JOM 2023

1

Does there exist a positive integer, $x$, such that $(x+2)^{2023}-x^{2023}$ has exactly $2023^{2023}$ factors? Proposed by Wong Jer Ren

2

Ruby has a non-negative integer $n$. In each second, Ruby replaces the number she has with the product of all its digits. Prove that Ruby will eventually have a single-digit number or $0$. (e.g. $86\rightarrow 8\times 6=48 \rightarrow 4 \times 8 =32 \rightarrow 3 \times 2=6$) Proposed by Wong Jer Ren

3

Given an acute triangle $ABC$ with $AB<AC$, let $D$ be the foot of altitude from $A$ to $BC$ and let $M\neq D$ be a point on segment $BC$.$\,J$ and $K$ lie on $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $K,J,M$ lies on a common line perpendicular to $BC$. Let the circumcircles of $\triangle ABJ$ and $\triangle ACK$ intersect at $O$. Prove that $J,O,M$ are collinear if and only if $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Proposed by Wong Jer Ren

4

Given $n$ positive real numbers $x_1,x_2,x_3,...,x_n$ such that $$\left (1+\frac{1}{x_1}\right )\left(1+\frac{1}{x_2}\right)...\left(1+\frac{1}{x_n}\right)=(n+1)^n$$Determine the minimum value of $x_1+x_2+x_3+...+x_n$. Proposed by Loh Kwong Weng

5

Given a $m \times n$ rectangle where $m,n\geq 2023$. The square in the $i$-th row and $j$-th column is filled with the number $i+j$ for $1\leq i \leq m, 1\leq j \leq n$. In each move, Alice can pick a $2023 \times 2023$ subrectangle and add $1$ to each number in it. Alice wins if all the numbers are multiples of $2023$ after a finite number of moves. For which pairs $(m,n)$ can Alice win? Proposed by Boon Qing Hong