How many ordered pairs of positive integers (x,y) satisfy the equation x/y = 100/(xy) + y/x?
"How many ordered pairs of positive integers (x,y) satisfy the equation x/y = 100/(xy) + y/x?"
Multiply both sides by xy
x2 = 100 + y2
Rearrange
x2 - y2 = 100
Rewrite as
(x + y)(x - y) = 100
100 can be expressed as
50x2 For this we set
x+y = 50
x-y = 2
Add to get 2x = 52 so x = 26, hence y = 24
100 can also be expressed as
25x4
20x5
10x10
I'll leave you to find the x and y values corresponding to these products.