NMC 2009 Problem 3
The integers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are written on a blackboard. It is allowed to wipe out two integers and and replace them with and . Is it possible, by repeating this procedure, to reach a situation where three of the five integers on the blackboard are 2009?
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