A busy bee buzzes between cells of a large honeycomb made of tessellated hexagons. A flight of length involves picking one of six neighbouring cells and flying to the -th cell in that direction. The bee makes consecutive flights of lengths , , , , . For which values of is it possible that after these flights the bee returns to its starting location?
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Maclaurin Mathematical Olympiad (2024)
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