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Determine all pairs of positive integers (x, y) satisfying the
Solve the equation |x2 −1| + |x2 −4| = mx as a function of the
Let X and Y be two sets of points in the plane and M be a set
A turtle runs away from an UFO with a speed of 0.2 m/s. The
Show that if n runs through all positive integers, f(n) =
Denote by xn(p) the multiplicity of the prime p in the canonical
(a) Solve the equation
The intersection of a plane with a regular tetrahedron with
Let P be the set of rectangular parallelepipeds that have at
We are given a circle K with center S and radius 1 and a square
Given an equilateral triangle ABC of side a in a plane, let
The equation
Find all positive integers x such that the product of all digits
Let ABC, AA1A2, BB1B2, CC1C2 be four equilateral triangles
If a1, a2, . . . , an are real constants, and if
Let ABC be an equilateral triangle and \Gamma the semicircle
For which arrangements of two infinite circular cylinders does
The set {1, 2, . . ., 49} is divided into three subsets. Prove that
Seventeen cities are served by four airlines. It is noted that
Let E be a finite set of points in space such that E is not
On a chessboard (8 imes 8 squares with sides of length 1) two
Let ABCD be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with diam-
In the Martian language every finite sequence of letters of
Given a triangle ABC, let R be the radius of its circumcir-
Prove the inequality
Triangle ABC is given for which BC = AC + 1
If x, y, z are real numbers satisfying the relations x+y+z = 1
In a multiple choice test there were 4 questions and 3 possible
In a plane, a circle with center O and radius R and two points
Let p be a prime number greater than 5. Let V be the collection
Show that the set S of natural numbers n for which 3/n
A regular 14-gon with side length a is inscribed in a circle of
Prove that the number 191976 + 761976:
A wheel consists of a fixed circular disk and a mobile circular
A fox stands in the center of the field which has the form of an
Three mutually nonparallel lines li (i = 1, 2, 3) are given
Let AB and CD be two perpendicular chords of a circle with
Consider all the sums of the form
If A1A2 . . . An is a regular n-gon (n \geq3), how many different
Let f(x) = a sin2 x+b sin x+c, where a, b, and c are real num-
Let A, B, C be three points with integer coordinates in the
Determine all continuous functions f such that
Consider the equation x4 + ax3 + bx2 + ax + 1 = 0 with real
Let a, b, c be natural numbers such that a+b+c = 2pq(p30+q30),
Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. Let D, E, F, M, N, and
Solve in the set of real numbers the equation 3x3 −[x] = 3,
Solve the equation
Given positive integers k, m, n with km \leqn and nonnegative
Are there integers m and n such that
Let K be a convex set in the xy-plane, symmetric with respect
Let a1, . . . , an be distinct positive integers that do not contain
Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. Show that the centroids of
Find a natural number n such that for all prime numbers p, n
Given the equation
Let n be a positive integer. Show that (
Consider the set Q2 of points in R2, both of whose coordinates
Five points in the plane are given, no three of which are collinear.
The function f(n) is defined on the nonnegative integers n by:
The colonizers of a spherical planet have decided to build N
The circle k and its diameter AB are given. Find the locus of
A finite number of parallel segments in the plane are given with
We consider the infinite chessboard covering the whole plane.
Does there exist an integer z that can be written in two different
Prove that if for a polynomial P(x, y) we have
Let E be a finite set, PE the family of its subsets, and f a
In space, n points (n \geq3) are given. Every pair of points
Let a1, a2, . . . , an be positive real numbers. Prove the inequality
Let f1(x) = x3 +a1x2 +b1x+c1 = 0 be an equation with three
In 3-dimensional space a point O is given and a finite set A
Let Li, i = 1, 2, 3, be line segments on the sides of an equilateral
Evaluate
Let Ax, By be two noncoplanar rays with AB as a common per-
Simplify
We define a binary operation ⋆in the plane as follows: Given
Consider a polynomial P(x) = ax2 + bx + c with a > 0 that
The n points P1, P2, . . . , Pn are placed inside or on the bound-
Let P be a prime number and n a natural number. Prove that
Find the total number of different integers that the function
Points D and E are chosen on the sides AB and AC of the
Prove that in a Euclidean plane there are infinitely many
Let G be the centroid of the triangle OAB.
Decompose into real factors the expression 1 −sin5 x−cos5 x.
There are n \geq2 people in a room. Prove that there exist two
A sequence a1, a2, a3, . . . is defined recursively by a1 = 1 and
(a) Prove that for a, b, c, d \inR, m \in[1, +\infty) with am + b =
Let S \subset[0, 1] be a set of 5 points with {0, 1} \subsetS. The graph
A two-person game is played with nine boxes arranged in a
An (n2 +n+1) imes(n2 +n+1) matrix of zeros and ones is given.
If A, B, C, and D are four distinct points in space, prove that
For a \geq0, b \geq0, c \geq0, d \geq0, prove the inequality
The faces of a convex polyhedron are six squares and eight
Let A be a set of positive integers such that for any two elements
Prove that the equation 4x+6x = 9x has no rational solutions.
Show that tan 7◦30′ =
Determine an equation of third degree with integral coefficients
Three disks of diameter d are touching a sphere at their centers.
Is it possible to partition 3-dimensional Euclidean space into
A triangle ABC is given. Each side of ABC is divided into equal
A pack of 2n cards contains n different pairs of cards. Each
How many real solutions are there to the equation x =