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Positive Pair Poser 2 (Posted on 2015-05-16) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find all pairs (M,N)of positive integers that satisfy the equation:
M2-MN+2M-3N = 2013

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution re: ANSWER | Comment 2 of 3 |
(In reply to ANSWER by Ady TZIDON)

Expanding and clarifying Ady's methodology:

Let t=M-N 

Then M=(2013-3t)/(t-1) = 2010/(t-1) - 3

M is positive if t is any factor of 2010 less than 670 (i.e. 2010/3).
2010 = 2*3*5*67, so its factors under 670, all of which give a positive M, are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 67, 134, 201, 335, 402;

However, in order for N to also be positive, t must be less than M.  sqrt(2010) is about 45, so there are only 8 values of (t-1) that give both a positive M and N, namely 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30.  This leads to Ady's correct answer.

     for t= 2, 3,4,6,7,11, 16 and 31;  
     producing 8 possible couples for  (M,N):
      (2007,2005),  (1002,999),  (667,663), (399,393), 
      (332,325,)  (198,187), (131,115), (64,33)

Actually, Ady's last pair contained a typo, which I have corrected in my answer.


Edited on July 5, 2018, 5:21 pm
  Posted by Steve Herman on 2015-05-16 13:32:58

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