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CMO 2002 Problem 1

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Let SS be a subset of {1,2,…,9}\{1,2, \ldots, 9\}, such that the sums formed by adding each unordered pair of distinct numbers from SS are all different. For example, the subset {1,2,3,5}\{1,2,3,5\} has this property, but {1,2,3,4,5}\{1,2,3,4,5\} does not, since the pairs {1,4}\{1,4\} and {2,3}\{2,3\} have the same sum, namely 5 .

What is the maximum number of elements that SS can contain?

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