Find the unique pair of positive integers with for which
Solution
If either or is larger than 2020, then both must be for the product to be positive. However, the resulting product would be less than 1, so this case is impossible. Now, we see that must be in the form , in some order, for relatively prime positive integers and . Then and , so and are relatively prime factors of 2020. Since , the only possibility is . Thus, , and because . Solving gives .
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