Find All Primes Satisfying Given Equations
Source: Irish Mathematical Olympiad - Paper 1 - 2008 -Question 1
May 10, 2008
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Problem Statement
Let and be four different prime numbers satisying the equations
2p_1 \plus{} 3p_2 \plus{} 5p_3 \plus{} 7p_4 \equal{} 162
11p_1 \plus{} 7p_2 \plus{} 5p_3 \plus{} 4p_4 \equal{} 162
Find all possible values of the product