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CMO 2004

Canadian Mathematical Olympiad 2004.

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Problem 1

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Find all ordered triples (x,y,z)(x, y, z) of real numbers which satisfy the following system of equations:

{xy=z−x−yxz=y−x−zyz=x−y−z\left\{\begin{array}{l} x y=z-x-y \\ x z=y-x-z \\ y z=x-y-z \end{array}\right.

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Problem 2

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How many ways can 8 mutually non-attacking rooks be placed on the 9×99 \times 9 chessboard (shown here) so that all 8 rooks are on squares of the same colour?

[Two rooks are said to be attacking each other if they are placed in the same row or column of the board.]

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Problem 3

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Let A,B,C,DA, B, C, D be four points on a circle (occurring in clockwise order), with AB<ADA B<A D and BC>CDB C>C D. Let the bisector of angle BADB A D meet the circle at XX and the bisector of angle BCDB C D meet the circle at YY. Consider the hexagon formed by these six points on the circle. If four of the six sides of the hexagon have equal length, prove that BDB D must be a diameter of the circle.

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Problem 4

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Let pp be an odd prime. Prove that

∑k=1p−1k2p−1≡p(p+1)2( mod p2)\sum_{k=1}^{p-1} k^{2 p-1} \equiv \frac{p(p+1)}{2} \left(\bmod p^{2}\right)

[Note that a≡b( mod m)a \equiv b(\bmod m) means that a−ba-b is divisible by mm.]

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Problem 5

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Let TT be the set of all positive integer divisors of 20041002004^{100}. What is the largest possible number of elements that a subset SS of TT can have if no element of SS is an integer multiple of any other element of SS ?

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