Olympiad Maths Prep

Track / Stage 4 / 153 of 340 #413 of 2000

Problem 413

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Geometry Difficulty 4.8 Find the answer HMMT_2

(a) Does there exist a finite set of points, not all collinear, such that a line between any two points in the set passes through a third point in the set? (b) Let ABCABC be a triangle and PP be a point. The isogonal conjugate of PP is the intersection of the reflection of line APAP over the AA-angle bisector, the reflection of line BPBP over the BB-angle bisector, and the reflection of line CPCP over the CC-angle bisector. Clearly the incenter is its own isogonal conjugate. Does there exist another point that is its own isogonal conjugate? (c) Let FF be a convex figure in a plane, and let PP be the largest pentagon that can be inscribed in FF. Is it necessarily true that the area of PP is at least 34\frac{3}{4} the area of FF? (d) Is it possible to cut an equilateral triangle into 2017 pieces, and rearrange the pieces into a square? (e) Let ABCABC be an acute triangle and PP be a point in its interior. Let D,E,FD, E, F lie on BC,CA,ABBC, CA, AB respectively so that PDPD bisects BPC,PE\angle BPC, PE bisects CPA\angle CPA, and PFPF bisects APB\angle APB. Is it necessarily true that AP+BP+CP2(PD+PE+PF)AP+BP+CP \geq 2(PD+PE+PF)? (f) Let P2018P_{2018} be the surface area of the 2018-dimensional unit sphere, and let P2017P_{2017} be the surface area of the 2017-dimensional unit sphere. Is P2018>P2017P_{2018}>P_{2017}?

Official solution

Answer: NYYYYN

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