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and 
of an equilateral triangle 
are taken points 
and 
, and on the side 
, points 
and 
so that 
. Prove that the angle between lines 
and 
is equal to 
.
over 
. Ignore "pathological" solutions.[/quote]
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denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x . What is the sum of the squares of the real numbers x for which ![\[ x^2 - 20\lfloor x \rfloor + 19 = 0 \]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/a/9/fa96f2d6217a16029e5f03499e0a83deffdfa28a.png)
of the pizza, where 
is a positive integer. Find .
Is there an elegant way to prove this?
is called stylish if the set 
can be partitioned into 
pairs such that the sum of the elements in each pair is a power of 
. For example, 
is stylish because the set 
can be partitioned as 
, with sums , 
, and respectively. Determine the number of stylish numbers less than 
.
to the cross product 
reveals that a negative determinant [of 
] corresponds to a matrix which reverses the direction of the cross product of two vectors.[/quote]
and 
, but am confused on how to prove this statement for general vectors 
and 
although its supposed to be a quick comparison.
chance of landing heads when flipped. Krithik is playing a game where he starts with 
point. Every turn, he flips the coin, and if it lands heads, he gains point, and if it lands tails, he loses point. However, after the turn, if he has a negative number of points, his point counter resets to . Krithik wins when he earns 
points. Find the expected number of turns until Krithik wins.
, is the intersection of and 
, 
is the intersection of 
and and 
is the intersection of and 
. Prove that the following two claims are equivalent:
and are parallel.
is the midpoint of .
and 
When 
When 
, then,
When is the midpoint of .
as is the midpoint of .
When 
.
is the midpoint of as .
and 
Prove that
Prove that
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be 
.![\[\dfrac{r_1^6+r_2^6+\dots+r_{108}^6}{r_1^6r_2^6+r_1^6r_3^6+\dots+r_{107}^6r_{108}^6}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/1/5/315341a7adf35bc04e40ee0685a011c9f7b76115.png)
without Newton Sums.
by drawing a cevian 
and 
on 
)
and joining 
.
,
past 
past ![[asy]
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