British Maths Olympiad 2001

Time Allowed: Three and a half hours
The use of rulers and compasses is allowed, but calculators and protractors are forbidden

1 Find all two-digit positive integers N for which the sum of the digits of 10N-N is divisible by 170.

2 Circle S lies inside circle T and touches it at A. From a point P (distinct from A) on T, chords PQ and PR of T are drawn touching S at X and Y respectively. Show that angle QAR is twice the size of angle XAY.
 
3 A tetromino is a figure made up of four unit squares connected by common edges.
(i) If we do not distinguish between the possible rotations of a tetromino within its plane, prove that there are seven distinct tetrominoes.
(ii) Prove or disprove the statement: It is possible to pack all seven distinct tetrominoes into a 4x7 rectangle without overlapping.
 
4 The sequence (an) is defined by an = n + {n} where n is a positive integer and {x} denotes the nearest integer to x, where halves are rounded up if necessary. Determine the smallest integer k for which the terms ak, ak+1, ..., ak+2000 form a sequence of 2001 consecutive integers.
 
5 A triangle has sides of length a, b, c and its circumcircle has radius R. Prove that the triangle is right-angled if and only if a2+b2+c2=8R2.

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