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How many ordered quadruplet(s) of integers ( a , b , c , d ) (a,b,c,d) with 0 < a < b < c < d < 500 0 < a < b < c < d < 500 satisfy the condition that a + d = b + c a + d = b + c and b c a d = 93 bc - ad = 93 ?

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The answer is 870.

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Patrick Corn
Jun 10, 2015

Write ( a , b , c , d ) = ( a , a + x , a + y , a + x + y ) (a,b,c,d) = (a,a+x,a+y,a+x+y) . Then 93 = b c a d = x y 93 = bc-ad = xy . So there are two cases: x = 1 , y = 93 x = 1, y = 93 , or x = 3 , y = 31 x=3, y = 31 .

There are 405 tuples in the first case, from ( 1 , 2 , 94 , 95 ) (1,2,94,95) to ( 405 , 406 , 498 , 499 ) (405,406,498,499) , and 465 tuples in the second case, from ( 1 , 4 , 32 , 35 ) (1,4,32,35) to ( 465 , 468 , 496 , 499 ) (465,468,496,499) . So the total is 870 \fbox{870} .

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