olymmath

BALKAN 1991

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 1991.

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Problem 1

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Let ABCABC be an acute triangle inscribed in a circle centered at OO . Let MM be a point on the small arc ABAB of the triangle's circumcircle. The perpendicular dropped from MM on the ray OAOA intersects the sides ABAB and ACAC at the points KK and LL , respectively. Similarly, the perpendicular dropped from MM on the ray OBOB intersects the sides ABAB and BCBC at NN and PP , respectively. Assume that KL=MNKL=MN . Find the size of the angle ∠MLP\angle{MLP} in terms of the angles of the triangle ABCABC .

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Problem 2

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Show that there are infinitely many noncongruent triangles which satisfy the following conditions: i) the side lengths are relatively prime integers; ii)the area is an integer number; iii)the altitudes' lengths are not integer numbers.

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Problem 3

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A regular hexagon of area HH is inscribed in a convex polygon of area PP . Show that P≤32HP \leq \frac{3}{2}H . When does the equality occur?

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Problem 4

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Prove that there is no bijective function f:{1,2,3,…}→{0,1,2,3,…}f : \left\{1,2,3,\ldots \right\}\rightarrow \left\{0,1,2,3,\ldots \right\} such that f(mn)=f(m)+f(n)+3f(m)f(n)f(mn)=f(m)+f(n)+3f(m)f(n) .

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