ISL 2008 C1
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In the plane we consider rectangles whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes and have positive length. Such a rectangle will be called a box. Two boxes intersect if they have a common point in their interior or on their boundary. Find the largest for which there exist boxes such that and intersect if and only if .
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Official text: IMO 2008 Shortlist booklet, page 22.
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