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Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad
2014 Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad
2014 Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad
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Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad
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(4)
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Collinear Points and the Nine-Point Circle
In triangle
A
B
C
ABC
A
BC
let
A
′
A'
A
′
,
B
′
B'
B
′
,
C
′
C'
C
′
respectively be the midpoints of the sides
B
C
BC
BC
,
C
A
CA
C
A
,
A
B
AB
A
B
. Furthermore let
L
L
L
,
M
M
M
,
N
N
N
be the projections of the orthocenter on the three sides
B
C
BC
BC
,
C
A
CA
C
A
,
A
B
AB
A
B
, and let
k
k
k
denote the nine-point circle. The lines
A
A
′
AA'
A
A
′
,
B
B
′
BB'
B
B
′
,
C
C
′
CC'
C
C
′
intersect
k
k
k
in the points
D
D
D
,
E
E
E
,
F
F
F
. The tangent lines on
k
k
k
in
D
D
D
,
E
E
E
,
F
F
F
intersect the lines
M
N
MN
MN
,
L
N
LN
L
N
and
L
M
LM
L
M
in the points
P
P
P
,
Q
Q
Q
,
R
R
R
. Prove that
P
P
P
,
Q
Q
Q
and
R
R
R
are collinear.
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Shop Owner and Mathmematician
Prove that for every integer
S
≥
100
S\ge100
S
≥
100
there exists an integer
P
P
P
for which the following story could hold true: The mathematician asks the shop owner: ``How much are the table, the cabinet and the bookshelf?'' The shop owner replies: ``Each item costs a positive integer amount of Euros. The table is more expensive than the cabinet, and the cabinet is more expensive than the bookshelf. The sum of the three prices is
S
S
S
and their product is
P
P
P
.'' The mathematician thinks and complains: ``This is not enough information to determine the three prices!'' (Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)
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Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Sequences
Consider increasing integer sequences with elements from
1
,
…
,
1
0
6
1,\ldots,10^6
1
,
…
,
1
0
6
. Such a sequence is Adriatic if its first element equals 1 and if every element is at least twice the preceding element. A sequence is Tyrrhenian if its final element equals
1
0
6
10^6
1
0
6
and if every element is strictly greater than the sum of all preceding elements. Decide whether the number of Adriatic sequences is smaller than, equal to, or greater than the number of Tyrrhenian sequences. (Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)
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1
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Prove that there exists an integer k
Let
a
1
,
…
,
a
n
a_1,\ldots,a_n
a
1
,
…
,
a
n
and
b
1
…
,
b
n
b_1\ldots,b_n
b
1
…
,
b
n
be
2
n
2n
2
n
real numbers. Prove that there exists an integer
k
k
k
with
1
≤
k
≤
n
1\le k\le n
1
≤
k
≤
n
such that
∑
i
=
1
n
∣
a
i
−
a
k
∣
≤
∑
i
=
1
n
∣
b
i
−
a
k
∣
.
\sum_{i=1}^n|a_i-a_k| ~~\le~~ \sum_{i=1}^n|b_i-a_k|.
∑
i
=
1
n
∣
a
i
−
a
k
∣
≤
∑
i
=
1
n
∣
b
i
−
a
k
∣.
(Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)