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Question bank IMO Shortlist 1984

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20 questions

Question 1

(FRA 1) Find all solutions of the following system of $n$ equations in $n$ variables:
$$\begin{aligned}x_1|x_1|-(x_1-a)|x_1-a|&=x_2|x_2|,\\x_2|x_2|-(x_2-a)|x_2-a|&=x_3|x_3|,\\&\cdots\\x_n|x_n|-(x_n-a)|x_n-a|&=x_1|x_1|,\end{aligned}$$
where $a$ is a given number.

Question 2

(CAN 2) Prove:
(a) There are infinitely many triples of positive integers $m,n,p$ such that $4mn-m-n=p^2-1$.
(b) There are no positive integers $m,n,p$ such that $4mn-m-n=p^2$.

Question 3

(USS 3) Find all positive integers $n$ such that
$$n=d_6^2+d_7^2-1,$$
where $1=d_1\lt d_2\lt \cdots\lt d_k=n$ are all positive divisors of the number $n$.

Question 4

(MON 1) IMO5 Let $d$ be the sum of the lengths of all diagonals of a convex polygon of $n$ $(n\gt 3)$ vertices and let $p$ be its perimeter. Prove that
$$\frac{n-3}{2}\lt \frac{d}{p}\lt \frac12\left(\left[\frac n2\right]\left[\frac{n+1}{2}\right]-2\right).$$

Question 5

(FRG 1) IMO1 Let $x,y,z$ be nonnegative real numbers with $x+y+z=1$. Show that
$$0\le xy+yz+zx-2xyz\le\frac7{27}.$$

Question 6

(CAN 3) Let $c$ be a positive integer. The sequence $\{f_n\}$ is defined as follows:
$$f_1=1,\quad f_2=c,\quad f_{n+1}=2f_n-f_{n-1}+2\qquad(n\ge2).$$
Show that for each $k\in\mathbb N$ there exists $r\in\mathbb N$ such that $f_kf_{k+1}=f_r$.

Question 7

(FRG 5)
(a) Decide whether the fields of the $8\times8$ chessboard can be numbered by the numbers $1,2,\ldots,64$ in such a way that the sum of the four numbers in each of its parts of one of the forms

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is divisible by four.
(b) Solve the analogous problem for

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Question 8

(ROM 2) IMO3 In a plane two different points $O$ and $A$ are given. For each point $X\ne O$ of the plane denote by $\alpha(X)$ the angle $AOX$ measured in radians $(0\le\alpha(X)\lt 2\pi)$ and by $C(X)$ the circle with center $O$ and radius $OX+\frac{\alpha(X)}{OX}$. Suppose each point of the plane is colored by one of a finite number of colors. Show that there exists a point $X$ with $\alpha(X)\gt 0$ such that its color appears somewhere on the circle $C(X)$.

Question 9

(POL 2) Let $a,b,c$ be positive numbers with $\sqrt a+\sqrt b+\sqrt c=\frac{\sqrt3}{2}$. Prove that the system of equations
$$\begin{aligned}\sqrt{y-a}+\sqrt{z-a}&=1,\\\sqrt{z-b}+\sqrt{x-b}&=1,\\\sqrt{x-c}+\sqrt{y-c}&=1,\end{aligned}$$
has exactly one solution $(x,y,z)$ in real numbers.

Question 10

(GBR 1) Prove that the product of five consecutive positive integers cannot be the square of an integer.

Question 11

(CAN 1) Let $n$ be a natural number and $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_{2n}$ mutually distinct integers. Find all integers $x$ satisfying
$$(x-a_1)\cdot(x-a_2)\cdots(x-a_{2n})=(-1)^n(n!)^2.$$

Question 12

(NET 1) IMO2 Find two positive integers $a,b$ such that none of the numbers $a,b,a+b$ is divisible by $7$ and $(a+b)^7-a^7-b^7$ is divisible by $7^7$.

Question 13

(BUL 5) Prove that the volume of a tetrahedron inscribed in a right circular cylinder of volume $1$ does not exceed $\frac2{3\pi}$.

Question 14

(ROM 5) IMO4 Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral for which the circle with diameter $AB$ is tangent to the line $CD$. Show that the circle with diameter $CD$ is tangent to the line $AB$ if and only if the lines $BC$ and $AD$ are parallel.

Question 15

(LUX 2) Angles of a given triangle $ABC$ are all smaller than $120^\circ$. Equilateral triangles $AFB$, $BDC$ and $CEA$ are constructed in the exterior of $\triangle ABC$.
(a) Prove that the lines $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$ pass through one point $S$.
(b) Prove that $SD+SE+SF=2(SA+SB+SC)$.

Question 16

(POL 1) IMO6 Let $a,b,c,d$ be odd positive integers such that $a\lt b\lt c\lt d$, $ad=bc$, and $a+d=2^k$, $b+c=2^m$ for some integers $k$ and $m$. Prove that $a=1$.

Question 17

(FRG 3) In a permutation $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n)$ of the set $1,2,\ldots,n$ we call a pair $(x_i,x_j)$ discordant if $i\lt j$ and $x_i\gt x_j$. Let $d(n,k)$ be the number of such permutations with exactly $k$ discordant pairs. Find $d(n,2)$ and $d(n,3)$.

Question 18

(USA 5) Inside triangle $ABC$ there are three circles $k_1,k_2,k_3$ each of which is tangent to two sides of the triangle and to its incircle $k$. The radii of $k_1,k_2,k_3$ are $1$, $4$, and $9$. Determine the radius of $k$.

Question 19

(CAN 5) The triangular array $(a_{n,k})$ of numbers is given by $a_{n,1}=1/n$, for $n=1,2,\ldots$, $a_{n,k+1}=a_{n-1,k}-a_{n,k}$, for $1\le k\le n-1$. Find the harmonic mean of the 1985th row.

Question 20

(USA 2) Determine all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive real numbers with $a\ne1$ such that
$$\log_a b\lt \log_{a+1}(b+1).$$