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DK-GEORGMOHR 2003

Georg Mohr Contest 2003.

Official paper

The official paper in 1 language

English

Other problems

Problem 1

In a right-angled triangle, the sum a+ba + b of the sides enclosing the right angle equals 2424 while the length of the altitude hch_c on the hypotenuse cc is 77 . Determine the length of the hypotenuse.

Problem 2

Within the real numbers, solve the equation x5+⌊x⌋=20x^5 + \lfloor x \rfloor = 20 where ⌊x⌋\lfloor x \rfloor denotes the largest whole number less than or equal to xx .

Problem 3

Determine the integers nn where ∣2n2+9n+4∣|2n^2+9n+4| is a prime number.

Problem 4

Georg and his mother love pizza. They buy a pizza shaped as an equilateral triangle. Georg demands to be allowed to divide the pizza by a straight cut and then make the first choice. The mother accepts this reluctantly, but she wants to choose a point of the pizza through which the cut must pass. Determine the largest fraction of the pizza which the mother is certain to get by this procedure.

Problem 5

For which natural numbers n≥2n\ge 2 can the numbers from 11 to 1616 be lined up in a square scheme so that the four row sums and the four column sums are all mutually different and divisible by nn ?