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2008 Chile Classification NMO Seniors

Part of Chile Classification NMO

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2008 Chile Classification / Qualifying NMO Seniors XX

p1. You have 680680 oranges stacked in a triangular pyramid. How many oranges are in the base of the pyramid?
p2. Four points are marked on each side of a square with side 55 cm in order to subdivide each side in five equal parts, and join as in the figure. What is the area of the shaded region? https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/b/7756e2af51f6ef3443528e204c2768a2cc4738.jpg
p3. The set Z2Z^2 of the integers is divided into nn (disjoint) parts and not empty A1,A2,...,AnA_1, A_2, ..., A_n they will verify the following property: if aa and b b belong to AiA_i then their sum a+ba + b belongs to the same set AiA_i. Determine the possible values of the positive integer nn.
p4. The sequences xnx_n, yny_n are defined by the following rules: x0=2,x1=5,xn+1=xn+2xn1x_0 = 2, x_1 = 5, x_{n + 1} = xn + 2x_{n-1}, y0=3,y1=4,yn+1=yn+2yn1y_0 = 3, y_1 = 4, y_{n + 1} = y_n + 2y_{n-1}. Prove that the sets {xn:n0}\{x_n: n\ge 0 \} and {yn:n0}\{y_n: n\ge 0\} are disjoint.
p5. We have two circles C1C_1 and C2C_2 tangent (externally) to each other and tangent to a line LL (on the same side). From the point P of greatest height (wrt LL) in C1C_1 the tangent is drawn "top" PQPQ to C2C_2: see figure. Prove that the length of PQPQ equals the diameter of C1C_1. https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/f/0aaf51443ab90b49821c22cbf06936167f2335.jpg
p6. In each square of a board n×n n \times n there is a light bulb. In addition, there are 2n2n switches. In each row there is a switch that when pressed, changes the state of the bulbs of that row (those that were on are turned off, and those that are off turn on). In each column also there is a switch that changes the state of the bulbs in it. Using these switches, is it always possible to arrive, from any initial state, to a state in which the number of lit bulbs in each row or column is less than or equal to the number of off bulbs in that row or column?
PS. Seniors P1, P2, P3, P6 were posted also as [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2689997p23346441]Juniors P1,P2, variation of P3, easier version of P6.