Mock AIME 2 2006-2007 Problems/Problem 1
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[hide]Problem
A positive integer is called a dragon if it can be written as the sum of four positive integers and such that Find the smallest dragon.
Solution
From we have that 16 divides . From we have . Minimizing minimizes and and consequently minimizes our dragon. The smallest possible choice is , from which and so our desired number is .
Solution2
Note: a+b+c+d=a+a+8+(a+4)/4+4a+16 =(25a+100)/4 = 25(a+4)/4 . Therefore, we know that a+4/4 has to be an integer. since a>0, the smaller integer we can have is 2, so a=4. Therefore, the smallest value is 50.
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