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Let nn be a positive integer. Determine the size of the largest subset of {−n,−n+1,…,n−1,n}\{ -n, -n+1, \dots, n-1, n\} which does not contain three elements aa, bb, cc (not necessarily distinct) satisfying a+b+c=0a+b+c=0.
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Let n be a positive integer.  Determine the size of the largest subset of {−n,−n+1,…,n−1,n} which does not contain three elements a, b, c (not necessarily distinct) satisfying a+b+c=0.
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Let $n$ be a positive integer.  Determine the size of the largest subset of $\{ -n, -n+1, \dots, n-1, n\}$ which does not contain three elements $a$, $b$, $c$ (not necessarily distinct) satisfying $a+b+c=0$.

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