Fullerton Mathematical Circle Problems from Gazeta matematica No.

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FULLERTON MATHEMATICAL CIRCLE
TENTATIVE CALENDAR, Fall 2014:
Math Circle Sessions (tentative schedule): September 6, September 20, October 18,
November 8, November 15, December 13. All sessions are from 10:00 am to noon, in Mc-
Carthy Hall. Meeting place: room MH 484.
MAA 2014 Fall Conference is scheduled for Saturday, November 1, at Pomona College.
Student presentations are welcome.
We plan to host AMC 8 on Tuesday, November 18, at 6:00 pm.
SCCUR at CSUF on November 22. Student presentations are welcome.
We plan to host AMC 10 B/12 B on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. We plan to host
AIME on March 19, 2015. Two preparation sessions for AMC and AIME will be hosted on
January 17 and January 24, recommended for students preparing for AMC 10, AMC 12 and
AIME.
THE PRESENT HANDOUT:
Solutions to the problems from the March 2014 issue are expected by the editors until
July 31, 2014 (post oce date), at the following mailing address:
Editorial Oce GAZETA MATEMATICA,
Academiei Street, No. 14, Bucharest, zip code 010014, ROMANIA.
We will be glad to send your solutions by email to the Editorial Oce. However, if you
prefer to mail them directly, feel free to do so. If you complete a solution BEFORE July 31,
2014, please email it to bsuceava@fullerton.edu The students who are excelling in problem
solving will be recognized in a future ceremony in our Math Circle.
Write each solution on a dierent page. Write your name on every page of your submitted
work.
You can submit to the editor solutions for problems proposed to your grade or one grade
younger. You are welcome to try any problems assigned to more advanced grades. As you
look over these problems, remember there are many dierences between the European and
the North American middle- and high-school content covered in their respective standard
curriculum.
SELECTED PROBLEMS FROM THE March 2014 Issue of
GAZETA MATEMATIC

A, a monthly established in 1895.

Seventh Grade
E: 14629. Determine the natural numbers n for which the number n
2
+ 9n + 94 is a
perfect square.
Marin Chirciu, Pitesti
E: 14630. Consider the nonzero rational numbers a, b, c, and d. If
1
a +b +c +d
=
2
b +c +d
=
3
c +d +a
=
4
d +a +b
,
then show that abcd < 0.
Vasile Scurtu, Bistrit a
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E: 14631. Consider ABC with the property that m(BAC) = 50
o
and m(ACB) =
30
o
. Points D and E lie on segments (AB) and (AC) respectively, such that m(ACD) = 10
o
and m(ABE) = 20
o
. Determine the measure of ADE.
Marius Stanean, Zalau
E: 14632. Consider the points A
1
, A
2
, ..., A
2015
on a line with the property that the
distance between any of these two points is smaller than 1. Show that the sum of all the
distances between any two points is less than 1007 1008.
Daniel Sitaru, Drobeta Turnu Severin
Eighth Grade
E: 14633. Show that
max(|3 x|, x + 2) =

x
1
2

+
3
2
,
for any real number x.
Nicolae Ivaschescu, Craiova
E: 14634. Consider a a prime odd integer, with the property that the number a 4 is a
prime integer. Show that there exists at most four integer values of n for which the number
n
2
an +a is a perfect square.
Ion Voicu, Radulesti
E: 14635. Consider a tetrahedron with all the faces right triangles and with three
congruent edges. Show that the inverses of the distances between opposite edges of the
tetrahedron are numerically equal to the lengths of the sides of a right triangle.
Adrian Zanoschi, Iasi
E: 14636. Determine the pairs of integers (a, b) with the property that
(a
2
b
2
)
2
= 1 + 12b.
Dan Nedeianu, Drobeta Turnu Severin
Ninth Grade
26887. Show that there exist innitely many integers a, b, c such that
a +b +c 2 = (a b)(b c)(c a).
Felician Preda, Craiova
26888. Let ABC be a triangle inscribed in a circle of center O. Let P and Q the
symmetric points of the orthocenter and of the vertex A with respect to the midpoint of side
BC. Prove that

OQ =

OB +

OC +

OP.
Mihaela Berindeanu, Bucuresti
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26889. Determine the realnumbers x, y, z satisfying the following:
1
xy
=
x
z
+ 1,
1
yz
=
y
x
+ 1,
1
zx
=
z
y
+ 1.
George Stoica, Canada
26890. Consider the sequence (a
n
)
n0
of natural numbers dened by a
o
= a
1
= 1, and
a
n+2
= 5a
n+1
a
n
1, n 0.
Prove that a
n
divides a
2
n+1
+a
n+1
+ 1, for any n 0.
D.M. Batinet u-Giurgiu, Bucuresti, and Neculai Stanciu, Buzau
Tenth Grade
26891. Consider the positive natural numbers x and y with the property that x
5
+y
5
=
x y. Prove that x
4
+ 11y
4
< 1.
Lucian Tut escu, Craiova, and Ion Nedelcu, Ploiesti
26892. Let a, b, c be strictly positive real numbers. Show that
a
3
+b
3
+c
3
+a
2
c +b
2
a +c
2
b
(a +b +c)
3
3 +
c
a+b
+
b
c+a
+
a
b+c
Alexandru Mihalcu, Bucharest
26893. Let M be a point in the interior of ABC and R
a
, R
b
, R
c
the circumradii of
triangles MBC, MCA, MAB, respectively. Prove that
1
R
a
+
1
R
b
+
1
R
c

1
MA
+
1
MB
+
1
MC
Nicusor Minculete, Brasov
26894. Prove there exists innitely many natural numbers n such that n
2
+n+1 divides
n! .
Lucian Tut escu, Craiova