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RMO KV 2024 Q6

Source: RMO KV 2024 Q6

November 3, 2024
combinatorics

Problem Statement

Let XX be a set of 1111 integers. Prove that one can find a nonempty subset {a1,a2,,ak}\{a_1, a_2, \cdots , a_k \} of XX such that 33 divides kk and 99 divides the sum i=1k4iai\sum_{i=1}^{k} 4^i a_i.