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58th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine algebra

Problem

Given real numbers , , such that: , and . Show that .
Solution
By contradiction, assume that . Thus,

Suppose that , so without loss of generality let . Hence . Therefore, two variables are zeros. By the first condition on numbers in the problem, we obtain a contradiction. Therefore, .

Plug in equation . Hence

Contradiction.

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