Find the smallest number abc That can be written which follows the equation
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1 0 0 a + 1 0 b + c = a + b 2 + c 3 ⟹ 9 9 a = c ( c − 1 ) ( c + 1 ) − b ( 1 0 − b )
I think, an straight forward approach is to make tables for possible values of c ( c − 1 ) ( c + 1 ) and b ( 1 0 − b ) and see if the any of their differences is a multiple of 9 9 . for c = 5 and b = 3 , c ( c − 1 ) ( c + 1 ) = 1 2 0 and b ( 1 0 − b ) = 2 1 , respectively. so, c ( c − 1 ) ( c + 1 ) − b ( 1 0 − b ) = 9 9 , which gives the least possible value for a , which is 1 .