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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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k i Zero tolerance
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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.
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To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
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More specifically:

For new threads:


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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:
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- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
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Good titles:
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- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


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Prove that the triangle is isosceles.
TUAN2k8   4
N 30 minutes ago by JARP091
Source: My book
Given acute triangle $ABC$ with two altitudes $CF$ and $BE$.Let $D$ be the point on the line $CF$ such that $DB \perp BC$.The lines $AD$ and $EF$ intersect at point $X$, and $Y$ is the point on segment $BX$ such that $CY \perp BY$.Suppose that $CF$ bisects $BE$.Prove that triangle $ACY$ is isosceles.
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TUAN2k8
Yesterday at 9:55 AM
JARP091
30 minutes ago
Pythagoras...
Hip1zzzil   0
31 minutes ago
Source: KMO 2025 Round 1 P20
Find the sum of all $k$s such that:
There exists two odd positive integers $a,b$ such that ${k}^{2}={a}^{2b}+{(2b)}^{4}.$
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Hip1zzzil
31 minutes ago
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Hard Function
johnlp1234   2
N 39 minutes ago by maromex
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that:
$$f(x^3+f(y))=y+(f(x))^3$$
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johnlp1234
Jul 8, 2020
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Guangxi High School Mathematics Competition 2025 Q12
sqing   3
N 44 minutes ago by sqing
Source: China Guangxi High School Mathematics Competition 2025 Q12
Let $ a,b,c>0  $. Prove that
$$abc\geq \frac {a+b+c}{\frac {1}{a^2}+\frac {1}{b^2}+\frac {1}{c^2} }\geq(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)$$
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[CASH PRIZES] IndyINTEGIRLS Spring Math Competition
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N an hour ago by tikachaudhuri
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Join other woman-identifying and/or non-binary "STEMinists" in solving problems, socializing, playing games, winning prizes, and more! If you are interested in competing, please register here![/center]

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Hard Function
johnlp1234   4
N an hour ago by jasperE3
f:R+--->R+:
f(x^3+f(y))=y+(f(x))^3
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Jul 7, 2020
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Pythagorean Diophantine?
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N an hour ago by Ianis
The number of ordered pair $(a,b)$ of positive integers with $a \le b$ satisfying $a^2+b^2=2025$ is

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youochange
2 hours ago
Ianis
an hour ago
A china olympia 2015 problem.
Math2030   0
2 hours ago
Let $n \geq 5$ be a positive integer and let $A$ and $B$ be sets of integers satisfying the following conditions:

i) $|A| = n$, $|B| = m$ and $A$ is a subset of $B$
ii) For any distinct $x,y \in B$, $x+y \in B$ iff $x,y \in A$

Determine the minimum value of $m$.
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Permutations of Integers from 1 to n
Twoisntawholenumber   75
N 4 hours ago by SYBARUPEMULA
Source: 2020 ISL C1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the number of permutations $a_1$, $a_2$, $\dots a_n$ of the
sequence $1$, $2$, $\dots$ , $n$ satisfying
$$a_1 \le 2a_2\le 3a_3 \le \dots \le na_n$$.

Proposed by United Kingdom
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4 hours ago
Again
heartwork   11
N 4 hours ago by Mathandski
Source: Vietnam MO 2002, Problem 5
Determine for which $ n$ positive integer the equation: $ a + b + c + d = n \sqrt {abcd}$ has positive integer solutions.
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Cono Sur Olympiad 2011, Problem 3
Leicich   5
N 4 hours ago by Thelink_20
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. Let $P$ be a point inside of it such that the square root of the distance of $P$ to one of the sides is equal to the sum of the square roots of the distances of $P$ to the other two sides. Find the geometric place of $P$.
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2016 Sets
NormanWho   111
N 4 hours ago by Amkan2022
Source: 2016 USAJMO 4
Find, with proof, the least integer $N$ such that if any $2016$ elements are removed from the set ${1, 2,...,N}$, one can still find $2016$ distinct numbers among the remaining elements with sum $N$.
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camp/class recommendations for incoming freshman
walterboro   14
N 4 hours ago by jb2015007
hi guys, i'm about to be an incoming freshman, does anyone have recommendations for classes to take next year and camps this summer? i am sure that i can aime qual but not jmo qual yet. ty
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walterboro
May 10, 2025
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Metamorphosis of Medial and Contact Triangles
djmathman   102
N Yesterday at 8:40 PM by Mathandski
Source: 2014 USAJMO Problem 6
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incenter $I$, incircle $\gamma$ and circumcircle $\Gamma$. Let $M,N,P$ be the midpoints of sides $\overline{BC}$, $\overline{CA}$, $\overline{AB}$ and let $E,F$ be the tangency points of $\gamma$ with $\overline{CA}$ and $\overline{AB}$, respectively. Let $U,V$ be the intersections of line $EF$ with line $MN$ and line $MP$, respectively, and let $X$ be the midpoint of arc $BAC$ of $\Gamma$.

(a) Prove that $I$ lies on ray $CV$.

(b) Prove that line $XI$ bisects $\overline{UV}$.
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Mathandski
Yesterday at 8:40 PM
AIME I 2025 Problem 6
PaperMath   38
N Apr 20, 2025 by NicoN9
Source: 2025 AIME 1 #6
An isosceles trapezoid has an inscribed circle tangent to each of its four sides. The radius of the circle is $3$, and the area of the trapezoid is $72$. Let the parallel sides of the trapezoid have lengths $r$ and $s$, with $r \neq s$. Find $r^2+s^2$
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Feb 7, 2025
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Apr 20, 2025
AIME I 2025 Problem 6
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An isosceles trapezoid has an inscribed circle tangent to each of its four sides. The radius of the circle is $3$, and the area of the trapezoid is $72$. Let the parallel sides of the trapezoid have lengths $r$ and $s$, with $r \neq s$. Find $r^2+s^2$
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Anyone confirm $r+s=24, rs=36$ for $504?$
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that is what i got
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504 yes
Pretty ez for p6
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Height is obviously $6$, area gives midline length $12$ so by Pitot so are the legs. Pythag gives base length difference of $12\sqrt3$ so the bases are $12 \pm 6\sqrt3$. Answer $2(144 + 108) = \boxed{504}$.
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504 confirmed!
lets go
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Rip I thought 144-36 = 96
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Yes I confirm
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i think i used A = rs for this problem
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After you get r+s=24, you can also use equal tangents to notice that each of the legs are 12.
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1 minute solve 504?

You basically do that the hypotenuse is (r+s)/2 and that the two legs are 6 and (r-s)/2 and you know r+s via area
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xHypotenuse wrote:
1 minute solve 504?

You basically do that the hypotenuse is (r+s)/2 and that the two legs are 6 and (r-s)/2 and you know r+s via area

yeah i forgot (r+s)/2

i sold this so hard
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I had to rederive Pitot's theorem on the test sadge 5 minutes wasted

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unitsize(0.5 cm);

real r_base = 12 + 6*sqrt(3); 
real s_base = 12 - 6*sqrt(3); 
real h = 6;  

pair A = (-r_base/2, 0);
pair B = ( r_base/2, 0);
pair C = ( s_base/2, h);
pair D = (-s_base/2, h);

draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);

pair O = (0, h/2);
draw(circle(O, 3));

dot(A); label("$A$", A, SW);
dot(B); label("$B$", B, SE);
dot(C); label("$C$", C, NE);
dot(D); label("$D$", D, NW);

dot(O);

draw((0,0)--(0,h), dashed+linewidth(1));
label("$O$", (0,h/2), E);

label("$r$", midpoint(A--B), S);
label("$s$", midpoint(C--D), N);
[/asy]

We find two relations: one for $r + s$, another for $r - s$. We can easily find $r + s$ from the formula for an area of a trapezoid:

\[\frac{r + s}{2} \cdot 6 = 72\]\[r + s = 24\]
To find $r - s$, we utilize Pitot's theorem, which states that $AB + CD = BC + DA$. Since $AD = BC = x$ (where x is just an auxiliary variable), we have $r + s = 2x$. Thus, $x = 12$ from the relation we found earlier.

We find $r - s$ using the pythagorean theorem:

\[\left(\frac{r - s}{2}\right)^2 + 6^2 = 12^2\]\[(r - s)^2 = 4 \cdot 108\]
Since we have $(r + s)^2 = 24^2$, we calculate the final answer using the identity

\[\frac{(r + s)^2 + (r - s)^2}{2} = r^2 + s^2\]\[r^2 + s^2 = \frac{4 \cdot 108 + 24^2}{2} = \boxed{504}\]
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Denote the length of the shorter side as $2a$, longer side as $2b$, the length of the leg is $a+b$ by Pitot.

We have $(b-a)^2+36=(b+a)^2, 6(a+b)=72, a+b=12, ab=9$. Thus we could get $a^2+b^2=144-18=126$, the desired value is $4(a^2+b^2)=\boxed{504}$

really easy for the position
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By inradius*semiperimeter=area and Pitot, get $r+s=24$ is the semiperimeter, so both legs have length $12$. By Brahmagupta's, $72=\sqrt{12^2(24-r)(24-s)}$ implying $rs=(24-s)(24-r)=36$. Now $r^2+s^2=24^2-2\cdot 36=\boxed{504}$.
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Or u can extend a and b to line CD and use pythag after finding BC=12 using tangents
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Solution
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Let $r=2x$ and $s=2y$. We have $72 = \frac{2x+2y}{2} \cdot 6$ so $x+y = 12$. Furthermore, the legs both have length $x+y=12$ (equal tangents) Drop an altitude from one of the smaller base's vertices, giving a right triangle with hypotenuse $12$ and legs $6$ and $y-x$. Thus, $y-x=6\sqrt3$ and it is trivial to find $r^2+s^2=504$.
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A property of inscribed quadrilaterals is that opposite sides have equal sum.
We see that the perimeter is 48, so opposite sides add to 24. We see that the two equal legs must have lengths 12. Also, the height is 6. Dropping the altitudes, we find that r+s=24 and $ r-s = 12\sqrt{3}$, so r and s are $12+6\sqrt{3}$ and $12-6\sqrt{3}$ for an answer of 504.
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Let $r$ be the bottom base and $s$ be the top base,
$(r + s)^2 = r^2 + s^2 + 2rs$
The area of the trapezoid is $\frac{r + s}{2} \cdot 6 = 72, r + s = 24$, $(r + s)^2 = 576, $$r/2 = \frac{3}{\tan \theta} \implies r = \frac{6}{\tan \theta}, s/2 = 3 \cdot \tan \theta \implies s = 6\tan \theta, rs = 36, r^2 + s^2 = 576 - 2rs = 576 - 36 \cdot 2 = \boxed{504}.$
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Mathdreams
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I sillies this by finding half of each side length and finding the sum of their squares...
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lpieleanu
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Solution
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Is a 60 AMC10 plus 13 on AIME good enough index for jmo?
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My second solve on the test
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PaperMath
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jlcong wrote:
Is a 60 AMC10 plus 13 on AIME good enough index for jmo?

huh
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ah yes the difference between the bases is $6\sqrt3\cdot2=6\sqrt{3}$ :thumbup:
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mpcnotnpc
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no pitot :(
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vincentwant wrote:
ah yes the difference between the bases is $6\sqrt3\cdot2=6\sqrt{3}$ :thumbup:

same :pensive:
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pi_is_3.14
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There is a much easier solution to find rs by seeing ODM (where M is midpoint of CD) is similar to OAN (where N is midpoint of AB) since <D and <A are supplementary and OA, OD are angle bisectors
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I was so confused on this one at first because I realized that $r+s = 24$ meant that it would've had to be a really wide trapezoid, but I decided that it was probably fine.
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Much Easier Solution
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504 confirmed. Below is my solution, though it is probably very similar to above solutions.
By drawing the circle out, you will notice the height of the trapezoid is 3 + 3 = 6. Thus, (r + s)/2 * 6 = 72 meaning r + s = 24. Also, by power of point, you will get 2x - s = r if we let the two congruent sides of the trapezoid be x. So then x = r + s/2. Now, breaking up the trapezoid into two congruent right triangles and 1 rectangle yields the right triangle with hypotenuse r + s/2 and legs of length 6 and s - r/2 as the diameter of the circle is the altitude of the trapezoid. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, you will get that rs = 36. Now using r + s = 24 and rs = 36, r^2 + s^2 = 24^2 - 2*36 = 576 - 72 = $\boxed{504}$. Pretty easy for a problem 6, ngl.
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oof this is my first time taking AIME, and I was only able to do 1, 2, 3, and 9. Much to my dismay, I sillied questions 4 and 6.
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I got the answer because I had to use $a^2+b^2=(a+b)^2-2ab$ to get $\boxed{504}$
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why was this so easy :skull:
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@OP needs a period

this is a little too trivial for a 6

WLOG $r>s.$ We have $6(r+s)/2=72,$ so $r+s=24.$ Thus the sum of the other two sides is $24$ by Pitot, so each of the equal sides is equal to $12.$ Then $r-s=2\sqrt{12^2-6^2}=12\sqrt3,$ so $r=12+6\sqrt3$ and $s=12-6\sqrt3.$ Extract $\boxed{504}.$

oops this is the exact same as #5

There should be a non-pitot sol too by extending equal sides and using inrdius formulae, but this is much quicker.
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Solution without Pitot (diagram from post #13):

[asy]
unitsize(0.5 cm);

real r_base = 12 + 6*sqrt(3);
real s_base = 12 - 6*sqrt(3);
real h = 6;

pair A = (-r_base/2, 0);
pair B = ( r_base/2, 0);
pair C = ( s_base/2, h);
pair D = (-s_base/2, h);

draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);

pair O = (0, h/2);
draw(circle(O, 3));

dot(A); label("$A$", A, SW);
dot(B); label("$B$", B, SE);
dot(C); label("$C$", C, NE);
dot(D); label("$D$", D, NW);

dot(O);

draw((0,0)--(0,h), dashed+linewidth(1));
label("$O$", (0,h/2), E);

label("$r$", midpoint(A--B), S);
label("$s$", midpoint(C--D), N);
[/asy]

Use area to find that $r+s=24.$ Note that $\angle COB=90^\circ,$ and let $M$ be the foot of the altitude from $O$ to $BC.$ We know by equal tangents that $CM=s/2$ and $BM=r/2,$ and by similar $CMO$ and $OMB$ we have that $r/2\cdot s/2=9$ so $rs=36.$ Then, $$r^2+s^2=(r+s)^2-2rs=\boxed{504}.$$
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PaperMath wrote:
An isosceles trapezoid has an inscribed circle tangent to each of its four sides. The radius of the circle is $3$, and the area of the trapezoid is $72$. Let the parallel sides of the trapezoid have lengths $r$ and $s$, with $r \neq s$. Find $r^2+s^2$

The height of the trapezoid is the diameter of the circle, $6$, so the area is $\frac{r+s}2\cdot6=72$ which means $r+s=24$. We can also calculate the area as $\frac{r+s+2d}2\cdot3=72$, the product of the semiperimeter and inradius where $d$ is the length of either leg of the trapezoid, since it has an inscribed circle. Solving, we get $d=12$.
The finish is just a simple application of the Pythagorean theorem. Let the trapezoid be $ABCD$ where $AB\le CD$, and let $P$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $B$ to $CD$. We have $BP=6$ and $BC=d=12$, so by the Pythagorean theorem $CP=\sqrt{12^2-6^2}=6\sqrt3$. Then WLOG $r=AB$ so $s=CD=AB+2CP=r+12\sqrt3$. Recalling that $r+s=24$, we can solve for $2r+12\sqrt3=24$ to get $r=12-6\sqrt3$ and $s=12+6\sqrt3$, then:
$$r^2+s^2=\left(12-6\sqrt3\right)^2+\left(12+6\sqrt3\right)^2=2\cdot12^2+2\cdot\left(6\sqrt3\right)^2=\boxed{504}.$$
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Let the trapezoid be $ABCD$ with $AB=r$ and $CD=s$. Let $AD=BC=t$. Let $X$ be the foot of perpendicular line from $A$ to $CD$. WLOG $r<s$.

Since there exist circle inscribed $ABCD$, we have $r+s=2t$. By the area condition, we have $\frac{1}{2}(r+s)\cdot 6=72$. By Pythagoras on $\triangle{ADE}$, we should have $6^2+\left(\frac{1}{2}(s-r)\right)^2=t^2$.

These three equations are enough to imply that $t=12$, $r=12-6\sqrt{3}$, $s=12+6\sqrt{3}$. In particular, $r^2+s^2=504$.
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