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Swedish Mathematical Competition
1987 Swedish Mathematical Competition
1987 Swedish Mathematical Competition
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a baker with access to a number of different spices bakes ten cakes
A baker with access to a number of different spices bakes ten cakes. He uses more than half of the different kinds of spices in each cake, but no two of the combinations of spices are exactly the same. Show that there exist three spices
a
,
b
,
c
a,b,c
a
,
b
,
c
such that every cake contains at least one of these.
5
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1/(1+a)+1/(1+b)+1/(1+c)+1/(1+d)> t, max t wanted
Show that there exists a positive number t such that for all positive numbers
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
a,b,c,d
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
with
a
b
c
d
=
1
abcd = 1
ab
c
d
=
1
,
1
1
+
a
+
1
1
+
b
+
1
1
+
c
+
1
1
+
d
>
t
.
\frac{1}{1+a}+\frac{1}{1+b}+\frac{1}{1+c}+\frac{1}{1+d}> t.
1
+
a
1
+
1
+
b
1
+
1
+
c
1
+
1
+
d
1
>
t
.
and find the largest
t
t
t
with this property.
4
1
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| f' (y)| = 4 \int _0^1 | f(x)|dx
A differentiable function
f
f
f
with
f
(
0
)
=
f
(
1
)
=
0
f(0) = f(1) = 0
f
(
0
)
=
f
(
1
)
=
0
is defined on the interval
[
0
,
1
]
[0,1]
[
0
,
1
]
. Prove that there exists a point
y
∈
[
0
,
1
]
y \in [0,1]
y
∈
[
0
,
1
]
such that
∣
f
′
(
y
)
∣
=
4
∫
0
1
∣
f
(
x
)
∣
d
x
| f' (y)| = 4 \int _0^1 | f(x)|dx
∣
f
′
(
y
)
∣
=
4
∫
0
1
∣
f
(
x
)
∣
d
x
.
3
1
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10 closed intervals, each of length 1, are placed in the interval [0,4]
Ten closed intervals, each of length
1
1
1
, are placed in the interval
[
0
,
4
]
[0,4]
[
0
,
4
]
. Show that there is a point in the larger interval that belongs to at least four of the smaller intervals.
2
1
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length of arc > 2R if circle is divided in parts of equal areas by other circle
A circle of radius
R
R
R
is divided into two parts of equal area by an arc of another circle. Prove that the length of this arc is greater than
2
R
2R
2
R
.
1
1
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16 numbers in 4x4 magic square
Sixteen real numbers are arranged in a magic square of side
4
4
4
so that the sum of numbers in each row, column or main diagonal equals
k
k
k
. Prove that the sum of the numbers in the four corners of the square is also
k
k
k
.