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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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Apr 2, 2025
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
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Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
NC State Math Contest Wake Tech Regional Problems and Solutions
mathnerd_101   5
N 30 minutes ago by mathnerd_101
Problem 1: Determine the area enclosed by the graphs of $$y=|x-2|+|x-4|-2, y=-|x-3|+4.$$ Hint
Solution to P1

Problem 2: Calculate the sum of the real solutions to the equation $x^\frac{3}{2} -9x-16x^\frac{1}{2} +144=0.$
Hint
Solution to P2



Problem 3: List the two transformations needed to convert the graph $\frac{x-1}{x+2}$ to $\frac{3x-6}{x-1}.$
Hint
Solution to P3

Problem 4: Let $a,b$ be positive integers such that $a^2-b^2=20,$ and $a^3-b^3=120.$ Determine the value of $a+\frac{b^2}{a+b}.$
Hint
Solution for P4

Problem 5: Eve and Oscar are playing a game where they roll a fair, six-sided die. If an even number occurs on two consecutive rolls, then Eve wins. If an odd number is immediately followed by an even number, Oscar wins. The die is rolled until one person wins. What is the probability that Oscar wins?
Hint
Solution to P5

Problem 6: In triangle $ABC,$ $M$ is on point $\overline{AB}$ such that $AM = x+32$ and $MB=x+12$ and $N$ is a point on $\overline{AC}$ such that $MN=2x+1$ and $BC=x+22.$ Given that $\overline{MN} || \overline{BC},$ calculate $MN.$
Hint
Solution to P6

Problem 7: Determine the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic of polynomial $Q(x),$ given that $$Q(0)=72, Q(1) = 75, Q(3) = 63.$$
Hint

Solution to Problem 7

Problem 8:
Hint
Solution to P8

Problem 9:
Find the sum of all real solutions to $$(x-4)^{log_8(4x-16)} = 2.$$ Hint
Solution to P9

Problem 10:
Define the function
\[f(x) = 
\begin{cases} 
x - 9, & \text{if } x > 100 \\ 
f(f(x + 10)), & \text{if } x \leq 100 
\end{cases}\]
Calculate \( f(25) \).

Hint

Solution to P10

Problem 11:
Let $a,b,x$ be real numbers such that $$log_{a-b} (a+b) = 3^{a+b}, log_{a+b} (a-b) = 125 \cdot 15^{b-a}, a^2-b^2=3^x. $$Find $x.$
Hint

Solution to P11

Problem 12: Points $A,B,C$ are on circle $Q$ such that $AC=2,$ $\angle AQC = 180^{\circ},$ and $\angle QAB = 30^{\circ}.$ Determine the path length from $A$ to $C$ formed by segment $AB$ and arc $BC.$

Hint
Solution to P12

Problem 13: Determine the number of integers $x$ such that the expression $$\frac{\sqrt{522-x}}{\sqrt{x-80}} $$is also an integer.
Hint

Solution to Problem 13

Problem 14: Determine the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $n!$ is a multiple of $2^15.$

Hint
Solution to Problem 14

Problem 15: Suppose $x$ and $y$ are real numbers such that $x^3+y^3=7,$ and $xy(x+y)=-2.$ Calculate $x-y.$
Funnily enough, I guessed this question right in contest.

Hint
Solution to Problem 15

Problem 16: A sequence of points $p_i = (x_i, y_i)$ will follow the rules such that
\[
p_1 = (0,0), \quad p_{i+1} = (x_i + 1, y_i) \text{ or } (x_i, y_i + 1), \quad p_{10} = (4,5).
\]How many sequences $\{p_i\}_{i=1}^{10}$ are possible such that $p_1$ is the only point with equal coordinates?

Hint
Solution to P16

Problem 18: (Also stolen from akliu's blog post)
Calculate

$$\sum_{k=0}^{11} (\sqrt{2} \sin(\frac{\pi}{4}(1+2k)))^k$$
Hint
Solution to Problem 18

Problem 19: Determine the constant term in the expansion of $(x^3+\frac{1}{x^2})^{10}.$

Hint
Solution to P19

Problem 20:

In a magical pond there are two species of talking fish: trout, whose statements are always true, and \emph{flounder}, whose statements are always false. Six fish -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta -- live together in the pond. They make the following statements:
Alpha says, "Delta is the same kind of fish as I am.''
Beta says, "Epsilon and Zeta are different from each other.''
Gamma says, "Alpha is a flounder or Beta is a trout.''
Delta says, "The negation of Gamma's statement is true.''
Epsilon says, "I am a trout.''
Zeta says, "Beta is a flounder.''

How many of these fish are trout?

Hint
Solution to P20
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. Five people randomly choose a positive integer less than or equal to $10.$ The probability that at least two people choose the same number can be written as $\frac{m}{n}.$ Find $m+n.$

Hint
Solution to S1

2. Define a function $F(n)$ on the positive integers using the rule that for $n=1,$ $F(n)=0.$ For all prime $n$, $F(n) = 1,$ and for all other $n,$ $F(xy)=xF(y) + yF(x).$ Find the smallest possible value of $n$ such that $F(n) = 2n.$

Hint
Solution to S2

3. How many integers $n \le 2025$ can be written as the sum of two distinct, non-negative integer powers of $3?$
Huge shoutout to OTIS for teaching me how to solve problems like this.

Hint

Solution to S3

4. Let $S$ be the set of positive integers of $x$ such that $x^2-5y^2=1$ for some other positive integer $y.$ Find the only three-digit value of $x$ in $S.$
Hint
Solution to S4

5. Let $N$ be a positive integer and let $M$ be the integer that is formed by removing the first three digits from $N.$ Find the value of $N$ with least value such that $N = 2025M.$
Hint

Solution to S5
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mathnerd_101
Today at 11:40 AM
mathnerd_101
30 minutes ago
thank you
Piwbo   1
N an hour ago by CHESSR1DER
Let $p_n$ be the n-th prime number in increasing order for $n\geq 1$. Prove that there exists a sequence of distinct prime numbers $q_n$ satisfying $q_1+q_2+...+q_n=p_n$ for all $n\geq 1 $
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Piwbo
Yesterday at 11:22 AM
CHESSR1DER
an hour ago
Difficult lattice point coloring problem
CBMaster   0
an hour ago
Source: Own
Is it possible to color all lattice points in plane into 3 colors such that

1. every line passing through lattice points and parallel to x axis has these three colors infinitely many(that is, every color appears infinitely many times in those lines).

2. every line passing through lattice points and not parallel to x axis cannot have three different color lattice points on it.
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CBMaster
an hour ago
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Stop Projecting your insecurities
naman12   52
N an hour ago by ihategeo_1969
Source: 2022 USA TST #2
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Let $M$ be the midpoint of side $BC$, and let $E$ and $F$ be the feet of the altitudes from $B$ and $C$, respectively. Suppose that the common external tangents to the circumcircles of triangles $BME$ and $CMF$ intersect at a point $K$, and that $K$ lies on the circumcircle of $ABC$. Prove that line $AK$ is perpendicular to line $BC$.

Kevin Cong
52 replies
naman12
Dec 12, 2022
ihategeo_1969
an hour ago
Digit sum
Disjeje   3
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Let’s say S(n) is digit sum of n does n exists thatS(n)>S(n^2)?
3 replies
Disjeje
5 hours ago
jasperE3
an hour ago
R+ Functional Equation
Mathdreams   3
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Source: Nepal TST 2025, Problem 3
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that \[f(f(x)) + xf(xy) = x + f(y)\]for all positive real numbers $x$ and $y$.

(Andrew Brahms, USA)
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Mathdreams
5 hours ago
jasperE3
an hour ago
Factorise (x+1)(x+2)(x+3)(x+4)-3
Idiot_of_the64squares   5
N an hour ago by Idiot_of_the64squares
On expansion the expression becomes:
$ x^4+10x^3+35x^2 +50x+ 21 $
I cannot solve it further
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Idiot_of_the64squares
5 hours ago
Idiot_of_the64squares
an hour ago
TST Junior Romania 2025
ant_   0
an hour ago
Source: ssmr
Consider the isosceles triangle $ABC$, with $\angle BAC > 90^\circ$, and the circle $\omega$ with center $A$ and radius $AC$. Denote by $M$ the midpoint of side $AC$. The line $BM$ intersects the circle $\omega$ for the second time in $D$. Let $E$ be a point on the circle $\omega$ such that $BE \perp AC$ and $DE \cap AC = {N}$. Show that $AN = 2AB$.
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ant_
an hour ago
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Functional equation
Pmshw   16
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Source: Iran 2nd round 2022 P2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for any real value of $x,y$ we have:
$$f(xf(y)+f(x)+y)=xy+f(x)+f(y)$$
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Pmshw
May 8, 2022
jasperE3
an hour ago
Line passes through the fix point
moony_   1
N 2 hours ago by GioOrnikapa
Source: idk
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. $P$ and $Q$ are points, such that $PA = PB$, $QA$ = $QC$ and $\angle{PBC} =\angle{QCB}$ ($P$ - inside $\triangle{ABC}$ and $Q$ - oitside). Proove that line $PQ$ passes through the fix point.
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moony_
5 hours ago
GioOrnikapa
2 hours ago
Subsets of points lying in disks
oVlad   4
N 2 hours ago by Andyexists
Source: Romania TST 2023 Day 2 P4
Fix a positive integer $n.{}$ Consider an $n{}$-point set $S{}$ in the plane. An eligible set is a non-empty set of the form $S\cap D,{}$ where $D$ is a closed disk in the plane. In terms of $n,$ determine the smallest possible number of eligible subsets $S{}$ may contain.

Proposed by Cristi Săvescu
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oVlad
Apr 7, 2024
Andyexists
2 hours ago
hard ...
REGNA   3
N 2 hours ago by KenWuMath
find function $f:\mathbb{R^+}\rightarrow \mathbb{R^+}$ such that :
$f()\frac{f(x)}{y}=yf(y)f(f(x)) \;\;\;\;\;(x,y> 0)$
3 replies
REGNA
Oct 21, 2022
KenWuMath
2 hours ago
Find all the natural numbers a and b such that: if c and d are real that
bo_ngu_toan   4
N 2 hours ago by imnotgoodatmathsorry
Find all the natural numbers a and b such that: if c and d are real that x²+ax+1=c and x²+bx+1=d have roots then x²+(a+b)x +1 = cd have root
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bo_ngu_toan
May 14, 2023
imnotgoodatmathsorry
2 hours ago
pls help me
Leo1608   4
N 2 hours ago by imnotgoodatmathsorry
If a, b, c are integers and a-b is divisible by c then ab is divisible by $c^2$. Prove that a is divisible by c and b is divisible by c
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Leo1608
Aug 21, 2024
imnotgoodatmathsorry
2 hours ago
FC/AC =?, median, bisector, 90-60-30 triangle (2019 All-Siberian Qualifying 8.4)
parmenides51   2
N May 19, 2021 by DAVROS
The altiude BD was drawn in right-angled triangle $ABC$ with right angle $B$ and angle $A$ equal to $30$. Then, in triangle $BDC$, the median $DE$ was drawn, and in triangle $DEC$, the angle bisector $EF$ was drawn. Find the ratio $FC:AC$.
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parmenides51
May 17, 2021
DAVROS
May 19, 2021
FC/AC =?, median, bisector, 90-60-30 triangle (2019 All-Siberian Qualifying 8.4)
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Let $B(0,0),C(2c,0),B(0,2\sqrt{3} \cdot c)$.

$E(c,0)$ and $D(\frac{3c}{2},\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}c)$.
Slope of the line $DE\ :\ m_{DE}=\sqrt{3}$, so $\triangle CDE$ is equilateral.
Bisector $EF\ :\ x-\sqrt{3}y=c$ cuts $AC$ in the point $F(\frac{7}{4}c,\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}c)$.
Distances $FC = \frac{c}{2}$ and $AC=4c$.
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Circle diameter $CB$ contains $D$ so $EC=ED \implies EF \perp AC$
Suppose $BC=1$ then $FC= \frac{1}{2} \cos 30, AC=\sec 30 \implies \frac{FC}{AC}=\frac{\cos^2 30}{2} = \frac{3}{8}$
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