X = 2 a + 1 = 3 b + 2 = 4 c + 3
If X , a , b , c are all positive integers, what is the smallest possible value of X ?
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1 . X = 2 a + 1
2 . X = 3 b + 2
3 . X = 4 c + 3
Actually 3 . it is telling the same and more information that 1 . so we can ignore it. Equaling 2 and 3 we have a super simple Diophantine Equation that has solutions b = 3 and c = 2 , substituting, X = 1 1
X ≡ − 1 ( m o d 2 ) , X ≡ − 1 ( m o d 3 ) , X ≡ − 1 ( m o d 4 ) .So X ≡ − 1 ( m o d 1 2 ) ,smallest positive X is 12-1=11
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4c+3 is going to be the largest value for the smallest integer so we can use trial and error to check. If c=1, x=7 which does not give an integer value for b. When c=2, all values are integers and X=11.
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a = 2 X − 1 b = 3 X − 2 c = 4 X − 3 a , b , c are positive integers if X is the odd integer less by 1 than that of l.c.m ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) . Since l.c.m ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) is 1 2 and X = 1 2 − 1 = 1 1 .
a , b and c has positive integer solution if k ⋅ ( l.c.m ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) ) − 1 , k ∈ N .