AoPS Community 2016 Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad
Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad 2016
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by Olympus mountaineer, T-Rex, soyeb.jim, ksun48
1 BdMO National 2016 Higher Secondary
Problem 1:
(a) Show that n(n + 1)(n + 2) is divisible by 6.
(b) Show that 12015 + 22015 + 32015 + 42015 + 52015 + 62015 is divisible by 7.
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Problem 2:
(a) How many positive integer factors does 6000 have?
(b) How many positive integer factors of 6000 are not perfect squares?
3 4ABC is isosceles AB = AC. P is a point inside 4ABC such that ∠BCP = 30 and ∠AP B =
150 and ∠CAP = 39. Find ∠BAP .
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Problem 4:
Consider the set of integers {1, 2, ........., 100}. Let {x1 , x2 , ........., x100 } be some arbitrary ar-
rangement of the integers {1, 2, ........., 100}, where all of the xi are different. Find the smallest
possible value of the sum,
S = |x2 − x1 | + |x3 − x2 | + ................ + |x100 − x99 | + |x1 − x100 |.
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Problem 5:
Suppose there are m Martians and n Earthlings at an intergalactic peace conference. To ensure
the Martians stay peaceful at the conference, we must make sure that no two Martians sit
together, such that between any two Martians there is always at least one Earthling.
(a) Suppose all m + n Martians and Earthlings are seated in a line. How many ways can the
Earthlings and Martians be seated in a line?
(b) Suppose now that the m + n Martians and Earthlings are seated around a circular round-
table. How many ways can the Earthlings and Martians be seated around the round-table?
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4ABC is an isosceles triangle with AC = BC and ∠ACB < 60◦ . I and O are the incenter and
circumcenter of 4ABC. The circumcircle of 4BIO intersects BC at D 6= B.
(a) Do the lines AC and DI intersect? Give a proof.
(b) What is the angle of intersection between the lines OD and IB?
7 Juli is a mathematician and devised an algorithm to find a husband. The strategy is:
Start interviewing a maximum of 1000 prospective husbands. Assign a ranking r to each per-
son that is a positive integer. No two prospects will have same the rank r.
Reject the first k men and let H be highest rank of these k men.
After rejecting the first k men, select the next prospect with a rank greater than H and then
stop the search immediately. If no candidate is selected after 999 interviews, the 1000th person
is selected.
Juli wants to find the value of k for which she has the highest probability of choosing the high-
est ranking prospect among all 1000 candidates without having to interview all 1000 prospects.
(a) (6 points:) What is the probability that the highest ranking prospect among all 1000 prospects
is the (m + 1)th prospect?
(b) (6 points:) Assume the highest ranking prospect is the (m + 1)th person to be interviewed.
What is the probability that the highest rank candidate among the first m candidates is one of
the first k candidates who were rejected?
(c) (6 points:) What is the probability that the prospect with the highest rank is the (m + 1)th
person and that Juli will choose the (m + 1)th man using this algorithm?
(d) (16 points:) The total probability that Juli will choose the highest ranking prospect among
the 1000 prospects is the sum of the probability for each possible value of m + 1 with m + 1
ranging between k + 1 and 1000.
Find the sum. To simplify your answer use the formula InN ≈ N 1−1 + N 1−2 + ... + 12 + 1
(e) (6 points:) Find that value of k that maximizes the probability of choosing the highest
ranking prospect without interviewing all 1000 candidates. You may need to know that the
maximum of the function xln x−1 A
is approximately A+1 e , where A is a constant and e is Eulers
number, e = 2.718....
8 Triangle ABC is inscribed in circle ω with AB = 5, BC = 7, and AC = 3. The bisector of angle
A meets side BC at D and circle ω at a second point E. Let γ be the circle with diameter DE.
Circles ω and γ meet at E and a second point F . Then AF 2 = mn , where m and n are relatively
prime positive integers. Find m + n.
R∞ −x2 √
9 The integral Z(0) = −∞ dxe = π
R∞ 2
(a)(3 POINTS:)Show that the integral Z(j) = −∞ dxe−x +jx
2
Where j is not a function of x,is Z(j) = ej /4a Z(0)
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1 2 (2n − 1)!!
(b)(10 POINTS):Show that, = x2n e−x =
R
Z(0) 2n
Where (2n − 1)!! is defined as (2n − 1)(2n − 3) × ... × 3 × 1
(c)(7 POINTS):What is the number of ways to form n pairs from 2n distinct objects?Interept
the previous part of the problem in term of this answer.
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