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Revision as of 18:21, 12 April 2013
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
Answer: (D)
for some
,
.
Note that in order for x-y to be 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
,
.
See also
2011 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 20 |
Followed by Problem 22 |
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