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How many pairs of positive numbers ( x , y ) (x,y) satisfy 3 x + 2 y = 2015 3x + 2y = 2015 ?


The answer is 336.

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3 solutions

Mayank Chaturvedi
Mar 19, 2015

Lets assume that x and y are natural numbers. Then,
2015 3 x ( m o d 2 ) 2015\quad \equiv \quad 3x\quad (mod\quad 2) .Note that every odd 3x would do. The possible values of x are 1,3,5..................................671. Now calculate number of terms to get answer 336 \boxed{336} .

Curtis Clement
Mar 18, 2015

Now I assume that x a n d y \ x \ and \ y are natural numbers. Using odd+even = odd, means that there are solutions (x,y), if and only if , x is odd and satisfies 3 x 2013 x 671 , x N 3x \leq\ 2013 \Rightarrow\ x \leq\ 671 \ \ , \ \forall x \in N Now all numbers are of the form 2n-1, so we create a simple linear equation for n {n} : 2 n 1 = 671 n = 336 2n-1 = 671 \therefore\ n = 336

Don't you think that the assumption must be mentioned in question?

Mayank Chaturvedi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Yea definitely because otherwise there are infinitely many solutions. The only hint is that the answer has to be finite.

Curtis Clement - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Thanks. I've updated the problem statement to say "positive integers".

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Arian Tashakkor
Apr 29, 2015

Doing some modulo arithmetic we get:

3 x + 2 y 2015 ( m o d 2 ) 3x+2y \equiv 2015 \quad (mod \quad 2)

x 1 ( m o d 2 ) x = 2 k + 1 x \equiv 1 \quad (mod \quad 2) \Rightarrow x=2k+1

Replacing the value found for x x we get:

6 k + 3 + 2 y = 2015 2 y = 2012 6 k y = 1006 3 k 6k+3+2y=2015 \rightarrow 2y=2012-6k \rightarrow y=1006 - 3k \rightarrow

s i n c e y c a n n o t e q u a l 0 : 3 k < 1006 \quad since \quad y \quad cannot \quad equal \quad 0 \quad : \quad 3k \lt 1006

k < 1006 3 k 335 k \lt \lfloor \frac {1006}{3} \rfloor \rightarrow k\le 335 \rightarrow

0 k 335 k c a n h a v e 335 + 1 = 336 v a l u e s . \quad \quad \quad 0 \le k \le 335 \rightarrow k \quad can \quad have \quad 335+1=336 \quad values.

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