2006 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania

1 - Day

1

Let $ABC$ be a triangle right in $C$ and the points $D, E$ on the sides $BC$ and $CA$ respectively, such that $\frac{BD}{AC} =\frac{AE}{CD} = k$. Lines $BE$ and $AD$ intersect at $O$. Show that the angle $\angle BOD = 60^o$ if and only if $k =\sqrt3$.

2

In a plane $5$ points are given such that all triangles having vertices at these points are of area not greater than $1$. Show that there exists a trapezoid which contains all point in the interior (or on the sides) and having the area not exceeding $3$.

3

For any positive integer $n$ let $s(n)$ be the sum of its digits in decimal representation. Find all numbers $n$ for which $s(n)$ is the largest proper divisor of $n$.

2 - Day

1

Prove that $\frac{a^3}{bc} + \frac{b^3}{ca} + \frac{c^3}{ba} \ge a + b + c$, for all positive real numbers $a, b$, and $c$.

2

Let $C (O)$ be a circle (with center $O$ ) and $A, B$ points on the circle with $\angle AOB = 90^o$. Circles $C_1 (O_1)$ and $C_2 (O_2)$ are tangent internally with circle $C$ at $A$ and $B$, respectively, and, also, are tangent to each other. Consider another circle $C_3 (O_3)$ tangent externally to the circles $C_1, C_2$ and tangent internally to circle $C$, located inside angle $\angle AOB$. Show that the points $O, O_1, O_2, O_3$ are the vertices of a rectangle.

3

An $7\times 7$ array is divided in $49$ unit squares. Find all integers $n \in N^*$ for which $n$ checkers can be placed on the unit squares so that each row and each line have an even number of checkers. ($0$ is an even number, so there may exist empty rows or columns. A square may be occupied by at most $1$ checker).

May 16th - Day 3

1

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral of area 8. If there exists a point $O$ in the plane of the quadrilateral such that $OA+OB+OC+OD = 8$, prove that $ABCD$ is an isosceles trapezoid.

2

Prove that for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$ the following inequality holds \[ \left( \frac ab + \frac bc + \frac ca \right)^2 \geq \frac 32 \cdot \left ( \frac{a+b}c + \frac{b+c}a + \frac{c+a} b \right) . \]

3

Find all real numbers $ a$ and $ b$ such that \[ 2(a^2 + 1)(b^2 + 1) = (a + 1)(b + 1)(ab + 1). \] Valentin Vornicu

Click for solution $(a^2+1)(1+1)\ge (a+1)^2$ $(b^2+1)(1+1)\ge (b+1)^2$ $(a^2+1)(b^2+1)\ge (ab+1)^2$ Multiplying these we get that $4(a^2+1)^2(b^2+1)^2\ge \left((a+1)(b+1)(ab+1)\right)^2$ but the relation fromt he hypotese tells us that these are equal. Hence we must have equality in all those 3 inegalities. We get $a=b=1$.

4

Prove that the set of real numbers can be partitioned in (disjoint) sets of two elements each.

May 19th - Day 4

1

Let $A=\{1,2,\ldots, 2006\}$. Find the maximal number of subsets of $A$ that can be chosen such that the intersection of any 2 such distinct subsets has 2004 elements.

2

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ the midpoints of the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ respectively. Prove that if $M$ is a point in the plane of the triangle such that \[ \frac{MA}{MA_1} = \frac{MB}{MB_1} = \frac{MC}{MC_1} = 2 , \] then $M$ is the centroid of the triangle.

3

Let $a,b,c>0$ be real numbers with sum 1. Prove that \[ \frac{a^2}b + \frac{b^2}c + \frac{c^2} a \geq 3(a^2+b^2+c^2) . \]

Click for solution I have a proof: $\displaystyle\sum a\sum\frac{a^2}b = \sum a^2+\sum\frac{(a+c)a^2}b\ge 3\sum a^2$ $\Leftrightarrow \displaystyle \sum\frac{(a+c)a^2}b\ge 2\sum a^2$ apply chauchy ineq$\sum{b(a+c)}\sum\frac{(a+c)a^2}{b^2}\geq (\sum a^2+\sum ab)^2$ so$\sum\frac{(a+c)a^2}{b^2}\geq \frac{(\sum a^2+\sum ab)^2}{2\sum ab}\geq 2\sum a^2$

4

The set of positive integers is partitionated in subsets with infinite elements each. The question (in each of the following cases) is if there exists a subset in the partition such that any positive integer has a multiple in this subset. a) Prove that if the number of subsets in the partition is finite the answer is yes. b) Prove that if the number of subsets in the partition is infinite, then the answer can be no (for a certain partition).

5 - Day

1

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $D$ a point inside the triangle, located on the median of $A$. Prove that if $\angle BDC = 180^o - \angle BAC$, then $AB \cdot CD = AC \cdot BD$.

2

Consider the integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, b_1, b_2, b_3, b_4$ with $a_k \ne b_k$ for all $k = 1, 2, 3, 4$. If $\{a_1, b_1\} + \{a_2, b_2\} = \{a_3, b_3\} + \{a_4, b_4\}$, show that the number $|(a_1 - b_1)(a_2 - b_2)(a_3 - b_3)(a_4 - b_4)|$ is a square. Note. For any sets $A$ and $B$, we denote $A + B = \{x + y | x \in A, y \in B\}$.

3

Let $x, y, z$ be positive real numbers such that $\frac{1}{1 + x}+\frac{1}{1 + y}+\frac{1}{1 + z}= 2$. Prove that $8xyz \le 1$.

4

For a positive integer $n$ denote $r(n)$ the number having the digits of $n$ in reverse order- for example, $r(2006) = 6002$. Prove that for any positive integers a and b the numbers $4a^2 + r(b)$ and $4b^2 + r(a)$ can not be simultaneously squares.