Preliminary results: -Scores are the product of your math score (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7) and your style score (.3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9. or 1). -All problems are equally weighted. -X.X means not received #1 #2 #3 Total 1st: Casey Mihaloew | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 16.0 2nd: Daniel Li | 6.3 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 14.4 3rd: Akshar Wunnava | 6.3 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 13.7 4th: Brian Hamrick | 6.3 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 13.5 5th: Bruce Sun | 6.3 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 12.6 6th: Divya Garg | 4.9 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 11.7 8th: Oleg Lazarev | 4.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 8th: Keeyoung Lee | 5.6 | X.X | 5.6 | 11.2 8th: Emma Pierson | 4.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 10th: Luke Cheng | 5.6 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 11.0 11th: Sam Rush | 6.3 | 1.8 | X.X | 8.1 12th: Renjie You | 6.3 | 1.2 | X.X | 7.5 13th: Aryan Khojandi | 5.6 | 1.6 | X.X | 7.2 Notes on partial scoring: #1) +2 pts for mentioning trivial inequality +2 pts for mentioning that differences of squares increase +3 pts for mentioning squares are 0 or 1 in mod 3 or mod 4 +4 pts for correct sequence #2) a) 2 pts total +1 pt for showing divisibility by 20 or 50 +1 pt for any useful factorization +1 pt for handwavy attempt at induction -style pts for excessive casework b) 5 pts total +1 pt for mentioning difference of squares +4 pts for the factorization #3) +1 pt for mentioning that cyclic quadrilaterals have supplementary angles +1 pt for mentioning angle chasing Notes not on partial scoring: -Overall, there were several high scores. Keep up the good work. -Note that I was more lenient with style scores this time. Clearer and more rigorous proofs are appreciated. #1) -It's better to just give a proof by example. Just construct a sequence of length n and prove that it works. -Be concise! You don't have to purposely lengthen a proof that should be extremely short. -Some people who turned in other problems didn't turn in a #1, which is quite strange. #2) -Most people looked at the units' digit and did a bunch of casework. You guys should learn how to use mods. -Also, you don't have to show your work when expanding polynomials or multiplying numbers. -Splitting into divisible by 4 and divisible by 25 seemed to be the most popular solution for part a. #3) -Pretty much everybody got a 0 or a 7 on this problem, since it was basically testing if you knew how to deal with cyclic quadrilaterals. -When you write out an angle chase, it's better to write the whole chase at once. See the solutions for details. -Submitting just the given diagram won't ever get you any points. Make some observations to try to get partial credit.