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E29. Divisible by Sixteen

Here's an easy one:

You have sixteen balls, numbered consecutively 1 through 16, and 4 boxes. You are asked to put 4 of the balls into each box, so that the product of the numbers in each box is divisible by 16. Give a solution, or prove that this cannot be done.

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