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For how many positive integers n n such that 7 n + 1 7n+1 is divisible by 3 n + 5 3n+5 ?


The answer is 2.

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3 solutions

A|B, A|C A|B±C

A|N A ≤ N

3N+5|3(7N+1) → 3N+5|21N+3

3N+5|7(3N+5)→ 3N+5|21N+35

3N+5|(21N+35)-(21N+3) → 3N+5|32

3N+5 ≤ 32

3N ≤ 27

N ≤ 9

N=1 → 3(1)+5|7(1)+1 = 8|8 = 1

N=9 → 3(9)+5|7(9)+1 = 32|64 = 2

Nick Turtle
Jan 12, 2018

If 3 n + 5 7 n + 1 3n+5|7n+1 , then there exists a positive integer k k such that 7 n + 1 = k ( 3 n + 5 ) 7n+1=k(3n+5) 7 n + 1 = 3 k n + 5 k 7n+1=3kn+5k 7 n 3 k n = 5 k 1 7n-3kn=5k-1 n ( 7 3 k ) = 5 k 1 n(7-3k)=5k-1 n = 5 k 1 7 3 k n=\frac{5k-1}{7-3k}

As n > 0 n>0 , we have 5 k 1 7 3 k > 0 \frac{5k-1}{7-3k}>0 1 5 < k < 7 3 \frac{1}{5}<k<\frac{7}{3}

The only positive integer solutions for k k above is k = 1 , 2 k=1,2 . Test these out and we find two distinct integer solutions for n n .

Matin Naseri
Dec 14, 2017

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