Solution:
Note that ∣x−y∣ is the greater of x−y and −(x−y). So the above assertion is equivalent to
x+y>x−y and x+y>−x+y2y>0 and 2x>0y>0 and x>0.
Solution 1. The quantity
x+∣x∣
is 2x, a positive number, if x>0 and is 0 otherwise. Therefore the inequality
(x+∣x∣)(y+∣y∣)(z+∣z∣)>0
holds if and only if x, y, and z are all positive.
Solution 2. By part (a), the condition that x, y, and z are all positive is equivalent to
x+y−∣x−y∣>0 and z>0.
By part (a) again, this is equivalent to
x+y−∣x−y∣+z>∣x+y−∣x−y∣−z∣.
This inequality involves no multiplication.