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k a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1571
N Mar 26, 2025 by SmartGroot
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 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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Sep 9, 2019
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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
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May 4, 2019
Polynomials
Pao_de_sal   2
N 19 minutes ago by ektorasmiliotis
find all natural numbers n such that the polynomial x²ⁿ + xⁿ + 1 is divisible by x² + x + 1
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Pao_de_sal
36 minutes ago
ektorasmiliotis
19 minutes ago
April Fools Geometry
awesomeming327.   2
N 43 minutes ago by avinashp
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $AB<AC$, and let $D$ be the projection from $A$ onto $BC$. Let $E$ be a point on the extension of $AD$ past $D$ such that $\angle BAC+\angle BEC=90^\circ$. Let $L$ be on the perpendicular bisector of $AE$ such that $L$ and $C$ are on the same side of $AE$ and
\[\frac12\angle ALE=1.4\angle ABE+3.4\angle ACE-558^\circ\]Let the reflection of $D$ across $AB$ and $AC$ be $W$ and $Y$, respectively. Let $X\in AW$ and $Z\in AY$ such that $\angle XBE=\angle ZCE=90^\circ$. Let $EX$ and $EZ$ intersect the circumcircles of $EBD$ and $ECD$ at $J$ and $K$, respectively. Let $LB$ and $LC$ intersect $WJ$ and $YK$ at $P$ and $Q$. Let $PQ$ intersect $BC$ at $F$. Prove that $FB/FC=DB/DC$.
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avinashp
43 minutes ago
inequalities
Cobedangiu   2
N an hour ago by ehuseyinyigit
Source: own
$a,b>0$ and $a+b=1$. Find min P:
$P=\sqrt{\frac{1-a}{1+7a}}+\sqrt{\frac{1-b}{1+7b}}$
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Cobedangiu
3 hours ago
ehuseyinyigit
an hour ago
very cute geo
rafaello   3
N an hour ago by bin_sherlo
Source: MODSMO 2021 July Contest P7
Consider a triangle $ABC$ with incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the point on $\omega$ such that the circumcircle of $BSC$ is tangent to $\omega$ and let the $A$-excircle be tangent to $BC$ at $A_1$. Prove that the tangent from $S$ to $\omega$ and the tangent from $A_1$ to $\omega$ (distinct from $BC$) meet on the line parallel to $BC$ and passing through $A$.
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rafaello
Oct 26, 2021
bin_sherlo
an hour ago
f(n+1) = f(n) + 2^f(n) implies f(n) distinct mod 3^2013
v_Enhance   50
N an hour ago by Maximilian113
Source: USA TSTST 2013, Problem 8
Define a function $f: \mathbb N \to \mathbb N$ by $f(1) = 1$, $f(n+1) = f(n) + 2^{f(n)}$ for every positive integer $n$. Prove that $f(1), f(2), \dots, f(3^{2013})$ leave distinct remainders when divided by $3^{2013}$.
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v_Enhance
Aug 13, 2013
Maximilian113
an hour ago
Ez Number Theory
IndoMathXdZ   40
N an hour ago by akliu
Source: IMO SL 2018 N1
Determine all pairs $(n, k)$ of distinct positive integers such that there exists a positive integer $s$ for which the number of divisors of $sn$ and of $sk$ are equal.
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IndoMathXdZ
Jul 17, 2019
akliu
an hour ago
Is this FE solvable?
Mathdreams   0
2 hours ago
Find all $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(2x+y) + f(x+f(2y)) = f(x)f(y) - xy\]for all reals $x$ and $y$.
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2 hours ago
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OFM2021 Senior P1
medhimdi   0
2 hours ago
Let $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots$ and $b_1, b_2, b_3, \dots$ be two sequences of integers such that $a_{n+2}=a_{n+1}+a_n$ and $b_{n+2}=b_{n+1}+b_n$ for all $n\geq1$. Suppose that $a_n$ divides $b_n$ for an infinity of integers $n\geq1$. Prove that there exist an integer $c$ such that $b_n=ca_n$ for all $n\geq1$
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medhimdi
2 hours ago
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Hard NT problem
tiendat004   2
N 3 hours ago by avinashp
Given two odd positive integers $a,b$ are coprime. Consider the sequence $(x_n)$ given by $x_0=2,x_1=a,x_{n+2}=ax_{n+1}+bx_n,$ $\forall n\geq 0$. Suppose that there exist positive integers $m,n,p$ such that $mnp$ is even and $\dfrac{x_m}{x_nx_p}$ is an integer. Prove that the numerator in its simplest form of $\dfrac{m}{np}$ is an odd integer greater than $1$.
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tiendat004
Aug 15, 2024
avinashp
3 hours ago
disjoint subsets
nayel   2
N 3 hours ago by alexanderhamilton124
Source: Taiwan 2001
Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer and let $A_{1}, A_{2},\dots, A_{n}$ be $n$ distinct subsets of $S=\{1, 2,\dots, n\}$. Show that there exists $x\in S$ such that the n subsets $A_{i}-\{x\}, i=1,2,\dots n$ are also disjoint.

what i have is this
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nayel
Apr 18, 2007
alexanderhamilton124
3 hours ago
Modular Arithmetic and Integers
steven_zhang123   2
N 3 hours ago by GreekIdiot
Integers \( n, a, b \in \mathbb{Z}^+ \) satisfies \( n + a + b = 30 \). If \( \alpha < b, \alpha \in \mathbb{Z^+} \), find the maximum possible value of $\sum_{k=1}^{\alpha} \left \lfloor \frac{kn^2 \bmod a }{b-k}  \right \rfloor $.
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steven_zhang123
Mar 28, 2025
GreekIdiot
3 hours ago
f(x+y)f(z)=f(xz)+f(yz)
dangerousliri   30
N 3 hours ago by GreekIdiot
Source: Own
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all irrational numbers $x, y$ and $z$,
$$f(x+y)f(z)=f(xz)+f(yz)$$
Some stories about this problem. This problem it is proposed by me (Dorlir Ahmeti) and Valmir Krasniqi. We did proposed this problem for IMO twice, on 2018 and on 2019 from Kosovo. None of these years it wasn't accepted and I was very surprised that it wasn't selected at least for shortlist since I think it has a very good potential. Anyway I hope you will like the problem and you are welcomed to give your thoughts about the problem if it did worth to put on shortlist or not.
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dangerousliri
Jun 25, 2020
GreekIdiot
3 hours ago
Unsolved NT, 3rd time posting
GreekIdiot   6
N 3 hours ago by GreekIdiot
Source: own
Solve $5^x-2^y=z^3$ where $x,y,z \in \mathbb Z$
Hint
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GreekIdiot
Mar 26, 2025
GreekIdiot
3 hours ago
Need hint:''(
Buh_-1235   0
3 hours ago
Source: Canada Winter mock 2015
Recall that for any positive integer m, φ(m) denotes the number of positive integers less than m which are relatively
prime to m. Let n be an odd positive integer such that both φ(n) and φ(n + 1) are powers of two. Prove n + 1 is power
of two or n = 5.
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Buh_-1235
3 hours ago
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Point on hypotenuse making the two inradii equal
YESMAths   17
N Feb 5, 2022 by NTistrulove
Source: INMO 2016 Problem 5
Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
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YESMAths
Jan 17, 2016
NTistrulove
Feb 5, 2022
Point on hypotenuse making the two inradii equal
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Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
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We use standard notation $BC=a,$ $CA=b,$ $AB=c$ and $s=\tfrac{1}{2}(a+b+c).$ Thus letting $I_1$ and $I_2$ be the incenters of $\triangle ABD$ and $\triangle CBD,$ we get:

$[ABC]=[BI_1D]+[BI_2D]+[ABI_1]+[CBI_2]+[AI_1D]+[CI_2D]=$

$=r' \cdot BD+\tfrac{1}{2}r' \cdot (a+b+c)=r' \cdot (BD+s) \Longrightarrow$

$BD=\frac{[ABC]}{r'}-s=\frac{[ABC]}{r'}-\frac{[ABC]}{r}=[ABC] \cdot \left (\frac{1}{r'}-\frac{1}{r} \right) \ (\star).$

But from Cono Sur 1994 (P6), we have $[ABC]=BD^2.$ Thus combining with $(\star)$ gives

$BD=BD^2 \cdot \left (\frac{1}{r'}-\frac{1}{r} \right) \Longrightarrow \ \frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}.$
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Thanks Luis Gonzalez, almost everyone were stuck with the Cono Sur problem lemma... :P
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Generalization: $D$ is a point on the side $\overline{BC}$ of $\triangle ABC,$ such that the inradii of $\triangle ABD$ and $\triangle ACD$ are equal to $\varrho.$ If $r$ is the inradius of $\triangle ABC,$ then we have the relation:
\[ \frac{1}{\varrho}=\frac{1}{r}+\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD}\]
As before, we have $[ABC]=r \cdot s=\varrho \cdot (AD+s) \ (\star)$ $\Longrightarrow \tfrac{2\varrho}{h_a}=\tfrac{a}{s+AD}.$ But from the infamous inradii problem, we have $1-\tfrac{a}{s}=\left (1-\tfrac{2\varrho}{h_a} \right)^2 \Longrightarrow$

$\frac{s-a}{s}=\left (1-\frac{a}{s+AD} \right)^2 \Longrightarrow AD= \frac{a \sqrt{s}}{\sqrt{s}-\sqrt{s-a}}-s=\sqrt{s(s-a)}=\sqrt{[ABC] \cot \frac{A}{2}}.$

Combining this latter relation with $(\star)$ yields

$\frac{1}{\varrho}-\frac{1}{r}=\frac{AD}{[ABC]}=\frac{AD}{AD^2} \cdot \cot \frac{A}{2}=\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD} \Longrightarrow \frac{1}{\varrho}=\frac{1}{r}+\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD}.$
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Here is my solution using some length chasing sort of arguments. This is quite hard for an average INMO problem but nevertheless, it can be done in an hour at the most at the contest.

Let $AB=1$ and $BC=x$. Let $D$ be the point on $AC$ and let $\frac{AD}{DC}=k$. Let $[ABD]=\Delta_1$ and $[CBD]=\Delta_2$ and let $2s_1=AB+BD+DA$ and $2s_2=CB+BD+DC$.

Now, we know that $\frac{r_1}{r_2}=1=\frac{\Delta_1(2s_2)}{\Delta_2(2s_1)}=\frac{AD}{DC}\frac{x+BD+DC}{1+BD+DA}$ which is equivalent to

\begin{align*} \frac{AD}{DC}=k=\frac{1+BD}{x+BD} \end{align*}
Now, this give that $BD=\frac{kx-1}{1-k}$

However, by Stewart's theorem $AC.BD^2=CD.AB^2+AD.BC^2$ and so computing this gives that $k=\frac{x+3}{3x+1}$. and similarly we get that $BD=\frac{(x+1)}{2}$.

Now, $r=\frac{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2}$ and that $r'=\frac{\Delta_1}{s_1}$.

Now, $[ABC]=\frac{x}{2}$ and so we have that $\Delta_1(1+k)=[ABC]$ and so $\Delta_1=\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}$.

Also, we know that $AD(1+k)=AC=\sqrt{x^2+1}$ and so $2AD=\frac{(x+3)\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2(x+1)}$ and hence, we have that

\begin{align*} r_1=r'=\frac{\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}}{\frac{1+\frac{x+1}{2}+AD}{2}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}} \end{align*}
Now, we have that $\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}=\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{x}{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}}$.

This completes the proof $\blacksquare$
(This was just a sketch of what the expressions come out to be and is done by hand. It's not really hard to do all the intermediate steps, just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude)
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
... just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude
Unfortunatley, I don't have it. But anyway, I mentioned Stewart's theorem, and wrote down $r' = \frac{\triangle _1}{s_1} = \frac{\triangle _2}{s_2} = \frac{\triangle_1 + \triangle_2}{s_1 + s_2} = \frac{\triangle}{s + BD}$ and thus it is enough to prove $\triangle = BD^2$ (as$ \frac{1}{r} = \frac{s}{\triangle}$). And I fooled around a bit more with this, to add up to about 2 pages in total. How much, according to you, should that fetch me?
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AdithyaBhaskar
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
AdithyaBhaskar wrote:
anantmudgal09 wrote:
... just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude
Unfortunatley, I don't have it. But anyway, I mentioned Stewart's theorem, and wrote down $r' = \frac{\triangle _1}{s_1} = \frac{\triangle _2}{s_2} = \frac{\triangle_1 + \triangle_2}{s_1 + s_2} = \frac{\triangle}{s + BD}$ and thus it is enough to prove $\triangle = BD^2$ (as$ \frac{1}{r} = \frac{s}{\triangle}$). And I fooled around a bit more with this, to add up to about 2 pages in total. How much, according to you, should that fetch me?

I don't really think that saying: "To proving $X$ it shall suffice to proving $Y$" and then not proving $Y$ is worth anything reasonable, at least not at INMO and certainly not at TST, not sure for RMO.

Hey just observed: The result that I 'had to prove' is nothing but Cono Sur 1994/6 :wallbash_red:
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kapilpavase
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I think i finally have a 'not so bash ' sol to this problem :P
Denote $AD=x,CD=y,BD=z$
Indeed,it suffices to show $z^2=ac/2$
Drop perps from $D$ on $AB,BC$ and use pyth to get $$z^2=(\dfrac{yc}{b})^2+(\dfrac{xa}{b})^2$$,that is,
$$z^2=\dfrac{y^2c^2+x^2a^2}{x^2+y^2+2xy}$$.
Now compare areas of $ABD,BDC$ by using formula $\Delta=rs$ and ratios of areas of triangle with same height.We get
$$\dfrac{x}{y}=\dfrac{z+c+x}{z+a+y}=\dfrac{z+c}{z+a}$$.
So
$$z^2=\dfrac{(yc-xa)^2}{(x-y)^2}=\dfrac{y^2c^2+x^2a^2-2xayc}{x^2+y^2-2xy}$$Now compare this two equations for $z^2$, we get by componendo(or whatever you call that}$$z^2=2xayc/4xy=ac/2$$And done :)
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aditya21
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though this question is less bashy than INMO 2015 P5, still ....

my solution sketch =

we easily get by $[ABC]=rs$ where $r$ is inradii.

we get $\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{s+BD}{[ABC]}$ where $s$ is semi-perimeter of triangle $ABC$

and hence $\frac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}$ is equivalent to prove that

$[ABC]=BD^2$

now since triangles $ABD,BCD$ have same inradii. than again using $[ABC]=rs$

we get $\frac{AB+BD}{AD}=\frac{BD+BC}{CD}$

which can than be bashed :P to get $2BD^2=AB.AC=2[ABC]$ as desired.

so we are done.
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'To bash or not to bash,that is the question' describes the geos of 2016 Inmo :rotfl:
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Exactly @ above. Infact, on the overall the paper was so bashy, in the first 2 hours i got only 0.5 problems (:P) since i was thinking up creative ideas for the others. However, in the last 2 hours reality struck and thankfully i was able to solve enough problems to pass(hopefully)...
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Amusingly, it seems that something related to this was given in An Indian Practice test
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
Here is my solution using some length chasing sort of arguments. This is quite hard for an average INMO problem but nevertheless, it can be done in an hour at the most at the contest.

Let $AB=1$ and $BC=x$. Let $D$ be the point on $AC$ and let $\frac{AD}{DC}=k$. Let $[ABD]=\Delta_1$ and $[CBD]=\Delta_2$ and let $2s_1=AB+BD+DA$ and $2s_2=CB+BD+DC$.

Now, we know that $\frac{r_1}{r_2}=1=\frac{\Delta_1(2s_2)}{\Delta_2(2s_1)}=\frac{AD}{DC}\frac{x+BD+DC}{1+BD+DA}$ which is equivalent to

\begin{align*} \frac{AD}{DC}=k=\frac{1+BD}{x+BD} \end{align*}
Now, this give that $BD=\frac{kx-1}{1-k}$

However, by Stewart's theorem $AC.BD^2=CD.AB^2+AD.BC^2$ and so computing this gives that $k=\frac{x+3}{3x+1}$. and similarly we get that $BD=\frac{(x+1)}{2}$.

Now, $r=\frac{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2}$ and that $r'=\frac{\Delta_1}{s_1}$.

Now, $[ABC]=\frac{x}{2}$ and so we have that $\Delta_1(1+k)=[ABC]$ and so $\Delta_1=\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}$.

Also, we know that $AD(1+k)=AC=\sqrt{x^2+1}$ and so $2AD=\frac{(x+3)\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2(x+1)}$ and hence, we have that

\begin{align*} r_1=r'=\frac{\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}}{\frac{1+\frac{x+1}{2}+AD}{2}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}} \end{align*}
Now, we have that $\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}=\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{x}{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}}$.

This completes the proof $\blacksquare$
(This was just a sketch of what the expressions come out to be and is done by hand. It's not really hard to do all the intermediate steps, just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude)

How can you assume AB =1
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Wizard_32
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themathfreak wrote:
How can you assume AB =1
Because we are dealing with ratios.
So if it is greater than (or less than) 1, the triangle would be just a scaled version of the assumed lengths (since $x$ can be anything!), and the similarity ratio would cancel out in the end, so it doesn't matter.
This assumption just eases our work :P
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PROF65
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http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1561314p9554167
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WizardMath
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My solution (from two years ago):

Claim 1 : Let $ABC$ be a triangle with inradius $r$, and the point $D$ on $BC$ such that inradii of $ABD, ACD$ have a common inradius $r'$. If $s$ is the semiperimeter of $ABC$ and $BC = a$, then $AD = \sqrt{s(s-a)}$
Proof : Suppose $AD = d$, and the semiperimeters of $ABD$ and $ACD$ are $s_1, s_2$. $AB=c, AC=b$. Then $s_1+s_2=s+d$.
Similar triangles and sum of areas yield $\frac{s+d}{s}=\frac{s_1+s_2}{s}= \frac{r}{r'}=\frac{s-b}{s_1-d}  = \frac{s-c}{s_2-d} = \frac{a}{s_1+s_2-2d} = \frac{a}{s-d}$, so the claim follows. $\blacksquare$

Claim 2 : Let the height from $A$ onto $BC$ be $h$. Then $\left( 1 - \frac{2r'}{h} \right)^2 = \left( 1 - \frac{2r}{h} \right)$.
Proof : We use a
Lemma : $\frac{2r}{h} = \tan \frac{B}{2} \tan \frac{C}{2}$.
Proof of lemma : $\tan \frac{B}{2} \tan \frac{C}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{(s-c)(s-a)}{s(s-b)}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{(s-b)(s-a)}{s(s-c)}} = \frac {s-a}{s}$. But this is the ratio of the lengths of the tangents from $A$ to the incircle and the excircle, so the ratio must equal the distance of $A$ from the "topmost" tangent of the incircle and $BC$, which equals $\frac{h-2r}{h}$. $\blacksquare$
Now applying this lemma to $ABD$, $ACD$, and multiplying the two relations together, along with an application of the lemma to $ABC$ yields Claim 2.

Now using this claim, we get $1-\frac{2r'}{h} = \sqrt{1-\frac{2r}{h}}= \sqrt{\frac{s-a}{s}} = \frac{AD}{s}$.

We come back to the main problem.
Note that $BD = \sqrt{s(s-b)} = \sqrt{\frac{ac}{2}}$.
$\frac{1}{r'} - \frac{1}{BD} = \frac{(2s+h)\cdot  BD - s h}{BD \cdot h \cdot (s-BD)} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{ac(a+b+c-\sqrt{2ac})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{a^2b + ab^2 + abc + a^2c + ac^2 + bc^2 - ab^2 - b^3 -2ac\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{(ab+ac+c^2-b^2)(a+b) - ((a+c)^2-b^2)\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{(a+c-b)(a+b)(c+b) -(a+c-b)(a+b+c)\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2}{a+c-b} = \frac{1}{r}$, wherein we have used $a^2 + c^2 = b^2$ and $h = \frac{ac}{b}$ and $r = s-b$. $\blacksquare$

Remark : This is essentially a brute force solution, but has an additional highlight of being able to find $BD$ generally, and also all the other lengths that are fruitful in this solution. Claim 2 can also be generalized, and for unequal radii $r_1, r_2$ instead of $r'$, we have $\left( 1 - \frac{2r_1}{h} \right) \cdot  \left( 1 - \frac{2r_2}{h} \right)= \left( 1 - \frac{2r}{h} \right)$.
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Wizard_32
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A year later, I tried this again, and successfully solved (bashed) this. I guess I have improved as a basher :D
YESMAths wrote:
Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
Let $AD=x,$ and so $DC=b-x.$ Also, $AB=c, BC=a, BD=m.$ Then the condition gives
$$\frac{[ABD]}{[BDC]}=\frac{s_{ABD}}{s_{BDC}} \Leftrightarrow \frac{x}{b-x}=\frac{c+x+m}{a+b-x+m}$$This simplifies to
\begin{align*} 
x=\frac{b(c+m)}{a+c+2m} 
\end{align*}Now, $$r'=\frac{[ABD]}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{[BDC]}{s_{BDC}}=\frac{[ABD]+[BDC]}{s_{ABD}+s_{BDC}}=\frac{ac}{a+b+c+2m}$$Thus, it suffices to show
$$\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{m} \Leftrightarrow \frac{a+b+c+2m}{ac}=\frac{a+b+c}{ac}+\frac{1}{m} \Leftrightarrow 2m^2=ac$$By Stewart's theorem
\begin{align*}
& a^2x+c^2(b-x)=bm^2+bx(b-x) \\
&\Leftrightarrow (a^2-c^2)x+c^2b=b^2x-bx^2+bm^2 \\
&\Leftrightarrow x(-2c^2+bx)=b(m^2-c^2) & (\text{as }a^2+c^2=b^2 )\\
\\
&\Leftrightarrow \frac{b(c+m)}{a+c+2m} \left( -2c^2+\frac{b^2(c+m)}{a+c+2m} \right)=b(m^2-c^2) \\
\\
&\Leftrightarrow -2c^2(a+c+2m)+b^2(c+m)=(m-c)(a+c+2m)^2
\end{align*}This is not much computation, and the end expression is really neat:
$$2m^3+2m^2a-mca-ca^2=0 \Leftrightarrow (2m^2-ac)(m+a)=0$$Hence, $2m^2=ac,$ as desired. $\square$
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NTistrulove
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We know that $r=\frac{\Delta}{s}$ where $\Delta$ denoting the area of triangle.


So we can say that,
\[r'=\frac{\Delta_{CBD}}{s_{CBD}}=\frac{\Delta_{ABD}}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{\Delta_{CBD}+\Delta_{ABD}=\Delta_{ABC}}{s_{CBD}+s_{ABD}}\]So we have
\[\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{s_{ABC}+BD}{\Delta_{ABC}}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{BD}{\Delta_{ABC}}\]
Claim: $BD^2=\Delta_{ABC}= AB\cdot BC/2$
Took help from ALM_04 for this part

We have,
\[\frac{\Delta_{CBD}}{\Delta_{ABD}}=\frac{s_{CBD}}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{CD}{AD}\]Therefore,
\[\frac{s_{CBD}}{CD}=\frac{s_{ABD}}{AD}\]\[\frac{BC+BD}{CD}=\frac{AB+BD}{AD}\]After some intense bashing we will get the result $\square$

Therefore, we will have
\[\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}\]$\blacksquare$
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