A problem by Shivam jha

Algebra Level 3

Find sum of all the integers n n for which n 2 + 20 n + 15 n^2+20n+15 is a square of an integer.


The answer is -40.

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1 solution

Naren Bhandari
Mar 15, 2018

Let's us write the expression as below : n 2 + 20 n + 15 = x 2 ( n + 10 ) 2 x 2 = 85 ( n + x + 10 ) ( n x + 10 ) = 85 \begin{aligned} & n^2 +20n +15 = x^2 \\& (n+10)^2 -x^2 = 85 \\& (n+x+10)(n-x+10) = 85\end{aligned} For n + 10 > x n +10 > x ( n + x + 10 ) ( n x + 10 ) = { 85 × 1 5 × 17 (n+x+10)(n-x+10) = \begin{cases} & 85\times 1 \\& 5\times 17\end{cases} Equating the equations above and solving for n n we get n = 33 n= 33 and 1 1 .

For n + 10 < x n+10 < x ( n + x + 10 ) ( n x + 10 ) = { 85 × 1 5 × 17 (n+x+10)(n-x+10) =\begin{cases} & -85\times -1 \\& -5\times -17\end{cases} Doing same as previous equations and solving for n n we get n = 53 n= -53 and 21 -21

Therefore, sum of all possible integers of n n is 1 + 33 53 21 = 20 20 = 40 1+33-53-21 = -20-20=-40 .

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