devinawilliam83
If there are more than two numbers in a certain list, is each of the numbers in the list equal to 0?
(1) The product of any two numbers in the list is equal to 0.
(2) The sum of any two numbers in the list is equal to 0.
\(L = \left\{ {\,{x_1}\,,\,{x_2}\,,\, \ldots \,\,,\,\,{x_n}} \right\}\,\,\,\,,\,\,\,n \geqslant 3\)
\(?\,\,\,:\,\,\,{\text{all}}\,\,{\text{zero}}\)
\(\left( 1 \right)\,\,\,{x_j} \cdot {x_k} = 0\,\,\,\,\,\left( {j \ne k} \right)\,\,\,\,\,\left\{ \begin{gathered}\\
\,{\text{Take}}\,\,L = \left\{ {0,0, \ldots ,0,0} \right\}\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\text{YES}}} \right\rangle \,\, \hfill \\\\
\,{\text{Take}}\,\,L = \left\{ {0,0, \ldots ,0,1} \right\}\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\text{NO}}} \right\rangle \,\,\, \hfill \\ \\
\end{gathered} \right.\)
What about statement (2)? Do you "feel" this statement is sufficient... but you cannot be 100% sure?
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\(\left( 2 \right)\,\,\left\{ \begin{gathered}\\
\,{x_j} + {x_k} = 0 \hfill \\\\
{x_k} + {x_m} = 0 \hfill \\ \\
\end{gathered} \right.\,\,\,\,\,\mathop \Rightarrow \limits^{\left( - \right)} \,\,\,\,\,\,{x_j} - {x_m} = 0\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,{x_j} = {x_m}\,\,\,\,{\text{for}}\,\,\,\underline {{\text{ANY}}} \,\,\,\,{x_j}\,,\,\,{x_k}\,,\,\,{x_m}\,\,\,{\text{in}}\,\,L\)
\(\,\left\{ \begin{gathered}\\
\,{x_j} = {x_m} \hfill \\\\
\,0 = {x_j} + {x_m} = 2\,\, \cdot {x_j} \hfill \\ \\
\end{gathered} \right.\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{x_j} = 0\,\,\,{\text{for}}\,\,{\text{all}}\,\,j\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left\langle {{\text{YES}}} \right\rangle\)
This solution follows the notations and rationale taught in the GMATH method.
Regards,
Fabio.