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MathNet 2009-part-05 — 172 problems (EN–VI) Question 47

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2009-part-05 — 172 problems (EN–VI)

Question 47

Shelly writes down a vector $v=(a, b, c, d)$, where $0\lt a\lt b\lt c\lt d$ are integers. Let $\sigma(v)$ denote the set of 24 vectors whose coordinates are $a, b, c$, and $d$ in some order. For instance, $\sigma(v)$ contains $(b, c, d, a)$. Shelly notes that there are 3 vectors in $\sigma(v)$ whose sum is of the form $(s, s, s, s)$ for some $s$. What is the smallest possible value of $d$ ?