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Revision as of 20:22, 27 October 2020
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Problem
The positive integers and
are the two smallest positive integers for which the product of
and
is a square and the product of
and
is a cube. What is the sum of
and
?
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/7an5wU9Q5hk?t=2768
Solution
The prime factorization of . If a number is a perfect square, all of the exponents in its prime factorization must be even. Thus we need to multiply by a 2 and a 5, for a product of 10, which is the minimum possible value of x. Similarly, y can be found by making all the exponents divisible by 3, so the minimum possible value of
is
. Thus, our answer is
.
See Also
2009 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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