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,
be 
.
meet at point 
on line 
be 
.
meet 
respectively. Let 
lie on a circle.
red cards, 
white cards, and 
blue cards. A player plays all the cards one at a time. With each play he accumulates a penalty. If he plays a blue card, then he is charged a penalty which is the number of white cards still in his hand. If he plays a white card, then he is charged a penalty which is twice the number of red cards still in his hand. If he plays a red card, then he is charged a penalty which is three times the number of blue cards still in his hand. Find, as a function of 
and 
the minimal total penalty a player can amass and all the ways in which this minimum can be achieved.
and a set 
consisting of 
disting positive integers smaller than 
are given. Prove that there exists a positive integer 
that can be written in the form 
,
in at least 
different ways.
lies on side 
lies on side 
.
and 
be points on segments 
and 
,
is parallel to 
.
be a point on line 
,
.
be the point on line 
,
.
,
such that 
satisfying 
.
.
meets 
again at point 
.
and 
.
is a parallelogram, and suppose the angle bisectors of 
and 
concur on 
.
and 
meet 
and 
.
.
and 
with another positive integer 
,
is a perfect square. For example, if the number on the blackboard is 
,
,
,
,
.
and orthocenter 
,
and that line 
is not parallel to line 
is perpendicular to 
.
is a diameter, and 
and 
are parallel. Let 
.
and 
are perpendicular.
and 
are perpendicular.
be positive integers and 
be an odd prime such that:![\[
a^p \equiv 1 \pmod{p^n}.
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Prove that:![\[
a \equiv 1 \pmod{p^{n-1}}.
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and 
)
Prove that if lines 
are similar.
satisfying![\[\begin{aligned}
\begin{cases}
a+b+c+d=0,\\
a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=12,\\
abcd=-3.\\
\end{cases}
\end{aligned}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/b/1/8b1923e0303c0aa79332ee4540ee1885a9cf3f08.png)
crosses are placed. A set of 2025 cells we will call balanced if no two of them are in the same row or column. It is known that any balanced set has at least 
crosses.
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Let 
be a convex quadrilateral with 
. Let 
be the point of intersection of 
with 
and let 
be the midpoint of 
. On the extension of 
, beyond the point 
, we pick a point 
such that 
. Let 
and 
be the projections of 
and respectively on 
. The circumcircle of the triangle 
meets again at the point 
. If 
is the point of intersection of with , prove that the lines 
and 
intersect on the line 
.
be a convex quadrilateral with 
. Let 
be the point of intersection of 
with 
and let 
be the midpoint of 
. On the extension of 
, beyond the point 
, we pick a point 
such that 
. Let 
and 
be the projections of 
and respectively on 
. The circumcircle of the triangle 
meets again at the point 
. If 
is the point of intersection of with , prove that the lines 
and 
intersect on the line 
.
