Let , , and be positive integers such that and . How many triples satisfy the problem?
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From the hypotheses we get 9 − A = B A + C B < B B + B B = 2 . This implies A = 8 . By the equality we have: B 8 + C B = 1 ; 8 C + B 2 = B C ; C = B + 8 + B − 8 6 4 . Thus B − 8 must be a divisor of 6 4 , and because B > A = 8 it must also be positive. Since we have 7 positive divisors and 7 corresponding values of C satisfying the last equality the answer is 7 .