{1}, x_{2}, \\ldots, x_{50}$, where every symbol occurs exa...
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1,798
Determine all integers $n \geqslant 1$ for which there exists a pair of positive integers $(a, b)$ such that no cube of a prime divides $a^{2}+b+3$ and $$ \frac{a b+3 b+8}{a^{2}+b+3}=n $$
[ "As $b \\equiv-a^{2}-3\\left(\\bmod a^{2}+b+3\\right)$, the numerator of the given fraction satisfies\n\n$$\na b+3 b+8 \\equiv a\\left(-a^{2}-3\\right)+3\\left(-a^{2}-3\\right)+8 \\equiv-(a+1)^{3} \\quad\\left(\\bmod a^{2}+b+3\\right)\n$$\n\nAs $a^{2}+b+3$ is not divisible by $p^{3}$ for any prime $p$, if $a^{2}+b+...
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Find all positive integers $n$ with the following property: the $k$ positive divisors of $n$ have a permutation $\left(d_{1}, d_{2}, \ldots, d_{k}\right)$ such that for every $i=1,2, \ldots, k$, the number $d_{1}+\cdots+d_{i}$ is a perfect square.
[ "For $i=1,2, \\ldots, k$ let $d_{1}+\\ldots+d_{i}=s_{i}^{2}$, and define $s_{0}=0$ as well. Obviously $0=s_{0}<s_{1}<s_{2}<\\ldots<s_{k}$, so\n\n$$\ns_{i} \\geqslant i \\quad \\text { and } \\quad d_{i}=s_{i}^{2}-s_{i-1}^{2}=\\left(s_{i}+s_{i-1}\\right)\\left(s_{i}-s_{i-1}\\right) \\geqslant s_{i}+s_{i-1} \\geqslan...
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1,807
Let $q$ be a real number. Gugu has a napkin with ten distinct real numbers written on it, and he writes the following three lines of real numbers on the blackboard: - In the first line, Gugu writes down every number of the form $a-b$, where $a$ and $b$ are two (not necessarily distinct) numbers on his napkin. - In the...
[ "Call a number $q$ good if every number in the second line appears in the third line unconditionally. We first show that the numbers 0 and \\pm 2 are good. The third line necessarily contains 0 , so 0 is good. For any two numbers $a, b$ in the first line, write $a=x-y$ and $b=u-v$, where $x, y, u, v$ are (not neces...
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1,810
An integer $n \geqslant 3$ is given. We call an $n$-tuple of real numbers $\left(x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}\right)$ Shiny if for each permutation $y_{1}, y_{2}, \ldots, y_{n}$ of these numbers we have $$ \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} y_{i} y_{i+1}=y_{1} y_{2}+y_{2} y_{3}+y_{3} y_{4}+\cdots+y_{n-1} y_{n} \geqslant-1 $$ Find the l...
[ "First of all, we show that we may not take a larger constant $K$. Let $t$ be a positive number, and take $x_{2}=x_{3}=\\cdots=t$ and $x_{1}=-1 /(2 t)$. Then, every product $x_{i} x_{j}(i \\neq j)$ is equal to either $t^{2}$ or $-1 / 2$. Hence, for every permutation $y_{i}$ of the $x_{i}$, we have\n\n$$\ny_{1} y_{2...
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Let $n>1$ be an integer. An $n \times n \times n$ cube is composed of $n^{3}$ unit cubes. Each unit cube is painted with one color. For each $n \times n \times 1$ box consisting of $n^{2}$ unit cubes (of any of the three possible orientations), we consider the set of the colors present in that box (each color is listed...
[ "Call a $n \\times n \\times 1$ box an $x$-box, a $y$-box, or a $z$-box, according to the direction of its short side. Let $C$ be the number of colors in a valid configuration. We start with the upper bound for $C$.\n\nLet $\\mathcal{C}_{1}, \\mathcal{C}_{2}$, and $\\mathcal{C}_{3}$ be the sets of colors which appe...
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Let $n$ be a given positive integer. In the Cartesian plane, each lattice point with nonnegative coordinates initially contains a butterfly, and there are no other butterflies. The neighborhood of a lattice point $c$ consists of all lattice points within the axis-aligned $(2 n+1) \times$ $(2 n+1)$ square centered at $c...
[ "We always identify a butterfly with the lattice point it is situated at. For two points $p$ and $q$, we write $p \\geqslant q$ if each coordinate of $p$ is at least the corresponding coordinate of $q$. Let $O$ be the origin, and let $\\mathcal{Q}$ be the set of initially occupied points, i.e., of all lattice point...
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There are 2017 mutually external circles drawn on a blackboard, such that no two are tangent and no three share a common tangent. A tangent segment is a line segment that is a common tangent to two circles, starting at one tangent point and ending at the other one. Luciano is drawing tangent segments on the blackboard,...
[ "First, consider a particular arrangement of circles $C_{1}, C_{2}, \\ldots, C_{n}$ where all the centers are aligned and each $C_{i}$ is eclipsed from the other circles by its neighbors - for example, taking $C_{i}$ with center $\\left(i^{2}, 0\\right)$ and radius $i / 2$ works. Then the only tangent segments that...
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Call a rational number short if it has finitely many digits in its decimal expansion. For a positive integer $m$, we say that a positive integer $t$ is $m$-tastic if there exists a number $c \in\{1,2,3, \ldots, 2017\}$ such that $\frac{10^{t}-1}{c \cdot m}$ is short, and such that $\frac{10^{k}-1}{c \cdot m}$ is not sh...
[ "First notice that $x \\in \\mathbb{Q}$ is short if and only if there are exponents $a, b \\geqslant 0$ such that $2^{a} \\cdot 5^{b} \\cdot x \\in \\mathbb{Z}$. In fact, if $x$ is short, then $x=\\frac{n}{10^{k}}$ for some $k$ and we can take $a=b=k$; on the other hand, if $2^{a} \\cdot 5^{b} \\cdot x=q \\in \\mat...
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Find all pairs $(p, q)$ of prime numbers with $p>q$ for which the number $$ \frac{(p+q)^{p+q}(p-q)^{p-q}-1}{(p+q)^{p-q}(p-q)^{p+q}-1} $$ is an integer.
[ "Let $M=(p+q)^{p-q}(p-q)^{p+q}-1$, which is relatively prime with both $p+q$ and $p-q$. Denote by $(p-q)^{-1}$ the multiplicative inverse of $(p-q)$ modulo $M$.\n\nBy eliminating the term -1 in the numerator,\n\n$$\n(p+q)^{p+q}(p-q)^{p-q}-1 \\equiv(p+q)^{p-q}(p-q)^{p+q}-1 \\quad(\\bmod M)\\\\\n(p+q)^{2 q} \\equiv...
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Find the smallest positive integer $n$, or show that no such $n$ exists, with the following property: there are infinitely many distinct $n$-tuples of positive rational numbers $\left(a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}\right)$ such that both $$ a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n} \quad \text { and } \quad \frac{1}{a_{1}}+\frac{1}{a_{2}...
[ "For $n=1, a_{1} \\in \\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ and $\\frac{1}{a_{1}} \\in \\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ if and only if $a_{1}=1$. Next we show that\n\n(i) There are finitely many $(x, y) \\in \\mathbb{Q}_{>0}^{2}$ satisfying $x+y \\in \\mathbb{Z}$ and $\\frac{1}{x}+\\frac{1}{y} \\in \\mathbb{Z}$\n\nWrite $x=\\frac{a}{b}$ and $y=\\fra...
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Find the smallest real constant $C$ such that for any positive real numbers $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, a_{4}$ and $a_{5}$ (not necessarily distinct), one can always choose distinct subscripts $i, j, k$ and $l$ such that $$ \left|\frac{a_{i}}{a_{j}}-\frac{a_{k}}{a_{l}}\right| \leqslant C .\tag{1} $$
[ "We first show that $C \\leqslant \\frac{1}{2}$. For any positive real numbers $a_{1} \\leqslant a_{2} \\leqslant a_{3} \\leqslant a_{4} \\leqslant a_{5}$, consider the five fractions\n\n$$\n\\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}}, \\frac{a_{3}}{a_{4}}, \\frac{a_{1}}{a_{5}}, \\frac{a_{2}}{a_{3}}, \\frac{a_{4}}{a_{5}}\\tag{2}\n$$\n\nE...
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The equation $$ (x-1)(x-2) \cdots(x-2016)=(x-1)(x-2) \cdots(x-2016) $$ is written on the board. One tries to erase some linear factors from both sides so that each side still has at least one factor, and the resulting equation has no real roots. Find the least number of linear factors one needs to erase to achieve th...
[ "Since there are 2016 common linear factors on both sides, we need to erase at least 2016 factors. We claim that the equation has no real roots if we erase all factors $(x-k)$ on the left-hand side with $k \\equiv 2,3(\\bmod 4)$, and all factors $(x-m)$ on the right-hand side with $m \\equiv 0,1(\\bmod 4)$. Therefo...
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Determine the largest real number $a$ such that for all $n \geqslant 1$ and for all real numbers $x_{0}, x_{1}, \ldots, x_{n}$ satisfying $0=x_{0}<x_{1}<x_{2}<\cdots<x_{n}$, we have $$ \frac{1}{x_{1}-x_{0}}+\frac{1}{x_{2}-x_{1}}+\cdots+\frac{1}{x_{n}-x_{n-1}} \geqslant a\left(\frac{2}{x_{1}}+\frac{3}{x_{2}}+\cdots+\fr...
[ "We first show that $a=\\frac{4}{9}$ is admissible. For each $2 \\leqslant k \\leqslant n$, by the CauchySchwarz Inequality, we have\n\n$$\n\\left(x_{k-1}+\\left(x_{k}-x_{k-1}\\right)\\right)\\left(\\frac{(k-1)^{2}}{x_{k-1}}+\\frac{3^{2}}{x_{k}-x_{k-1}}\\right) \\geqslant(k-1+3)^{2},\n$$\n\nwhich can be rewritten a...
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Find all positive integers $n$ for which all positive divisors of $n$ can be put into the cells of a rectangular table under the following constraints: - each cell contains a distinct divisor; - the sums of all rows are equal; and - the sums of all columns are equal.
[ "Suppose all positive divisors of $n$ can be arranged into a rectangular table of size $k \\times l$ where the number of rows $k$ does not exceed the number of columns $l$. Let the sum of numbers in each column be $s$. Since $n$ belongs to one of the columns, we have $s \\geqslant n$, where equality holds only when...
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