Problem Stash

piyush kumar jha

June 01, 2023

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Problem 1.1. A five-digit palindrome is a positive integer with respective digits abcba,
where a is non-zero. Let S be the sum of all five-digit palindromes. What is the sum of
the digits of S?
Problem 1.2. There are exactly N distinct rational numbers k such that |k| < 200 and
5x2 + kx + 12 = 0 has at least one integer solution for x. What is N ?
1+x3 +x10
Problem 1.3. Let f (x) = 1+x10
. Compute f (−20) + f (−19) + f (−18) + ... + f (20).
Problem 1.4. Triangle ABC is equilateral with side length 12. Point D is the midpoint
of side BC. Circles A and D intersect at the midpoints of side AB and AC. Point E
lies on segment AD and circle E is tangent to circles A and D. If r is the radius of circle
E find ⌊r⌋.
Problem 1.5. Positive integers x, y, z satisfy x3 + xy + x2 + xz + y + z = 301. Compute
y + z − x.
Problem 1.6. How many ways are there to place 8 1s and 8 0s in a 4 × 4 array such
that the sum in every row and column is 2?

1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0
0 1 1 0
1 0 0 1
Problem 1.7. Plusses and minuses are inserted in the expression

±1 ± 2 ± 3 · · · ± 2022

such that when evaluated the result is divisible by 2023. Let there be N ways for this to
occur. Compute the remainder when N is divided by 503.
Problem 1.8. Let ABC be a right triangle with ∠ACB = 90◦ . D is a point on AB such
that CD ⊥ AB. If the area of triangle ABC is 84, what is the smallest possible value of

AC 2 + (3 · CD)2 + BC 2
?
36
Problem 1.9. A triangle △ABC satisfies AB = 13, BC = 14, and AC = 15. Inside
△ABC are three points X, Y , and Z such that:

• Y is the centroid of △ABX

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• Z is the centroid of △BCY

• X is the centroid of △CAZ

what is the area of △XY Z

Problem 1.10. Find the smallest positive integer n for which 3152 − n2 evenly divides
3153 − n3 .