#Number theory question

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lament sedgeBOT
fiery scaffold
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the onces i gave here as examples are kinda easy but still could you pls help me understand how to solve these sums without brute force

lament sedgeBOT
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Number theory question

hollow hollow
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I thought of this like:
if a^b+b^c+c^a is even, that means either all 3 a,b,c are even or one out of them is even and other 2 are odd. Now
if all three are even then max sum is 2024+2022+2020=6066
in 2nd case max sum would be 2024+2023+2021=6068
so overall max achievable would be 6068
Is this considered brute force? I think this is an optimal way to think about it?

terse fossil
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ok uhh

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rewrite 2) in terms of a = b(modn)

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which implies (a - b)/n is in the set of integers

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try to tinker with that

surreal portal
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4(a+4)+3=x
6(b+3)+3=x
You can work from there as well

fiery scaffold
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how to mark this as solved?

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warm jetty
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As someone who is a native bengali speaker lemme try to help

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Oh it's already solved please mark it as solved

surreal portal
fiery scaffold
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.solved

lament sedgeBOT
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Solved

Post marked as solved by @fiery scaffold.

Use .unsolved if this was a mistake.

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