2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 23
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How many ordered pairs of positive integers, with , have the property that their squares differ by ?
Solution 1
For every two factors , we have . It follows that the number of ordered pairs is given by the number of ordered pairs . There are factors of , which give us six pairs . However, since are positive integers, we also need that are positive integers, so and must have the same parity. Thus we exclude the factors , and we are left with pairs .
Solution 2
We first start as in Solution 1. However, as an alternative, we could also "give" each of the factors a factor of This would force each one to be even. Now we have and since the number of factors is We then divide by because This gives as desired.
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Solution 3
Similarly to the solution above, write as . To find the number of distinct factors, add to both exponents and multiply, which gives us factors. Divide by since must be greater than or equal to . We don't need to worry about and being equal because is not a perfect square. Finally, subtract the two cases above for the same reason to get .
Solution 4
Find all of the factor pairs of : You can eliminate and ( because you cannot have two numbers add to be an even number and have an odd difference at the same time without them being a decimal. You only have pairs left, so the answer is .
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Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNmXez4yvW0 ~David
See also
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