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2024 COMC B3

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November 4, 2024
Comc

Problem Statement

Let a,b,c,da,b,c,d be four distinct integers such that: min(a,b)=2\text{min}(a,b)=2 min(b,c)=0\text{min}(b,c)=0 max(a,c)=2\text{max}(a,c)=2 max(c,d)=4\text{max}(c,d)=4
Here min(a,b)\text{min}(a,b) and max(a,b)\text{max}(a,b) denote respectively the minimum and the maximum of two numbers aa and bb. Determine the fifth smallest possible value for a+b+c+da+b+c+d