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== See also ==
 
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[[Category:Intermediate Algebra Problems]]
 
[[Category:Intermediate Algebra Problems]]

Latest revision as of 01:57, 13 January 2019

Problem

Let $S=\left\{1,2,3,\cdots ,n\right\}$ where $n \ge 4$. What is the maximum number of elements in a subset $A$ of $S$, which has at least three elements, such that $a+b>c$ for all $a, b, c$ in $A$? As an example, the subset $A=\left \{2,3,4\right \}$ of $S=\left\{1,2,3,4,5 \right\}$ has the property that the sum of any two elements is strictly bigger than the third element, but the subset $\left \{2,3,4,5 \right \}$ does not since $2+3$ is $\underline{not}$ greater than $5$. Since there is no subset of size $4$ satisfying these conditions, the answer for $n=5$ is $3$.


Solution

$\frac{n+2}{2}$ if $n$ is even;  $\frac{n+1}{2}$ if $n$ is odd.

See also

2010 UNCO Math Contest II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 9
Followed by
Problem 11
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All UNCO Math Contest Problems and Solutions