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Problem 1, 2001

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Can the numbers \(1, 2, \dots, 100\) be distributed into three groups so that the sum of the numbers in the first group is divisible by \(102\), the sum of the numbers in the second group is divisible by \(203\), and the sum of the numbers in the third group is divisible by \(304\)?

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Serbian Republic Competition (Republicko takmicenje) 2001, high school grade I, category A, problem 1. Organized by the Mathematical Society of Serbia (DMS). Source