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Quadratic and Quintic Query (Posted on 2016-03-26)

Consider all possible positive integer solutions to the equation:
P² + Q² + R² = S⁵

Find the minimum value of P+Q+R

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

1² + 11²+ 11² = 3^5
5² +7² + 13² = 3^5
3^2 + 3^2 + 15^2 = 3^5
Therefore, the required minimum value =1+11+11=23

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Subject	Author	Date
re: A start	broll	2016-03-26 09:54:13
A start	Brian Smith	2016-03-26 09:41:44

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