olymmath

OBM 1992

Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad 1992.

Other problems

Problem 1

The equation x3+px+q=0x^3+px+q=0 has three distinct real roots. Show that p<0p<0

Problem 2

Show that there is a positive integer n such that the first 1992 digits of n1992n^{1992} are 1.

Problem 3

Given positive real numbers x1,x2,…,xnx_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n find the polygon A0A1…AnA_0A_1\ldots A_n with AiAi+1=xi+1A_iA_{i+1} = x_{i+1} and which has greatest area.

Problem 4

Let ABCABC be a triangle. Find the point DD on its side ACAC and the point EE on its side ABAB such that the area of triangle ADEADE equals to the area of the quadrilateral DEBCDEBC , and the segment DEDE has minimum possible length.

Problem 5

Let d(n)=∑0<d∣n1d(n)=\sum_{0<d|n}{1} . Show that, for any natural n>1n>1 ,

∑2≤i≤n1i≤∑d(i)n≤∑1≤i≤n1i\sum_{2 \leq i \leq n}{\frac{1}{i}} \leq \sum{\frac{d(i)}{n}} \leq \sum_{1 \leq i \leq n}{\frac{1}{i}}

Problem 7

Find all 4-tuples (a,b,c,n)(a,b,c,n) of naturals such that

na+nb=ncn^a + n^b = n^c

Problem 8

In a chess tournament each player plays every other player once. A player gets 1 point for a win, 0.5 point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Both men and women played in the tournament and each player scored the same total of points against women as against men. Show that the total number of players must be a square.