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HMMT November 2020 H7

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While waiting for their food at a restaurant in Harvard Square, Ana and Banana draw 3 squares □1,□2,□3\square_{1}, \square_{2}, \square_{3} on one of their napkins. Starting with Ana, they take turns filling in the squares with integers from the set {1,2,3,4,5}\{1,2,3,4,5\} such that no integer is used more than once. Ana's goal is to minimize the minimum value MM that the polynomial a1x2+a2x+a3a_{1} x^{2}+a_{2} x+a_{3} attains over all real xx, where a1,a2,a3a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3} are the integers written in □1,□2,□3\square_{1}, \square_{2}, \square_{3} respectively. Banana aims to maximize MM. Assuming both play optimally, compute the final value of 100a1+10a2+a3100 a_{1}+10 a_{2}+a_{3}.

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