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Japan competition problems, 2007

Number theory Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it Japan

Find all positive integer pairs (m,n)(m, n) that satisfy the following conditions.
(1) m,n≤20 (1)\ m, n \leq 20
(2) mm and nn are relatively prime.
(3)57<mn<34 (3) \quad \frac{5}{7} < \frac{m}{n} < \frac{3}{4}

Solution

Now put p=n−mp = n - m, q=nq = n. Finding all positive integer pairs (m,n)(m, n) is equivalent to finding all integer pairs (p,q)(p, q). And then condition (1) and (3) is equivalent to the conditions that 1≤q≤201 \leq q \leq 20, 14<pq<27\frac{1}{4} < \frac{p}{q} < \frac{2}{7}. And condition (2) is equivalent to the condition that pp and qq are relatively prime. And 14<pq<27\frac{1}{4} < \frac{p}{q} < \frac{2}{7} is equivalent to 72p<q<4p\frac{7}{2}p < q < 4p. So,
* If p≤0p \leq 0, qq doesn't exist because of pq≤0\frac{p}{q} \leq 0
* If p=1p = 1, then 72<q<4\frac{7}{2} < q < 4, so qq doesn't exist.
* If p=2p = 2, then 7<q<87 < q < 8, so qq doesn't exist.
* If p=3p = 3, then 212<q<12\frac{21}{2} < q < 12, so q=11q = 11.
* If p=4p = 4, then 14<q<1614 < q < 16, so q=15q = 15.
* If p=5p = 5, then 352<q<20\frac{35}{2} < q < 20, so q=18,19q = 18, 19.
* If p≥6p \geq 6, qq doesn't exist because q>72p≥21q > \frac{7}{2}p \geq 21.
Then all integer pairs (p,q)(p, q) are (3,11)(3, 11), (4,15)(4, 15), (5,18)(5, 18), (5,19)(5, 19). So, all positive integer pairs (m,n)(m, n) are (13,18)(13, 18), (8,11)(8, 11), (11,15)(11, 15), (14,19)(14, 19).

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