2002 AIME I Problems/Problem 14
Problem
A set 
of distinct positive integers has the following property: for every integer 
in 
the arithmetic mean of the set of values obtained by deleting from is an integer. Given that 1 belongs to and that 2002 is the largest element of what is the greatet number of elements that can have?
Solution
Let the sum of the integers in be 
. We are given that $\dfrac{S-1}{#(\mathcal{S})-1}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) and $\dfrac{S-2002}{#(\mathcal{S})-1}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) are integers. Thus 
is a multiple of 
. Now 
, so either $#(\mathcal{S})$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) is 2002, 668, 4, or 2. 2 is guaranteed possible, 2002 is not. 4 is: 1, 4, 7, 2002. For 668, all 668 numbers must be congruent mod 
, and there aren't enough numbers like that. So 
is the maximum.
See also
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