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Problem
Positive integers and are such that the graphs of and intersect the -axis at the same point. What is the sum of all possible -coordinates of these points of intersection?
Solution
Note that when , the values of the equations should be equal by the problem statement. We have that Which means that The only possible pairs then are . These pairs give respective -values of which have a sum of .
See Also
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