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Four real numbers with specified sum and sum of squares

Source: Czech-Polish-Slovak 2006 Q3

April 27, 2013
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Problem Statement

The sum of four real numbers is 99 and the sum of their squares is 2121. Prove that these numbers can be denoted by a,b,c,da, b, c, d so that abcd2ab-cd \ge 2 holds.