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Given the information that the integers 33 through 73 are good, prove that every integer <math>\ge 33</math> is good.[/
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Given the information that the integers 33 through 73 are good, prove that every integer <math>\ge 33</math> is good.
  
 
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Problem

An integer $n$ will be called good if we can write

$n=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_k$,

where $a_1,a_2, \ldots, a_k$ are positive integers (not necessarily distinct) satisfying

$\frac{1}{a_1}+\frac{1}{a_2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{a_k}=1$.

Given the information that the integers 33 through 73 are good, prove that every integer $\ge 33$ is good.

Solution

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See Also

1978 USAMO (ProblemsResources)
Preceded by
Problem 2
Followed by
Problem 4
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