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CMO 1991

Canadian Mathematical Olympiad 1991.

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Problem 1

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Show that the equation x2+y5=z3x^2+y^5=z^3 has infinitely many solutions in integers x,y,zx, y,z for which xyz≠0xyz \neq 0 .

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Problem 2

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Let nn be a fixed positive integer. Find the sum of all positive integers with the property that in base 22 each has exactly 2n2n digits, consisting of nn 1's and nn 0's. (The first digit cannot be 00 .)

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Problem 3

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Let CC be a circle and PP a given point in the plane. Each line through PP which intersects CC determines a chord of CC . Show that the midpoints of these chords lie on a circle.

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Problem 4

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Can ten distinct numbers a1,a2,b1,b2,b3,c1,c2,d1,d2,d3a_1, a_2, b_1, b_2, b_3, c_1, c_2, d_1, d_2, d_3 be chosen from {0,1,2,…,14}\{0, 1, 2, \ldots, 14\} , so that the 1414 differences ∣a1−b1∣|a_1 - b_1| , ∣a1−b2∣|a_1 - b_2| , ∣a1−b3∣|a_1 - b_3| , ∣a2−b1∣|a_2 - b_1| , ∣a2−b2∣|a_2 - b_2| , ∣a2−b3∣|a_2 - b_3| , ∣c1−d1∣|c_1 - d_1| , ∣c1−d2∣|c_1 - d_2| , ∣c1−d3∣|c_1 - d_3| , ∣c2−d1∣|c_2 - d_1| , ∣c2−d2∣|c_2 - d_2| , ∣c2−d3∣|c_2 - d_3| , ∣a1−c1∣|a_1 - c_1| , and ∣a2−c2∣|a_2 - c_2| are all distinct?

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Problem 5

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The sides of an equilateral triangle ABCABC are divided into nn equal parts (n≥2).(n \geq 2) . For each point on a side, we draw the lines parallel to other sides of the triangle ABC,ABC, e.g. for n=3n=3 we have the following diagram: [asy] unitsize(150); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)); int n = 3; /*

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