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2002 USA TST Problems

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Problems from the 2002 USA TST.

Contents

1 Day 1
2 Day 2
3 Resources

Day 1

Problem 1

Let $\displaystyle ABC$ be a triangle. Prove that

$\displaystyle\sin\frac{3A}{2} + \sin\frac{3B}{2} + \sin\frac{3C}{2} \le\cos\frac{A-B}{2} + \cos\frac{B-C}{2} + \cos\frac{C-A}...$

Problem 2

Let $\displaystyle p$ be a prime number greater than 5. For any integer $\displaystyle x$ , define

$\displaystylef_p(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{p-1} \frac{1}{(px+k)^2}$ .

Prove that for all positive integers $x$ and $y$ the numerator of $\displaystyle f_p(x)-f_p(y)$ , when written in lowest terms, is divisible by $\displaystyle p^3$ .

Problem 3

Let $\displaystyle n$ be an integer greater than 2, and $P_1, P_2, \cdots , P_n$ distinct points in the plane. Let $\mathcal S$ denote the union of all segments $P_1P_2, P_2P_3, \dots , P_{n-1}P_{n}$ . Determine if it is always possible to find points $\displaystyle A$ and $\displaystyle B$ in $\mathcal S$ such that $P_1P_n \mid\mid AB$ (segment $\displaystyle AB$ can lie on line $\displaystyle P_1P_n$ ) and $\displaystyle P_1P_n = kAB$ , where (1) $\displaystyle k = 2.5$ ; (2) $\displaystyle k = 3$ .

Day 2

Problem 4

Let $\displaystyle n$ be a positive integer and let $\displaystyle S$ be a set of $\displaystyle 2^n+1$ elements. Let $\displaystyle f$ be a function from the set of two-element subsets of $\displaystyle S$ to $\{0, \dots, 2^{n-1}-1\}$ . Assume that for any elements $\displaystyle x, y, z$ of $\displaystyle S$ , one of $\displaystyle f(\{x,y\}), f(\{y,z\}), f(\{z, x\})$ is equal to the sum of the other two. Show that there exist $\displaystyle a, b, c$ in $\displaystyle S$ such that $\displaystyle f(\{a,b\}), f(\{b,c\}), f(\{c,a\})$ are all equal to 0.

Problem 5

Consider the family of nonisoceles triangles $ABC$ satisfying the property $\displaystyle AC^2 + BC^2 = 2 AB^2$ . Points $\displaystyle M$ and $\displaystyle D$ lie on side $\displaystyle AB$ such that $\displaystyle AM = BM$ and $\ang ACD = \ang BCD$ . Point $\displaystyle E$ is in the plane such that $\displaystyle D$ is the incenter of triangle $\displaystyle CEM$ . Prove that exactly one of the ratios

$\frac{CE}{EM}, \quad \frac{EM}{MC}, \quad \frac{MC}{CE}$

is constant (i.e., it is the same for all triangles in the family).

Problem 6

Find in explicit form all ordered pairs of positive integers $\displaystyle (m, n)$ such that $\displaystyle mn-1$ divides $\displaystyle m^2 + n^2$ .

Resources

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