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greenplanet2050   3
N 12 minutes ago by mathprodigy2011
um something weird happened today

I was doing the 2002 aime ii and i tried #9

I used PIE with $(2^{10}-1)-(\text{Number of times there are n same elements})$

so for like 1 same element i did $2^9 \cdot \dbinom{10}{1}$ cause there are 10 ways to choose 1 element that will be repeated. Similarly for 2 same elements it would be $2^8 \cdot \dbinom{10}{2}$

So if $A_n=2^{10-n} \cdot \dbinom{10}{n},$ the answer would be $(2^{10}-1)-([A_1+A_3+A_5+A_7+A_9]-[A_2+A_4+A_6+A_8+A_{10}].$ But this number turned out to be $0.$

Later when looking at the solution, i found out that the correct number was $28501.$ But I realized that $A_2+A_4+A_6+A_8+A_{10}=28501.$ So I was really confused of why i got the right answer somehow in my calculations.

Can someone explain why this happened? Thanks! :)
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Yesterday at 6:29 PM
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my brain isn't working :(
missmaialee   38
N an hour ago by trangbui
Compute $(-1)^{11}-1^{10}+2^9+(-2)^8$.
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Easy one
irregular22104   2
N 2 hours ago by trangbui
Given two positive integers $a,b$ written on the board. We apply the following rule: At each step, we will add all the numbers that are the sum of the two numbers on the board so that the sum does not appear on the board. For example, if the two initial numbers are $2,5$; then the numbers on the board after step 1 are $2,5,7$; after step 2 are $2,5,7,9,12;...$
1) With $a = 3$; $b = 12$, prove that the number 2024 cannot appear on the board.
2) With $a = 2$; $b = 34$, prove that the number 2024 can appear on the board.
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Darealzolt   3
N 2 hours ago by LeoaB411
It is known that \(a,b \in \mathbb{R}\) that satisfies
\[
a^3+b^3=1957
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(a+b)(a+1)(b+1)=2014
\]Hence, find the value of \(a+b\)
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Cyclic Sum
P162008   1
N Yesterday at 3:13 PM by aaravdodhia
If $\sum_{cyc} \alpha = 0$ and $\sum_{cyc} \frac{\alpha^4}{2\alpha^2 + \beta\gamma} = 1$ then find the greatest possible value of $\sum_{cyc}\alpha^4.$
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N Yesterday at 2:49 PM by jasperE3
f(0)=f(1)=1. \frac{f(n)f(n-m+1)}{f(n-m)} + \frac{f(n+1)f(n-m)}{f(m-n)} = \frac{f(n+2)f(n-m)f(m-n)}{f(n-m+1)f(m-n+1)}. Find f(10).

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Find x^2 + y^2
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N Yesterday at 2:42 PM by jasperE3
Let \(x,y\) be positive real numbers that fulfill
\[
\frac{x^2}{y^2}+\frac{4x^2-3xy-4y^2}{2xy-5y^2}=2
\]Hence find the value of \(x^2+y^2\)
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N Yesterday at 2:19 PM by BinariouslyRandom
LuAn is a renowned treasure hunter from Muntinlupa City. One day while patrolling the jungles of Mindanao, he found a safe with the following problem written on it:
[quote]Convert \(50392420515\) (base-10) into base-\(n\), where \(n\) is the smallest integer that has 8 factors. The answer will be the code to the safe.[/quote]
What is the secret password?

Note: If n > 10, A = 11, B = 12, and so on.
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Sipnayan 2009 HS Eliminations (Difficult, #5)
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N Yesterday at 2:14 PM by BinariouslyRandom
A round number is an integer whose base 2 representation has at least as many zeros as ones (the number of zeros is greater than or equal to the number of ones). How many round numbers are there less than or equal to 100?
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aops-g5-gethsemanea2   3
N Yesterday at 2:05 PM by BinariouslyRandom
A polynomial $f(x)$ with nonnegative integer coefficients satisfies $f(1)=24$ and $f(9)=2024$. Find $f(5)$.

Answer confirmation
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Is problem true?!?!?!?
giangtruong13   0
Yesterday at 2:00 PM
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, $I$ is incenter of triangle $ABC$. Draw $IM$ perpendicular to $AB$ at $M$ and $IN$ perpendicular to $AC$ at $N$, $IM=IN=m$. Prove that: Area of triangle $ANM$ $\geq 2m^2$
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Logarithms
P162008   0
Yesterday at 1:48 PM
Let $a = \frac{(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{5} 7)(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{7} 9)}{(\log_{3} 5 - \log_{5} 7)(\log_{3} 5 - \log_{7} 9)}, b = \frac{(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{3} 5)(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{7} 9)}{(\log_{5} 7 - \log_{3} 5)(\log_{5} 7 - \log_{7} 9)}$ and $c = \frac{(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{3} 5)(\log_{2} 3 - \log_{5} 7)}{(\log_{7} 9 - \log_{3} 5)(\log_{7} 9 - \log_{5} 7)}.$
Find the value of $\lfloor a + b + c \rfloor$ where $\lfloor.\rfloor$ denotes greatest integer function.
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Logarithms
P162008   0
Yesterday at 1:40 PM
Let $a = \log_{3} 5, b = \log_{3} 4$ and $c = -\log_{3} 20.$
Evaluate $\sum_{cyc} \frac{a^2 + b^2}{a^2 + b^2 + ab}.$
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P162008
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Binomial Sum
P162008   0
Yesterday at 1:36 PM
Let $\alpha = \sum_{k=0}^{1006} \frac{2012 - 2k}{(k+1) \binom{2013}{k+1}}.$
Evaluate $\alpha + \frac{1}{\binom{2013}{1006}}.$
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geometry
carvaan   1
N Apr 21, 2025 by vanstraelen
OABC is a trapezium with OC // AB and ∠AOB = 37°. Furthermore, A, B, C all lie on the circumference of a circle centred at O. The perpendicular bisector of OC meets AC at D. If ∠ABD = x°, find last 2 digit of 100x.
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OABC is a trapezium with OC // AB and ∠AOB = 37°. Furthermore, A, B, C all lie on the circumference of a circle centred at O. The perpendicular bisector of OC meets AC at D. If ∠ABD = x°, find last 2 digit of 100x.
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Given the circle, midpoint $O(0,0)$ and radius $r$, then $C(r,0),B(r\cos \alpha,r\sin \alpha),A(r\cos(\alpha+37^{\circ}),r\sin(\alpha+37^{\circ})\ )$.
$AB // OC \Rightarrow r\sin \alpha=r\sin(\alpha+37^{\circ}) \Rightarrow 2\alpha=143^{\circ}$.

The line $AC\ :\ y=-\cot \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2} \cdot (x-r)$ intersects the line $x=\frac{r}{2}$ in the point $D(\frac{r}{2},\frac{r\cot \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}{2})$.

The slope of the line $BD\ :\ \tan \angle ABD=m_{BD}=\frac{\sin \alpha-\frac{\cot \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}{2}}{\cos \alpha-\frac{1}{2}}$,
$\tan \angle ABD=\frac{2\sin \alpha\sin \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}-\cos \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}{2\sin \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}\cos \alpha-\sin \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}$,
$\tan \angle ABD=\frac{\cos \frac{\alpha-37^{\circ}}{2}-\cos \frac{3\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}-\cos \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}{\sin \frac{3\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}+\sin \frac{-\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}-\sin \frac{\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}$,

$\tan \angle ABD=\frac{\cos \frac{\alpha-37^{\circ}}{2}}{\sin \frac{-\alpha+37^{\circ}}{2}}$,
$\tan \angle ABD=\cot \frac{37^{\circ}-\alpha}{2}=\tan(90^{\circ}-\frac{37^{\circ}-\alpha}{2})=\tan \frac{180^{\circ}-37^{\circ}+\alpha}{2}=\tan 107.25^{\circ}$.
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