Ex 1.6 [BOMC-2011]

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Ex 1.6 [BOMC-2011]

Unread post by rakeen » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:21 pm

Prove that |a| + |b| + |c| - |a+b| - |b+c| - |c+a| + |a+b+c| $\geq$ 0


no idea! if we could somehow prove that |a+b|+|b+c|+|c+a| $\leq$ |a|+|b|+|c|+|a+b+c| that should be enough.
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Re: Ex 1.6 [BOMC-2011]

Unread post by sourav das » Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:40 pm

Hint
any two of the three will be same signed. Then divide into cases
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Re: Ex 1.6 [BOMC-2011]

Unread post by sm.joty » Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:39 pm

Use Triangle inequality. Also can try to prove,
$|a|+|b|+|c|+|a+b+c| \geq |a+b|+|b+c|+|c+a|$
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