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In this paper, the authors investigate the existence of positive solutions to the boundary value problems \[ x''+\text{sign}(1-\alpha) \cdot q(t) \cdot f(x,x')\cdot x'=0\quad \text{a.e. on }[0,1], \tag{1} \] \[ x(0)=0,\quad x'(1)= \alpha \cdot x'(0),\tag{2} \] \[ x(1)=0,\quad x'(1)=\alpha \cdot x'(0),\tag{3} \] where \(\alpha>0\) with \(\alpha\neq 1\). The authors show that under some conditions on the functions \(q\) and \(f\) problem (1), (2) admits a solution \(x\) satisfying \[ Mt\leq x(t)\leq Nt, \quad t\in[0,1], \] and problem (1), (3) admits a solution \(x\) satisfying \[ M(1-t)\leq x(t)\leq N(1-t),\quad t\in[0,1], \] where \(M\) and \(N\) are positive constants. The existence of solutions to problem (1), (2) and to problem (1), (3) is proved by methods of the theory of positive solutions to abstract operator equations.