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UKMT Junior Mathematical Olympiad, 2023

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

Alex chooses three from the six primes 2003, 2011, 2017, 2027, 2029 and 2039. The mean of his three primes is 2023. What is the mean of the other three primes?

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