olymmath

SE-SKOLORNAS 1998

Swedish Mathematical Competition 1998.

Other problems

Problem 1

Find all positive integers a,b,ca, b, c , such that (8a−5b)2+(3b−2c)2+(3c−7a)2=2(8a-5b)^2 + (3b-2c)^2 + (3c-7a)^2 = 2 .

Problem 2

ABCABC is a triangle. Show that c≥(a+b)sin⁡C2c \ge (a+b) \sin \frac{C}{2}

Problem 3

A cube side 55 is made up of unit cubes. Two small cubes are adjacent if they have a common face. Can we start at a cube adjacent to a corner cube and move through all the cubes just once? (The path must always move from a cube to an adjacent cube).

Problem 4

ABCDABCD is a quadrilateral with ∠A=90o\angle A = 90o , AD=aAD = a , BC=bBC = b , AB=hAB = h , and area (a+b)h2\frac{(a+b)h}{2} . What can we say about ∠B\angle B ?

Problem 5

Show that for any n>5n > 5 we can find positive integers x1,x2,...,xnx_1, x_2, ... , x_n such that 1x1+1x2+...+1xn=19971998\frac{1}{x_1} + \frac{1}{x_2} +... + \frac{1}{x_n} = \frac{1997}{1998} . Show that in any such equation there must be two of the nn numbers with a common divisor ( >1> 1 ).

Problem 6

Show that for some c>0c > 0 , we have ∣23−mn∣>cn3\left|\sqrt[3]{2} - \frac{m}{n}\right | > \frac{c}{n^3} for all integers m,nm, n with n≥1n \ge 1 .