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RMO QUESTIONS

RMO(INDIA) 2004
Max Mark 100
Time 3 Hrs
Instructions:
Calculators (in any form) and protractors are not allowed.
Ruler and compass allowed.
Answer all the questions.
1. Consider in the plane a circle with centre O and a line l not intersecting circle . Prove that there
is a point Q on the perpendicular drawn from O to the line l , such that for any point P on the line l ,
PQ represents the length of the tangent from P to the circle .
2. Positive integers are written on all faces of a cube, one on each. At each corner (vertex) of the cube,
the product of the numbers on the faces that meet at the corner is written. The sum of the numbers
written at all the corners is 2004. If T denotes the sum of the numbers of all the faces, find all
possible values of T.
3. Let , are the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 mx 1 0 , where m is an odd integer. Let
n n n for n 0 , prove that for n 0
(a) n is an integer.
(b) gcd(n , n1 ) 1 .
4. Prove that the number of triples (A, B, C) where A, B, C are subsets of {1, 2, 3, ., n} such that
A B C , A B , B C is 7 n 2 6 n 5n .
5. Let ABCD is a quadrilateral; X and Y be the mid points of AC and BD respectively and the lines
through X and Y respectively parallel to BD and AC meet in O. Let P, Q, R, S be the midpoints of
AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Prove that:
(a) Quadrilateral APOS and APXS have the same area.
(b) The areas of quadrilateral APOS, BQOP, CROQ, and DSOR are all equal.
6. Let p1 , p2 ,........, pn ,....... be a sequence of primes defined by p1 2 and for n 2 , pn1 is the
largest prime factor of p1 p2 ....... p n 1 . (Thus p2 3, p3 7 ). Prove that pn 5 for every n.
7. Let x and y be positive real numbers such that y 3 y x x 3 . Prove that
(a) y x 1 .
(b) x 2 y 2 1 .
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Dr. Shyam Sundar Agrawal

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