9th IMO 1967

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A1.  The parallelogram ABCD has AB = a, AD = 1, angle BAD = A, and the triangle ABD has all angles acute. Prove that circles radius 1 and center A, B, C, D cover the parallelogram iff

            a ≤ cos A + √3 sin A.

A2.  Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than 1 has volume at most 1/8.
A3.  Let k, m, n be natural numbers such that m + k + 1 is a prime greater than n + 1. Let cs = s(s+1). Prove that:

        (cm+1 - ck)(cm+2 - ck) ... (cm+n - ck)

is divisible by the product c1c2 ... cn.

B1.  A0B0C0 and A1B1C1 are acute-angled triangles. Construct the triangle ABC with the largest possible area which is circumscribed about A0B0C0 (BC contains A0, CA contains B0, and AB contains C0) and similar to A1B1C1.
B2.  a1, ... , a8 are reals, not all zero. Let cn = a1n + a2n + ... + a8n for n = 1, 2, 3, ... . Given that an infinite number of cn are zero, find all n for which cn is zero.
B3.  In a sports contest a total of m medals were awarded over n days. On the first day one medal and 1/7 of the remaining medals were awarded. On the second day two medals and 1/7 of the remaining medals were awarded, and so on. On the last day, the remaining n medals were awarded. How many medals were awarded, and over how many days?
 
 
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21 Sep 1998
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