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SE-SKOLORNAS 2016 Problem 5

    Peter wants to create a new multiplication table for the four numbers 1,2,3,41, 2, 3, 4 in such a way that the product of two of them is also one of them. He wants also that (a⋅b)⋅c=a⋅(b⋅c)(a\cdot b)\cdot c = a\cdot (b\cdot c) holds and that ab≠acab \ne ac and ba≠caba \ne ca and b≠cb \ne c . Peter is successful in constructing the new table. In his new table, 1⋅3=21\cdot 3 = 2 and 2⋅2=42\cdot 2 = 4 . What is the product 3⋅13\cdot 1 according to Peter's table?

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