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Numbered Cube 2 (Posted on 2023-05-16) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Six positive integers are placed on the faces of a cube. For each vertex of the cube we create a number by multiplying the numbers on the sides forming that vertex.

If the sum of the numbers on the vertices is 1011+1, then evaluate the respective minimum and maximum sum of the numbers on the faces.

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Letter the faces a,b,c,d,e,f.  Then the sum of the vertex products can be easily factored as (a+f)(b+d)(c+e). 

10^11 + 1 = 11*11*23*4093*8779 so it's necessary to compress those factors into three.

(a+f)=11*11*23 gives the minimum sum of faces as 2783+4093+8779=15655.

(a+f)=23*4093*8779 gives the maximum sum of faces as 826446281+11+11=826446303. 

  Posted by xdog on 2023-05-17 07:55:15
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