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[[Category:Intermediate Number Theory Problems]]
 
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Revision as of 12:17, 23 July 2006

Problem

If we express the sum

$\frac 1{3\cdot 5\cdot 7\cdot 11} + \frac 1{3\cdot 5\cdot 7\cdot 13} + \frac 1{3\cdot 5\cdot 11\cdot 13} + \frac 1{3\cdot 7\cdot 11\cdot 13} + \frac 1{5\cdot 7\cdot 11\cdot 13}$

as a rational number in reduced form, then the denominator will be

$\mathrm{(A) \ }15015 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }5005 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ }455 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }385 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }91$

Solution