2013 ToT Spring Senior A p6 sums related to 5 real numbers
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March 5, 2020
algebraProductSum
Problem Statement
There are fi ve distinct real positive numbers. It is known that the total sum of their squares and the total sum of their pairwise products are equal.
(a) Prove that we can choose three numbers such that it would not be possible to make a triangle with sides' lengths equal to these numbers.
(b) Prove that the number of such triples is at least six (triples which consist of the same numbers in different order are considered the same).