## Problem of the Day #32: More Fun With FactorialsApril 20, 2011

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Find all ordered pairs $(x, y)$ for positive integers $x$ and $y$, such that: $$x(1! + 2! + \cdots + x!) = y!$$

## Problem of the Day #31: Area of an equilateral triangleApril 19, 2011

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The difference between the areas of the circumcircle and incircle of an equilateral triangle is $147\pi$ square units. Find the area of the triangle.

## Problem of the Day #30: Area of a Triangle on a Cubic FunctionApril 18, 2011

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Find the maximum area of $\triangle{}ABC$ given that $A$, $B$, and $C$ are lattice points $(x, y)$ on the function $y=x^3$ and no two points have $x$-coordinates differing by more than $11$. Express the answer using integers, the four basic operations, exponentiations, and square roots.

## Problem of the Day #29: Sum of Root CubesApril 17, 2011

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Determine the sum of the cubes of the roots of the polynomial $x^6 – 4x^5 + 12x^4 + 23x^2 – 2x + 125 = 0$.

## Problem of the Day #28: The 7′s of ModularityApril 16, 2011

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Find the last 3 digits of $$7777^{777^{77^7}}$$

## Problem of the Day #27: Solution to a nonlinear recurrenceApril 15, 2011

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Given that the sequence $\{a_{n}\}_{n=0}^\infty$ satisfies $a_0 = 1$ and $a_{n+1} – a_n =2^n a_{n}^2$ for all $n \geq 0$, find a closed-form expression for $a_n$.

## Problem of the Day #26: Repeating Function V(x)April 14, 2011

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Albert’s function $V(x)$ be defined as $V(x) \equiv 1\cdot 1! + 3\cdot 2! + 5\cdot 3! + \cdots + (2x – 1)\cdot x! \pmod{1000}$ when $0 \le V(x) < 1000$. Find the smallest integer $n$ such that $V(n) = V(p)$ when $p < n$ and $p$ is also an integer.

## Problem of the Day #25: Building an Infinite CraneApril 13, 2011

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Albert is constructing a crane. His basic building block is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

## Problem of the Day #24: Product of areas of triangles in regular n-gonApril 12, 2011

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Given a regular $n$-gon $\mathcal{P}$ with side length $1$, find the product of the areas of all the triangles whose vertices are vertices of $\mathcal{P}$.

## Problem of the Day #23: Divisibility of Factorials and Factorial SumsApril 11, 2011

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Let $x$ be the highest positive integer such that $x!$ divides $$\sum\limits_{n=k}^{2011} n!$$ for $0 \leq k \leq 2011$. Find the number of integers $k$ such that $x \neq k$.