Problem

Source: Kyiv City MO 2025 Round 2, Problem 7.2, 10.1

Tags: algebra



Mykhailo chose three distinct positive real numbers \( a, b, c \) and wrote the following numbers on the board: \[ a + b, \quad b + c, \quad c + a, \quad ab, \quad bc, \quad ca. \]What is the minimum possible number of distinct numbers that can be written on the board? Proposed by Anton Trygub