2015 El Salvador Correspondence / Qualifying NMO XV
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October 17, 2021
algebrageometrynumber theorycombinatoricsel salvador NMO
Problem Statement
p1. How many -digit strings are there, such that all its digits are only zeros or ones and the sum of its even-place digits equals the sum of the odd-place digits.
p2. Find all pairs of nonnegative integers, such that .
p3. Consider a function such that
Determine the value of .
p4. Let be an isosceles triangle with , and let be the midpoint of , the foot of the perpendicular on from , and F the midpoint of . Show that is perpendicular to .
p5. On an island there are only two tribes: the Mienteretes who always lie and the Veritas who always tell the truth. On a certain day there is an assembly attended by inhabitants of the island. They sit at random in a circle and each one declares: "the two people next to me are Mienteretes." The next day the assembly continues but one of them became ill, for which inhabitants attend, again they sit at random in a circle and each one declares: “The two people next to me are from the same tribe, which is not mine ”.
Deduct the number of inhabitants of each tribe and the type of inhabitant to which the patient belongs.