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Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee Queensland Programme: Problems March 2013

This document provides 7 problems from the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee Queensland Programme for March 2013. The problems cover a range of mathematical topics including: 1) Solving a system of 3 equations for ordered triples (x,y,z). 2) Proving properties of sets of odd numbers less than 100. 3) Showing triangles have right angles or are isosceles based on given geometric properties. 4) Proving equations have no integer or real solutions. 5) Involving properties of orthocentres, circumcircles, and trisecting angles by Euclidean means.

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Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee Queensland Programme: Problems March 2013

This document provides 7 problems from the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee Queensland Programme for March 2013. The problems cover a range of mathematical topics including: 1) Solving a system of 3 equations for ordered triples (x,y,z). 2) Proving properties of sets of odd numbers less than 100. 3) Showing triangles have right angles or are isosceles based on given geometric properties. 4) Proving equations have no integer or real solutions. 5) Involving properties of orthocentres, circumcircles, and trisecting angles by Euclidean means.

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AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD COMMITTEE QUEENSLAND PROGRAMME: PROBLEMS March 2013

1. Find all ordered triples of numbers (x, y, z ) which satisfy x + y + z = 5, x + y z = 7, and (x y )3 + ( y z )3 = ( x z ) 3 , and prove that you have found all solutions. 2 (a) Prove that in any set of 27 dierent positive odd numbers all less than 100 there is a pair of numbers with sum 102. (b) How many sets of 26 such numbers can we choose such that no pair in any of these sets gives a sum of 102? 3 ABC is a triangle and X , Y , Z are the midpoints of the sides AB , BC , AC respectively. P is a point on BC such that CP Z = Y XZ . Show that AP and BC intersect in a right angle. 4. Show that the equation x4 + 131 = 3y 4 has no solution in integers x and y . 5. ABC is a triangle with O as its orthocentre. Let G be the point dierent from C in which CO produced intersects the circumcircle of ABC . Prove that the triangle AOG is isosceles. [The orthocentre of a triangle is a point where the three altitudes meet; and the circumcentre of a triangle is the centre of the circle which passes through the triangles three vertices.] 6. For any real number t denote by [t] the greatest integer which is less than or equal to t. For example, [8] = 8, [ ] = 3, and [5/2] = 3. Show that the equation [x] + [2x] + [4x] + [8x] + [16x] + [32x] = 12345 has no real solution. 7. The measure of a given angle is 180o where n is a positive integer not divisible by 3. n Prove that the angle can be trisected by Euclidean means (i.e. by using just straight edge and compasses). ****************************************

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