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PROBLEM 176

Take the numbers 1,2,3,...,2003, rearrange them, and label them as a1,a2,...,a2003. For which rearrangement is the sum 

the largest?

(Hint:  what happens if you interchange two of the numbers in a given rearrangement?)

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