olymmath

OMCC 2008

Centroamerican and Caribbean Mathematical Olympiad 2008.

Day 1

Problem 2

  • Day 1

Let ABCDABCD be a convex cuadrilateral inscribed in a circumference centered at OO such that ACAC is a diameter. Pararellograms DAOEDAOE and BCOFBCOF are constructed. Show that if EE and FF lie on the circumference then ABCDABCD is a rectangle.

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Problem 3

  • Day 1

There are 2008 bags numbered from 1 to 2008, with 2008 frogs in each one of them. Two people play in turns. A play consists in selecting a bag and taking out of it any number of frongs (at least one), leaving xx frogs in it ( x≥0x\geq 0 ). After each play, from each bag with a number higher than the selected one and having more than xx frogs, some frogs scape until there are xx frogs in the bag. The player that takes out the last frog from bag number 1 looses. Find and explain a winning strategy.

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Day 2

Problem 4

  • Day 2

Five girls have a little store that opens from Monday through Friday. Since two people are always enough for taking care of it, they decide to do a work plan for the week, specifying who will work each day, and fulfilling the following conditions:

a) Each girl will work exactly two days a week b) The 5 assigned couples for the week must be different In how many ways can the girls do the work plan?

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Problem 5

  • Day 2

Find a polynomial p(x)p\left(x\right) with real coefficients such that

(x+10)p(2x)=(8x−32)p(x+6)\left(x+10\right)p\left(2x\right)=\left(8x-32\right)p\left(x+6\right)

for all real xx and p(1)=210p\left(1\right)=210 .

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Problem 6

  • Day 2

Let ABCABC be an acute triangle. Take points PP and QQ inside ABAB and ACAC , respectively, such that BPQCBPQC is cyclic. The circumcircle of ABQABQ intersects BCBC again in SS and the circumcircle of APCAPC intersects BCBC again in RR , PRPR and QSQS intersect again in LL . Prove that the intersection of ALAL and BCBC does not depend on the selection of PP and QQ .

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