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For the equation below, how many solution(s) ( x , y ) (x,y) exist where ‘x’ and ‘y’ are both non-negative integers-

3 y 5 x = 246 x y 3y-5x=246-xy

7 8 \infty 1

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The equation 3 y 5 x = 246 x y 3y-5x=246-xy is a Diophantine equation.

It can be rewritten as 3 y 5 x + x y 15 = 246 15 3y-5x+xy-15=246-15

Now, this equation can be nicely factorised,

( y 5 ) ( x + 3 ) = 231 (y-5)(x+3)=231

The various ways 231 can be written as the product of 2 positive integers are-

231 = 21 11 , 77 3 , 33 7 , 231 1 231= 21*11, 77*3, 33*7, 231*1 ( Note that 231= 3 7 11 3*7*11 )

For each of those 4 unique ways that 231 can be factored, all of them will produce 2 solutions for (x,y) except 231 1 231*1 which will produce only 1 solution (since (x+3) cannot be equal to 1).

Therefore the total solutions (x,y) possible are ( 2 3 ) + 1 = 7 (2*3)+1 = \boxed{7}

David Vreken
May 21, 2018

3 y 5 x = 246 x y 3y - 5x = 246 - xy

x y + 3 y = 5 x + 246 \rightarrow xy + 3y = 5x + 246

y ( x + 3 ) = 5 x + 15 + 231 \rightarrow y(x + 3) = 5x + 15 + 231

y = 5 x + 15 x + 3 + 231 x + 3 \rightarrow y = \frac{5x +15}{x + 3} + \frac{231}{x + 3}

y = 5 + 231 x + 3 \rightarrow y = 5 + \frac{231}{x + 3}

Therefore, y y is an integer if x + 3 x + 3 is a factor of 231 231 . 231 231 has 8 8 factors: 1 1 , 3 3 , 7 7 , 11 11 , 21 21 , 33 33 , 77 77 , and 231 231 . All of them give non-negative integers for x x and y y except for 1 1 (when the factor is 1 1 , x = 2 x = -2 ), so there are 7 \boxed{7} non-negative integer solutions.

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