Initially, only the integer
is written on a board. An integer a on the board can be re- placed with four pairwise different integers
such that the arithmetic mean
of the four new integers is equal to the number
. In a step we simultaneously replace all the integers on the board in the above way. After
steps we end up with
integers
on the board. Prove that








Let
be an integer. John and Mary play the following game: First John labels the sides of a regular
-gon with the numbers
in whatever order he wants, using each number exactly once. Then Mary divides this
-gon into triangles by drawing
diagonals which do not intersect each other inside the
-gon. All these diagonals are labeled with number
. Into each of the triangles the product of the numbers on its sides is written. Let S be the sum of those
products.
Determine the value of
if Mary wants the number
to be as small as possible and John wants
to be as large as possible and if they both make the best possible choices.








Determine the value of



In a plane the circles
and
with centers
and
, respectively, intersect in two points
and
. Assume that
is obtuse. The tangent to
in
intersects
again in
and the tangent to
in
intersects
again in
. Let
be the circumcircle of the triangle
. Let
be the midpoint of that arc
of
that contains
. The lines
and
intersect
again in
and
, respectively. Prove that the line
is perpendicular to
.




























Let
be an integer. At a MEMO-like competition, there are
participants, there are n languages spoken, and each participant speaks exactly three different languages. Prove that at least
of the spoken languages can be chosen in such a way that no participant speaks more than two of the chosen languages.
Note.
is the smallest integer which is greater than or equal to
.



Note.


Let
be an acute triangle. Denote by
and
the feet of the altitudes from vertices
and
, respectively. Let
be a point inside the triangle
such that the line
is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle
and the line
is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle
. Show that the line
is perpendicular to
.












