The sum of 7 unequal positive integers is 61. What is the largest possible value that any of those integers can have?

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Brayden

9 September, 13:58

The sum of 7 unequal positive integers is 61. What is the largest possible value that any of those integers can have?

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Aliana · Answer 1

To get the largest possible value of a single integer means the other six have to have the smallest possible values. Since they unequal, the smallest possible values for the six are: 1,2,3,4,5,6 and their sum is 21. The largest possible answer is 40