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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Find the answer

Let VV 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 xx, where xx is not equal to 48 or 240. What is the sum of all possible values of xx?

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Let the length, width, and height of the prism be s1,s2,s3s_{1}, s_{2}, s_{3}. Without loss of generality, assume that s1s2s3s_{1} \leq s_{2} \leq s_{3}. Then, we have that s1s2=48s_{1} s_{2}=48 and s2s3=240s_{2} s_{3}=240. Noting that s1s2s_{1} \leq s_{2}, we must have (s1,s2)=(1,48),(2,24),(3,16),(4,12),(6,8)\left(s_{1}, s_{2}\right)=(1,48),(2,24),(3,16),(4,12),(6,8). We must also have s2s3=240s_{2} s_{3}=240 and s2s3s_{2} \leq s_{3}, and the only possibilities for (s1,s2)\left(s_{1}, s_{2}\right) that yield integral s3s_{3} that satisfy these conditions are (4,12)(4,12), which gives s3=20s_{3}=20, and (6,8)(6,8), which gives s3=30s_{3}=30. Thus, the only valid (s1,s2,s3)\left(s_{1}, s_{2}, s_{3}\right) are (4,12,20)(4,12,20) and (6,8,30)(6,8,30). It follows that the only possible areas of the third face are 4(20)=804(20)=80 and 6(30)=1806(30)=180, so the desired answer is 80+180=26080+180=260.

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