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A board of size 2005×2005 is divided into square cells with a side length of 1 unit. Some board cells are numbered in some order by numbers 1, 2, ... so that from any non-numbered cell there is a numbered cell within a distance of less than 10. Prove that there can be found two cells with a distance between them of less than 150, which are numbered by numbers that differ by more than 23. (The distance between the cells is the distance between their centres.)

On an island there are 1,234 residents, each of whom is either a knight (who always tells the truth) or a liar (who always lies). One day, all of the inhabitants of the island were broken up into pairs, and each one said: “He is a knight!" or “He is a liar!" about his partner. Could it eventually turn out to be that the number of “He is a knight!" and “He is a liar!" phrases is the same?

Solving the problem: “What is the solution of the expression x2000+x1999+x1998+1000x1000+1000x999+1000x998+2000x3+2000x2+2000x+3000 (x is a real number) if x2+x+1=0?”, Vasya got the answer of 3000. Is Vasya right?

Prove that amongst the numbers of the form 19991999199900 – that is 1999 a number of times, followed by a number of 0s – there will be at least one divisible by 2001.

Let M be the point of intersection of the medians of the triangle ABC, and O an arbitrary point on a plane. Prove that OM2=1/3(OA2+OB2+OC2)1/9(AB2+BC2+AC2).

Three non-coplanar vectors are given. Is it possible to find a fourth vector perpendicular to the three vectors given?

Find the volume of an inclined triangular prism whose base is an equilateral triangle with sides equal to a if the side edge of the prism is equal to the side of the base and is inclined to the plane of the base at an angle of 60.