India National Olympiad 1991 Problems
Problem 1
Find the number of positive integers $n$ for which
(i) $n \leq 1991$;
(ii) 6 is a factor of $(n^2 + 3n +2)$.
Problem 2
Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, let points $A’ , B’ , C’$ be located as follows: $A’$ is the point where altitude from $A$ on $BC$ meets the outwards-facing semicircle on $BC$ as diameter. Points $B’, C’$ are located similarly.
Prove that $A[BCA’]^2 + A[CAB’]^2 + A[ABC’]^2 = A[ABC]^2$ where $A[ABC]$ is the area of triangle $ABC$.
Problem 3
Given a triangle $ABC$ let\begin{eqnarray*} x &=& \tan\left(\dfrac{B-C}{2}\right) \tan \left(\dfrac{A}{2}\right) \\ y &=& \tan\left(\dfrac{C-A}{2}\right) \tan \left(\dfrac{B}{2}\right) \\ z &=& \tan\left(\dfrac{A-B}{2}\right) \tan \left(\dfrac{C}{2}\right). \end{eqnarray*}Prove that $x+ y + z + xyz = 0$.
Problem 4
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers with $0 < a< 1$, $0 < b < 1$, $0 < c < 1$, and $a+b + c = 2$.
Prove that $\dfrac{a}{1-a} \cdot \dfrac{b}{1-b} \cdot \dfrac{c}{1-c} \geq 8$.
Problem 5
Triangle $ABC$ has an incenter $I$. Let points $X$, $Y$ be located on the line segments $AB$, $AC$ respectively, so that $BX \cdot AB = IB^2$ and $CY \cdot AC = IC^2$. Given that the points $X, I, Y$ lie on a straight line, find the possible values of the measure of angle $A$.
Problem 6
(i) Determine the set of all positive integers $n$ for which $3^{n+1}$ divides $2^{3^n} + 1$;
(ii) Prove that $3^{n+2}$ does not divide $2^{3^n} + 1$ for any positive integer $n$.
Problem 7
Solve the following system for real $x,y,z$
\[ \{ \begin{array}{ccc} x+ y -z & =& 4 \\ x^2 – y^2 + z^2 & = & -4 \\ xyz & =& 6. \end{array} \]
Problem 8
There are $10$ objects of total weight $20$, each of the weights being a positive integers. Given that none of the weights exceeds $10$ , prove that the ten objects can be divided into two groups that balance each other when placed on 2 pans of a balance.
Problem 9
Triangle $ABC$ has an incenter $I$ l its incircle touches the side $BC$ at $T$. The line through $T$ parallel to $IA$ meets the incircle again at $S$ and the tangent to the incircle at $S$ meets $AB , AC$ at points $C’ , B’$ respectively. Prove that triangle $AB’C’$ is similar to triangle $ABC$.
Problem 10
For any positive integer $n$ , let $s(n)$ denote the number of ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of positive integers for which $\dfrac{1}{x} + \dfrac{1}{y} = \dfrac{1}{n}$ . Determine the set of positive integers for which $s(n) = 5$
