Chinese IMO Team Selection Tests 1986

First Test
1. Let ABCD be a cyclic convex quadrilateral and let IA , IB , IC , ID be the incenters
of the triangles BCD, ACD, ABD, ABC, respectively. Show that IA IB IC ID is a rectangle.
2. Let ai , bi (i = 1, 2, . . . , n) be real numbers. Prove that the following two statements are equivalent:
(i) nk=1 ak xk nk=1 bk xk whenever x1 x2 xn ;
(ii) Kk=1 ak Kk=1 bk for K = 1, 2, . . . , n 1 and nk=1 ak = nk=1 bk .
3. For a natural number A = an an1 . . . a0 in decimal expansion, denote f (A) =
2n a0 + 2n1a1 + + an . Define A1 = f (A) and Ai+1 = f (Ai ) for i N. Show
that:
(a) There exists a positive integer k for which Ak+1 = Ak .
(b) Determine the value of this Ak if A = 1986 .
4. A triangle ABC has a right angle at C. Show that, given any n points inside the
triangle, we can denote them by P1 , P2 , . . . , Pn such that
P1 P22 + P2P32 + + Pn1Pn2 AB2 .
Second Test
1. Points P and Q on sides AB, AD respectively of a unit square are taken so that
the perimeter of triangle APQ is 2. Find the angle PCQ.
2. Points E, F, G are chosen on the respective edges AB, AC and AD of a tetrahedron
ABCD. Let SXY Z denote the area and PXY Z the perimeter of triangle XY Z. Prove
that:
(a) SEFG max SABC , SABD , SACD , SBCD ;
(b) SEFG max PABC , PABD , PACD , PBCD .
3. For n 3 real numbers x1 , x2 , . . . , xn , denote p = ni=1 xi and q = 1i< jn xi x j .
Prove that:
n1 2
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4. On a circle are marked 4k distinct points, arbitrarily labelled from 1 to 4k.

(a) Show that one can draw 2k pairwise disjoint chords with endpoints at the
marked points so that the labels of the endpoints of each chord differ by at
most 3k 1.
(b) Show that the bound 3k 1 cannot be improved.

The IMO Compendium Group,

D. Djukic, V. Jankovic, I. Matic, N. Petrovic
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