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Algebra Level 5

Let x 1 , . . . , x 2016 { x }_{ 1 },...,{ x }_{ 2016 } be positive reals so that x 1 + . . . + x 2016 = 1 { x }_{ 1 }+...+{ x }_{ 2016 }=1 . The minimum value of ( 1 x 1 + 2014 ) . . . ( 1 x 2016 + 2014 ) (\frac { 1 }{ { x }_{ 1 } } +2014)...(\frac { 1 }{ { x }_{ 2016 } } +2014)

can be expressed as a b a ^b , where a a and b b are positive integers, and b b is as large as possible. Find a + b a + b .


The answer is 6046.

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