Given are (not necessarily positive) real numbers $a, b$, and $c$ for which $|a - b| \ge |c| , |b - c| \ge |a|$ and $|c - a| \ge |b|$ . Prove that one of the numbers $a, b$, and $c$ is the sum of the other two.
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Source: Dutch NMO 2015 p5
Tags: algebra, inequalities
mihaig
07.09.2019 12:53
parmenides51 wrote: Given are (not necessarily positive) real numbers $a, b$, and $c$ for which $|a - b| \ge |c| , |b - c| \ge |a|$ and $|c - a| \ge |b|$ . Prove that one of the numbers $a, b$, and $c$ is the sum of the other two.
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sqing
07.09.2019 14:19
parmenides51 wrote: Given are (not necessarily positive) real numbers $a, b$, and $c$ for which $|a - b| \ge |c| , |b - c| \ge |a|$ and $|c - a| \ge |b|$ . Prove that one of the numbers $a, b$, and $c$ is the sum of the other two. Moscow Indian RMO 2005 Romania 2014