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Revision as of 10:59, 4 July 2013
Problem 14
Let 
, 
, 
, 
, and 
be positive integers with 
and let 
be the largest of the sum 
, 
, 
and 
. What is the smallest possible value of ?
Solution
We want to try make , , , and as close as possible so that , the maximum of these, if smallest.
Notice that 
. In order to express 
as a sum of 
numbers, we must split up some of these numbers. There are two ways to do this (while keeping the sum of two numbers as close as possible): 
or 
. We see that in both cases, the value of is 
, so the answer is 
.
See also
| 2010 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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