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Partitioning {1, 2, ... ,49} in three subsets
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10/11/2010
The set
{
1
,
2
,
⋯
,
49
}
\{1, 2, \cdots, 49\}
{
1
,
2
,
⋯
,
49
}
is divided into three subsets. Prove that at least one of these subsets contains three different numbers
a
,
b
,
c
a, b, c
a
,
b
,
c
such that
a
+
b
=
c
a + b = c
a
+
b
=
c
.
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