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Algebra Difficulty 5.0 AIME Prove it Philippines

Problem:
Find the smallest positive integer that is 20%20\% larger than one integer and 19%19\% smaller than another.

Solution

Solution:
Suppose NN is our integer. Then we have N=65x=81100yN = \frac{6}{5} x = \frac{81}{100} y for some integers xx and yy. In particular, xx is divisible by 55 and yy is divisible by 100100. By multiplying by 100100, we have 120x=81y120 x = 81 y, and the smallest integers that satisfy this as well as the previous conditions are x=135x = 135, y=200y = 200. This yields N=162N = 162.

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