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1988 AIME Question 4

AIME · 1988 AIME

Question 4

Suppose that $|x_i|\lt1$ for $i=1,$ $2,$ $\ldots,$ $n.$ Suppose further that

$$
\begin{aligned}&|x_1|+|x_2|+\cdots+|x_n|\\&=19+\bigl|x_1+x_2\\&\qquad+\cdots+x_n\bigr|.\end{aligned}
$$

What is the smallest possible value of $n?$