IMO 2018 Day 2

Day 2 of IMO 2018. Go crazy!

Day 1


Problem 4

A site is any point \((x, y)\) in the plane such that \(x\) and \(y\) are both positive integers less than or equal to \(20\).

Initially, each of the 400400 sites is unoccupied. Amy and Ben take turns placing stones with Amy going first. On her turn, Amy places a new red stone on an unoccupied site such that the distance between any two sites occupied by red stones is not equal to 5\sqrt{5}. On his turn, Ben places a new blue stone on any unoccupied site. (A site occupied by a blue stone is allowed to be at any distance from any other occupied site.) They stop as soon as a player cannot place a stone.

Find the greatest KK such that Amy can ensure that she places at least KK red stones, no matter how Ben places his blue stones.

Problem 5

Let a1,a2,a_1,a_2,\ldots be an infinite sequence of positive integers. Suppose that there is an integer N>1N > 1 such that, for each nNn \geq N, the number a1a2+a2a3++an1an+ana1\frac{a_1}{a_2} + \frac{a_2}{a_3} + \ldots + \frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n} + \frac{a_n}{a_1} is an integer. Prove that there is a positive integer MM such that am=am+1a_m = a_{m+1} for all mMm \geq M.

Problem 6

A convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD satisfies ABCD=BCDAAB \cdot CD = BC \cdot DA. Point XX lies inside ABCDABCD so that XAB=XCD\angle{XAB} = \angle{XCD} and XBC=XDA\angle{XBC} = \angle{XDA}. Prove that BXA+DXC=180\angle{BXA} + \angle{DXC} = 180^{\circ}.

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