We are to determine the largest term of a four‐term arithmetic progression when the sum of its terms satisfies a1+a2+a3+a4=48 and the product condition a1a2a3a4+l4=361 holds, where l denotes the common difference. Denote the four terms by a,a+l,a+2l,a+3l. Their \sum gives 4a+6l=48, which simplifies to 2a+3l=24 and hence a=224−3l. The product condition can be written as a(a+l)(a+2l)(a+3l)+l4=361. Notice that a(a+3l)=a2+3aland(a+l)(a+2l)=a2+3al+2l2, so if we set u=a2+3al, then the product becomes u(u+2l2) and a1a2a3a4+l4=u2+2ul2+l4=(u+l2)2=361=192. It follows that u+l2=±19, or a2+3al+l2=±19. Substituting a=224−3l into the equation (224−3l)2+3l(224−3l)+l2=±19 and multiplying by 4 yields (24−3l)2+6l(24−3l)+4l2=±76. Expanding gives 576−144l+9l2+144l−18l2+4l2=±76, which simplifies to 576−5l2=±76. In the case 576−5l2=76 one finds 5l2=500⟹l2=100⟹l=±10. If l=10 then a=224−30=−3 and the terms are −3,7,17,27, so the largest term is 27. If l=−10 then a=224+30=27 and the terms are 27,17,7,−3, again giving the largest term as 27. In the alternative case 576−5l2=−76 one obtains l2=130.4, which is not an integer and thus inadmissible. Therefore, the largest term is Option 2 : 27.