1996 AIME Problems/Problem 8
Problem
The harmonic mean of two positive integers is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of their reciprocals. For how many ordered pairs of positive integers with is the harmonic mean of and equal to ?
Solution
The harmonic mean of and is equal to , so we have , and by SFFT, . Now, has factors, one of which is the square root (). Since , the answer is half of the remaining number of factors, which is .
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