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2017 Polish Junior Math Olympiad Second Round P1

Source: 2017 Polish Junior Math Olympiad Second Round

May 22, 2023
number theorycombinatorics

Problem Statement

In each square of a 4×44\times 4 board, we are to write an integer in such a way that the sums of the numbers in each column and in each row are nonnegative integral powers of 22. Is it possible to do this in such a way that every two of these eight sums are different? Justify your answer.