olymmath

PAMO 2007

Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad 2007.

Day 1

Problem 1

  • Day 1

Find all natural numbers NN consisting of exactly 11121112 digits (in decimal notation) such that: (a) The sum of the digits of NN is divisible by 20002000 ; (b) The sum of the digits of N+1N+1 is divisible by 20002000 ; (c) 11 is a digit of NN .

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Problem 2

  • Day 1

Let AA , BB and CC be three fixed points, not on the same line. Consider all triangles AB′C′AB'C' where B′B' moves on a given straight line (not containing AA ), and C′C' is determined such that ∠B′=∠B\angle B'=\angle B and ∠C′=∠C\angle C'=\angle C . Find the locus of C′C' .

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Problem 3

  • Day 1

In a country, towns are connected by roads. Each town is directly connected to exactly three other towns. Show that there exists a town from which you can make a round-trip, without using the same road more than once, and for which the number of roads used is not divisible by 33 . (Not all towns need to be visited.)

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Day 2

Problem 4

  • Day 2

Solve the following system of equations for real x,yx,y and zz : \begin{eqnarray*} x &=& \sqrt{2y+3} y &=& \sqrt{2z+3} z &=& \sqrt{2x+3}. \end{eqnarray*}

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Problem 6

  • Day 2

An equilateral triangle of side length 2 is divided into four pieces by two perpendicular lines that intersect in the centroid of the triangle. What is the maximum possible area of a piece?

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