Given that are positive integers satisfying determine the maximum possible value of .
HMMT February
Solution
240. Notice that achieves a value of 240. To see that this is maximal, first suppose that . Notice that , or . However, is a proper divisor of , so . Thus, , yielding . Now, if instead , then either and the same logic shows that , or (since cannot all be equal) and then .
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