2008 Cuba MO

Day 1

Grades 10-12

1

We place the numbers from $1$ to $81$ in a $9\times $ board. Prove that exist $k \in \{1,2,...,9\}$ so that the product of the numbers in the $k$-th column is diferent to the product of the numbers in the $k$-th row.

2

Let $H$ a regular hexagon and let $P$ a point in the plane of $H$. Let $V(P)$ the sum of the distances from $P$ to the vertices of $H$ and let $L(P)$ the sum of the distances from $P$ to the edges of $H$. a) Find all points $P$ so that $L(P)$ is minimun b) Find all points $P$ so that $V(P)$ is minimun

3

A boy write three times the natural number $n$ in a blackboard. He then performed an operation of the following type several times: He erased one of the numbers and wrote in its place the sum of the two others minus $1$. After several moves, one of the three numbers in the blackboard is $900$. Find all the posible values of $n$.

Day 2

Grade 10

1

Given a polynomial of degree $2$, $p(x) = ax^2 +bx+c$ define the function $$S(p) = (a -b)^2 + (b - c)^2 + (c - a)^2.$$Determine the real number$ r$such that, for any polynomial $p(x)$ of degree $2$ with real roots, holds $S(p) \ge ra^2$

2

Consider the parallelogram $ABCD$. A circle is drawn that passes through $A$ and intersects side $AD$ at $N$, side $AB$ at $M$ and diagonal $AC$ in $P$ such that points $A, M, N, P$ are different. Prove that $$AP\cdot AC = AM \cdot AB + AN \cdot AD.$$

3

Prove that there are infinitely many ordered pairs of positive integers $(m, n)$ such that $\frac{m+1}{n}+\frac{n+1}{m}$ is a positive integer.

Grade 11

4

Determine all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $f(xy + f(x)) =xf(y) + f(x)$ for all real numbers $x, y$.

5

There is a board of $2008\times 2008$ and $2008$ pieces, one in each row and each column of the board. It is allowed to do one of the following movements: a) Take two steps to the right and $10$ up. b) Take two steps to the right and $6$ steps down. c) Take two steps to the left and $6$ steps up. d) Take two steps to the left and $10$ steps down. If the path down cannot be completed, it is skipped to the upper part along the same column and the route continues normally, similarly in the other directions. In each play you will move a checker using any of the allowed operations. Would it be possible that at some point, after a finite number of played, the pieces are located forming a square of side $44$ in the upper left corner of the board and the remaining $72$ are in the last row in the first $72$ boxes?

6

We have an isosceles triangle $ABC$ with base $BC$. Through vertex $A$ draw a line $r$ parallel to $BC$. The points $P, Q$ are located on the perpendicular bisectors of $AB$ and $AC$ respectively, such that $PQ\perp BC$. They are points $M$ and $N$ on the line $r$ such that $\angle APM = \angle AQN = 90^o$. Prove that $$\frac{1}{AM} + \frac{1}{AN}\le \frac{2}{ AB}$$

Grade 12

7

For non negative reals $a,b$ we know that $a^2+a+b^2\ge a^4+a^3+b^4$. Prove that $$\frac{1-a^4}{a^2}\ge \frac{b^2-1}{b}$$

8

Let $ABC$ an acute-angle triangle. Let $R$ be a rectangle with vertices in the edges of $ABC$. Let $O$ be the center of $R$. a) Find the locus of all the points $O$. b) Decide if there is a point that is the center of three of these rectangles.

9

Prove that we can color the lattice points in the plane with two color so that every rectangle with vertices in the lattice points and edges parallels to the co-ordinate axis that have area $2^n$ is not monocromatic. rest problemshere