IMO Shortlist 2015 problem C2


Kvaliteta:
  Avg: 0,0
Težina:
  Avg: 6,0
Dodao/la: arhiva
30. kolovoza 2018.
LaTeX PDF

We say that a finite set \mathcal{S} of points in the plane is balanced if, for any two different points A and B in \mathcal{S}, there is a point C in \mathcal{S} such that AC=BC. We say that \mathcal{S} is centre-free if for any three different points A, B and C in \mathcal{S}, there is no points P in \mathcal{S} such that PA=PB=PC.


(a) Show that for all integers n\ge 3, there exists a balanced set consisting of n points.

(b) Determine all integers n\ge 3 for which there exists a balanced centre-free set consisting of n points.

(Netherlands)

Izvor: https://www.imo-official.org/problems/IMO2015SL.pdf