It's broken, but better

A merchant had a forty-pound measuring weight that broke into four pieces as the result of a fall. When the pieces were subsequently weighed, it was found that the weight of each piece was a whole number of pounds and that the four pieces could be used to weigh every integral weight between 1 and 40 pounds.

Let the weights of the pieces be a , b , c , d a,b,c,d such that a b c d a\leq b\leq c \leq d , what is the value of a b c d \overline{abcd} ?


If a , b , c , d a,b,c,d were 1 , 4 , 23 , 56 1,4,23,56 , input your answer as 142356 142356 .


The answer is 13927.

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Christopher Boo
Mar 19, 2015

You can check the solution in my blog .

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