Power

Let N , x , y N, x, y be positive integers, such that { N 5 = x 7 N 7 = y 5 \begin{cases} \dfrac{N}{5}=x^7 \\ \ \\ \dfrac{N}{7}=y^5 \end{cases}

How many possible values does N N have?

4 3 0 5 Infinite many 2 1 Finite many, but more than 5

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1 solution

Tom Engelsman
Sep 23, 2017

Let x = 5 a 7 b x = 5^{a}7^{b} and y = 5 c 7 d ( a , b , c , d N ) . y = 5^{c}7^{d} (a,b,c,d \in \mathbb{N}). This leads to N = 5 x 7 = 7 y 5 5 ( 5 a 7 b ) 7 = 7 ( 5 c 7 d ) 5 5 7 a + 1 7 7 b = 5 5 c 7 5 d + 1 N = 5x^7 = 7y^5 \Rightarrow 5(5^{a}7^{b})^7 = 7(5^{c}7^{d})^5 \Rightarrow 5^{7a+1}7^{7b} = 5^{5c}7^{5d+1} .

Setting the respective exponents for the bases of 5 and 7 equal to each other yields 7 a + 1 = 5 c , 7 b = 5 d + 1 7a +1 = 5c, 7b = 5d+1 , one finds that equality occurs when:

a = 2 + 5 ( k 1 ) , c = 3 + 7 ( k 1 ) a = 2 + 5(k-1), c = 3 + 7(k-1) and b = 3 + 5 ( k 1 ) , d = 4 + 7 ( k 1 ) b = 3 + 5(k-1), d = 4 + 7(k-1)

for k N . k \in \mathbb{N}. hence, there are infinitely many values for N N for x , y N x,y \in \mathbb{N} under these conditions.

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