Let be a rectangular prism with integer side lengths. The largest face has area 240 and the smallest face has area 48. A third face has area , where is not equal to 48 or 240. What is the sum of all possible values of ?
Solution
Let the length, width, and height of the prism be . Without loss of generality, assume that . Then, we have that and . Noting that , we must have . We must also have and , and the only possibilities for that yield integral that satisfy these conditions are , which gives , and , which gives . Thus, the only valid are and . It follows that the only possible areas of the third face are and , so the desired answer is .
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