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algebra senior
Problem
Let be a set containing distinct integers such that the smallest element is 0 and the largest element is 2015. Find the smallest possible average of the elements in
Solution
It is clear that to get the smallest positive average, the set should be of the form for some nonnegative integer For this set, the average is By AM-GM, However, equality cannot occur, since does not lead to an integer, so we look for integers close to
For both and the average works out to so this is the smallest possible average.
For both and the average works out to so this is the smallest possible average.
Final answer
62