RU-SPB 2012 Problem 116
- Grade 11
On the coordinate plane in the first quarter there are non-intersecting single unit segments parallel to the coordinate axes. These segments aremirrors (on both sides), they reflect the light according to the rule. "The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection." (If you hit the edge of the mirror, the beam of light does not change its direction.) From the point lying in the unit circle with the center at the origin, a ray of light in the direction of the bisector of the first coordinate angle. Prove that, that this initial point can be chosen so that the ray is reflected from the mirrors not more than times.
Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.
Solutions
No solution is on olymmath yet. Official and human solutions come first when they arrive. AI solutions come after them, with a label.
Similar problems
These problems have the most words in common with this statement.