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Print75th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad
Romania algebra
Problem
Consider positive real numbers , such that and , , . Prove that .
Lucian Petrescu
Lucian Petrescu
Solution
If , , and , then and analogously, we have If all parentheses in are nonzero, then we obtain , and therefore , false. Thus at least one difference is zero, say . It follows that , hence .
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Linear and quadratic inequalitiesSimple Equations