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Revision as of 12:11, 22 November 2023
Problem
Find all triples of positive integers 
that satisfy the equation
Solution 1
We claim that the only solutions are 
and its permutations.
Factoring the above squares and canceling the terms gives you:
Jumping on the coefficients in front of the 
, 
, 
terms, we factor into:
Realizing that the only factors of 2023 that could be expressed as 
are 
, 
, and 
, we simply find that the only solutions are by inspection.
-FFAmplify
Alternatively, a more obvious factorization is:
Proceed as above. ~eevee9406
See Also
| 2023 USAJMO (Problems • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by First Question |
Followed by Problem 2 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 | ||
| All USAJMO Problems and Solutions | ||
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