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Prove that the sum of the squares of consecutive positive integers cannot be the square of an integer.
Canadian Mathematical Olympiad 1984.
Prove that the sum of the squares of consecutive positive integers cannot be the square of an integer.
Alice and Bob are in a hardware store. The store sells coloured sleeves that fit over keys to distinguish them. The following conversation takes place: Alice: Are you going to cover your keys? Bob: I would like to, but there are only colours and I have keys. Alice: Yes, but you could always distinguish a key by noticing that the red key next to the green key was different from the red key next to the blue key. Bob: You must be careful what you mean by "next to" or "three keys over from" since you can turn the key ring over and the keys are arranged in a circle. Alice: Even so, you don't need colours.Problem: What is the smallest number of colours needed to distinguish keys if all the keys are to be covered.
An integer is digitally divisible if both of the following conditions are fulfilled: None of its digits is zero; It is divisible by the sum of its digits e.g. is digitally divisible. Show that there are infinitely many digitally divisible integers.
An acute triangle has unit area. Show that there is a point inside the triangle whose distance from each of the vertices is at least .
Given any real numbers, prove that there are two of them such that .