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1990 Flanders Math Olympiad
Problems
(1)
Too easy for advanced
Source: flanders '90
8/9/2004
Let
a
a
a
and
b
b
b
be two primes having at least two digits, such that
a
>
b
a > b
a
>
b
. Show that
240
∣
(
a
4
−
b
4
)
240|\left(a^4-b^4\right)
240∣
(
a
4
−
b
4
)
and show that 240 is the greatest positive integer having this property.
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