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 Let 

 

Then 

 

That means 

 

Now, 

 

Similarly,  and hence 

 

Thus 

 

Now 

 

So let a = 3k. Then b = 6k and hence c = 2k

 

Thus every solution is of the form (6k,3k,2k)

 

Its now obvious that the pair with the least sum is obtained by putting k =1 i.e. (6,3,2).


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