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Problem #115

42: The Answer to Everything?

Represent 42 as the sum of N positive real numbers X_{1} , X_{2} , … X_{N} where N is an integer, such that the product, P = X_{1}X_{2}X_{N} is maximised. Find \lfloor P \rfloor where \lfloor \rfloor is greatest integer function.

Contributed by Abhinav Kaushal Keshari

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