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%V0 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?

%V0 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 $a=4$, $b=2$, $c=-1$.

%V0 Prove that $\cos{\frac{\pi}{7}}-\cos{\frac{2\pi}{7}}+\cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}}=\frac{1}{2}$

%V0 Three players $A,B$ and $C$ play a game with three cards and on each of these $3$ cards it is written a positive integer, all $3$ numbers are different. A game consists of shuffling the cards, giving each player a card and each player is attributed a number of points equal to the number written on the card and then they give the cards back. After a number $(\geq 2)$ of games we find out that A has $20$ points, $B$ has $10$ points and $C$ has $9$ points. We also know that in the last game B had the card with the biggest number. Who had in the first game the card with the second value (this means the middle card concerning its value).

%V0 Determine all real numbers a for which there exists positive reals $x_{1}, \ldots, x_{5}$ which satisfy the relations $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{5} kx_{k}=a,$ $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{5} k^{3}x_{k}=a^{2},$ $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{5} k^{5}x_{k}=a^{3}.$

%V0 An $n \times n$ matrix whose entries come from the set $S = \{1, 2, \ldots , 2n - 1\}$ is called a silver matrix if, for each $i = 1, 2, \ldots , n$, the $i$-th row and the $i$-th column together contain all elements of $S$. Show that: (a) there is no silver matrix for $n = 1997$; (b) silver matrices exist for infinitely many values of $n$.