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SE-SKOLORNAS 2002

Swedish Mathematical Competition 2002.

Other problems

Problem 1

268268 numbers are written around a circle. The 1717 th number is 33 , the 8383 rd is 44 and the 144144 th is 99 . The sum of every 2020 consecutive numbers is 7272 . Find the 210210 th number.

Problem 2

A,B,CA, B, C can walk at 55 km/hr. They have a car that can accomodate any two of them whch travels at 5050 km/hr. Can they reach a point 6262 km away in less than 33 hrs?

Problem 3

CC is the circle center (0,1)(0,1) , radius 11 . PP is the parabola y=ax2y = ax^2 . They meet at (0,0)(0, 0) . For what values of aa do they meet at another point or points?

Problem 4

For which integers n≥8n \ge 8 is n1n−7n^{\frac{1}{n-7}} an integer?

Problem 5

The reals a,ba, b satisfy {a3−3a2+5a−17=0b3−3b2+5b+11=0.\begin{cases} a^3 - 3a^2 + 5a - 17 = 0 b^3 - 3b^2 + 5b + 11 = 0 .\end{cases} Find a+ba+b .

Problem 6

A tetrahedron has five edges of length 33 and circumradius 22 . What is the length of the sixth edge?