As shown above, there are two points on the coordinate. is a point in the first quadrant such that . How many different solutions for are there if and are integers ?
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Drop a perpendicular. Then tan ( α ) = 1 + x 0 y 0 , tan ( β ) = 2 − x 0 y 0 . Since tan ( β ) = 1 − tan 2 ( α ) 2 tan ( α ) , we get 2 − x 0 y 0 2 − x 0 y 0 2 − x 0 1 2 ( 2 − x 0 ) ( 1 + x 0 ) y 0 2 y 0 2 y 0 2 − 3 x 0 2 = 1 − ( 1 + x 0 ) 2 y 0 2 2 1 + x 0 y 0 = ( 1 + x 0 ) 2 − y 0 2 2 y 0 ( 1 + x 0 ) = ( 1 + x 0 ) 2 − y 0 2 2 ( 1 + x 0 ) = ( 1 + x 0 ) 2 − y 0 2 = ( 1 + x 0 ) ( 1 + x 0 − 2 ( 2 − x 0 ) ) = ( 1 + x 0 ) ( 3 x 0 − 3 ) = − 3
This is related to Pell's equation . The solutions are of the form y 0 + x 0 3 = 3 ( 2 + 3 ) n for positive values of n . This leads to the solutions ( 2 , 3 ) , ( 7 , 1 2 ) , ( 2 6 , 4 5 ) , ( 9 7 , 1 6 8 ) , ( 3 6 2 , 6 2 7 ) , ( 1 3 5 1 , 2 3 4 0 ) , ( 5 0 4 2 , 8 7 3 3 ) , … There are 6 with x -coordinate in ( 1 , 2 0 2 0 ] .