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AIME 1985 Problem 8

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The sum of the following seven numbers is exactly 19: a1=2.56a_1 = 2.56, a2=2.61a_2 = 2.61, a3=2.65a_3 = 2.65, a4=2.71a_4 = 2.71, a5=2.79a_5 = 2.79, a6=2.82a_6 = 2.82, a7=2.86a_7 = 2.86. It is desired to replace each aia_i by an integer approximation AiA_i, 1≤i≤71\le i \le 7, so that the sum of the AiA_i's is also 19 and so that MM, the maximum of the "errors" ∥Ai−ai∥\| A_i-a_i\|, the maximum absolute value of the difference, is as small as possible. For this minimum MM, what is 100M100M?

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