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No integer solutions (Posted on 2012-12-10)

Prove that the equation 15x²-7y²=9 has no integer solutions.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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7y^2 = 9 - 15x^2

The right hand side is divisible by 3, so y must be divisible by 3.

But if y is divisible by three, then 9 - 7y^2 is divisible by 9, so x must be divisible by 3.

But xdog has already proved that x and y cannot both be divisible by 3, so we are done.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2012-12-10 17:48:58

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