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National and Regional Contests
Netherlands Contests
Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
2004 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
2004 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
Part of
Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
Subcontests
(5)
2
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6 tangent circles, 2 of radii 1 and 4 of radii r
Two circles
A
A
A
and
B
B
B
, both with radius
1
1
1
, touch each other externally. Four circles
P
,
Q
,
R
P, Q, R
P
,
Q
,
R
and
S
S
S
, all four with the same radius
r
r
r
, lie such that
P
P
P
externally touches on
A
,
B
,
Q
A, B, Q
A
,
B
,
Q
and
S
S
S
,
Q
Q
Q
externally touches on
P
,
B
P, B
P
,
B
and
R
R
R
,
R
R
R
externally touches on
A
,
B
,
Q
A, B, Q
A
,
B
,
Q
and
S
S
S
,
S
S
S
externally touches on
P
,
A
P, A
P
,
A
and
R
R
R
. Calculate the length of
r
.
r.
r
.
[asy] unitsize(0.3 cm);pair A, B, P, Q, R, S; real r = (3 + sqrt(17))/2;A = (-1,0); B = (1,0); P = intersectionpoint(arc(A,r + 1,0,180), arc(B,r + 1,0,180)); R = -P; Q = (r + 2,0); S = (-r - 2,0);draw(Circle(A,1)); draw(Circle(B,1)); draw(Circle(P,r)); draw(Circle(Q,r)); draw(Circle(R,r)); draw(Circle(S,r));label("
A
A
A
", A); label("
B
B
B
", B); label("
P
P
P
", P); label("
Q
Q
Q
", Q); label("
R
R
R
", R); label("
S
S
S
", S); [/asy]
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game with stach of 100 cards, spliting into smaller piles
Start with a stack of
100
100
100
cards. Now repeat the following: choose a stack of at least
2
2
2
cards and split them into two smaller piles (at least
1
1
1
card of each). Continue this until there are finally
100
100
100
stacks of
1
1
1
card each. Every time you split a pile into two stacks you get a number of points that is equal to the product of the number of cards in the two new stacks. What is the maximum number of points that you can earn in total?
4
1
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isosceles wanted, starting with two ext. tangent circles
Two circles
C
1
C_1
C
1
and
C
2
C_2
C
2
touch each other externally in a point
P
P
P
. At point
C
1
C_1
C
1
there is a point
Q
Q
Q
such that the tangent line in
Q
Q
Q
at
C
1
C_1
C
1
intersects the circle
C
2
C_2
C
2
at points
A
A
A
and
B
B
B
. The line
Q
P
QP
QP
still intersects
C
2
C_2
C
2
at point
C
C
C
. Prove that triangle
A
B
C
ABC
A
BC
is isosceles.
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right triangle with sides a = p^m, b = q^n, hypotenuse c = 2k +1
A right triangle with perpendicular sides
a
a
a
and
b
b
b
and hypotenuse
c
c
c
has the following properties:
a
=
p
m
a = p^m
a
=
p
m
and
b
=
q
n
b = q^n
b
=
q
n
with
p
p
p
and
q
q
q
prime numbers and
m
m
m
and
n
n
n
positive integers,
c
=
2
k
+
1
c = 2k +1
c
=
2
k
+
1
with
k
k
k
a positive integer. Determine all possible values of
c
c
c
and the associated values of
a
a
a
and
b
b
b
.
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lcm (a, b) = 2004
Determine the number of pairs of positive integers
(
a
,
b
)
(a, b)
(
a
,
b
)
, with
a
≤
b
a \le b
a
≤
b
, for which lcm
(
a
,
b
)
=
2004
(a, b) = 2004
(
a
,
b
)
=
2004
. lcm (
a
,
b
a, b
a
,
b
) means the least common multiple of
a
a
a
and
b
b
b
. Example: lcm
(
18
,
24
)
=
72
(18, 24) = 72
(
18
,
24
)
=
72
.