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Kukin MO - OmSU 2008-22 VII+ (Russia) 85p

geometry problems from Kukin Math Olympiad , by Omsk State University (Russia) with aops links


2008 - 2022
collected inside aops here


The plane is drawn into equilateral triangles as shown. Find the value of the angle ABC.

(Usov S.)
Points D, E, F were chosen on the sides AB, BC, CA of triangle ABC respectively so that EF\parallel AB and ED\parallel AC. Lines DF and BC intersect at point K. It turned out that DF = FK. Find the ratio BE: EC.

On the side BC of triangle ABC, point K is chosen so that the angle SAK is half the angle ABC, and the point of intersection O of the segment AK with bisector BL of angle B divides this segment into two equal parts. Prove that AO\cdot LC = BC\cdot OL.

(Usov S.V.)

The vertices of a cyclic quadrilateral are connected by segments with some point inside it, thus the quadrilateral is divided into 4 triangles. One of these triangles is known to be equilateral, the second is isosceles (not equilateral), and the other two are right . Prove that the right triangles are congruent.

(Usov S.V.)

In the quadrangle ABCD, the angle D is acute, and the angle A is obtuse. It is known that CD = 2AB and S_{ACD}=2S_{ABD} . Find the ratio \frac{S_{AOB}}{S_{COD}}, where O is the intersection point of the diagonals of the quadrilateral.

(Usov S.V.)

An arbitrary triangle ABC is given. A sequence is built by triangles according to the following rule. Three sides of triangle A_1B_1C_1 are equal to the sines of the angles of triangle ABC, three sides of triangle A_2B_2C_2 are equal to the sines of the angles of the triangle A_1B_1C_1, etc. Find the ratio of the area of triangle A_1B_1C_1 to the area of triangle A_{2007}B_{2007}C_{2007}.

(Usov S.V.)

Octahedron ABCDKLMN is inscribed in a sphere, its edges are ABCD and KLMN lie in parallel planes, and ABLK, BCML, CDNM, DAKN are its the rest of the faces. It is known that AB \cdot LM = BC\cdot KL. Prove that octahedron ABCDKLMN is either a truncated pyramid or a right prism.

(Usov S.V.)

OA and OB beams form a right angle. Inquisitive seventh grader Petya held rays OC and OD inside this angle, forming an angle of 10^o, and then counted all acute angles between any pairs of drawn rays (not only neighboring). It turned out that the sum of the largest and smallest of the angles found is 85^o. Find the values of the three angles by which the right angle is split by the beams OS and OD.

(Stern A.)

The length of the rectangle has been decreased by 10 \% and the width has been decreased by 20 \% . In this case, the perimeter of the rectangle has decreased by 12 \% . By what percentage will the perimeter of the rectangle decrease if its length is reduced by 20 \% , and reduce the width by 10 \% ?

Can the distances from a point on the plane to the vertices of a certain square be equal to 1, 1, 2 and 3?

In an cyclic quadrilateral, each side has length either 6 or 8, and one of the diagonals is length 10. Find the radius of it's circumscribed circle.

(Usov S.V.)

In a convex quadrilateral ABCD, AB = 10, BC = 12, BD = 15, \angle A = \angle D and \angle ABD = \angle BCD. Find the length of the segment CD

AA1, BB1, CC_1 are the medians of triangle ABC. O_1O_2O_3 are the points the intersections of the medians of triangles AA_1B, BB_1C, and CC_1A, respectively. Find the area of triangle O_1O_2O_3 if the area of triangle ABC is equal to 1.

(Kukina E.G.)

Given a cube ABCDA_1B_1C_1D_1 with edge 1. Line \ell passes through point E, midpoint of edge C_1D_1, and intersects lines AD_1 and A_1B. Find the distance from point E to the point of intersection of line \ell with line A_1B.

There are three sticks that make up a triangle. It is permitted to make a new triangle by breaking off identical pieces from any two sticks and gluing them to the third. Seventh grader Petya is sure that by acting in this way many times, it is possible to achieve that the triangle becomes equilateral. Is he right?

(Usov S.)

There are four properties of quads:
(1) opposite sides are equal in pairs;
(2) two opposite sides are parallel;
(3) some two adjacent sides are equal;
(4) the diagonals are perpendicular and divided by the point of intersection in the same ratio.
One of these two quadrilaterals has some two of these properties, the other two others.
Prove that one of these two quads is a rhombus.

Right-angled triangle ABC (leg CB is larger than leg AC), inscribed in circle. On side BC, point D is chosen such that AC = BD, point E is midpoint of arc ACB. Find the angle CED.

A semicircle is constructed with diameter AC, the larger leg of a right-angled triangle ABC with a right angle C, that intersects the hypotenuse AB. On the semicircle a point P is selected such that CP = BC, and on the leg AC a point Q is selected such that AQ = AP. The segment BQ meets the semicircle at point S. Prove that \angle  CSP = 2\angle CBP.

Diagonals drawn from any vertex of the n-gon divide the angle at this vertice into equal parts. For what values of n exists such an n-gon that is not regular?

Petya drew 3 red and 3 blue lines, and marked those points intersections through which straight lines of different colors pass. Could he find that exactly half of all intersection points are marked?

(Shapovalov A.V.)

Divide a 30 ^ \circ right-angled triangle into two smaller triangles so that some median of one of these triangles is parallel to one of the angle bisectors of the second triangle.

Given a pentagon ABCDE such that AB = BC = CD = DE , \angle B = 96 ^ \circ \angle C = \angle D = 108 ^ \circ . Find \angle E .

The altiude AH and the angle bisector CK of the triangle ABC divide it into four parts, two of which isosceles triangles. Find the ratio AC: BC .

(folklore)

In an isosceles triangle, the incircle touches the base AB at point F, and the lateral sides BC and AC , at points D and E, respectively. Line segment AD intersects the circle at point Q. Prove that line EQ bisects AF.

(folklore)

Points A, B, C, D are adjacent vertices of a regular polygon (in that order). It is known that ACD = 120^o. How many vertices does this polygon have?

Point P is taken inside the triangle ABC so that \angle BPC=90^o and \angle BAP=\angle BCP. Points M and N are the midpoints of sides AC and BC, respectively, with BP=2PM. Prove that points A, P and N lie on the same line.

(folklore)

Is there a convex polyhedron other than a pyramid in which the sum of the plane angles at two vertices is equal to the sum of the flat angles at the other vertices?

(Stern A.S.)

The diagonals of the cyclic quadrilateral ABCD intersect at point X. Points K, L, M, N are feet of perpendiculars drawn from point X on sides AB, BC, CD and DA, respectively. Prove that KL + MN = LM + KN.

(folklore)

A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn on checkered paper. What is the sum of the measures of the angles A and C in degree ?

(Usov S.V.)
A hexagon was drawn on checkered paper and partially painted over with gray (see figure). Which part of the hexagon has a large area: filled or unfilled? Justify your answer.

(Chernyavskaya I.A.)
In a cyclic pentagon, one of the diagonals of each corner is the bisector of the angle between the side and the other diagonal. Prove that there are four equal angles in the pentagon bounded by the diagonals.

(Usov S.V.)

Line \ell touches some circle at point A. P is a point diametrically opposite to point A. Another circle is drawn, which externally touches the first circle, touches line \ell, and lies on the same side of line \ell as the first circle . Prove that the length of the tangent segment drawn from point P to the second circle does not depend on the radius of the second circle.

(folklore)

The lengths of the sides of the triangle form an arithmetic progression with a nonzero difference. Prove that exactly one angle of this triangle is greater than 60 degrees.

(Stern A.S.)

Given a cube ABCDA_1B_1C_1D_1. Points N_1, M_1, P_1 are selected on edges A_1B_1, A_1D_1 and AA_1, and points N_2, M_2, P_2 are selected on edges CD, CB and CC_1, respectively. The distance between straight lines N_1M_1 and N_2M_2 is equal to a, the distance between straight lines M_1P_1 and M_2P_2 is equal to b, the distance between straight lines N_2P_2 and N_1P_1 is equal to c. It is known that the numbers a, b, c are pairwise distinct. Prove that lines P_1P_2, M_1M_2 and N_1N_2 meet at one point.

(folklore)

The square kingdom of Dania with a side of 100 km consists of two rectangular (non-square) counties Anya and Bania, and two square counties, Vania and Gania. Neither side of these counties exceeds 90 km. Prove that the rectangles Anya and Bania are equal.

Oral given note: Square counties, Vania and Gania, have different sizes.

A smaller square was cut out of the square, one of the sides of which lies on the side of the original square. The perimeter of the resulting octagon is 40 \% larger than the perimeter of the original square. How many percent is its area less than the original square?

In parallelogram ABCD with side AB = 1 , point M is the midpoint of side BC , and the angle AMD is 90 degrees. Find the side BC .

Triangle KMN is cut from triangle ABC so that segment KM lies on one side AB, and lines KN and MN are parallel to sides BC and AC, respectively. Perimeter of the resulting hexagon is 20\% larger than the perimeter of triangle ABC. If we cut the same triangle, attaching side KN to side BC, then the perimeter of the hexagon will be 30\% larger than the perimeter of triangle ABC. And if you cut out the same triangle, attaching side MN to side AC, then the perimeter of the hexagon will be 40\% larger than the perimeter of the triangle ABC. Which percentage of the area of the resulting hexagon is less than the area of the original triangle?

Point P is chosen inside triangle ABC so that \angle PAC = \angle PBC. From point P are drawn perpendiculars PM and PL on sides AC and BC, respectively. Prove that the midpoint of side AB is equidistant from points M and L.

In a right-angled triangle, a median was drawn from one acute angle, and from the other an angle bisector. The median divided the angle bisector in a ratio of 3: 2, counting from the vertice. Find the acute angles of the triangle.

The extensions of the sides AB and CD of the cyclic quadrilateral ABCD intersect at the point X.The extensions of the sides AD and BC intersect at the point Y. The bisector of angle AYB intersects side AB at point G, the bisector of angle BXC meets AD at point E. Prove that line EG parallel to the diagonal BD.

One of the altitudes of the triangle is equal to the arithmetic mean of the other heights. Prove that the ratio of any two sides of this triangle is greater than 2/5.

Santa Claus and Snow Maiden are packing firecrackers in holiday boxes. Box is the right quadrangular pyramid, whose all edges are equal to 1. Santa Claus puts the cracker in the box, and Snow Maiden lays down cracker to the bottom of the box by diagonals as shown in figure. Moreover, in both cases, the cracker is packed tightly: it does not move inside boxes. Find the dimensions of the cracker.

A right angle is drawn on a sheet of paper with apex O. Seven-grader Semyon wants to draw several rays with the same vertex lying inside the angle, so that the sum of all the angles obtained in this case is 400 degrees. What is the smallest number of rays it can conduct and how should they be positioned?

On the sides AB , BC , CD and DA of the quadrilateral ABCD , the points K , L , M , N are selected, respectively, so that AK = AN , BK = BL , CL = CM , DM = DN and KLMN is a rectangle. Prove that ABCD is a rhombus.

Four circles are located on the plane so that the first one touches the second, the second with the third, the third with the fourth, and the fourth with the first, and all tangencies are external. The tangency points form a rectangle. The radii of some two circles are 1 and 2 cm. Find the radii of the other two circles.

Four circles are located on the plane so that the first one touches the second, the second with the third, the third with the fourth, and the fourth with the first, and all touches are external. The tangency points form a square. Does it follow from this that all circles have the same radius?

A spatial quadrilateral is a closed polyline in space without self-intersections. Can all four angle BAD, ABC, BCD, CDA of spatial quadrilateral ABCD be less than one degree?

The math teacher drew a right-angled triangle on the blackboard. Petya, an eleventh grader, assures that he can increase all the sides of this triangle by the same amount, so that again we get a right-angled triangle. And his friend Vasya says that he can reduce all the sides of this triangle by the same amount, so that we will also get a right-angled triangle. Which one should you believe?

The triangle ABC is inscribed in the circle \omega. Point M lies on arc BC of this circle, which does not contain point A. The tangents to the incircle of triangle ABC, drawn from point M, intersect the circle \omega at points N and P. Moreover, \angle BAC = \angle NMP. Prove that triangles ABC and MNP are congruent.

The bisectors of the angles A and C cut the non-isosceles triangle ABC into a quadrilateral and three triangles, and among these three triangles there are two isosceles. Find the angles of the triangle ABC .

Angle B of triangle ABC is 45 degrees. Point P is chosen inside the triangle so that BP = 6 cm and \angle BAP= \angle BCP= 45^o. Find the area of a quadrilateral BAPC.

(Bulgarian Olympiads)

The bisector of angle A of triangle ABC intersects the side BC at point P. On the segment AP, an arbitrary point M is selected, and point N is symmetric to point M wrt the midpoint of the segment BC. Line CN intersects line AB at point E, line BN intersects line AC at point D. Prove that CD = BE.

(Bulgarian Olympiads)

In triangle ABC, point M is the midpoint of side AB. The extension of the median CM intersects the circumcircle of triangle ABC at point P. Point Q is chosen on the segment CM so that PM = MQ. Line BQ intersects side AC at point R, such that CRMB is cyclic. Prove that lines BR and AC are perpendicular.

(Bulgarian Olympiads)

In triangle ABC , the angle C is 2 times the angle B , CD is the angle bisector. From the midpoint M of the side BC the perpendicular MH is drawn on the segment CD . There is a point K on the side AB such that KMH is an equilateral triangle. Prove that the points M , H and A are collinear.

In triangle ABC, angle C is right, angle B = 60^o, BD is an angle bisector. Point K is selected on the segment AC anf point M is selected on the segment AB, such that the triangle KMD is equilateral. Find the ratio MC / AK .

(Usov S.V.)

On sides AB, BC, CD and AD of quadrilateral ABCD, respectively points K, L, M, N are selected so that AK / KB = BL / LC = CM / MD = DN / NA. On the the sides KL, LM, MN and NK are respectively selected points P, Q, R, S so, that KP / PL = LQ / QM = MR / RN = DS / SA. Prove that the area a quadrilateral PQRS is not less than a quarter of the area of a quadrilateral ABCD.

(Kukina E.G.)

A circle is drawn through vertex B of triangle ABD tangent to sides AD in its midpoint E, and intersecting sides AB and BD at points K and L, respectively. On the arc BL that does not contain point K, point C is selected so that \angle CKL = \angle BDA. In this case, the triangle KCD turned out to be equilateral. Find the angle BAD.

(Foreign Olympiads)

There is a paper regular tetrahedron. Petya and Vasya take turns doing cuts with a razor blade along the edges of the tetrahedron until one of the possible sweeps will turn out. Petya makes the first move. Petya wants the resulting paper to have the shape of a triangle, and Vasya wants it to have the shape of a parallelogram. Which player has a strategy to get it done?

(Chernyavskaya I.A.)

Three ribbons of the same width are laid as in the picture, forming equilateral triangles. The perimeter of the internal triangle 16 cm, the perimeter of each quadrangle on crossing the ribbons is 4 cm. Find the perimeter of the outer triangle. Be sure to justify your answer.

(A. Shapovalov)

The teacher drew a rectangle ABCD on the blackboard. Student Petya divided this rectangle into two rectangles with a straight line parallel to the side AB . It turned out that the areas of these parts are 1: 2, and the perimeters are 3: 5 (in the same order). Pupil Vasya divided this rectangle into two parts by a straight line parallel to the BC side. The area of the new parts is also 1: 2. What is the ratio of their perimeters ?

Point K is taken in triangle ABC on side BC . KM and KP are the angle bisectors of triangles AKB and AKC , respectively. It turned out that the diagonal MK divides the quadrilateral BMPK into two equal triangles. Prove that M is the midpoint of AB .

Petya marks four points on the plane so that all of them cannot be crossed out by two parallel straight lines. Vasya chooses two of the lines passing through pairs of points, measures the angle between them and pays Petya an amount equal to the degree measure of the angle. What is the largest amount Petya can guarantee himself?

In an cyclic 21-gon, all angles are measured in an integer degrees. Prove that the polygon has parallel diagonals.

(Shapovalov A.V.)
Points A_1, B_1, C_1 are selected on the sides BC, CA, AB of triangle ABC respectively so that the straight line A_1C_1 intersects the straight line AC at the point K, located behind beyond A. Line A_1B_1 intersects line AB in point M, located also beyond point A. It is known that the areas four triangles KAC_1, BA_1X_1, CA_1B_1 and MAB_1 are equal. Prove that the straight lines BC and KM are parallel.

(S.V. Usov)
Points K and M are selected on the sides AB and BC of triangle ABC respectively. The segments AM and SK intersect at point P. We know that KB \cdot PC = PM \cdot BC. Prove that either BKPM or AKMC is cyclic quadrilateral.

(Chernyavskaya I.A., Kukina E.G.)
In triangle ABC, the median drawn from vertex A, splits it in two triangle of the same perimeter. Is it possible to draw a ray from the same vertex that breaks the original triangle into two such that the perimeter of one is twice the perimeter of the other?

(S. Usov)
In a convex pentagon ABCDE , AB is parallel to DE , CD = DE , CE is perpendicular to BC and AD . Prove that the line passing through A parallel to CD , the line passing through B parallel to CE , and the line passing through E parallel to BC , intersect at one point.

Diameters of circles, drawn from the point of their intersection, form a right angle. The distance between the other ends of the same diameters 2.5 times the common chord of the circles. Find the ratio of the radii of the circles.

(S. Usov)
There are 4 sticks. Putting aside one at a time, the remaining three sticks create a triangle. All 4 triangles have equal areas. Do all 4 sticks have to be the same length?

(A. Shapovalov)
Prove that the line through the midpoint of the side of a triangle and dividing it into two polygons of the same perimeter, is parallel to the bisector of the opposite angle.

(Kharkiv Olympiads)
In an acute-angled triangle ABC, the angle A is 40^o. Point M is selected on the side AC so that both triangles ABM and BCM are isosceles. Find the rest of the angles of triangle ABC.

(A. Adelshin)
Isosceles triangles, AMB,BTC, CKA, are built on the sides of the triangle ABC in such a way that the circle circumscribed around ABC is inscribed in a isosceles triangle MTK and the angle AMB is 60 degrees. Find the ratio of the radii of the circles inscribed in the BTC and CKA.

(S. Usov)
In the triangle ABC, the angle bisector CK is drawn and the point M is selected on the BC, such that KB \cdot PC =BC \cdot PM, where P is the point of intersection of AM and CK. Inside point X is chosen for the angle APC so that AX = MC and the angle KXC is equal to the angle KPA . Prove that either the point P lies on the circumcircle of the triangle KBM, or the point of intersection of CM and AX lies on the circumscribed circle triangle ABM.

(S. Usov)
In the pentagon ABCDE, AB = BC, CD = DE. Angle bisectors drawn from the certices B and D intersect at the point O lying on the side AE. In which ratio does the point O divide the side AE ?

The square was divided into several centrally symmetric polygons that are not rectangles. In each the center of the polygon is marked. The boundaries of the polygons have been erased leaving only the borders of the square and the centers. Is it always possible unambiguously to restore the blurred boundaries?

In pentagon ABCDE, each diagonal is parallel to one of the sides. The side AB was extended to the intersection with the extensions of the sides CD and DE , the intersection points were denoted by X and Y. Prove that AX = BY.

(S. Usov)
In a pentagon, each diagonal is parallel to some side. The extensions of the sides were extended to the intersection, receiving a "big star". How many times the perimeter of the "big star" is greater than the perimeter of the "small star", formed by the diagonals of the pentagon?

(S. Usov)
Circle C_1 of radius 3 and circle C_2 of radius 9 touch at point B, \ell is their common tangent, tangent at them at points E and D. Circle C_3 passes through points B, E, D. Prove that the triangle formed by points B, E and the point of intersection of \ell with the tangent drawn at point B to the circle C_3, is isosceles.
(S. Usov)
In a convex quadrilateral, the diagonals intersect at right angles. Prove that the midpoints of the segments connecting two of its opposite vertices with midpoints of non-adjacent sides form a rectangle.
Three endless straight furrows were drawn on the field of miracles, which form a triangle. Pinocchio ran to one intersection, measured the angle, ran to another, measured, ran to the third. Then he folded the three angles obtained. And he says that the sum of the measured angles is 140 degrees. Pierrot knows that the sum of the angles of a triangle cannot equal 140 degrees, but he claims that he can find one angle! Is Pierrot right? If yes, find that corner. If not, justify your answer. 

(Kukina E.G.)
The diagonal of a parallelogram makes an angle of 36^o with its side, which is one third of the total angle. Prove that the ratio of the larger side to the smaller side does not exceed two.

(Kruglova I.A.)
Find the largest value of the smallest angle of a triangle if one of its sides is twice as long as the other.

(Meshcheryakov E.A.)
A polygon A_1A_2…A_n is given. Points B_1,B_2,…,B_n are marked on sides A_1A_2, A_2A_3,, A_nA_1 such that \frac{A_1 B_1}{B_1 A_2 }= \frac{A_2 B_2}{B_2 A_3 }=...= \frac{A_n B_n}{ B_n A_1 }. Further, for each vertex A_k, a vector A_kB_j is drawn, and each of the points A_k and B_j is used once. Prove that the sum of the resulting vectors is equal to zero.

(Zadvornov V.S.)
S_1 and S_2 are the excircles of the triangle ABC, touching the sides AB and AC, respectively, and their line of centers is parallel to the bisector of the angle HCB, where H is the touchpoint between S_1 and the circle inscribed in ABC. Find the ratio of the areas of the circle S_2 and triangle ABC.

(Usov S.V.)



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