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Eazy equation clap
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Find all $x,y,z$ satisfy that: $$\frac{x}{y+z}=2x-1; \frac{y}{x+z}=3y-1;\frac{z}{x+y}=5x-1$$
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inequality
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Prove that that for any real $x \ge 0$ and natural number $n$,
$$x^n (n+1)^{n+1} \le n^n (x+1)^{n+1}.$$
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How to judge a number is prime or not?
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A=（10X1+1）(10X+1），X1，X∈N+
B=（10 X1+3）（10X+7），X∈N，X1∈N
C=(10 X1+9)(10X+9), X∈N，X1∈N
D=(10 X1+1)(10X+3), X1∈N+，X∈N
E=（10 X1+7）(10X+9），X∈N，X1∈N
F=（10 X1+1）（10X+7），X1∈N+，X∈N
G=（10 X1+3）（10X+9），X∈N，X1∈N
H=（10 X1+1）10X+9），X1∈N+，X∈N
I=（10 X1+3）（10X+3），X1∈N，X∈N
J=( 10X1+7)(10X+7),X∈N，X1∈N

For any natural number P∈{P=10N+1，n∈N}，make P=A or B or C
If P can make the roots of function group(ABC) without any root group completely made up of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+3，n∈N}，make P=D or E
If P can make the roots of function group(DE) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+7，n∈N}，make P=F or G
If P can make the roots of function group(FG) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+9，n∈N}，make P=H or I or J
If P can make the roots of function group(GIJ) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
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What is an isogonal conjugate and why is it useful?
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What is an isogonal conjugate and why is it useful? People use them in Olympiad geometry proofs but I don’t understand why and what is the purpose, as it complicates me because of me not understanding it.
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Any nice way to do this?
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Source: Taichung P.S.1 math program tryouts

How many ordered pairs $(a,b,c)\in\mathbb{N}^3$ are there such that $c=ab$ and $1\le a\le b\le c\le60$?
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Inequalities
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Let $ a,b,c> 0 $ and $ \frac{a}{a^2+ab+c}+\frac{b}{b^2+bc+a}+\frac{c}{c^2+ca+b} \geq 1$. Prove that
$$ a+b+c\leq 3 $$
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Inequalities
sqing   0
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Let $a,b$ be real numbers such that $ a^2+b^2+a^3 +b^3=4 . $ Prove that
$$a+b \leq 2$$Let $a,b$ be real numbers such that $a+b + a^2+b^2+a^3 +b^3=6 . $ Prove that
$$a+b \leq 2$$
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that statement is true
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we have $a^3+b^3 = 2$ and $3(a^4+b^4)+2a^4b^4 \le 8 $ , then we can deduce $a^2+b^2$ \le 2 $ ?
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Distance vs time swimming problem
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How should I approach a problem where we deal with velocities becoming negative and stuff. I know that they both travel 3 Lengths of the pool before meeting a second time.
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Cobedangiu   4
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Find the integer coefficients after expanding Newton's binomial:
$$(\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{3}x^2)^n (n \in Z)$$
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inequalities - 5/4
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Given real numbers $x, y$ satisfying $|x| \le 3, |y| \le 3$. Prove that:
\[ 0 \le (x^2 + 1)(y^2 + 1) + 4(x - 1)(y - 1) \le 164. \]
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Source of a combinatorics problem
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Does anyone know exactly the source of this problem?? I just remember that it from a combinatorics book of Russia.
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KSEA NMSC Mock Contest Group B (Last Problem)
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Let $a_n$ be a sequence defined by $a_n = a^2 + 1$. Then the product of four consecutive terms in $a_n$ can be written as the product of two terms in $a_n$. Find $p + q$ if $(a_(11))(a_(12))(a_(13))(a_(14)) = (a_p)(a_q)$.
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Regarding IMO prepartion
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<Hey Everyone'>
I'm 10 grader student and Im starting prepration for maths olympiad..>>> From scratch (not 2+2=4 )

Do you haves compilled resources of Handouts,
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which are shared on AOPS (and from your prespective) for maths olympiad and any useful thing, which will help me in boosting Maths olympiad prepration.
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regular octagon divided into #, 2 rectangles among them (2008 Dürer C3 Hungary)
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We divided a regular octagon into parallelograms. Prove that there are at least $2$ rectangles between the parallelograms.
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