Equal products??

The numbers 2, 3, 12, 14,15, 20, 21 may be divided into two sets so that the product of the numbers in each set is the same. What is this product?


The answer is 2520.

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3 solutions

I ve got a logical approach...............

2 = 2 3 = 3 12 = 2 2 3 14 = 2 7 15 = 3 5 20 = 2 2 5 21 = 3*7

Total prime factors are 14 so 7 must be on one side and 7 on other. we observe that there are 6 - 2s , 4 - 3s, 2 - 7s and 2 - 5s. Hence in one set there would be 3 - 2s, 2 - 3s, 1 - 7 and 1- 5 so, the product of set is 2 2 2 3 3 7 5 = 2520

Masum Bin Alam
Dec 8, 2014

(2,3,20,21)----(12,14,15)

Math Nerd 1729
Jan 31, 2021

Let the product of each of the two sets be x x .

This means, the product of all the numbers in both sets would be x 2 x^2 .

Since we can already evaluate the product of all of the numbers (since we only don't know which set they're in), all we need to do is multiply all the numbers (to get x 2 x^2 ) and then take the square root to get x x .

Thus, the answer is x = 2 × 3 × 12 × 14 × 15 × 20 × 21 = 2520 x=\sqrt{2\times 3\times 12\times 14\times 15\times 20\times 21} =2520 .

Nice problem! :)

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