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Coin Collection Conclusion (Posted on 2023-05-01)

Mr. Norton, the eminent numismatist decides to divide his coin collection amongst his four children.

The oldest child gets 1/2 of the collection,
The second oldest child gets 1/3 of the collection.
The third oldest child gets 1/n of the collection, where n is a positive integer.
The youngest gets the remaining 50 coins.

How many coins at most can there be in the collection?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

There can be at most 2100 coins in the collection.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Larry in this location.

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	Subject	Author	Date
	Solution	Larry	2023-05-01 09:32:02

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