Find all solutions in positive integers to na+nb=nc.
Solution
We must have n>1, c>a and c>b. Suppose without loss of generality that a≤b. Dividing by na we get 1+nb−a=nc−a. But c−a>b−a, so nc−a≥n⋅nb−a. So we must have n=2, b−a=0 and c−a=1. It is easy to check that that gives a solution.
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