Fraction is an integer!

Find the sum of squares of all integers n > 0 n > 0 such that n 3 + 3 n 2 + 7 \frac{n^3+3}{n^2+7} is an integer.


The answer is 29.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Sep 10, 2016

We need n 2 + 7 n^2+7 to divide n 3 + 3 n^3+3 , and hence we need n 2 + 7 n^2 + 7 to divide n ( n 2 + 7 ) ( n 3 + 3 ) = 7 n 3 n(n^2+7) - (n^3+3) = 7n-3 . Since n > 0 n > 0 . this implies that n 2 + 7 7 n 3 n^2+7 \le 7n-3 , and hence ( n 2 ) ( n 5 ) = n 2 7 n + 10 0 (n-2)(n-5) \; = \; n^2 - 7n + 10 \; \le \; 0 so that 2 n 5 2 \le n \le 5 . Checking shows that n 3 + 3 n 2 + 7 \frac{n^3+3}{n^2+7} is an integer precisely when n = 2 , 5 n=2,5 , and so the answer is 2 2 + 5 2 = 29 2^2 + 5^2 = \boxed{29} .

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