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Revision as of 18:46, 4 November 2023
Problem
The arithmetic mean of two distinct positive integers and
is a two-digit integer. The geometric mean of
and
is obtained by reversing the digits of the arithmetic mean. What is
?
Solution 1
Answer: (D)
for some
,
.
Squaring the first and second equations,
Subtracting the previous two equations,
Note that for x-y to be an integer, has to be
for some perfect square
. Since
is at most
,
or
If ,
, if
,
. In AMC, we are done. Otherwise, we need to show that
is impossible.
->
, or
or
and
,
,
respectively. And since
,
,
, but there is no integer solution for
,
.
Short Cut
We can arrive at using the method above. Because we know that
is an integer, it must be a multiple of 6 and 11. Hence the answer is
In addition:
Note that with
may be obtained with
and
as
.
Sidenote
It is easy to see that is the only solution. This yields
. Their arithmetic mean is
and their geometric mean is
.
Solution 2
Let and
. By AM-GM we know that
. Squaring and multiplying by 4 on the first equation we get
. Squaring and multiplying the second equation by 4 we get
. Subtracting we get
. Note that
. So to make it a perfect square
. From difference of squares, we see that
and
. So the answer is
.
~coolmath_2018
See also
2011 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 20 |
Followed by Problem 22 |
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