IChOO Contest 1: Submit ASAP!

The first contest of the International Chemistry Online Olympiad ends in less than 24 hours - submissions will be closed and the deadline cannot be extended further. We encourage you to submit even if you have solved 1 question! You may be surprised at how you rank.

Good luck!

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Easy Math Editor

This discussion board is a place to discuss our Daily Challenges and the math and science related to those challenges. Explanations are more than just a solution — they should explain the steps and thinking strategies that you used to obtain the solution. Comments should further the discussion of math and science.

When posting on Brilliant:

Use the emojis to react to an explanation, whether you're congratulating a job well done , or just really confused .
Ask specific questions about the challenge or the steps in somebody's explanation. Well-posed questions can add a lot to the discussion, but posting "I don't understand!" doesn't help anyone.
Try to contribute something new to the discussion, whether it is an extension, generalization or other idea related to the challenge.
Stay on topic — we're all here to learn more about math and science, not to hear about your favorite get-rich-quick scheme or current world events.

Markdown	Appears as
`italics` or `_italics_`	italics
`bold` or `__bold__`	bold
- bulleted - list	bulleted list
1. numbered 2. list	numbered list
Note: you must add a full line of space before and after lists for them to show up correctly
paragraph 1 paragraph 2	paragraph 1 paragraph 2
`[example link](https://brilliant.org)`	example link
`> This is a quote`	This is a quote
# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"	# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

Are you interested in hosting an IBOO contest? If you are, I am willing to write questions for it.

Matt Kempster - 7 years, 5 months ago

We will start either an IBOO or an IOOI some time before Summer 2014, but we are not sure which it will be. Thanks for your interest! Stay tuned. :)

Ahaan Rungta - 7 years, 5 months ago

Fantastic, thanks. Contact me if you need some writers. Also, I am in contact with many who are more qualified than I am to write questions for bio and chem, so let me know if I can help in any way.

If you don't need help, I'll be glad to participate in IBOO whenever it happens!

Matt Kempster - 7 years, 5 months ago

@Matt Kempster – Thanks a lot for lending us a hand! IChOO Problem-Writers are welcome. If you want to write problems for IChOO, send us an e-Mail with your experience and a few problems you have written (chemistry). If you know others who may be interested, please tell them to do so! Thanks again.

Ahaan Rungta - 7 years, 5 months ago

@Ahaan Rungta – Alright. I do not really do chemistry, but I do know IChO medalist(s), so I'll let them know. I'm a bio guy.

Thanks.

Matt Kempster - 7 years, 5 months ago

@Matt Kempster – IChO medalists; nice! We have one IChO medalist (USA, Gold) in our staff. Adding more to the crew would be nice. :)

Ahaan Rungta - 7 years, 5 months ago

@Ahaan Rungta – Yeah, I know someone else on the USA team who went to my high school. I'll talk to him and see if he's interested.

Matt Kempster - 7 years, 5 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$