{ x + 2 y = p + 6 2 x − y = 2 5 − 2 p
Solve the system of equations above, for positive integers ( x , y , p ) . If the answer is in the form of ( x 1 , y 1 , p 1 ) , ( x 2 , y 2 , p 2 ) , . . . , ( x n , y n , p n ) , find m = 1 ∑ n ( x m + y m + p m ) .
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Took p=1,2, . . .till x<0. I got :-(x,y,p)=(7,3.7)/(4,7,12)/(1,11,17). So sum=17+23+29=69.
Graphing X+2Y=6+p, .. and..2X-Y=25-2p for p= 1 to 18 when we encounter negative values.
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Solving for x and y will give:
x = 5 5 6 − 3 p and y = 5 4 p − 1 3 . . . . ( 1 ) ∵ x , y > 0 ⟹ 4 1 3 < p < 3 5 6 . . . . ( 2 )
Since p ∈ Z ⟹ p ∈ { 4 , 5 , 6 , . . . , 1 8 } .
From 1 , now since y is an integer it's numerator must be a multiple of 5 and for that 4 p must end in 8 or 3 so when 1 3 is subtracted, the numerator ends in 5 or 0 respectively and hence divisible by 5 . 4 p cannot end in 3 but ends in 8 when p ≡ 5 n + 2 or p ∈ { 7 , 1 2 , 1 7 } . For these values of p , x also assumes an integer.
p = 7 , ( x , y ) = ( 7 , 3 ) p = 1 2 , ( x , y ) = ( 4 , 7 ) p = 1 7 , ( x , y ) = ( 1 , 1 1 ) Summing them as per question gives 6 9 .