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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

Are you interested in working towards MATHCOUNTS and don’t know where to start? We have you covered! If you have taken Prealgebra, then you are ready for MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Basics. Already aiming for State or National MATHCOUNTS and harder AMC 8 problems? Then our MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Advanced course is for you.

Summer camps are starting next month at the Virtual Campus in math and language arts that are 2 - to 4 - weeks in duration. Spaces are still available - don’t miss your chance to have an enriching summer experience. There are middle and high school competition math camps as well as Math Beasts camps that review key topics coupled with fun explorations covering areas such as graph theory (Math Beasts Camp 6), cryptography (Math Beasts Camp 7-8), and topology (Math Beasts Camp 8-9)!

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[list][*]May 9th, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, Casework 2: Overwhelming Evidence — A Text Adventure, a game where participants will work together to navigate the map, solve puzzles, and win! All are welcome.
[*]May 19th, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, What's Next After Beast Academy?, designed for students finishing Beast Academy and ready for Prealgebra 1.
[*]May 20th, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Mathcamp 2025 Qualifying Quiz Part 1 Math Jam, Problems 1 to 4, join the Canada/USA Mathcamp staff for this exciting Math Jam, where they discuss solutions to Problems 1 to 4 of the 2025 Mathcamp Qualifying Quiz!
[*]May 21st, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Mathcamp 2025 Qualifying Quiz Part 2 Math Jam, Problems 5 and 6, Canada/USA Mathcamp staff will discuss solutions to Problems 5 and 6 of the 2025 Mathcamp Qualifying Quiz![/list]
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Svnshiin3-QTPI   4
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Hello there!
This is my first AoPS class, and I was wondering why my report bar is orange.
I have completed all of the Challenge homework problems, as well as the writing problems.
Is this because the writing problems have not been graded yet?
If not, are there any other assignments I need to complete?
Thanks.

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Stamina XP decreasing?
Craftybutterfly   29
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Summary of the problem: Last night when I checked, alcumus said I had 4250 stamina XP which is more than other people. However, when I just checked, it said I only earned 3905 XP. What is wrong?
Page URL: Hall of Fame
Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to hall of fame
2. Scroll to stamina XP earned
Expected behavior: It should still say I earned 4250 XP
Frequency: 100%
Operating system(s): HP Elitebook
Browser(s), including version: Chrome
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May 22, 2025
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Inequalities
sqing   0
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Let $a,b,c,d>0,a^2 + d^2-ad = (b + c)^2 $ aand $ a^2 + b^2 = c^2 + d^2.$ Prove that$$ \frac{ab+cd}{ad+bc} \geq \frac{ 4}{5}$$
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Largest Prime Factor
P162008   3
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The largest prime factor of the sum $\sum_{k=1}^{11} k^5$ is $\lambda.$ Find the sum of the digits of $\lambda.$
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sqing   27
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Let $ a,b>0 $ . Prove that
$$ \frac{a}{a^2+a +2b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+2a +b+1} \leq \frac{2}{5} $$$$ \frac{a}{a^2+2a +b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+a +2b+1} \leq \frac{2}{5} $$
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May 13, 2025
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Divisors of factorials can't be always products of consecutive integers
Johann Peter Dirichlet   0
5 hours ago
Let $M$ an even number.

Show that $\frac{n!}{M^2}$ is not the product of consecutive integers for infinitely many naturals $n$.
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Weird FTW game??
TheCoinNinja   0
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What is going on with this game??
As far as I can tell, this 10-problem, 45-second game has been sitting here with 1 of 1 players participating, and yet not started, for at least an hour and a half. Also, I_am_a_penguin has a normal avatar, not the gray one.

Summary of the problem: This should not be possible. The game should have started when the user created it since it's just a one person game.
Page URL:aops.com/ftw/ftw
Expected behavior: The game should have either started or disappeared.
Frequency: 100%
Operating system(s): Windows 11
Browser(s), including version: Chrome and Firefox
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5 hours ago
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Hide tag workaround
char0221   6
N Yesterday at 10:56 PM by jlacosta
Summary of the problem: When quoting a tip tag, hovering over it causes a glitch where the tip tag's inner contents are "stuck" below the quotes.
Page URL: Any community message boards.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a message.
2. Insert a quote.
3. Inside the quote, put a tip tag.
4. Submit/preview, then hover over the tip tag.
Expected behavior: Tip tag does not stay when mouse is removed.
Frequency: 100%
Operating system(s): macOS Sequoia
Browser(s), including version: Safari 18.4
Additional information:
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Also, make sure that the quote+tip is last.
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Try to close me!
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jlacosta
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IOQM P22 2024
SomeonecoolLovesMaths   3
N Yesterday at 10:51 PM by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
In a triangle $ABC$, $\angle BAC = 90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be the point on $BC$ such that $AB + BD = AC + CD$. Suppose $BD : DC = 2:1$. if $\frac{AC}{AB} = \frac{m + \sqrt{p}}{n}$, Where $m,n$ are relatively prime positive integers and $p$ is a prime number, determine the value of $m+n+p$.
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AP calc?
Thayaden   30
N Yesterday at 9:53 PM by Pengu14
How are we all feeling on AP calc guys?
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Yesterday at 9:53 PM
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Calculate the radius of a circle using sidelengths.
richminer   0
Yesterday at 6:17 PM
Given triangle ABC with incircle (I), with D being the touchpoint of (I) and BC. Let M be the tangent point of the A-Mixtilinear circle (internally tangent). A' is the reflection of A through I. Calculate the radius of the circle (MDA') using the side lengths of the triangle ABC.
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Yesterday at 6:17 PM
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Number of real roots
girishpimoli   0
Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Number of real roots of

$\displaystyle 2\sin(\theta)\cos(3\theta)\sin(5\theta)=-1$
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Yesterday at 5:35 PM
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Factorization Ex.28a Q30
Obvious_Wind_1690   1
N Yesterday at 4:43 PM by Lankou
Please help with factorization. Given is the question


\begin{align*} a(a+1)x^2+(a+b)xy-b(b-1)y^2\\ \end{align*}
And the given answer is


\begin{align*} [(a+1)x-(b-1)y][ax+by]\\ \end{align*}
But I am unable to reach the answer.
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Lankou
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Polynomials
P162008   4
N Yesterday at 4:19 PM by HAL9000sk
If $f(x)$ is a polynomial function such that $f(x) = x\sqrt{1 + (x + 1)\sqrt{1 + (x + 2)\sqrt{1 + (x + 3)\sqrt{1 + \cdots}}}}$ then

A) Degree of $f(x)$ must be greater than $2$

B) $f(-2) = 0$

C) $\sum_{r=1}^{5} \frac{1}{f(r)} = \frac{25}{42}$

D) $\sum_{r=1}^{n} \frac{1}{f(r)} = \frac{n(3n + 5)}{4(n+1)(n+2)}$
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dwead   4
N Apr 22, 2025 by jlacosta
Im wondering if there is any way to reset progress in a specific subject in alcumus like algebra or geometry the reason i want to do that is because im getting progress when im not even doing them and it's kinda annoying when i have to skip the ones that ive done but really haven't
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Im wondering if there is any way to reset progress in a specific subject in alcumus like algebra or geometry the reason i want to do that is because im getting progress when im not even doing them and it's kinda annoying when i have to skip the ones that ive done but really haven't
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if there is anyone that can reset all my progress in every subject other than prealgebra i would like that
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Some problems relate to multiple topics, so you will get progress in all of the topics that the problem covers if you solve that problem. :)
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you cannot reset a specific alcumus progress unless you reset your entire progress
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Hi dwead! Resetting Alcumus progress is irreversible and will wipe out your progress in Alcumus across all subjects, not just in any topics you prefer. If you still want your progress reset, please email help@artofproblemsolving.com.
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