Determine all real numbers that satisfy simultaneously the conditions:
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
The first inequality is equivalent to
Since
it follows that , and therefore . Writing the other two similar inequalities and adding them together yields . Consequently, equality must hold in all the inequalities above, hence . Clearly this triple satisfies all the requirements.
Solution 2
As , we can write , , , with . The first inequality becomes
because it reduces to . Adding this inequality with the two similar ones obtained from the second and third condition, we get . Consequently, equality must hold in all the preceding inequalities, therefore , which translates into .
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