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Sunday, February 2, 2014
The larger of two positive integers is 1 less than twice the smaller. If twice the square of the smaller is decreased by the larger, the result is 39. Find the larger.
Not possible... choose y > x then y=2x-1 and so 2x^2-y=39 2x^2-2x+1=39, but this equation has no integer solutions
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