For the equation below, how many solution(s) ( x , y ) exist where ‘x’ and ‘y’ are both non-negative integers-
3 y − 5 x = 2 4 6 − x y
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3 y − 5 x = 2 4 6 − x y
→ x y + 3 y = 5 x + 2 4 6
→ y ( x + 3 ) = 5 x + 1 5 + 2 3 1
→ y = x + 3 5 x + 1 5 + x + 3 2 3 1
→ y = 5 + x + 3 2 3 1
Therefore, y is an integer if x + 3 is a factor of 2 3 1 . 2 3 1 has 8 factors: 1 , 3 , 7 , 1 1 , 2 1 , 3 3 , 7 7 , and 2 3 1 . All of them give non-negative integers for x and y except for 1 (when the factor is 1 , x = − 2 ), so there are 7 non-negative integer solutions.
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The equation 3 y − 5 x = 2 4 6 − x y is a Diophantine equation.
It can be rewritten as 3 y − 5 x + x y − 1 5 = 2 4 6 − 1 5
Now, this equation can be nicely factorised,
( y − 5 ) ( x + 3 ) = 2 3 1
The various ways 231 can be written as the product of 2 positive integers are-
2 3 1 = 2 1 ∗ 1 1 , 7 7 ∗ 3 , 3 3 ∗ 7 , 2 3 1 ∗ 1 ( Note that 231= 3 ∗ 7 ∗ 1 1 )
For each of those 4 unique ways that 231 can be factored, all of them will produce 2 solutions for (x,y) except 2 3 1 ∗ 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