Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-gvh9x Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-17T06:13:37.320Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
This chapter is part of a book that is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core

Warm-up Problem Set

Svetoslav Savchev
Affiliation:
Matematika
Titu Andreescu
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Dallas
Get access

Summary

  1. An artist paints two congruent dragons on two congruent circular paper discs. The center of the first disc coincides with one of the drago's eyes, which is not the case with the second disc. Prove that the second disc can be cut into two pieces from which a disc of the same radius can be assembled, containing the same dragon, but so that his eye coincides with the center of the new disc.

  2. A row of minuses is written on a blackboard. Two players take turns in replacing either a single minus by a plus or two adjacent minuses by pluses. The one who cannot make a move loses. Can the player who starts force a win?

  3. Several weights are given, each of which is not heavier than 1 lb. It is known that they cannot be divided into two groups such that the weight of each group is greater than 1 lb. Find the maximum possible total weight of these weights.

  4. In a parliament, each parliamentarian has at most three enemies. Prove that the parliament can be divided into two chambers in such a way that no parliamentarian has more than one enemy in his or her chamber.

  5. The two-move chess game has the same rules as the regular one, with only one exception: each player has to make two consecutive moves at a time. Prove that White (who goes first) has a nonlosing strategy.

Type
Chapter
Information
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Print publication year: 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×