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More solutions, please (Posted on 2023-06-23) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Solve this equation with p&p to find two nice solutions.

72xยท48y=6xy

The person who shared this problem on Twitter and posted a video of their solution on YouTube just found these two solutions. A bunch of people who replied on Twitter just found these two solutions. However, if you use your favorite graphing calculator, you will see there are many more solutions.

Find a set of parametric equations that will generate all solutions.

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General solution and special cases | Comment 2 of 5 |
I don't know what p&p is, or why in the world this is rated as a hard problem, but here goes:

(2^3 * 3^2)^x * (2^4 * 3)^y = (2 *  3)^xy

One pair of solutions corresponding to matching powers of 2 and 3 on both sides. This requires

3x + 4y = 2x + y = xy
For which there are two solutions:

(x, y) = (0,0) or (-5, 5/3)

But, more generally:

2^(3x + 4y - xy) = 3^(xy - 2x - y)

(3x + 4y - xy) / (xy - 2x - y) = log_2(3)

(3 + 2A) x + (4 + A) y = (A +1) xy   where A = log_2(3) has a continuum of solutions

  Posted by FrankM on 2023-06-23 20:44:00
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