How many ordered pairs of positive integers ( a , b ) are there such that
a + b ∣ 1 1 a + 1 2 b ?
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Here a + b ∣ 1 1 a + 1 2 b . Now a + b ∣ 1 1 a + 1 1 b + b We know a + b ∣ 1 1 a + 1 1 b . Hence a + b ∣ b . But a larger number cannot divide a smaller number. Hence there is no solution.
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a + b 1 1 a + 1 1 b + a + b b
1 1 + b a + 1 1
since a , b ∈ N , thus when a+b divides it we should get a natural number , now here we can see 1 is not divisible by any natural number rather than 1 . So for the expression to be a natural number , a should be zero, b = 0 , but a , b ∈ N .
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