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Mix master

What is the sum of the angles at the blue vertices of this 11-gon?

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A central angle

One blue and two congruent red squares. The shown point is the red square centre. What is the angle α?

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The gondola lift

A tangent and its normal in an arbitrary point on an ellipse with eccentricity e. The focal points are also shown. What is the minimum value of blue : red in terms of e?

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Pines and sky

Show that the light blue area is the same as the dark green area.

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Intermediate

The tetromino

A square, its diagonal and six smaller squares. What fraction is purple?

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The bat

What is the full bat area (including the enclosed white parts) divided by that of its (equilateral triangular) upper torso?

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Intermediate

The pumpkin

A regular hexagon and a circle centred in the blue point. What’s the angle α?

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The grassy knoll

A triangle with three cevians that are concurrent in an arbitrary interior point. What is the maximum value of bdf/ace?

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Intermediate

Crazy hat

The diameter of the semicircle is a side of a rectangle. Show that for any such rectangle, and any point along its top edge, the configuration produces three collinear red dots.

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Intermediate

Bottoming out

Two squares and a circle. What’s the angle α?