The summation of positive integers is . How big their can be?
greatest common divisor
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First of all, note that:
9 9 9 = 3 3 × 3 7
Now, the number of numbers ( sounds funny) is 49 and hence the g.c.d. can be no more than 20 i.e. the biggest integer less than 9 9 9 / 4 9
Let their g.c.d be x .
Then the numbers are of the form:
a x + b x + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + W x ( 4 9 n u m b e r s )
Their total will be: ( a + b + c + . . . . . . . . . . . . . + W ) ∗ x
Hence, x is the largest integer divisor of 999 less than 20 i.e. 9