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56th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, Third Round

Ukraine geometry

Problem

The vertices of a cube are enumerated by the numbers , , , . Someone chose three sides of the cube and told the numbers which are written on them to Pete: , , . Is it possible to determine which number has the vertex which is opposite to the one numbered ?
Solution
Three edges go from each vertex of a cube. Every edge is a part of two sides. Let us look at the vertex . It lies inside all "known" sides. Hence these three sides form an angle with vertex in . Then three edges are -, -, and -. Now it is easy to understand that is opposite to .
Final answer
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