Construct isosceles triangles pab and qbc on one side of the segment ac such that. The book is a collection of problems from all those competitions run in 20092010, expanded to include the problems from imo for those two years. Research findings from mathematics olympiads cheung pakhong. This problem has been always a legend because it appeared in imo 1988 as the last problem of the olympiad challenge. It has compilation of all past imo shortlist problems, along with solutions, and since olympiad success is very strongly correlated with the number of questionstechniques that you have a been exposed to, this is a great resource for anyone who wants to get a medal. Olympiad workbook solutions pcmb today, books, cds, magzines.
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