Given positive integers x and y such that x≠y and 1x+1y=112,what is the smallest possible positive value for x+y?
I know this is on the website, but, you got 24+24... but x cant be the same as y
1x+1y=112x+yxy=112Let x+y=k,xy=12k.y(k−y)=12k−y2+ky=12ky2−ky+12k=0y=k+√k2−48k2⟹k2−48k is a perfect square.k2−48k≥0k2−48k=t2k≤0(rejected)∨k≥48k≥48k cannot be 48. If k=48, x=y=24.k≥49k=49 satisfies the condition that k2−48k is a perfect square.min
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