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Algebra Difficulty 4.9 AIME Prove it Ukraine

Determine the positive integer nn, for which the following holds:

n2=2(204+194+394). n^2 = 2 \cdot (20^4 + 19^4 + 39^4).

Solution

Consider the following expression:
x4+y4+(x+y)4=2x4+4x3y+6x2y2+4xy3+2y4, x^4 + y^4 + (x + y)^4 = 2x^4 + 4x^3y + 6x^2y^2 + 4xy^3 + 2y^4,
thus
2(x4+y4+(x+y)4)=4(x4+2x3y+3x2y2+2xy3+y4)=(2(x2+xy+y2))2. 2(x^4 + y^4 + (x+y)^4) = 4(x^4 + 2x^3y + 3x^2y^2 + 2xy^3 + y^4) = (2(x^2 + xy + y^2))^2.
Hence for x=20x = 20, y=19y = 19 the following holds:

n2=(2(x2+xy+y2))2 or n=2(202+2019+192)=2282. n^2 = (2(x^2 + xy + y^2))^2 \text{ or } n = 2(20^2 + 20 \cdot 19 + 19^2) = 2282.

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