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2000IMO-2000-problems-eng.pdfen
Problem 1

ABAB is tangent to the circles CAMNCAMN and NMBDNMBD. MM lies between CC and DD on the line CDCD, and CDCD is parallel to ABAB. The chords NANA and CMCM meet at PP; the chords NBNB and MDMD meet at QQ. The rays CACA and DBDB meet at EE. Prove that PE=QEPE = QE.

Problem 2

A,B,CA, B, C are positive reals with product 1. Prove that (A1+1B)(B1+1C)(C1+1A)1(A - 1 + \frac{1}{B})(B - 1 + \frac{1}{C})(C - 1 + \frac{1}{A}) \leq 1.

Problem 3

kk is a positive real. NN is an integer greater than 1. NN points are placed on a line, not all coincident. A move is carried out as follows. Pick any two points AA and BB which are not coincident. Suppose that AA lies to the right of BB. Replace BB by another point BB' to the right of AA such that AB=kBAAB' = kBA. For what values of kk can we move the points arbitrarily far to the right by repeated moves?

Problem 4

100 cards are numbered 1 to 100 (each card different) and placed in 3 boxes (at least one card in each box). How many ways can this be done so that if two boxes are selected and a card is taken from each, then the knowledge of their sum alone is always sufficient to identify the third box?

Problem 6

A1A2A3A_1A_2A_3 is an acute-angled triangle. The foot of the altitude from AiA_i is KiK_i and the incircle touches the side opposite AiA_i at LiL_i. The line K1K2K_1K_2 is reflected in the line L1L2L_1L_2. Similarly, the line K2K3K_2K_3 is reflected in L2L3L_2L_3 and K3K1K_3K_1 is reflected in L3L1L_3L_1. Show that the three new lines form a triangle with vertices on the incircle.