Find the number of solutions of the equation , where is a prime, and and are integers greater than 1.
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When p=2, q n =13 which is impossible.Other wise p is odd and 5 divides 2 p + 3 p .Since n>1 we must have 25 dividing 2 p + 3 p .....interesting??!!...so why not write 3 as (5-2)... 2 p + 3 p = 2 p + ( 5 − 2 ) p is congruent to 5 ∗ p ∗ 2 ( p − 1 ) mod 25(This I expect u can show)...So 5 must divide p(WHY?)....Thus p=5 and q n =275...which has got ZERO SOLUTION :) ...This is an ITALIAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD QUESTION....Hope u liked it...:)