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Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
1993 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
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eleven points
eleven points
Source: Netherlands 1993
June 28, 2009
geometry proposed
geometry
Problem Statement
Eleven distinct points
P
1
,
P
2
,
.
.
.
,
P
11
P_1,P_2,...,P_{11}
P
1
,
P
2
,
...
,
P
11
are given on a line so that
P
i
P
j
≤
1
P_i P_j \le 1
P
i
P
j
≤
1
for every
i
,
j
i,j
i
,
j
. Prove that the sum of all distances
P
i
P
j
,
1
≤
i
<
j
≤
11
P_i P_j, 1 \le i <j \le 11
P
i
P
j
,
1
≤
i
<
j
≤
11
, is smaller than
30
30
30
.
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