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Call 911 (Posted on 2018-08-03) Difficulty: 4 of 5
x^2 + 3xy + 2*911x + 2*911y +911^2 = 0.

Solve the bolded equation for an integer couple (x,y)

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I was hoping to find an elegant trick using x+y+911, but nope.  At least the equation can be solved for y without radicals.

y = -(3x+3644)/9 - (829921/(3x+1822))/9

829921 has six integer factors: 1, -1, 911, -911, 829921, -829921.  Equating each of these to 3x+1822 yields three integer possibilities for x: -607, -911, and 276033.  This in turn yields three integer couples (-607,-92416), (-911,0), and (276033,-92416).

  Posted by Brian Smith on 2018-08-11 18:34:34
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