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Problem. Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AC > AB$, let $O$ be its circumcentre. The line through $A$ perpendicular to $BC$ intersects circle $(O)$ again at $T$. The tangents at $B$ and $C$ of $(O)$ intersect at $S$. $AS$ intersects $(O)$ at $X \neq A$. $OB$ intersects $AT$ at $P$. Let $N$ be the midpoint of $TC$.
Prove that $T, P, N, X$ are concyclic.
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\frac{a}{(b-c)^2}+\frac{b}{(a-c)^2}+\frac{c}{(b-a)^2}
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Let $p, q$ be real numbers. Knowing that there are positive real numbers $a, b, c$, different two by two, such that
$$p=\frac{a^2}{(b-c)^2}+\frac{b^2}{(a-c)^2}+\frac{c^2}{(a-b)^2},$$$$q=\frac{1}{(b-c)^2}+\frac{1}{(a-c)^2}+\frac{1}{(b-a)^2}$$calculate the value of
$$\frac{a}{(b-c)^2}+\frac{b}{(a-c)^2}+\frac{c}{(b-a)^2}$$in terms of $p, q$.
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Inspired by old results
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Let \( a, b, c \) be real numbers.Prove that
$$ \frac{(a - b + c)^2}{ (a^2+ a+1)(b^2+b+1)(c^2+ c+1)} \leq 4$$$$ \frac{(a + b + c)^2}{ (a^2+ a+1)(b^2 +b+1)(c^2+ c+1)} \leq \frac{2(69 + 11\sqrt{33})}{27}$$
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Let $N$ be a positive integer, and consider an $N \times N$ grid. A right-down path is a sequence of grid cells such that each cell is either one cell to the right of or one cell below the previous cell in the sequence. A right-up path is a sequence of grid cells such that each cell is either one cell to the right of or one cell above the previous cell in the sequence.

Prove that the cells of the $N \times N$ grid cannot be partitioned into less than $N$ right-down or right-up paths. For example, the following partition of the $5 \times 5$ grid uses $5$ paths.
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Indonesia Regional MO 2019 Part A
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Indonesia Regional MO
Year 2019 Part A

Time: 90 minutes Rules


p1. In the bag there are $7$ red balls and $8$ white balls. Audi took two balls at once from inside the bag. The chance of taking two balls of the same color is ...


p2. Given a regular hexagon with a side length of $1$ unit. The area of the hexagon is ...


p3. It is known that $r, s$ and $1$ are the roots of the cubic equation $x^3 - 2x + c = 0$. The value of $(r-s)^2$ is ...


p4. The number of pairs of natural numbers $(m, n)$ so that $GCD(n,m) = 2$ and $LCM(m,n) = 1000$ is ...


p5. A data with four real numbers $2n-4$, $2n-6$, $n^2-8$, $3n^2-6$ has an average of $0$ and a median of $9/2$. The largest number of such data is ...


p6. Suppose $a, b, c, d$ are integers greater than $2019$ which are four consecutive quarters of an arithmetic row with $a <b <c <d$. If $a$ and $d$ are squares of two consecutive natural numbers, then the smallest value of $c-b$ is ...


p7. Given a triangle $ABC$, with $AB = 6$, $AC = 8$ and $BC = 10$. The points $D$ and $E$ lies on the line segment $BC$. with $BD = 2$ and $CE = 4$. The measure of the angle $\angle DAE$ is ...


p8. Sequqnce of real numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3,...$ meet $\frac{na_1+(n-1)a_2+...+2a_{n-1}+a_n}{n^2}=1$ for each natural number $n$. The value of $a_1a_2a_3...a_{2019}$ is ....


p9. The number of ways to select four numbers from $\{1,2,3, ..., 15\}$ provided that the difference of any two numbers at least $3$ is ...


p10. Pairs of natural numbers $(m , n)$ which satisfies $$m^2n+mn^2 +m^2+2mn = 2018m + 2019n + 2019$$are as many as ...


p11. Given a triangle $ABC$ with $\angle ABC =135^o$ and $BC> AB$. Point $D$ lies on the side $BC$ so that $AB=CD$. Suppose $F$ is a point on the side extension $AB$ so that $DF$ is perpendicular to $AB$. The point $E$ lies on the ray $DF$ such that $DE> DF$ and $\angle ACE = 45^o$. The large angle $\angle AEC$ is ...


p12. The set of $S$ consists of $n$ integers with the following properties: For every three different members of $S$ there are two of them whose sum is a member of $S$. The largest value of $n$ is ....


p13. The minimum value of $\frac{a^2+2b^2+\sqrt2}{\sqrt{ab}}$ with $a, b$ positive reals is ....


p14. The polynomial P satisfies the equation $P (x^2) = x^{2019} (x+ 1) P (x)$ with $P (1/2)= -1$ is ....


p15. Look at a chessboard measuring $19 \times 19$ square units. Two plots are said to be neighbors if they both have one side in common. Initially, there are a total of $k$ coins on the chessboard where each coin is only loaded exactly on one square and each square can contain coins or blanks. At each turn. You must select exactly one plot that holds the minimum number of coins in the number of neighbors of the plot and then you must give exactly one coin to each neighbor of the selected plot. The game ends if you are no longer able to select squares with the intended conditions. The smallest number of $k$ so that the game never ends for any initial square selection is ....
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In a school of $800$ students, $224$ students play cricket, $240$ students play
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Hello everyone,
In a school of $800$ students, $224$ students play cricket, $240$ students play hockey and $336$ students play basketball. $64$ students play both basketball and hockey, $80$ students play both cricket and basketball, $40$ students play both cricket and hockey, and $24$ students play all three: basketball, hockey, and cricket. Find the number of students who do not play any game.

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In the above problem,I just want to know that why the number of students who don't play any game shouldn't be 0, because,if we add 224,240 and 336 it comes out to be 800.I have solution,but I just want to know how to explain it without theoretically.Thank you!
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100th post
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Well I guess this is my 100th post, it would be really funny if it isn't can yall share your favorite experience on AoPS here?
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Find all triples
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N Yesterday at 10:43 PM by Kempu33334
Find all triples of positive integers $(n, r, s)$ such that $n^2 + n + 1$ divides $n^r + n^s + 1$.
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Median geometry
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In triangle $ABC$, points $D$, $E$, and $F$ are the midpoints of sides $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$, respectively. Prove that the area of the triangle with side lengths $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$ has area $\tfrac{3}{4}[ABC]$.
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geometry
carvaan   1
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The difference between two angles of a triangle is 24°. All angles are numerically double digits. Find the number of possible values of the third angle.
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weird permutation problem
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Let $\sigma$ be a permutation of $1,2,3,4,5,6,7$ such that there are exactly $7$ ordered pairs of integers $(a,b)$ satisfying $1\le a < b \le 7$ and $\sigma(a) < \sigma(b)$. How many possible $\sigma$ exist?
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Recursion
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N Yesterday at 5:59 PM by vanstraelen
Help, I can't characterize ts and I dunno what to do
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geometry
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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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A problem with non-negative a,b,c
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Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables with $ab+bc+ca\neq 0.$ Prove that$$\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{8a^{2}+\left(b-c\right)^{2}}{\left(b+c\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8b^{2}+\left(c-a\right)^{2}}{\left(c+a\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8c^{2}+\left(a-b\right)^{2}}{\left(a+b\right)^{2}}}\ge \sqrt{\frac{18(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{ab+bc+ca}}.}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,0)$ where $t>0.$
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Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables with $ab+bc+ca\neq 0.$ Prove that$$\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{8a^{2}+\left(b-c\right)^{2}}{\left(b+c\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8b^{2}+\left(c-a\right)^{2}}{\left(c+a\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8c^{2}+\left(a-b\right)^{2}}{\left(a+b\right)^{2}}}\ge \sqrt{\frac{18(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{ab+bc+ca}}.}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,0)$ where $t>0.$
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Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables with $ab+bc+ca\neq 0.$ Prove that$$\color{blue}{\sqrt{8a(b+c)+(b-c)^{2}}+\sqrt{8b(c+a)+(c-a)^{2}}+\sqrt{8c(a+b)+(a-b)^{2}}\ge 12\cdot\frac{ab+bc+ca}{a+b+c}.}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,0)$ where $t>0.$
Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables with $a+b+c\neq 0.$ Prove that $$\color{blue}{\frac{ab(c+a)(c+b)}{2c+a+b}+\frac{bc(a+b)(a+c)}{2a+b+c}+\frac{ca(b+c)(b+a)}{2b+c+a}\ge \frac{(ab+bc+ca)^2}{a+b+c}.}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,0)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(0,0,t)$ where $t>0.$
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Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables. Prove that $$\color{blue}{\sqrt{3(a^2+b^2)+2(ab+bc+ca)}+\sqrt{3(b^2+c^2)+2(ab+bc+ca)}+\sqrt{3(c^2+a^2)+2(ab+bc+ca)}\ge 2\sqrt{3}(a+b+c).}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,0,0)$ where $t\ge 0.$
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