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MathNet 2015-part-05 — 191 problems (EN–VI) Question 136

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2015-part-05 — 191 problems (EN–VI)

Question 136

At the beginning we have a triple of pairwise distinct positive integers $(a, b, c)$ which satisfies $a + b + c = 2015$. Then in each step we replace the current triple of numbers $(x, y, z)$ with the triple $(y + z - x, z + x - y, x + y - z)$. At least how many steps must we make so that starting with a triple $(a, b, c)$ we will certainly get a triple which has at least one negative number?