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Diophantine Linear and Quadratic (Posted on 2015-11-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find all possible positive integers A, B and C - with A ≤ B, that simultaneously satisfy:
  • A+B-C=12, and:
  • A2 + B2 - C2 = 12

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 4.0000 (2 votes)

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Solution computer solution | Comment 3 of 4 |
DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)

 For tot = 13 To 999999
  DoEvents
  For a = 1 To tot / 2
    b = tot - a
    c = tot - 12
    csq = a * a + b * b - 12
    If c * c = csq Then
      Text1.Text = Text1.Text & a & Str(b) & Str(c) & crlf
    End If
    If c * c < csq Then
     x = x
    End If
  Next
 Next
 

 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub

finds

 A  B  C
18 23 29
15 34 37
14 45 47
13 78 79

  Posted by Charlie on 2015-11-01 13:26:19
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