Međunarodna matematička olimpijada 1959

[ 1959 | IMO ]
Prove that the fraction \dfrac{21n + 4}{14n + 3} is irreducible for every natural number n.
For what real values of x is \sqrt{x+\sqrt{2x-1}}+\sqrt{x-\sqrt{2x-1}}=A given

a) A=\sqrt{2};

b) A=1;

c) A=2,

where only non-negative real numbers are admitted for square roots?
Let a,b,c be real numbers. Consider the quadratic equation in \cos{x} a \cos^2{x}+b \cos{x}+c=0. Using the numbers a,b,c form a quadratic equation in \cos{2x} whose roots are the same as those of the original equation. Compare the equation in \cos{x} and \cos{2x} for a=4, b=2, c=-1.
Construct a right triangle with given hypotenuse c such that the median drawn to the hypotenuse is the geometric mean of the two legs of the triangle.
An arbitrary point M is selected in the interior of the segment AB. The square AMCD and MBEF are constructed on the same side of AB, with segments AM and MB as their respective bases. The circles circumscribed about these squares, with centers P and Q, intersect at M and also at another point N. Let N' denote the point of intersection of the straight lines AF and BC.

a) Prove that N and N' coincide;

b) Prove that the straight lines MN pass through a fixed point S independent of the choice of M;

c) Find the locus of the midpoints of the segments PQ as M varies between A and B.
Two planes, P and Q, intersect along the line p. The point A is given in the plane P, and the point C in the plane Q; neither of these points lies on the straight line p. Construct an isosceles trapezoid ABCD (with AB \parallel CD) in which a circle can be inscribed, and with vertices B and D lying in planes P and Q respectively.