Maximizing crazy positive integers

Let a,b,c,d,e, be positive integers such that, a b c d e = a + b + c + d + e . abcde = a+b+c+d+e. Find the maximum possible value of m a x { a , b , c , d , e } max \{a,b,c,d,e\}


The answer is 5.

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Let set {X1,X2, . . . ,Xn} be such that. X1+X2+ . . . +Xn = X1 * X2 * . . . * Xn...
then maximum possible value of max{...} will be n.
The Sum = Product = 2 * n.
The set would be {1,1, . . . 1,2,n } with (n-2) 1's
( Note:-If order matters we can find by permutation. )
First all are 1's, since last two ones are covered by the 2, and 1's are added to each location by last n. Thus the sum is 2 n, and multiplication is also 2 n.


If we had 3 as a member, product > addition for a set of maximums.

I have not studied Number theory. Is there some thing like this there??

In our case the answer is .. 5. +/ * =10.
Other sets of five are {1,1,2,2,2}. {1,1,1,3,3}

Joanne Lee
Jun 20, 2014

Let's say that a b c d e a\leq b\leq c\leq d\leq e . Rewrite the equation so it becomes

e = a + b + c + d a b c d 1 e=\frac{a+b+c+d}{abcd-1}

To maximize e e , we would want to minimize a b c d abcd and maximize a + b + c + b a+b+c+b . We know that the rate at which a b c d abcd increases is higher than the rate at which a + b + c + d a+b+c+d increases, so we would want to look at the case where a b c d abcd is as small as possible. Since a b c d abcd can't be 1, we turn to when a b c d = 2 abcd = 2 , or a = 1 , b = 1 , c = 1 , d = 2 a=1, b=1, c=1, d=2 and e = 5 e=5 .

A=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, e=5 so e is value of max integer

a=1, b=1, c=1, d=2, e=5 Max value = 5

Rahul Pancholi - 7 years ago

but that solution doesn't work...

Narahari Bharadwaj - 7 years ago

what type of question is this?

Anany Prakhar - 7 years ago

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