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Almost magic square with a twist

Source: Kyiv City MO 2021 Round 1, Problem 10.2

December 21, 2023
permutationsconstructioncombinatorics

Problem Statement

The 1×11 \times 1 cells located around the perimeter of a 4×44 \times 4 square are filled with the numbers 1,2,,121, 2, \ldots, 12 so that the sums along each of the four sides are equal. In the upper left corner cell is the number 11, in the upper right - the number 55, and in the lower right - the number 1111.
https://i.ibb.co/PM0ry1D/Kyiv-City-MO-2021-Round-1-10-2.png
Under these conditions, what number can be located in the last corner cell?
Proposed by Mariia Rozhkova