Italy: Itamo 2009
Italy: Itamo 2009
Italy: Itamo 2009
ITAMO
2009
Day 1
1 Let a < b < c < d < e be real numbers. We calculate all possible sums in pairs of these 5
numbers. Of these 10 sums, the three smaller ones are 32, 36, 37, while the two larger ones
are 48 and 51. Determine all possible values that e can take.
2 ABCD is a square with centre O. Two congruent isosceles triangle BCJ and CDK with
base BC and CD respectively are constructed outside the square. let M be the midpoint of
CJ. Show that OM and BK are perpendicular to each other.
3 A natural number n is called nice if it enjoys the following properties: The expression is
made up of 4 decimal digits; the first and third digits of n are equal; the second and fourth
digits of n are equal; the product of the digits of n divides n2 . Determine all nice numbers.
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Italy
ITAMO
2009
Day 2
1 A flea is initially at the point (0, 0) in the Cartesian plane. Then it makes n jumps. The
direction of the jump is taken in a choice of the four cardinal directions. The first step is of
length 1, the second of length 2, the third of length 4, and so on. The nth -jump is of length
2n1 . Prove that, if you know the final position flea, then it is possible to uniquely determine
its position after each of the n jumps.
2 Let ABC be an acute-angled scalene triangle and be its circumcircle. K is the foot of the
internal bisector of BAC on BC. Let M be the midpoint of the arc BC containing A. M K
intersect again at A0 . T is the intersection of the tangents at A and A0 . R is the intersection
of the perpendicular to AK at A and perpendicular to A0 K at A0 . Show that T, R and K are
collinear.
3 A natural number k is said n-squared if by colouring the squares of a 2n k chessboard, in
any manner, with n different colours, we can find 4 separate unit squares of the same colour,
the centers of which are vertices of a rectangle having sides parallel to the sides of the board.
Determine, in function of n, the smallest natural k that is n-squared.
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