Homework March 30, 2020 Monday

Problems
Problem 1. In convex quadrilateral ABCD, ∠A ∼ = ∠C, AB = CD = 180, and
AD 6= BC. The perimeter of ABCD is 640. Find b1000 cos Ac. (The notation bxc
means the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x.)

Problem 2. Triangle ABC is a right triangle with AC = 7, BC = 24, and right

angle at C. Point M is the midpoint of AB, and D is on the same side of line AB as
C so√that AD = BD = 15. Given that the area of triangle CDM may be expressed
as mp n , where m, n, and p are positive integers, m and p are relatively prime, and n
is not divisible by the square of any prime, find m + n + p.

Problem 3. Consider the set S = {0, 1, 2, . . . , 3k − 1}. Prove that one can choose T
to be a 2k -element subset of S such that none of the elements of T can be
represented as the arithmetic mean of two distinct elements of T .

Problem 4.

(a) Prove that if the roots of

x3 + ax2 + bx + c = 0

form an arithmetic sequence, then 2a3 + 27c = 9ab.

(b) Prove that if 2a3 + 27c = 9ab, then the roots of

x3 + ax2 + bx + c = 0

form an arithmetic sequence.

Problem 5. Let n be an integer greater than 0. The numbers 1, 2, 3, . . . , n are
written on a blackboard. We decide to erase from the blackboard any two numbers,
and replace them with their nonnegative difference. After this is done several times,
a single number remains on the blackboard. For which values of n can this number
equal 0?