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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Apr 2, 2025
Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner, what are your plans? At AoPS Online our schedule has new classes starting now through July, so be sure to keep your skills sharp and be prepared for the Fall school year! Check out the schedule of upcoming classes below.

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Inequalities
sqing   6
N 2 hours ago by sqing
Let $x\in(-1,1). $ Prove that
$$  \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} + \dfrac{1}{2+ x^2}  \geq  \dfrac{3}{2}$$$$ \dfrac{2}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} + \dfrac{1}{1+x^2} \geq 3$$
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Apr 26, 2025
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Inequality, tougher than it looks
tom-nowy   1
N 4 hours ago by thaithuonglaoquan8386
Prove that for $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$
$$ 2(a^2+1)(b^2+1) \geq 3(a+b). $$Is there an elegant way to prove this?
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9 Mathpath vs. AMSP
FuturePanda   29
N 5 hours ago by fake123
Hi everyone,

For an AIME score of 7-11, would you recommend MathPath or AMSP Level 2/3?

Thanks in advance!
Also people who have gone to them, please tell me more about the programs!
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Dot product
SomeonecoolLovesMaths   3
N 5 hours ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
How to prove that dot product is distributive?
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Jumping on Lily Pads to Avoid a Snake
brandbest1   53
N 5 hours ago by ESAOPS
Source: 2014 AMC 10B #25 & 2014 AMC 12B #22
In a small pond there are eleven lily pads in a row labeled $0$ through $10$. A frog is sitting on pad $1$. When the frog is on pad $N$, $0<N<10$, it will jump to pad $N-1$ with probability $\frac{N}{10}$ and to pad $N+1$ with probability $1-\frac{N}{10}$. Each jump is independent of the previous jumps. If the frog reaches pad $0$ it will be eaten by a patiently waiting snake. If the frog reaches pad $10$ it will exit the pond, never to return. What is the probability that the frog will escape being eaten by the snake?

$ \textbf {(A) } \frac{32}{79} \qquad \textbf {(B) } \frac{161}{384} \qquad \textbf {(C) } \frac{63}{146} \qquad \textbf {(D) } \frac{7}{16} \qquad \textbf {(E) } \frac{1}{2} $
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JSMC texas
BossLu99   19
N Today at 4:24 AM by jkim0656
who is going to JSMC texas
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sussy baka stop intersecting in my lattice points
Spectator   22
N Today at 3:55 AM by xHypotenuse
Source: 2022 AMC 10A #25
Let $R$, $S$, and $T$ be squares that have vertices at lattice points (i.e., points whose coordinates are both integers) in the coordinate plane, together with their interiors. The bottom edge of each square is on the x-axis. The left edge of $R$ and the right edge of $S$ are on the $y$-axis, and $R$ contains $\frac{9}{4}$ as many lattice points as does $S$. The top two vertices of $T$ are in $R \cup S$, and $T$ contains $\frac{1}{4}$ of the lattice points contained in $R \cup S$. See the figure (not drawn to scale).

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The fraction of lattice points in $S$ that are in $S \cap T$ is 27 times the fraction of lattice points in $R$ that are in $R \cap T$. What is the minimum possible value of the edge length of $R$ plus the edge length of $S$ plus the edge length of $T$?

$\textbf{(A) }336\qquad\textbf{(B) }337\qquad\textbf{(C) }338\qquad\textbf{(D) }339\qquad\textbf{(E) }340$
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AlexCenteno2007   1
N Today at 2:33 AM by AlexCenteno2007
Let ABC be an acute triangle and let D, E and F be the feet of the altitudes from A, B and C respectively. The straight line EF and the circumcircle of ABC intersect at P such that F is between E and P, the straight lines BP and DF intersect at Q. Show that if ED = EP then CQ and DP are parallel.
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girishpimoli   4
N Today at 2:29 AM by williamxiao
$(1)$ Product of all even divisors of $9000$

$(2)$ If $4$ dice are rolled, Then number of ways of getting sum at least $13$ is
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AlexCenteno2007   3
N Today at 2:23 AM by AlexCenteno2007
Given an isosceles triangle ABC with AB=BC, the inner bisector of Angle BAC And cut next to it BC in D. A point E is such that AE=DC. The inner bisector of the AED angle cuts to the AB side at the point F. Prove that the angle AFE= angle DFE
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Raul_S_Baz   10
N Yesterday at 8:18 PM by undefined-NaN
On the sides AB and AD of the rectangle ABCD, points M and N are taken such that MB = ND. Let P be the intersection of BN and CD, and Q be the intersection of DM and CB. How can we prove that PQ || MN?
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[CMC ARML 2020 I3] Unique Sequence
franchester   2
N Yesterday at 6:09 PM by CubeAlgo15
There is a unique nondecreasing sequence of positive integers $a_1$, $a_2$, $\ldots$, $a_n$ such that \[\left(a_1+\frac1{a_1}\right)\left(a_2+\frac1{a_2}\right)\cdots\left(a_n+\frac1{a_n}\right)=2020.\]Compute $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n$.

Proposed by lminsl
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Geometry Basic
AlexCenteno2007   2
N Yesterday at 5:58 PM by mathafou
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle such that $AC=BC$. Let $P$ be a dot on the $AC$ side.
The tangent to the circumcircle of $ABP$ at point $P$ intersects the circumcircle of $BCP$ at $D$. Prove that CD$ \parallel$AB
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AlexCenteno2007
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mathafou
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trigonogeometry 2024 TMC AIME Mock #15
parmenides51   6
N Yesterday at 5:28 PM by NamelyOrange
Let $\vartriangle ABC$ have angles $ \alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$ such that $\cos (\alpha) = \frac1 3$ and $\cos (\beta) = \frac{1}{17}$ . Moreover, suppose that the product of the side lengths of the triangle is equal to its area. Let $(ABC)$ denote the circumcircle of $ABC$. Let $AO$ intersect $(BOC)$ at $D$, $BO$ intersect $(COA)$ at $ E$, and $CO$ intersect $(AOB)$ at $F$. If the area of $DEF$ can be written as $\frac{p\sqrt{r}}{q}$ for relatively prime integers $p$ and $q$ and squarefree $r$, find the sum of all prime factors of $q$, counting multiplicities (so the sum of prime factors of $48$ is $2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 11$), given that $q$ has $30$ divisors.
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parmenides51
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JMPSC Year 3 Problems/Results/Statistics
samrocksnature   3
N Aug 20, 2023 by samrocksnature
Hey everyone!

Thank you to all who participated in the third year of JMPSC. The solutions, statistics, and problems are linked to this post, and the top 20 of each division can be found here.

Enjoy the problems!

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samrocksnature
Aug 19, 2023
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Hey everyone!

Thank you to all who participated in the third year of JMPSC. The solutions, statistics, and problems are linked to this post, and the top 20 of each division can be found here.

Enjoy the problems!
Attachments:
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I am pretty sure that the solution to problem 12 d1r2 has a typo
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imma check the sol for that problem soon
this message will be edited when i do so

uh, i don't see a typo, the solution seems good to me?
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Math4Life7 wrote:
I am pretty sure that the solution to problem 12 d1r2 has a typo

Thank you Jacob for writing all the solutions!
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