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RMO 2018

Indian Regional Mathematical Olympiad 2018.

Official paper

The official paper in 2 languages

English (paper1) · English (paper2)

October 7

Problem 1

  • October 7

Let ABCABC be a triangle with integer sides in which AB<ACAB<AC . Let the tangent to the circumcircle of triangle ABCABC at AA intersect the line BCBC at DD . Suppose ADAD is also an integer. Prove that gcd⁡(AB,AC)>1\gcd(AB,AC)>1 .

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Problem 2

  • October 7

Let nn be a natural number. Find all real numbers xx satisfying the equation ∑k=1nkxk1+x2k=n(n+1)4.\sum^n_{k=1}\frac{kx^k}{1+x^{2k}}=\frac{n(n+1)}4.

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Problem 3

  • October 7

For a rational number rr , its period is the length of the smallest repeating block in its decimal expansion. for example, the number r=0.123123123...r=0.123123123... has period 33 . If SS denotes the set of all rational numbers of the form r=abcdefgh‾r=\overline{abcdefgh} having period 88 , find the sum of all elements in SS .

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Problem 4

  • October 7

Let EE denote the set of 2525 points (m,n)(m,n) in the xy\text{xy} -plane, where m,nm,n are natural numbers, 1≤m≤5,1≤n≤51\leq m\leq5,1\leq n\leq5 . Suppose the points of EE are arbitrarily coloured using two colours, red and blue. SHow that there always exist four points in the set EE of the form (a,b),(a+k,b),(a+k,b+k),(a,b+k)(a,b),(a+k,b),(a+k,b+k),(a,b+k) for some positive integer kk such that at least three of these four points have the same colour. (That is, there always exist four points in the set EE which form the vertices of a square with sides parallel to the axes and having at least three points of the same colour.)

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Problem 5

  • October 7

Find all natural numbers nn such that 1+[2n] 1+[\sqrt{2n}]~ divides 2n2n .

( For any real number xx , [x][x] denotes the largest integer not exceeding xx . )

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Kerala and Tamil Nadu

K1

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Let ABCABC be an acute angled triangle and let DD be an interior point of the segment BCBC . Let the circumcircle of ACDACD intersect ABAB at EE ( EE between AA and BB ) and let circumcircle of ABDABD intersect ACAC at FF ( FF between AA and CC ). Let OO be the circumcenter of AEFAEF . Prove that ODOD bisects ∠EDF\angle EDF .

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K2

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Find the set of all real values of aa for which the real polynomial equation P(x)=x2−2ax+b=0P(x)=x^2-2ax+b=0 has real roots, given that P(0)⋅P(1)⋅P(2)≠0P(0)\cdot P(1)\cdot P(2)\neq 0 and P(0),P(1),P(2)P(0),P(1),P(2) form a geometric progression.

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K4

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Suppose 100100 points in the plane are coloured using two colours, red and white such that each red point is the centre of circle passing through at least three white points. What is the least possible number of white points?

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K5

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu

In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD with circumcenter OO , the diagonals ACAC and BDBD intersect at XX . Let the circumcircles of triangles AXDAXD and BXCBXC intersect at YY . Let the circumcircles of triangles AXBAXB and CXDCXD intersect at ZZ . If OO lies inside ABCDABCD and if the points O,X,Y,ZO,X,Y,Z are all distinct, prove that O,X,Y,ZO,X,Y,Z lie on a circle.

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K6

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Define a sequence {an}n≥1\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1} of real numbers by a1=2,an+1=an2+12, for n≥1.a_1=2, a_{n+1} = \frac{a_n^2+1}{2}, \text{ for } n\geq 1. Prove that ∑j=1N1aj+1<1\sum_{j=1}^{N} \frac{1}{a_j + 1} < 1 for every natural number NN .

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