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If n n is an integer, then find the biggest value of n n such that n 3 + 10 n + 10 \dfrac{n^3+10}{n+10} is also an integer.


The answer is 980.

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We can write the given expression as

n 3 + 10 n + 10 = n 2 10 n + 100 990 n + 10 \dfrac {n^3+10}{n+10}=n^2-10n+100-\dfrac {990}{n+10}

Since the expression is an integer, the maximum possible value of n n is 990 10 990-10 or 980 \boxed {980} .

n 3 + 10 n + 10 = n 2 ( n + 10 ) 10 n 2 + 10 n + 10 = n 2 ( n + 10 ) 10 n ( n + 10 ) + 100 n + 10 n + 10 = n 2 ( n + 10 ) 10 n ( n + 10 ) + 100 ( n + 10 ) 990 n + 10 = n 2 10 n + 100 990 n + 10 \begin{aligned} \frac {n^3+10}{n+10} & = \frac {n^2(n+10) - 10n^2+10}{n+10} \\ & = \frac {n^2(n+10) - 10n(n+10) + 100n +10}{n+10} \\ & = \frac {n^2(n+10) - 10n(n+10) + 100(n +10) -990}{n+10} \\ & = n^2 - 10n + 100 - \frac {990}{n+10} \end{aligned}

For the left-hand side n 3 + 10 n + 3 \dfrac {n^3+10}{n+3} to be an integer, 990 990 must be divisible by n + 10 n+10 and the biggest n n that can do that is 980 \boxed{980} .

I think you have a small typo in the last equality (I think you may have forgotten the "100" term. Thx.

Ron Gallagher - 7 months, 1 week ago

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Thanks a lot.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 7 months, 1 week ago
Sudipto Podder
Nov 2, 2020

To solve this , you have to know one think ...that if A and B both are divisible by P , then both A+B and A-B are also divisible by P . Here I am doing one think if I write k | m then i am meaning that m is divisible by k.
Here,
n+10 | n³+10 ------(1)
Now it is obvious that n+10 | n²(n+10) ----(2) now using (1) and (2) , we can say that n+10 | n²(n+10) -(n³+10)
That means n+10 | 10n²-10 -----(3)..now it is also obvious that n+10 | 10n(n+10) ----(4) now using (3) and (4) we can say that n+10 | 10n(n+10) -(10n²-10) ..that means n+10 | 100n+10 ---(5) now we can write n+10 | 100(n+10)---(6) ..using (5) and (6) n+10| 100(n+10)-(100n+10) ..that means n+10 | 990 ...and now if we want to get the highest value of n, we have to take the biggest factor of 990 which is 990 itself .so n+10 = 990 (where n has it's biggest value ) so the BIGGEST value of n is 980.🙃



Toby M
Jan 12, 2021

Since the numerator is a cubic, n 3 + 10 n + 10 \frac{n^3+10}{n+10} can be written in the form A n 2 + B n + C + D n + 10 An^2+Bn+C+\frac{D}{n+10} where A , B , C , D A,B,C,D are integers. This is because when we do polynomial long division, we are using only addition, subtraction and multiplication which are closed in the integers.

Then n 3 + 10 = A n 2 ( n + 10 ) + B n ( n + 10 ) + C ( n + 10 ) + D n^3+10 = An^2(n+10) + Bn(n+10) + C(n+10) + D which must hold for all A , B , C , D A,B,C,D . When n = 10 n = -10 , 990 = D -990 = D , and so the reciprocal term is 990 n + 10 -\frac{990}{n+10} . All the other terms are integers because A , B , C , D , n A, B, C, D, n are integers, so 990 n + 10 -\frac{990}{n+10} must also be an integer.

Thus n + 10 = 990 n = 980 n+10 = 990 \Rightarrow n = \boxed{980} .

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