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Problem 10
Find the number of positive integers less than for which there exists a positive real number such that .
Note: is the greatest integer less than or equal to .
Solution
We know that cannot be irrational because the product of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational (but is an integer). Therefore is rational.
Let where a,b,c are nonnegative integers and (essentially, x is a mixed number). Then,
Here it is sufficient for to be an integer. We can use casework to find values of n based on the value of a:
nothing because n is positive
The pattern continues up to . Note that if , then . However if , the largest possible x is , in which is still less than . Therefore the number of positive integers for n is equal to
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