2001 IMO Shortlist Problems/N6

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Problem

Is it possible to find 100 positive integers not exceeding 25,000, such that all pairwise sums of them are different?

Solution

The biggest pairwise sum is $24999+25000=49999$, and there are $\binom{100}{2}=50050$ sums. Thus by the Pigeonhole Principle, there must be at least two sums which are equal.

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