Perfect Square.

Algebra Level 3

Find the sum of all integers n n such that n 50 and n + 50 n - 50\text{ and } n+50 are both perfect squares.


The answer is 676.

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1 solution

Naren Bhandari
Feb 17, 2018

Suppose that n 50 = p 2 n + 50 = q 2 \begin{aligned} & n-50 = p^2 \\& n+50 = q^2 \end{aligned} Subtracting 2nd equation from first we get as q 2 p 2 = 100 ( q + p ) ( q p ) = 100 \begin{aligned} & q^2 -p^2 = 100 \\& (q+p)(q-p) = 100\end{aligned} The left sides of above equation is the product of all possible divisor of 100. So 100 has the following total productial divisors. ( q + p ) ( q p ) = { 1 × 100 2 × 50 4 × 25 5 × 20 10 × 10 (q+p)(q-p) = \begin{cases} 1\times 100 \\ 2\times 50 \\ 4\times 25 \\ 5\times 20 \\10\times 10 \end{cases} Equating the LHS divisors to RHS one p p and q q will be only integer iff ( q p ) ( p + q ) = { 2 × 50 10 × 10 (q-p)(p+q) = \begin{cases} 2\times 50 \\ 10\times 10\end{cases} Solving above 4 equations we get q = 26 , 24 q = 26, 24 and p = 10 , 0 p= 10, 0 and replugging the values in the above equations we get either n = 626 n =626 or n = 50 n=50

So the final answer is 676 \boxed{676} .

Very Nice solution. This is absolutely logical. Thank you.

Hana Wehbi - 3 years, 3 months ago

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Thank you mam !! Didn't get what it means ?

Absolutely logical .

Naren Bhandari - 3 years, 3 months ago

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Mathematically correct or right.

Hana Wehbi - 3 years, 3 months ago

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