Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 7
1 A positive integer is called good if it can be written as a sum of two consecutive positive
integers and as a sum of three consecutive positive integers. Prove that:
a)2001 is good, but 3001 isnt good. b)the product of two good numbers is a good number.
c)if the product of two numbers is good, then at least one of the numbers is good.
Bogdan Enescu
2 Consider the number n = 123456789101112 . . . 99100101.
a)Find the rst three digits of the number
n. b)Compute the sum of the digits of n. c)Prove
that
n isnt rational.
Valer Pop
3 Consider a triangle ABC and three points D, E, F such that: B and E are on dierent side
of the line AC, C and D are on dierent sides of AB, A and F are on the same side of the
line BC. Also ADB CEA CFB. Let M be the middle point of AF. Prove that:
a)BDF FEC. b) M is the middle point of DE.
Dan Branzei
4 Consider a convex qudrilateral ABCD and M (AB), N (CD) such that
AM
BM
=
DN
CN
= k.
Prove that BC AD if and only if
MN =
1
k + 1
AD +
k
k + 1
BC
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Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 8
1 a) Find all the integers m and n such that
9m
2
+ 3n = n
2
+ 8
b) Let a, b N
. If x = a
a+b
+ (a +b)
a
and y = a
a
+ (a +b)
a+b
which one is bigger?
Florin Nicoara, Valer Pop
2 Let x, y, z R
such that xy, yz, zx Q.
a) Prove that x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
is rational; b) If x
3
+ y
3
+ z
3
is rational, prove that x, y, z are
rational.
Marius Ghergu
3 Consider four points A, B, C, D not in the same plane such that
AB = BD = CD = AC =
2AD =
2
2
BC = a
Prove that:
a)There is a point M [BC] such that MA = MB = MC = MD. b)2m((AD, BC)) =
3m(((ABC), (BCD))) c)6(d(A, CD))
2
= 7(d(A, (BCD)))
2
Ion Trandar
4 Consider a rectangular parallelepiped ABCDA
in which we denote AB = a, BC =
b, AA
= c. Let DE AC, DF A
C, E AC, F
C and C
P B
, C
Q BD
, P
B
, Q BD
. Prove that the planes (DEF) and (C
PQ) are perpendicular if and only if
a
2
+c
2
= b
2
.
Sorin Peligrad
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Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 9
1 Consider the equation x
2
+ (a + b + c)x + (ab + bc + ca) = 0 with a, b, c > 0 and R.
Prove that:
a)If
3
4
, the equation has real roots. b)If a, b, c are the side lengths of a triangle and 1,
then the equation doesnt have real roots.
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2 In the xOy system consider the lines d
1
: 2x y 2 = 0, d
2
: x +y 4 = 0, d
3
: y = 2
and d
4
: x 4y + 3 = 0. Find the vertices of the triangles whom medians are d
1
, d
2
, d
3
and
d
4
is one of their altitudes.
Lucian Dragomir
3 Conside a positive odd integer k and let n
1
< n
2
< . . . < n
k
be k positive odd integers. Prove
that:
n
2
1
n
2
2
+n
2
3
n
2
4
+. . . +n
2
k
2k
2
1
Titu Andreescu
4 Consider a function f : Z Z such that:
f(m
2
+f(n)) = f
2
(m) +n, m, n Z
Prove that:
a)f(0) = 0; b)f(1) = 1; c)f(n) = n, n Z
Lucian Dragomir
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Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 10
1 Let (a
n
)
n1
be a sequence of real numbers such that
a
1
n
1
+a
2
n
2
+. . . +a
n
n
n
= 2
n1
a
n
, ()n N
Prove that (a
n
)
n1
is an arithmetical progression.
Lucian Dragomir
2 Two numbers (z
1
, z
2
) C
have the property (P) if there is a real number a [2, 2]
such that z
2
1
az
1
z
2
+ z
2
2
= 0. Prove that if (z
1
, z
2
) have the property (P), then (z
n
1
, z
n
2
)
satisfy this property, for any positive integer n.
Dorin Andrica
3 Consider an inscriptible polygon ABCDE. Let H
1
, H
2
, H
3
, H
4
, H
5
be the orthocenters of
the triangles ABC, BCD, CDE, DEA, EAB and let M
1
, M
2
, M
3
, M
4
, M
5
be the midpoints of
DE, EA, AB, BC and CD, respectively. Prove that the lines H
1
M
1
, H
2
M
2
, H
3
M
3
, H
4
M
4
, H
5
M
5
have a common point.
Dinu Serbanescu
4 Solve the equation:
2
lg x
+ 8 = (x 8)
1
lg 2
Note: lg x = log
10
x.
Daniel Jinga
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Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 11
1 Let A M
2
(R) such that det(A) = d = 0 and det(A+dA
) = 0. Prove that det(AdA
) = 4.
Daniel Jinga
2 Let n N, n 2. For any matrix A M
n
(C), let m(A) be the number of non-zero minors
of A. Prove that:
a)m(I
n
) = 2
n
1; b)If A M
n
(C) is non-singular, then m(A) 2
n
1.
Marius Ghergu
3 Let f : R R a function which transforms any closed bounded interval in a closed bounded
interval and any open bounded interval in an open bounded interval.
Prove that f is continuous.
Mihai Piticari
4 Prove that:
a) the sequence a
n
=
1
n+1
+
1
n+2
+. . . +
1
n+n
, n 1 is monotonic.
b) there is a sequence (a
n
)
n1
{0, 1} such that:
lim
n
a
1
n + 1
+
a
2
n + 2
+. . . +
a
n
n +n
=
1
2
Radu Gologan
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Romania
District Olympiad
2001
Grade 12
1 For any n N
, let H
n
=
k
n!
| k Z
.
a) Prove that H
n
is a subgroup of the group (Q, +) and that Q =
nN
H
n
;
b) Prove that if G
1
, G
2
, . . . , G
m
are subgroups of the group (Q, +) and G
i
= Q, ()1 i m,
then
G
1
G
2
. . . G
m
= Q
Marian Andronache Ion Savu
2 Let K commutative eld with 8 elements. Prove that ()a K such that a
3
= a + 1.
Mircea Becheanu
3 Consider a continuous function f : [0, 1] R such that for any third degree polynomial
function P : [0, 1] [0, 1], we have
1
0
f(P(x))dx = 0
Prove that f(x) = 0, ()x [0, 1].
Mihai Piticari
4 a)Prove that ln(1 +x) x, ()x 0.
b)Let a > 0. Prove that:
lim
n
n
1
0
x
n
a +x
n
dx = ln
a + 1
a
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