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AIME 2016b Problem 4

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An a×b×ca \times b \times c rectangular box is built from a⋅b⋅ca \cdot b \cdot c unit cubes. Each unit cube is colored red, green, or yellow. Each of the aa layers of size 1×b×c1 \times b \times c parallel to the (b×c)(b \times c) faces of the box contains exactly 99 red cubes, exactly 1212 green cubes, and some yellow cubes. Each of the bb layers of size a×1×ca \times 1 \times c parallel to the (a×c)(a \times c) faces of the box contains exactly 2020 green cubes, exactly 2525 yellow cubes, and some red cubes. Find the smallest possible volume of the box.

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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