HMMT 二月 2004 · 冲刺赛 · 第 22 题
HMMT February 2004 — Guts Round — Problem 22
题目详情
英文原题
- [9] I have written a strictly increasing sequence of six positive integers, such that eachnumber (besides the first) is a multiple of the one before it, and the sum of all sixnumbers is 79. What is the largest number in my sequence?
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解析
英文解析
- I have written a strictly increasing sequence of six positive integers, such that eachnumber (besides the first) is a multiple of the one before it, and the sum of all sixnumbers is 79. What is the largest number in my sequence?
Solution: 48
If the fourth number is ≥ 12, then the last three numbers must sum to at least 12 +
2 · 12 + 2 · 12 = 84 > 79. This is impossible, so the fourth number must be less than 2