2024 AIME II Problem 2
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2.
A list of positive integers has the following properties:
• The sum of the items in the list is
• The unique mode of the list is
• The median of the list is a positive integer that does not appear in the list itself.
Find the sum of the squares of all the items in the list.
Solution:
The median is an integer that is not in the list, so the list cannot have odd length (then the median would be a member). The unique mode appears at least twice. Two items sum to not so try four items together with where and are distinct (a repeat would tie the mode) and The median must be an integer, so is odd, and forces Thus and the list has median which indeed does not appear.
No longer list works: with two s, six items would need four distinct other values summing to namely or but both give median With three s the remaining items sum to and every option either puts at the median or ties the mode.
The sum of squares is
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