For each positive integer n, let A =max{ }. Then the number of elements in {1, 2, 3, ....., 20} for which
Note :This question is a part of set KVPY 2014 SB
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Its not too tough to figure out that we need two cases here on the basis of parity,
Case-1 , when 'n' is odd,
A n − 1 A n = ( 2 n − 1 n − 1 ) ( 2 n − 1 n ) = n + 1 2 n
which gives n=19 as a solution
Case-2 , when 'n' is even,
A n − 1 A n = ( 2 n − 1 n − 1 ) ( 2 n n ) = 2
which gives n={2,4,6,8,...,20}
So total of 1 1 solutions!