2015 UMO Problems/Problem 1

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Problem

Three trolls have divided $n$ pancakes among themselves such that:

• Each troll has a positive integer number of pancakes.

• The greatest common divisor of the number of pancakes held by any two trolls is bigger than $1$.

• The three greatest common divisors obtained in this way are all distinct.

What is the smallest possible value of $n$?

Solution

See Also

2015 UMO (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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First Problem
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Problem 2
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