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This document summarizes 6 problems from the 13th Indian National Mathematical Olympiad in 1998. 1. The first problem asks to show that for any chord AB in a circle C1, if M is the midpoint and T is a point on a circle C2 with diameter OM, then PA2 + PB2 = 4PT2. 2. The second problem asks to prove that if the square root of a rational number plus the square root of another rational number is also rational, then the individual square roots must be rational. 3. The third problem asks to prove that if an integer polynomial is divisible by 5 upon substitution of an integer a, then substituting the same integers into another related polynomial

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Inmo 1998 PDF

This document summarizes 6 problems from the 13th Indian National Mathematical Olympiad in 1998. 1. The first problem asks to show that for any chord AB in a circle C1, if M is the midpoint and T is a point on a circle C2 with diameter OM, then PA2 + PB2 = 4PT2. 2. The second problem asks to prove that if the square root of a rational number plus the square root of another rational number is also rational, then the individual square roots must be rational. 3. The third problem asks to prove that if an integer polynomial is divisible by 5 upon substitution of an integer a, then substituting the same integers into another related polynomial

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13th Indian National Mathematical Olympiad 1998

1. In a circle C1 with centre O, let AB be a chord that is not a diameter. Let M be


the midpoint of AB. Take a point T on the crcle C2 with OM as diameter. Let the
tangent to C2 at T meet C1 in P . Show that P A2 + P B 2 = 4 P T 2 .

2. Let a and b be two


positive
rational numbers such that 3 a + 3 b is also a rational
number. Prove that 3 a and 3 b themselves are rational numbers.
3. Let p, q, r, s be four integers such that s is not divisible by 5. If there is an integer a
such that pa3 + qa2 + ra + s is divisible by 5, prove that there is an integer b such that
sb3 + rb2 + qb + p is also divisible by 5.
4. Suppose ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in a circle of radius one unit. If
ABBCCDDA 4, prove that ABCD is a square.
5. Suppose a, b, c are three real numbers such that the quadratic equation
x2 (a + b + c)x + (ab + bc + ca) = 0
has roots of the form + i where > 0 and 6= 0 are real numbers, and i2 = 1.
Show that:
(a) The numbers a, b, c are all positive;

(b) The numbers a, b, c form the sides of a triangle.
6. It is desired to choose n integers from the collection of 2n integers 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, . . . , n
1, n 1 such that the average (i.e., the arithmetic mean) of these n chosen integers is
itself an integer and as small as possible. Show that this can be done for each positive
integer n, and find this minimum value for each n.

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