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    2006/7 British Mathematical Olympiad
    Round 2 : Tuesday, 30 January 2007
    Round 2
    Time allowed Three and a half hours.
    Each question is worth 10 marks.
    Instructions • Full written solutions - not just answers - are 1. Triangle ABC has integer-length sides, and AC = 2007. The internal
    required, with complete proofs of any assertions bisector of 6 BAC meets BC at D. Given that AB = CD, determine
    you may make. Marks awarded will depend on the AB and BC.
    clarity of your mathematical presentation. Work
    in rough first, and then draft your final version
    carefully before writing up your best attempt. 2. Show that there are infinitely many pairs of positive integers (m, n)
    Rough work should be handed in, but should be such that
    clearly marked. m+1 n+1
    +
    • One or two complete solutions will gain far more n m
    credit than partial attempts at all four problems. is a positive integer.
    • The use of rulers and compasses is allowed, but
    calculators and protractors are forbidden.
    • Staple all the pages neatly together in the top left 3. Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle with AB > AC and 6 BAC =
    hand corner, with questions 1,2,3,4 in order, and 60o . Denote the circumcentre by O and the orthocentre by H and let
    the cover sheet at the front. OH meet AB at P and AC at Q. Prove that P O = HQ.

    Note: The circumcentre of triangle ABC is the centre of the circle which
    In early March, twenty students will be invited passes through the vertices A, B and C. The orthocentre is the point of
    to attend the training session to be held at intersection of the perpendiculars from each vertex to the opposite side.
    Trinity College, Cambridge (29th March - 2nd
    April). At the training session, students sit a
    pair of IMO-style papers and 8 students will be 4. In the land of Hexagonia, the six cities are connected by a rail network
    selected for further training. Those selected will such that there is a direct rail line connecting each pair of cities. On
    be expected to participate in correspondence work
    Sundays, some lines may be closed for repair. The passengers’ rail
    and to attend further training. The UK Team of
    six for this summer’s International Mathematical charter stipulates that any city must be accessible by rail from any
    Olympiad (to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam 23-31 other (not necessarily directly) at all times. In how many different
    July) will then be chosen. ways can some of the lines be closed subject to this condition?

    Do not turn over until told to do so.

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