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Four positive integers from three pairwise products

Question

Positive integers A,B,C,DA,B,C,D satisfy AB=16AB=16, BC=14BC=14 and CD=63CD=63. Find A+B+C+DA+B+C+D.

Short answer

2626. BB divides both 1616 and 1414, so B∈{1,2}B\in\{1,2\}; B=1B=1 would make C=14C=14, which does not divide 6363. So B=2B=2, A=8A=8, C=7C=7, D=9D=9, summing to 2626.

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