Subcontests
(15)2020-2021 Indiv 14
Let a be a positive real number. Collinear points Z1,Z2,Z3,Z4 (in that order) are plotted on the (x,y) Cartesian plane. Suppose that the graph of the equation
x2+(y+a)2+x2+(y−a)2=4a2+(x2+(y+a)2)(x2+(y−a)2)
passes through points Z1 and Z4, and the graph of the equation
x2+(y+a)2+x2+(y−a)2=4a2−(x2+(y+a)2)(x2+(y−a)2)
passes through points Z2 and Z3. If Z1Z2=5, Z2Z3=1, and Z3Z4=3, then a2 can be written as qm+np, where m, n, p, and q are positive integers, m, n, and q are relatively prime, and p is squarefree. Find m+n+p+q. 2020-2021 Indiv 10
A research facility has 60 rooms, numbered 1,2,…60, arranged in a circle. The entrance is in room 1 and the exit is in room 60, and there are no other ways in and out of the facility. Each room, except for room 60, has a teleporter equipped with an integer instruction 1≤i<60 such that it teleports a passenger exactly i rooms clockwise.
On Monday, a researcher generates a random permutation of 1,2,…,60 such that 1 is the first integer in the permutation and 60 is the last. Then, she configures the teleporters in the facility such that the rooms will be visited in the order of the permutation.
On Tuesday, however, a cyber criminal hacks into a randomly chosen teleporter, and he reconfigures its instruction by choosing a random integer 1≤j′<60 such that the hacked teleporter now teleports a passenger exactly j′ rooms clockwise (note that it is possible, albeit unlikely, that the hacked teleporter's instruction remains unchanged from Monday). This is a problem, since it is possible for the researcher, if she were to enter the facility, to be trapped in an endless \say{cycle} of rooms.
The probability that the researcher will be unable to exit the facility after entering in room 1 can be written as nm, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n. 2020-2021 Team 10
Let ω be a nonreal 47th root of unity. Suppose that S is the set of polynomials of degree at most 46 and coefficients equal to either 0 or 1. Let N be the number of polynomials Q∈S such that
j=0∑46ω4j+ω3j+ω2j+ωj+1Q(ω2j)−Q(ωj)=47.
The prime factorization of N is p1α1p2α2…psαs where p1,…,ps are distinct primes and α1,α2,…,αs are positive integers. Compute ∑j=1spjαj.