olymmath

SE-SKOLORNAS 1984

Swedish Mathematical Competition 1984.

Other problems

Problem 1

Let AA and BB be two points inside a circle CC . Show that there exists a circle that contains AA and BB and lies completely inside CC .

Problem 2

The squares in a 3×73\times 7 grid are colored either blue or yellow. Consider all m×nm\times n rectangles in this grid, where m∈{2,3}m \in \{2,3\} , n∈{2,...,7}n \in \{2,...,7\} . Prove that at least one of these rectangles has all four corner squares the same color.

Problem 3

Prove that if a,ba,b are positive numbers, then (a+1b+1)b+1≥(ab)b\left( \frac{a+1}{b+1}\right)^{b+1} \ge \left( \frac{a}{b}\right)^{b}

Problem 4

Find all positive integers pp and qq such that all the roots of the polynomial (x2−px+q)(x2−qx+p)(x^2 - px+q)(x^2 -qx+ p) are positive integers.

Problem 5

Solve in natural numbers a,b,ca,b,c the system {a3−b3−c3=3abca2=2(a+b+c)\left\{ \begin{array}{l}a^3 -b^3 -c^3 = 3abc a^2 = 2(a+b+c) \end{array} \right.

Problem 6

Assume a1,a2,...,a14a_1,a_2,...,a_{14} are positive integers such that ∑i=1143ai=6558\sum_{i=1}^{14}3^{a_i} = 6558 . Prove that the numbers a1,a2,...,a14a_1,a_2,...,a_{14} consist of the numbers 1,...,71,...,7 , each taken twice.