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Dark Divisibility (Posted on 2013-04-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The natural numbers a,b,c,d are such that their least common multiple equals a+b+c+d. Prove that abcd is divisible by 3 or by 5.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Danish Ahmed Khan    
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re(3): Proof | Comment 18 of 21 |
(In reply to re(2): Proof by Steve Herman)

I agree that it is a splendid result.

I started out with just the same idea, but failed to complete the connection between the sets. It seems I was looking through the wrong end of the telescope!

Bravo indeed, Math Man! 

Edited on May 11, 2013, 12:35 am
  Posted by broll on 2013-05-11 00:31:28

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