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,
and 
intersect at 
.
be the circumcircle of the triangle 
;
and 
,
and 
intersects 
.
on 
.
and 
meet at 
.
.
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be a positive integer. A Japanese triangle consists of 
circles arranged in an equilateral triangular shape such that for each 
,
,
,
row contains exactly 
circles, exactly one of which is coloured red. A ninja path in a Japanese triangle is a sequence of 
,
such that in each Japanese triangle there is a ninja path containing at least 
,
and 
.
is prime, 
with 
and 
be a function such that for every regular 
-
we have 
.
for all reals 
.
be a triangle 
)
are the altitudes of the triangle. The bisector of 
intersects 
at 
.
and 
.
passes through the midpoint of 
.
.
with 
and at most one of them being zero, show that![\[\frac{1}{\max(a^2,b)}+\frac{1}{\max(b^2,c)}+\frac{1}{\max(c^2,a)}\geq\frac{27}{4}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/e/1/9e14a9ef2d1a0a98006bcf716fa33c3d9ea29bd5.png)
be an integer. Find all sequences 
satisfying the following conditions:![\[ \text{ (a) } a_i \in \left\{0,1\right\} \text{ for all } 1 \leq i \leq n^2 + n;
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![\[ \text{ (b) } a_{i + 1} + a_{i + 2} + \ldots + a_{i + n} < a_{i + n + 1} + a_{i + n + 2} + \ldots + a_{i + 2n} \text{ for all } 0 \leq i \leq n^2 - n.
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Two circles centers 
and 
, radii 
and 
, meet at two points. A variable line 
meets the circles at 
in that order and 
. The perpendiculars from and to have feet 
and 
.
Find the locus of and .
If
, find a point 
on such that 
has the smallest possible value.
Show that this value does not depend on the position of.
Comment on the case
.
and 
, radii 
and 
, meet at two points. A variable line 
meets the circles at 
in that order and 
. The perpendiculars from and to have feet 
and 
.Find the locus of
and .If
, find a point 
on such that 
has the smallest possible value.Show that this value does not depend on the position of
.Comment on the case
.
