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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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Summer camps are starting next month at the Virtual Campus in math and language arts that are 2 - to 4 - weeks in duration. Spaces are still available - don’t miss your chance to have an enriching summer experience. There are middle and high school competition math camps as well as Math Beasts camps that review key topics coupled with fun explorations covering areas such as graph theory (Math Beasts Camp 6), cryptography (Math Beasts Camp 7-8), and topology (Math Beasts Camp 8-9)!

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[*]May 21st, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Mathcamp 2025 Qualifying Quiz Part 2 Math Jam, Problems 5 and 6, Canada/USA Mathcamp staff will discuss solutions to Problems 5 and 6 of the 2025 Mathcamp Qualifying Quiz![/list]
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Vieta's in arithmetic progression
elpianista227   1
N 4 hours ago by elpianista227
The roots of $x^3 - 30x^2 + cx - 120$ are in arithmetic progression. Find the value of $c$.
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elpianista227
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16th Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO) Area Stage Part II. #3
Siopao_Enjoyer   1
N 5 hours ago by Siopao_Enjoyer
If p is a real constant such that the roots of the equation x³ − 6px² + 5px + 88 = 0 form an arithmetic sequence, find p.
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Siopao_Enjoyer
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Logarithms
P162008   1
N 5 hours ago by alexheinis
Let $a = \log_{3} 5, b = \log_{3} 4$ and $c = -\log_{3} 20.$
Evaluate $\sum_{cyc} \frac{a^2 + b^2}{a^2 + b^2 + ab}.$
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P162008
Yesterday at 1:40 PM
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[Mathirang Mathibay 2015] Quarterfinal Round, Easy, #2
LilKirb   1
N 6 hours ago by LilKirb
Find the sum of all value(s) of $b$ such that
\[
\frac{11}{\log_2 x} + \frac{1}{2 \log_{25} x} - \frac{3}{\log_8 x} = \frac{1}{\log_b x} \quad \text{for all } x > 1.
\]
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LilKirb
6 hours ago
LilKirb
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AIME qual outside US?
daijobu   10
N 6 hours ago by Yiyj
Can students outside the US take the AIME if they earn a qualifying score?
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27th Philippine Mathematical Olympiad Area Stage #5
Siopao_Enjoyer   1
N 6 hours ago by Siopao_Enjoyer
Find the sum of the cubes of the roots of the polynomial p(x)=x^3-x^2+2x-3.
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N 6 hours ago by whwlqkd
Prove that there exists a positive integer n with 2024 prime divisors such that n| 2^n + 1
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[PMO20 Qualifying I.13] Log raised to Log
LilKirb   1
N Today at 3:39 AM by LilKirb
Find the sum of the solutions to the logarithmic equation:
\[ x^{\log{x}} = 10^{2 - 3\log{x} + 2(\log{x})^2}\]where $\log{x}$ is the logarithm of $x$ to the base $10$
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k my brain isn't working :(
missmaialee   39
N Today at 3:38 AM by sl1345961
Compute $(-1)^{11}-1^{10}+2^9+(-2)^8$.
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Inequalitis
sqing   0
Today at 2:44 AM
Let $ a,b,c\geq  0 , a^2+b^2+c^2 =3.$ Prove that
$$a^3 +b^3 +c^3 +\frac{11}{5}abc  \leq \frac{26}{5}$$
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Darealzolt   4
N Today at 2:22 AM by jasperE3
It is known that \(a,b \in \mathbb{R}\) that satisfies
\[
a^3+b^3=1957
\]\[
(a+b)(a+1)(b+1)=2014
\]Hence, find the value of \(a+b\)
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[$10K+ IN PRIZES] Poolesville Math Tournament (PVMT) 2025
qwerty123456asdfgzxcvb   20
N Today at 2:13 AM by panda2018
Hi everyone!

After the resounding success of the first three years of PVMT, the Poolesville High School Math Team is excited to announce the fourth annual Poolesville High School Math Tournament (PVMT)! The PVMT team includes a MOPper and multiple USA(J)MO and AIME qualifiers!

PVMT is open to all 6th-9th graders in the country (including rising 10th graders). Students will compete in teams of up to 4 people, and each participant will take three subject tests as well as the team round. The contest is completely free, and will be held virtually on June 7, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (EST).

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If you have any questions not answered in the below FAQ, feel free to ask in this thread or email us at falconsdomath@gmail.com!

We look forward to your participation!

FAQ
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qwerty123456asdfgzxcvb
Apr 5, 2025
panda2018
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Expression is a Cube
nosaj   38
N Today at 1:42 AM by NicoN9
Source: 2015 AIME I Problem 3
There is a prime number $p$ such that $16p+1$ is the cube of a positive integer. Find $p$.
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nosaj
Mar 20, 2015
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Today at 1:42 AM
EGMO (geo) Radical Center Question
gulab_jamun   9
N Today at 12:58 AM by MathRook7817
For this theorem, Evan says that the power of point $P$ with respect to $\omega_1$ is greater than 0 if $P$ lies between $A$ and $B$. (I've underlined it). But, I'm a little confused as I thought the power was $OP^2 - r^2$ and since $P$ is inside the circle, wouldn't the power be negative since $OP < r$?
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9 USA(J)MO Grading Poll
elasticwealth   12
N Apr 23, 2025 by KevinChen_Yay
Please vote honestly. If you did not compete in the USA(J)MO, please do not vote.
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USA(J)MO Grading Poll
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Overall, do you think the scores you received on the USA(J)MO were fair?
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Idk it depends on what I submitted for p6
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The grading process involves a rigorous review by multiple graders to ensure that the solutions are evaluated accurately and consistently. This review process ensures that the final scores are fair and accurate.

SO if you put No you lying because its not like they have beef with your solutions
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MrMustache wrote:
The grading process involves a rigorous review by multiple graders to ensure that the solutions are evaluated accurately and consistently. This review process ensures that the final scores are fair and accurate.

SO if you put No you lying because its not like they have beef with your solutions

how many graders check one solution? two people? three people?
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can my grade be called fair if i still haven't gotten it yet (yeah idk what MAA is doing but they still haven't given back my usajmo score)
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MrMustache wrote:
The grading process involves a rigorous review by multiple graders to ensure that the solutions are evaluated accurately and consistently. This review process ensures that the final scores are fair and accurate.

SO if you put No you lying because its not like they have beef with your solutions

problem is when none of the four people who wrote the exact same solutions as aops did all get 0’s on that problem, MAA clearly screwed something up like losing test papers
grape1984 wrote:
can my grade be called fair if i still haven't gotten it yet (yeah idk what MAA is doing but they still haven't given back my usajmo score)

you are an admitter
same usajmo doesn’t even show up on my test portal thing
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mulberrykid wrote:
MrMustache wrote:
The grading process involves a rigorous review by multiple graders to ensure that the solutions are evaluated accurately and consistently. This review process ensures that the final scores are fair and accurate.

SO if you put No you lying because its not like they have beef with your solutions

how many graders check one solution? two people? three people?

At least 2 and sometimes more.
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MrMustache wrote:
The grading process involves a rigorous review by multiple graders to ensure that the solutions are evaluated accurately and consistently. This review process ensures that the final scores are fair and accurate.

SO if you put No you lying because its not like they have beef with your solutions

surely the intended complaint is "the rubrics are bad" right
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entirely fair; the reason i didnt make mop is because of skillissue
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entirely fair; the reason i didnt make mop is because of skillissue

same
time to grind oly for a year straight
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can my grade be called fair if i still haven't gotten it yet (yeah idk what MAA is doing but they still haven't given back my usajmo score)

did you ask your proctor
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Yeah, I'm sure the solutions are fair and accurate. I just didn't make MOP because I suck and don't know how to write proofs.
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my p2 was :skull:
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