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`f(x)=|a x-b|+c|x|AAx in (-oo,oo),` where `a >0, b >0,c > 0.` Find the condition if `f(x)` attains the minimum value only at one point.

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`" "f(x)= {{:(b-ax-cx",",,xlt0), (b-ax+cx",",,0le x lt(b)/(a)), (ax-b+cx",",,x ge (b)/(a)):}`
`" "={{:(b-(a+c)x",",,xlt0), (b+(c-a)x",",,0lexlt(b)/(a)),((a+c)x-b",",,xge(b)/(a)):}`
The graphs of the function for different situations are as shown in the following figures.

From the figure, we can see that for `c lt a and c gt a`, there is only point of minima.
For `c=a`, there are infinite points of minima.
Thus, for exactly one point of minima, `c ne a`.
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