Let $n$ be a given positive integer. Determine all positive divisors $d$ of $3n^2$ such that $n^2 + d$ is the square of an integer.
2019 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania
Day 1
Find the maximum value of: $E(a,b)=\frac{a+b}{(4a^2+3)(4b^2+3)}$ For $a,b$ real numbers.
Let $ABC$ a triangle, $I$ the incenter, $D$ the contact point of the incircle with the side $BC$ and $E$ the foot of the bisector of the angle $A$. If $M$ is the midpoint of the arc $BC$ which contains the point $A$ of the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$ and $\{F\} = DI \cap AM$, prove that $MI$ passes through the midpoint of $[EF]$.
Ana and Bogdan play the following turn based game: Ana starts with a pile of $n$ ($n \ge 3$) stones. At his turn each player has to split one pile. The winner is the player who can make at his turn all the piles to have at most two stones. Depending on $n$, determine which player has a winning strategy.
Day 2
Let $n$ be a nonnegative integer and $M =\{n^3, n^3+1, n^3+2, ..., n^3+n\}$. Consider $A$ and $B$ two nonempty, disjoint subsets of $M$ such that the sum of elements of the set $A$ divides the sum of elements of the set $B$. Prove that the number of elements of the set $A$ divides the number of elements of the set $B$.
If $x, y$ and $z$ are real numbers such that $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 2$, prove that $x + y + z \le xyz + 2$.
Let $d$ be the tangent at $B$ to the circumcircle of the acute scalene triangle $ABC$. Let $K$ be the orthogonal projection of the orthocenter, $H$, of triangle $ABC$ to the line $d$ and $L$ the midpoint of the side $AC$. Prove that the triangle $BKL$ is isosceles.
In every unit square of a$ n \times n$ table ($n \ge 11$) a real number is written, such that the sum of the numbers in any $10 \times 10$ square is positive and the sum of the numbers in any $11\times 11$ square is negative. Determine all possible values for $n$
Day 3
Determine positive integers $a$ and $b$ co-prime such that $a^2+b = (a-b)^3$ .
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $A$ a set containing $8n + 1$ positive integers co-prime with $6$ and less than $30n$. Prove that there exist $a, b \in A$ two different numbers such that $a$ divides $b$.
A circle with center $O$ is internally tangent to two circles inside it at points $S$ and $T$. Suppose the two circles inside intersect at $M$ and $N$ with $N$ closer to $ST$. Show that $OM$ and $MN$ are perpendicular if and only if $S,N, T$ are collinear.
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers such that $3(a^2+b^2-1) = 4(a+b$). Find the minimum value of the expression $\frac{16}{a}+\frac{1}{b}$ .
Day 4
Determine all positive integers $k$ for which there exist positive integers $n$ and $m, m\ge 2$, such that $3^k + 5^k = n^m$
Let $O$ be the circumcenter of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ with ${\angle B<\angle C}$. The line $AO$ meets the side $BC$ at $D$. The circumcenters of the triangles $ABD$ and $ACD$ are $E$ and $F$, respectively. Extend the sides $BA$ and $CA$ beyond $A$, and choose on the respective extensions points $G$ and $H$ such that ${AG=AC}$ and ${AH=AB}$. Prove that the quadrilateral $EFGH$ is a rectangle if and only if ${\angle ACB-\angle ABC=60^{\circ }}$. Proposed by Hojoo Lee, Korea
Real numbers $a,b,c,d$ such that $|a|>1$ , $|b|>1$ , $|c|>1$ , $|d|>1$ and $ab(c+d)+dc(a+b)+a+b+c+d=0$ then prove that $\frac{1}{a-1}+\frac{1}{b-1}+\frac{1}{c-1}+\frac{1}{d-1} >0$
Let $n$ be a positive integer. $2n+1$ tokens are in a row, each being black or white. A token is said to be balanced if the number of white tokens on its left plus the number of black tokens on its right is $n$. Determine whether the number of balanced tokens is even or odd.
Day 5
For a positive integer $m$ we denote by $\tau (m)$ the number of its positive divisors, and by $\sigma (m)$ their sum. Determine all positive integers $n$ for which $n \sqrt{ \tau (n) }\le \sigma(n)$
Let $a, b, c, d \ge 0$ such that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2 = 4$. Prove that $$\frac{a + b + c + d}{2} \ge 1 + \sqrt{abcd}$$When does the equality hold? Leonard Giugiuc and Valmir B. Krasniqi
In the acute triangle $ABC$ point $I$ is the incenter, $O$ is the circumcenter, while $I_a$ is the excenter opposite the vertex $A$. Point $A'$ is the reflection of $A$ across the line $BC$. Prove that angles $\angle IOI_a$ and $\angle IA'I_a$ are equal.
The numbers from $1$ through $100$ are written in some order on a circle. We call a pair of numbers on the circle good if the two numbers are not neighbors on the circle and if at least one of the two arcs they determine on the circle only contains numbers smaller then both of them. What may be the total number of good pairs on the circle.
Day 6
If $a, b, c$ are real numbers such that a$b + bc + ca = 0$, prove the inequality $$2(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)(a^2b^2 + b^2c^2 + c^2a^2) \ge 27a^2b^2c^2$$When does the equality hold ? Leonard Giugiuc
Determine all positive integers $n$ such that $4k^2 +n$ is a prime number for all non-negative integer $k$ smaller than $n$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle in which $AB < AC, D$ is the foot of the altitude from $A, H$ is the orthocenter, $O$ is the circumcenter, $M$ is the midpoint of the side $BC, A'$ is the reflection of $A$ across $O$, and $S$ is the intersection of the tangents at $B$ and $C$ to the circumcircle. The tangent at $A'$ to the circumcircle intersects $SC$ and $SB$ at $X$ and $Y$ , respectively. If $M,S,X,Y$ are concyclic, prove that lines $OD$ and $SA'$ are parallel.
Consider two disjoint finite sets of positive integers, $A$ and $B$, have $n$ and $m$ elements, respectively. It is knows that all $k$ belonging to $A \cup B$ satisfies at least one of the conditions $k + 17 \in A$ and $k - 31 \in B$. Prove that $17n = 31m$.