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65th Czech and Slovak Mathematical Olympiad

Czech Republic number theory

Problem

There are different positive integers written on the board. Their (arithmetic) mean is a decimal number, with the decimal part exactly . What is the least possible value of the mean? (Patrik Bak)
Solution
Let be the sum, the number and the integer part of the mean of the numbers on the board. Then we can write which gives Numbers and are coprime, thus . Therefore . The numbers on the board are different, that is The integer is thus at least and the value of the mean at least . This value can be attained by numbers and . We get
Final answer
313.2016

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Greatest common divisors (gcd)Sums and products