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= Solution

<Four-momentum conservation> gives $P=\sum_iQ_i$, while the <mass-shell condition> gives $P\cdot P=M^2c^2$. Therefore
$$
\boxed{M=\frac1c\sqrt{\left(\sum_iQ_i\right)\cdot\left(\sum_jQ_j\right)}.}
$$
In the parent rest frame, $Mc^2=\sum_iE_i$, and each relativistic energy obeys $E_i\geq m_ic^2$. Thus
$$
\boxed{M\geq\sum_{i=1}^Nm_i.}
$$

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