Find all positive integers such that is a perfect square.
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
Let us consider the equation 3 2 n + 3 n 2 + 7 equal to square of a number, suppose x 2
⇒ x 2 > 3 2 n
⇒ x > 3 n
⇒ x ≥ 3 n + 1
This gives us 2 equations-
3 2 n + 3 n 2 + 7 = x 2 ...1
AND
x 2 ≥ 3 n + 1 2 ....2
On Equating 1 and 2-
3 2 n + 3 n 2 + 7 = 3 2 n + 2 ∗ 3 n + 1
⇒ 2 . 3 n ≤ 3 n 2 + 6
By Hit and Trial, we get that n < 3 , Hence n = 1 or n = 2
If n = 1 then, 3 2 n + 3 n 2 + 7 = 1 9 , which is not a perfect square.
Whereas, if n = 2 then, 3 2 n + 3 n 2 + 7 = 1 0 0 which is a perfect square of 10 .
Hence, n = 2 is the only solution.