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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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May 1, 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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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
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.


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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.

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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
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
Find function
trito11   3
N 30 minutes ago by jasperE3
Find $f:\mathbb{R^+} \to \mathbb{R^+} $ such that
i) f(x)>f(y) $\forall$ x>y>0
ii) f(2x)$\ge$2f(x)$\forall$x>0
iii)$f(f(x)f(y)+x)=f(xf(y))+f(x)$$\forall$x,y>0
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trito11
Nov 11, 2019
jasperE3
30 minutes ago
Interesting functional equation
IvanRogers1   7
N 33 minutes ago by jasperE3
Find all functions $f:  \mathbb{R} \to  \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x + y) + f(xy) + 1 = f(x) + f(y) + f(xy + 1) \forall x ,y \in \mathbb R$.
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IvanRogers1
6 hours ago
jasperE3
33 minutes ago
Asymmetric FE
sman96   18
N 39 minutes ago by jasperE3
Source: BdMO 2025 Higher Secondary P8
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that$$f(xf(y)-y) + f(xy-x) + f(x+y) = 2xy$$for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
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sman96
Feb 8, 2025
jasperE3
39 minutes ago
PIE practice
Serengeti22   2
N an hour ago by DhruvJha
Does anybody know any good problems to practice PIE that range from mid-AMC10/12 level - early AIME level for pracitce.
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Serengeti22
May 12, 2025
DhruvJha
an hour ago
Easy Geometry
pokmui9909   6
N an hour ago by reni_wee
Source: FKMO 2025 P4
Triangle $ABC$ satisfies $\overline{CA} > \overline{AB}$. Let the incenter of triangle $ABC$ be $\omega$, which touches $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Let the circle centered at $M$ passing through $D$ intersect $DE, DF$ at $P(\neq D), Q(\neq D)$, respecively. Let line $AP$ meet $BC$ at $N$, line $BP$ meet $CA$ at $L$. Prove that the three lines $EQ, FP, NL$ are concurrent.
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pokmui9909
Mar 30, 2025
reni_wee
an hour ago
2024 Mock AIME 1 ** p15 (cheaters' trap) - 128 | n^{\sigma (n)} - \sigma(n^n)
parmenides51   1
N an hour ago by NamelyOrange
Let $N$ be the number of positive integers $n$ such that $n$ divides $2024^{2024}$ and $128$ divides
$$n^{\sigma (n)} - \sigma(n^n)$$where $\sigma (n)$ denotes the number of positive integers that divide $n$, including $1$ and $n$. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000$.
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parmenides51
Jan 29, 2025
NamelyOrange
an hour ago
Old hard problem
ItzsleepyXD   3
N an hour ago by Funcshun840
Source: IDK
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $O$ be its circumcenter and $I$ its incenter.
Let $P$ be the radical center of its three mixtilinears and let $Q$ be the isogonal conjugate of $P$.
Let $G$ be the Gergonne point of the triangle $ABC$.
Prove that line $QG$ is parallel with line $OI$ .
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ItzsleepyXD
Apr 25, 2025
Funcshun840
an hour ago
\frac{2^{n!}-1}{2^n-1} be a square
AlperenINAN   10
N 2 hours ago by Nuran2010
Source: Turkey JBMO TST 2024 P5
Find all positive integer values of $n$ such that the value of the
$$\frac{2^{n!}-1}{2^n-1}$$is a square of an integer.
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AlperenINAN
May 13, 2024
Nuran2010
2 hours ago
Beautiful Angle Sum Property in Hexagon with Incenter
Raufrahim68   0
2 hours ago
Hello everyone! I discovered an interesting geometric property and would like to share it with the community. I'm curious if this is a known result and whether it can be generalized.

Problem Statement:
Let
A
B
C
D
E
K
ABCDEK be a convex hexagon with an incircle centered at
O
O. Prove that:


A
O
B
+

C
O
D
+

E
O
K
=
180

∠AOB+∠COD+∠EOK=180
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Raufrahim68
2 hours ago
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Anything real in this system must be integer
Assassino9931   7
N 2 hours ago by Leman_Nabiyeva
Source: Al-Khwarizmi International Junior Olympiad 2025 P1
Determine the largest integer $c$ for which the following statement holds: there exists at least one triple $(x,y,z)$ of integers such that
\begin{align*} x^2 + 4(y + z) = y^2 + 4(z + x) = z^2 + 4(x + y) = c \end{align*}and all triples $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers, satisfying the equations, are such that $x,y,z$ are integers.

Marek Maruin, Slovakia
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Assassino9931
May 9, 2025
Leman_Nabiyeva
2 hours ago
CIIM 2011 First day problem 3
Ozc   2
N 3 hours ago by pi_quadrat_sechstel
Source: CIIM 2011
Let $f(x)$ be a rational function with complex coefficients whose denominator does not have multiple roots. Let $u_0, u_1,... , u_n$ be the complex roots of $f$ and $w_1, w_2,..., w_m$ be the roots of $f'$. Suppose that $u_0$ is a simple root of $f$. Prove that
\[ \sum_{k=1}^m \frac{1}{w_k - u_0} = 2\sum_{k = 1}^n\frac{1}{u_k - u_0}.\]
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Ozc
Oct 3, 2014
pi_quadrat_sechstel
3 hours ago
IMO 2009 P2, but in space
Miquel-point   1
N 3 hours ago by Miquel-point
Source: KoMaL A. 485
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron with circumcenter $O$. Suppose that the points $P, Q$ and $R$ are interior points of the edges $AB, AC$ and $AD$, respectively. Let $K, L, M$ and $N$ be the centroids of the triangles $PQD$, $PRC,$ $QRB$ and $PQR$, respectively. Prove that if the plane $PQR$ is tangent to the sphere $KLMN$ then $OP=OQ=OR.$

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Miquel-point
3 hours ago
Miquel-point
3 hours ago
Shortest cycle if sum d^2 = n^2 - n
Miquel-point   0
3 hours ago
Source: KoMaL B. 4218
In a graph, no vertex is connected to all of the others. For any pair of vertices not connected there is a vertex adjacent to both. The sum of the squares of the degrees of vertices is $n^2-n$ where $n$ is the number of vertices. What is the length of the shortest possible cycle in the graph?

Proposed by B. Montágh, Memphis
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Miquel-point
3 hours ago
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Dissecting regular heptagon in similar isosceles trapezoids
Miquel-point   0
3 hours ago
Source: KoMaL B. 5085
Show that a regular heptagon can be dissected into a finite number of symmetrical trapezoids, all similar to each other.

Proposed by M. Laczkovich, Budapest
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Miquel-point
3 hours ago
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Expected number of flips
Bread10   11
N Apr 16, 2025 by Bread10
An unfair coin has a $\frac{4}{7}$ probability of coming up heads and $\frac{3}{7}$ probability of coming up tails. The expected number of flips necessary to first see the sequence $HHTHTHHT$ in that consecutive order can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$. Find the number of factors of $n$.

$\textbf{(A)}~40\qquad\textbf{(B)}~42\qquad\textbf{(C)}~44\qquad\textbf{(D)}~45\qquad\textbf{(E)}~48$
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Bread10
Apr 15, 2025
Bread10
Apr 16, 2025
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An unfair coin has a $\frac{4}{7}$ probability of coming up heads and $\frac{3}{7}$ probability of coming up tails. The expected number of flips necessary to first see the sequence $HHTHTHHT$ in that consecutive order can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$. Find the number of factors of $n$.

$\textbf{(A)}~40\qquad\textbf{(B)}~42\qquad\textbf{(C)}~44\qquad\textbf{(D)}~45\qquad\textbf{(E)}~48$
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$n= 2^(10) * 3^3$
$11x4 = 44 [b]C[/b]$
44 C
latex aint working
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I don't think this will work like that one MATHCOUNTS problem because the sequences are not actually disjoint.

$HHTHTHHTHTHHT$ has 2 copies of the sequence inside it which are not disjoint.
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MathRook7817 wrote:
$n= 2^(10) * 3^3$
$11x4 = 44 [b]C[/b]$
44 C
latex aint working

How did you get that answer?
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Bread10 wrote:
MathRook7817 wrote:
$n= 2^(10) * 3^3$
$11x4 = 44 [b]C[/b]$
44 C
latex aint working

How did you get that answer?

i looked at the denominators and stuff
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I'm changing the problem because I don't like how easy it is to find the denominator
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An unfair coin has a $\frac{2}{3}$ probability of coming up heads and $\frac{1}{3}$ probability of coming up tails. The expected number of flips necessary to first see the sequence $HHTHTHHT$ in that consecutive order can be written as $n$. Find the greatest positive integer less than $n$.

$\textbf{(A)}~205\qquad\textbf{(B)}~211\qquad\textbf{(C)}~234\qquad\textbf{(D)}~256\qquad\textbf{(E)}~264$
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I just spent 10 minutes bashing this with states and I just realized I misread the question :sob:

The answer would be 265 if the probabilities were both 1/2
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I just spent 10 minutes bashing this with states and I just realized I misread the question :sob:

The answer would be 265 if the probabilities were both 1/2

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Pengu14 wrote:
I just spent 10 minutes bashing this with states and I just realized I misread the question :sob:

The answer would be 265 if the probabilities were both 1/2

It would actually be 264 but close enough ig
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Bread10 wrote:
An unfair coin has a $\frac{2}{3}$ probability of coming up heads and $\frac{1}{3}$ probability of coming up tails. The expected number of flips necessary to first see the sequence $HHTHTHHT$ in that consecutive order can be written as $n$. Find the greatest positive integer less than $n$.

$\textbf{(A)}~205\qquad\textbf{(B)}~211\qquad\textbf{(C)}~234\qquad\textbf{(D)}~256\qquad\textbf{(E)}~264$

211.(78125)
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Bread10 wrote:
An unfair coin has a $\frac{2}{3}$ probability of coming up heads and $\frac{1}{3}$ probability of coming up tails. The expected number of flips necessary to first see the sequence $HHTHTHHT$ in that consecutive order can be written as $n$. Find the greatest positive integer less than $n$.

$\textbf{(A)}~205\qquad\textbf{(B)}~211\qquad\textbf{(C)}~234\qquad\textbf{(D)}~256\qquad\textbf{(E)}~264$

211.(78125)

correct!
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