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Triplet hunt (Posted on 2021-07-27)

Find all triplets of positive integers (x, y, z) such that 2^x+1=7^y+2^z.

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(x, y, z)=(6, 2, 4) is the only possible triplet that satisfies the given conditions.

*** I will try my best to posit an analytical explanation of my own to this interesting puzzle in future.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-05-15 22:55:29

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