2004 AIME I Problems/Problem 2
Problem
Set consists of
consecutive integers whose sum is
and set
consists of
consecutive integers whose sum is
The absolute value of the difference between the greatest element of
and the greatest element of
is
. Find
Solution
Let us give the elements of our sets names:
and
. So we are given that
so
and
. Also,
so
so
and
.
Then by the given, .
is a positive integer so we must have
and so
.
See also
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