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Stage 5 · Mixed

10 problems · AIME late · mathsolympiadprep.com

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1. What number does not change when raised to a power? What number retains its absolute value when raised to any positive integer power?

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2. Find all solutions to the equation $2017^{x}-2016^{x}=1$.

   Translate the above text into English, please keep the original text's line breaks and format, and output the translation result directly.

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3. $\frac{1}{2} n(n+1)$ distinct numbers are randomly arranged in a triangle:

   Let $M_{\mathrm{k}}$ be the maximum number in the $k$-th row (counting from the top), find the probability that $M_{1}<M_{2}<M_{3}<\cdots<M_{\mathrm{n}}$ holds.

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4. Given $t$ is a real number. Find all functions $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ such that
   $$f(x+t+f(y))=f(f(x))+f(t)+y .$$
   (2014, Croatian Mathematical Olympiad)

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5. 199 people have registered to participate in a tennis tournament. In the first round, pairs of opponents are selected by lottery. The same process is used to select pairs in the second, third, and all subsequent rounds. After each match, one of the two opponents is eliminated, and whenever the number of participants in the tournament is odd, one of them skips the current round.

   Assume that in each match between two tennis players, a new can of balls is used. How many cans of balls will be needed for the entire tournament?

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6. Inside square $A B C D$, a point $E$ is chosen so that triangle $D E C$ is equilateral. Find the measure of $\angle A E B$.

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7. Six natural numbers are written on the board, such that for any two $a$ and $b$ among them (where $b>a$), $\log _{a} b$ is an integer. What is the smallest value that the maximum of these numbers can take? The answer can be written in the form of a power of a number: $m^{n}$ is denoted as $\mathrm{m}^{\wedge} \mathrm{n}$.

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8. Let $a \neq \frac{k \pi}{2}(k=0, \pm 1, \pm 2, \cdots), T \equiv \frac{\sin a+\tan a}{\cos a+\cot a}$.

   1. A$T$ takes negative values
   2. B$T$ takes non-negative values
   3. C$T$ takes positive values
   4. D$T$ can take both positive and negative values

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9. In a chess tournament, there are an odd number of participants, and each participant plays one game against every other participant. A win earns 1 point, a draw earns 0.5 points, and a loss earns 0 points; it is known that two of the participants scored a total of 8 points, and the average score of the others is an integer. How many participants are there in the tournament?

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10. In $\triangle A B C$, it is known that $A B=A C, D$ is the midpoint of side $B C$, $B E \perp A C$ at point $E, B E$ intersects $A D$ at point $P$. If $B P=3, P E=1$, then $A E=(\quad)$.

    1. A$\frac{\sqrt{6}}{2}$
    2. B$\sqrt{2}$
    3. C$\sqrt{3}$
    4. D$\sqrt{6}$

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Answer key — Stage 5 · Mixed

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1. $\cos\alpha+i\sin\alpha$ open
2. $1$ open
3. $\frac{2^{n}}{(n+1)!}$ open
4. $f(x)=x$ open
5. $198$ open
6. $150$ open
7. $4294967296$ open
8. $C$ open
9. $9$ open
10. $\sqrt{2}$ open

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