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Geometry
MathsII-enjoy   1
N 28 minutes ago by aidenkim119
Given triangle $ABC$ inscribed in $(O)$, $S$ is the midpoint of arc $BAC$ of $(O)$. The perpendicular bisector $BO$ intersects $BS$ at $I$. $(I;IB)$ intersects $AB$ at $U$ different from $B$. $H$ is the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$. Prove that $UH$ = $US$
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MathsII-enjoy
Yesterday at 3:03 PM
aidenkim119
28 minutes ago
Merlin's castle
gnoka   2
N 30 minutes ago by Anzoteh
Source: 46th International Tournament of Towns, Senior A-Level P6, Fall 2024
Merlin's castle has 100 rooms and 1000 corridors. Each corridor links some two rooms. Each pair of rooms is linked by one corridor at most. Merlin has given out the plan of the castle to the wise men and declared the rules of the challenge. The wise men need to scatter across the rooms in a manner they wish. Each minute Merlin will choose a corridor and one of the wise men will have to pass along it from one of the rooms at its ends to the other one. Merlin wins when in both rooms on the ends of the chosen corridor there are no wise men. Let us call a number $m$ the magic number of the castle if $m$ wise men can pre-agree before the challenge and act in such a way that Merlin never wins, $m$ being the minimal possible number. What are the possible values of the magic number of the castle? (Merlin and all the wise men always know the location of all the wise men).

Timofey Vasilyev
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gnoka
Nov 15, 2024
Anzoteh
30 minutes ago
A drunk frog jumping ona grid in a weird way
Tintarn   4
N 37 minutes ago by pi_quadrat_sechstel
Source: Baltic Way 2024, Problem 10
A frog is located on a unit square of an infinite grid oriented according to the cardinal directions. The frog makes moves consisting of jumping either one or two squares in the direction it is facing, and then turning according to the following rules:
i) If the frog jumps one square, it then turns $90^\circ$ to the right;
ii) If the frog jumps two squares, it then turns $90^\circ$ to the left.

Is it possible for the frog to reach the square exactly $2024$ squares north of the initial square after some finite number of moves if it is initially facing:
a) North;
b) East?
4 replies
Tintarn
Nov 16, 2024
pi_quadrat_sechstel
37 minutes ago
Interesting inequalities
sqing   6
N 41 minutes ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c\geq  0 $ and $  ab+bc+ca+abc=4$ . Prove that
$$k(a+b+c) -ab-bc\geq 4\sqrt{k(k+1)}-(k+4)$$Where $ k\geq \frac{16}{9}. $
$$ \frac{16}{9}(a+b+c) -ab-bc\geq  \frac{28}{9}$$
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sqing
Today at 3:36 AM
sqing
41 minutes ago
Inspired by Omerking
sqing   2
N 42 minutes ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c>0 $ and $  ab+bc+ca\geq \dfrac{1}{3}. $ Prove that
$$  ka+ b+kc\geq \sqrt{\frac{4k-1}{3}}$$Where $ k\geq 1.$$$  4a+ b+4c\geq \sqrt{5}$$
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sqing
Today at 5:11 AM
sqing
42 minutes ago
Number Theory Chain!
JetFire008   57
N an hour ago by CHESSR1DER
I will post a question and someone has to answer it. Then they have to post a question and someone else will answer it and so on. We can only post questions related to Number Theory and each problem should be more difficult than the previous. Let's start!

Question 1
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JetFire008
Apr 7, 2025
CHESSR1DER
an hour ago
Perpendicular bisector meets the circumcircle of another triangle
steppewolf   3
N an hour ago by Omerking
Source: 2023 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad P4
We are given an acute $\triangle ABC$ with circumcenter $O$ such that $BC<AB$. The bisector of $\angle ACB$ meets the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ at a second point $D$. The perpendicular bisector of $AC$ meets the circumcircle of $\triangle BOD$ for the second time at $E$. The line $DE$ meets the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ for the second time at $F$. Prove that the lines $CF$, $OE$ and $AB$ are concurrent.

Authored by Petar Filipovski
3 replies
steppewolf
Jun 10, 2023
Omerking
an hour ago
Quad formed by orthocenters has same area (all 7's!)
v_Enhance   35
N an hour ago by Wictro
Source: USA January TST for the 55th IMO 2014
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral, and let $E$, $F$, $G$, and $H$ be the midpoints of $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ respectively. Let $W$, $X$, $Y$ and $Z$ be the orthocenters of triangles $AHE$, $BEF$, $CFG$ and $DGH$, respectively. Prove that the quadrilaterals $ABCD$ and $WXYZ$ have the same area.
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v_Enhance
Apr 28, 2014
Wictro
an hour ago
Two sets
steven_zhang123   5
N an hour ago by Filipjack
Given \(0 < b < a\), let
\[
A = \left\{ r \, \middle| \, r = \frac{a}{3}\left(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}\right) + b\sqrt[3]{xyz}, \quad x, y, z \in \left[1, \frac{a}{b}\right] \right\},
\]and
\[
B = \left[2\sqrt{ab}, a + b\right].
\]
Prove that \(A = B\).
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steven_zhang123
5 hours ago
Filipjack
an hour ago
A Segment Bisection Problem
buratinogigle   2
N an hour ago by aidenkim119
Source: VN Math Olympiad For High School Students P9 - 2025
In triangle $ABC$, let the incircle $\omega$ touch sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $P$ lie on the line through $D$ perpendicular to $BC$. Let $Q, R$ be the intersections of $PC, PB$ with $EF$, respectively. Let $K, L$ be the projections of $R, Q$ onto line $BC$. Let $M, N$ be the second intersections of $DQ, DR$ with the incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the intersection of $KM$ and $LN$. Prove that the line $DS$ bisects segment $QR$.
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buratinogigle
Today at 1:36 AM
aidenkim119
an hour ago
Typo in blog info
Craftybutterfly   3
N 2 hours ago by bpan2021
I found a typo in blog css. It is supposed to say Edit your blog's CSS in the text area below. not Edit your blog's CSS in the textarea below.
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Craftybutterfly
Today at 6:26 AM
bpan2021
2 hours ago
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