A<B<C

Let A A , B B , and C C be positive integers such that A < B < C A<B<C and A + A B + B C = 9 A+\dfrac{A}{B} +\dfrac{B}{C}=9 . How many triples ( A , B , C ) (A,B,C) satisfy the problem?


The answer is 7.

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Claudia Manotti
Aug 13, 2017

From the hypotheses we get 9 A = A B + B C < B B + B B = 2 9-A=\frac{A}{B} +\frac{B}{C} <\frac{B}{B} +\frac{B}{B}=2 . This implies A = 8 A=8 . By the equality we have: 8 B + B C = 1 \frac{8}{B}+\frac{B}{C}=1 ; 8 C + B 2 = B C 8C+B^2=BC ; C = B + 8 + 64 B 8 C=B+8+\frac{64}{B-8} . Thus B 8 B-8 must be a divisor of 64 64 , and because B > A = 8 B>A=8 it must also be positive. Since we have 7 7 positive divisors and 7 7 corresponding values of C C satisfying the last equality the answer is 7 7 .

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