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1. Find x2 + y2 if x and y are positive integers such that
xy + x + y = 71
x2y + xy2 = 880

1 1
2. Suppose that x, y and z are three positive numbers that satisfy the equations xyz = 1, x + = 5, and y + =
z x

1 m
29. Then z + = , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.
y n

3. The equation 2333x – 2 + 2111x + 2 = 2222x + 1 + 1 has three real roots. Given that their sum is m/n where m and n
are relatively prime positive integers, find m + n.
4. Suppose that S is a finite set of positive integers. If the greatest integer in S is removed from S, then the average
value (arithemetic mean) of the integers remaining is 32. If the least integer in S is also removed, then the
average value of the integers remaining is 35. If the greatest integers is then returned to the set, the average
value of the integers rises to 40. The greatest integer in the original set S is 72 greater than the least integer in
S. What is the average value of the all the integers in the set S?
5. The degree measures of the angles in a convex 18-sided polygon form an increasing arithemetic sequence with
integer values. Find the degree measure of the smallest angle.
6. Find 3x2y2 if x and y are integers such that y2 + 3x2y2 = 30x2 + 517.
7. How many ordered pairs of positive integers (b, c) exist where both x2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + cx + b = 0 do not
have distinct, real solutions?
8. Real numbers x and y satisfy
x2 + y2 = 2023
(x – 2)(y – 2) = 3
Find the largest possible value of |x – y|.
9. Let a and b be complex numbers such that (a+1)(b+1) = 2 and (a2+1)(b2+1) = 32. Compute the sum of all
possible values of (a4 + 1)(b4 + 1).
10. Suppose a, b and c are nonzero real numbers such that

1 2 7 1
bc + = ca + = ab + =
a b c a+b+c

Find a + b + c.
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11. Find the unique real number c such that the polynomial x3 + cx + c has exactly two real roots.
12. Suppose x, y and z are nonzero complex numbers such that (x + y + z)(x2 + y2 + z2) = x3 + y3 + z3. Compute

æ1 1 1ö
(x + y + z)ç x + y + z ÷
è ø

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x y
13. Let x and y be positive real numbers. Define a = 1 + and b = 1 + . If a2 + b2 = 15, compute a3 + b3.
y x

æ 1 1 1ö
14. Let m, n and p are real numbers such that (m + n + p) ç + + ÷ =1. Find all possible values of
èm n pø

1 1 1 1
– 2023 - 2023 - 2023 .
(m + n + p) 2023
m n p

15. Find the number of cubic polynomials p(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are integers in {–20, –19, –18,
...., 18, 19, 20}, such that there is a unique integer m ¹ 2 with p(m) = p(2).
(3 Marker)
16. Let (a, b, c) be the real solution of the system of equations x 3 – xyz = 2, y3 – xyz = 6, z3 – xyz = 20. The greatest
m
possible value of a3 + b3 + c34 can be written in the form , where m and n are relatively prime positive integer..
n
Find m + n.
17. Let x1 £ x2 £ ...... £ x100 be real numbers such that |x1| + |x2| + ........+ |x100| = 1 and x1 + x2 + .........+
m
x100 = 0. Among all such 100 tuples of numbers, the greatest value that x 76 – x16 can achieve is , where m
n
and n are relatively prime integers. Find m + n.
18. Suppose a, b and g are complex numbers that satisfy the system of equations
a+b+g=6
a3 + b3 + g3 = 87
(a + 1) (b + 1) (g + 1) = 33.

1 1 1 m
If + + = for positive relatively prime integers m and n, find m + n.
a b g n

19. If the integer k is added to each of the numbers 36, 300, and 596, one obtains the squares of three consecutive
terms of an arithmetic series. Find k.
20. Find the eight term of the sequence 1440, 1716, 1848,.........., whose terms are formed by multiplying the
corresponding terms of two arithemetic sequences.
21. An infinite geometric series has sum 2005. A new series, obtained by squaring each term of the original series,

m
has 10 times the sum of the original series. The common ratio of the original series is where m and n are
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n
relatively prime integers. Find m + n.
22. The terms of an arithemetic sequence add to 715. The first term of the sequence is increased by 1, the second
term is increased by 3, the third term is increased by 5, and in general the kth term in increased by the kth odd
positive integer. The terms of the new sequence add to 836. Find the sum of the first, last and middle terms of
the original sequence.

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23. Two distinct, real, infinite geometric series each have a sum of 1 and have the same second term. The third term

m -n
of one of the series is 1/8, and the second term of both series can be written in the form , where m, n,
p

and p are positive integers and m is not divisible by the square of airy prime. Find 100m + 10n + p.
24. Given than
x1 = 211,
x2 = 375,
x3 = 420,
x4 = 523, and
xn = xn–1– xn–2 + xn–3 – xn–4 when n ³ 5,
find the value of x531 + x753 + x975.

ac ba cb
25. Suppose a,b and c are real numbers such that + + = -9
a+b b+c c+a

bc ca ab
and + + = 10
a+b b+c c+a

b c a
Compute the value of + +
a+b b+c c+a

26. ( )( )(
The equation x - 3 13 x - 3 53 x - 3 103 = ) 1
3
has three distinct real solutions r,s, and t for x .

Calculate the value of r3 + s3 + t3.

27. Determine all triples of real numbers (x, y, z) such that
xyz = 8
x2y + y2z + z2x = 73
x(y – z)2 + y(z – x)2 + z(x – y)2 = 98
28. Let m be the largest real solution to the equation

3 5 17 19
+ + + = x 2 - 11x - 4
x - 3 x - 5 x - 17 x - 19

There are positive integers a,b, and c such that m = a + b + c .Find a+b+c.

29.
é
Let a,b and c be the distinct solutions to the equation x3 + 2x2 + 3x – 4 = 0. Find the value of
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1 1 1
+ +
a(b + c - a ) b(c + a - b ) c(a + b2 - c2 )
2 2 2 2 2 2 2

30. Suppose integers a < b < c satisfy

a + b + c = 95 and a2 + b2 + c2 = 3083
Find c.

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31. Suppose P(x) is a cubic polynomial with integer coefficients such that P ( 5 ) = 5 and P ( 5 ) = 5
3 3
5 . Compute

P(5).
32. Suppose P(x) is a polynomial with real coefficients such that P(t) = P(1)t2 + P(P(1))t + P(P(P(1))) for all real
numbers t. Compute the largest possible value of P(P(P(P(1)))).
33. Real numbers x, y, z satisfy
x + xy + xyz = 1, y + yz + xyz = 2, z + xz + xyz = 4

a+b c
The largest possible value of xyz is , where a, b, c, d are integers, d is positive, c is square-free, and
d
gcd(a, b, d) = 1. Find 1000a + 100b + 10c + d.
34. Let ƒ(x) = x3 + 3x – 1 have roots a, b, c. Given that

1 1 1
3 3
+ 3 3
+
a +b b +c c + a3
3

m
can be written , where m, n are positive integers and gcd(m, n) = 1, find 100m + n.
n

35. Let a, b, c, x, y and z be complex numbers such that

b+c c+a a+b

a= ,b = ,c =
x -2 y -2 z -2

If xy + yz + zx = 67 and x + y + z = 2010, find the value of xyz.

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36. For distinct complex numbers z1, z2, ...........,z673 the polynomial (x – z1)3 (x – z2)3 .........(x – z673)3 can be
expressed as x2019 + 20x2018 + 19x2017 + g(x), where g(x) is a polynomial with complex coefficients and with

degree at most 2016. The sum å z j z k can be expressed in the form m , where m and n are relatively
1£ j<k £673 n

prime positive integers. Find m + n.

37. In an increasing sequence of four positive integers, the first three terms form an arithemetic progression, the last
three terms form a geometric progression, and the first and fourth terms differ by 30. Find the sum of the four
terms.
38. A high school basketball game between the Raiders and Wildcats was tied at the end of the first quarter. The
number of points scored by the Raiders in each of the four quarters formed an increasing geometric sequence,
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and the number of points scored by Wildcats in each of the four quarters formed an increasing arithemetic
sequence. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Raiders had won by one point. Neither team scored more than
100 points. What was the total number of points scored by the two teams in the first half?
39. Hiram's algebra notes are 50 pages long and are printed on 25 sheets of paper; the first sheet contains pages
1 and 2, the second sheet contains pages 3 and 4, and so on. One day he leaves his notes on the table before
leaving for lunch, and his roommate decides to borrow some pages from the middle of the notes. When Hiram
comes back, he discovers that his roommate has taken a consecutive set of sheets from the notes and that the
average (mean) of the page numbers on all remaining sheets is exactly 19. How many sheets were borrowed?

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40. Albert, Brian, and Christine are hanging out by a magical tree. This tree gives each of them a stick, each of
which have a non-negative real length. Say that Albert gets a branch of length x, Brian a branch of length y, and
Christine a branch of length z, and the lengths follow the condition that x + y + z = 2. Let m and n be the
minimum and maximum possible values of xy + yz + xz – xyz, respectively. What is m + n ?
41. How many cubics in the form x3 – ax2 + (a+d)x – (a + 2d) for integers a, d have roots that are all non-negative
integers ?
42. Compute all real numbers a such that the polynomial x4 + ax3+1 has exactly one real root.
43. Let z be a complex number that satisfies the equation

z-4 2z - 4 z -2 3
+ + =
z 2 - 5z + 1 2z2 - 5z + 1 z 2 - 3z + 1 2
Xz
Over all possible values of z, find the sum of the values of

1 1 1
+ +
z 2 - 5z + 1 2z 2 - 5z + 1 z 2 - 3z + 1

44. Let P(x), Q(x), and R(x) be three monic quadratic polynomials with only real roots, satisfying
P(Q(x)) = (x–1)(x–3)(x–5)(x–7)
Q(R(x)) = (x–2)(x–4)(x–6)(x–8)
for all real numbers x. What is P(0) + Q(0) + R(0) ?
45. Let a, b, c and d be positive real numbers which satisfy the system of equations
(a + b)(c + d) = 143,
(a + c)(b + d) = 150,
(a + d)(b + c) = 169.
Find the smallest possible value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2.
46. Let N be the number of triples of positive integers (a, b, c) with a £ b £ c £ 100 such that the polynomial
P(x) = x2 + (a2 + 4b2 + c2 + 1)x + (4ab + 4bc – 2ca)
has integer roots in x. Find the last three digits of N.
47. Let a1, a2 .... be an arithmetic sequence and b1, b2 .... be a geometric sequence. Suppose that a1b1 = 20, a2b2
= 19, and a3b3 = 14. Find the greatest possible value of a4b4.
48. A positive integer is detestable if the sum of its digits is a multiple of 11. How many positive integers below
10000 are detestable?
49. In an increasing sequence of four positive integers, the first three terms form an arithmetic progression, the last
three terms form a geometric progression, and the first and fourth terms differ by 30. Find the sum of the four
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terms.
50. A sequence of positive integers with a1 = 1 and a9 + a10 = 646 is formed so that the first three terms are in
geometric progression, the second, third and fourth terms are in arithmetic progression, and, in general, for all
n ³ 1, the terms a2n –1, a2n, a2n + 1 are in geometric progression, and the terms a2n, an + 1 are in geometric
progression, and the terms a2n, a2n + 1, and a2n + 2 are in arithmetic progression. Let an be the greatest term in this
sequence that is less than 1000. Find n + an.

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1. 146 2. 05 3. 113
4. 36.8 5. 143 6. 588

7. 6 8. 2197 9. 1160

3 27
3
10. - 11. - 12. 3
2 4

13. 50 14. 0 15. 738

16. 158 17. 841 18. 182
19. 925 20. 348 21. 802
22. 195 23. 518 24. 898

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25. 11 26. 170 27. (1,1,8), ç 4,4, 2 ÷
è ø

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28. 263 29. 30. 37
8

31. –95 32. 1/9 33. 5272

34. 3989 35. –5892 36. 352
37. 129 38. 34 39. 13

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40. 41. 5 42. ±
27 3

11
43. 44. 129 45. 214
6

37
46. 550 47. 48. 908
4

49. 129 50. 973

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