3-person competition
Source: Portugal OPM 1995 p5
May 18, 2024
combinatorics
Problem Statement
Rosa dos Ventos, Aurora Boreal and Manuela do Norte organized a competition between them last weekend, consisting of several athletics events. The winner in each test obtained points, the second placed points and the third placed points ( and ). The final result of the competition, obtained by adding up the scores in each event, was Rosa had points, Manuela had points, Aurora had points. In how many tests did they compete and who came second in the high jump knowing that the Manuela won the meters and no one gave up in any race?[hide=official wording]Rosa dos Ventos, a Aurora Boreal e a Manuela do Norte organizaram no passado fim de semana uma competi¸c˜ao entre elas, consistindo em v´arias provas de atletismo. A vencedora em cada prova obteve x pontos, a segunda classificada y pontos e a terceira classificada z pontos (x,y,z ∈ IN e x >y>z). O resultado final da competi¸c˜ao, obtido por soma das pontua¸c˜oes em cada prova, foi Rosa 22 pontos Manuela 9 pontos Aurora 9 pontos Em quantas provas competiram e quem ficou em segundo lugar no salto em altura sabendo que a Manuela ganhou os 100 metros e que ningu´em desistiu em nenhuma prova?