VMO 1996

Find all real x, y such that √(3x) (1 + 1/(x + y) ) = 2 and √(7y) (1 - 1/(x + y) ) = 4√2.

SABC is a tetrahedron. DAB, EBC, FCA are triangles in the plane of ABC congruent to SAB, SBC, SCA respectively. O is the circumcenter of DEF. Let K be the exsphere of SABC opposite O (which touches the planes SAB, SBC, SCA, ABC, lies on the opposite side of ABC to S, but on the same side of SAB as C, the same side of SBC as A, and the same side of SCA as B). Show that K touches the plane ABC at O.

Let be given integers k and n such that 1<=k<=n. Find the number of ordered k-tuples (a_1,a_2,...,a_n), where a_1, a_2, ..., a_k are different and in the set {1,2,...,n}, satisfying

1. There exist s, t such that 1<=s<t<=k and a_s>a_t.
2. There exists s such that 1<=s<=k and a_s is not congruent to s mod 2.

P.S. This is the only problem from VMO 1996 I cannot find a solution or I cannot solve. But I'm not good at all in combinatoric...

Find all functions f(n) on the positive integers with positive integer values, such that f(n) + f(n+1) = f(n+2) f(n+3) - 1996 for all n.

The triangle ABC has BC = 1 and angle A = x. Let f(x) be the shortest possible distance between its incenter and its centroid. Find f(x). What is the largest value of f(x) for $60^o$ < x < $180^o$?

Let w, x, y, z be non-negative reals such that 2(wx + wy + wz + xy + xz + yz) + wxy + xyz + yzw + zwx = 16. Show that 3(w + x + y + z) ≥ 2(wx + wy + wz + xy + xz + yz).