IMC 2019 · Problem 2

Day 126th IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

A four-digit number YEARYEAR is called very good if the system

Yx+Ey+Az+Rw=YRx+Yy+Ez+Aw=EAx+Ry+Yz+Ew=AEx+Ay+Rz+Yw=R\begin{aligned} Yx + Ey + Az + Rw &= Y \\ Rx + Yy + Ez + Aw &= E \\ Ax + Ry + Yz + Ew &= A \\ Ex + Ay + Rz + Yw &= R \end{aligned}

of linear equations in the variables x,y,zx, y, z and ww has at least two solutions. Find all very good YEARs in the 21st century.

(The 21st century starts in 2001 and ends in 2100.)

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