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Latest revision as of 07:08, 28 December 2023
Contents
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 by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/7an5wU9Q5hk?t=2768
Video Solution (XXX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuSJdf1zWYw ~David
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
.
Solution 2 (Using Answer Choices)
From the question's requirements, we can figure out is
. Then we can use the answer choices to find what
is.
Let's start with
. If
was right, then
. We can multiply
by
and get
, which isn't a perfect cube. Then we move to
.
, so
if
is right. Then we multiply
by
to get
, which is
. Therefore, our answer is
because
and
.
~Trex226
See Also
2009 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 18 | |
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