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KCC's Quizzes AQQ288 about an amazing Equations System

1. First, the quote of the week: "The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around" - Thomas A. Edison

2. And here is the new challenge:

a*b = k

b*c = 2*k

c*a = 3*k

        We have a set of 3 equations with 3 unknowns a, b and c.

        k is an adjustable parameter.

        Question:

Find all the values k that give positive integer solutions for a, b and c.

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  • Solving a,b,c based on k will give  a=sqrt(3k/2)  b==sqrt(2k/3)  c= sqrt(6k)

    3k/2 and 2k/3 and 6k have common multiplied of 36..which is a squared value resulting in positive integer...

    1)So k= 6...24....96...384..... multiplied by 4 which is also a square resulting in x2  
    2) or k = 6....54....486.... multiplied by 9 which is also a square resulting in x3.
    3) x4 is repeat of #1 above.
    4) or k= 6...150....3750.... multiplied by 25 which is also a square resulting in x5...

    It continues with all squared values 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121....

  • The answer is k(n)=6n2

    CoPilot tells me: 

    To find all values of ( k ) that yield positive integer solutions for the system:

    [ \begin{cases} a \cdot b = k \ b \cdot c = 2k \ c \cdot a = 3k \end{cases} ]

    We derived the following relationships:

    • ( c = 3b )
    • ( a = \frac{k}{b} )
    • ( k = \frac{3}{2} b^2 )

    This implies that ( b ) must be even for ( k ) to be an integer.


    White check mark Valid Integer Solutions (a, b, c, k)

    Here are the first few valid sets of solutions:

    a b c k
    3 2 6 6
    6 4 12 24
    9 6 18 54
    12 8 24 96
    15 10 30 150
    18 12 36 216
    150 100 300 15000

    You can view the full list of 50 such solutions in this file: (omitted)



    he exact quadratic formula that fits the sequence k=6,24,54,96,150,216k=6,24,54,96,150,216 is:

    k(n)=6n2k(n)=6n2

    This means each term in the sequence corresponds to 6 times the square of its position in the list. For example:

    • k(1)=6⋅12=6k(1)=612=6
    • k(2)=6⋅22=24k(2)=622=24
    • k(3)=6⋅32=54k(3)=632=54
    • and so on.
  • Le paramètre k peut prendre les valeurs suivantes k=6.n.n avec n=1, 2, 3, ... Alors a=3.n, b=2.n et c=6.n sont >0.

  • Answer: kn=6n^2, n positive integer

    You can replace k=a*b in the second and the third equation and get 2a=c=3b. That means: a=(3/2)b. So bn=2n, an=3n, cn=6n. Since k=a*b, you get kn=6n^2

  • The parameter k should take the folowing values: k=6.n.n with n=1, 2, 3, ... Then a=3.n, b=2.n and c=6.n are >0.

    For n=1, k=6, a=3, b=2, c=6

    For n=2, k=24, a=6, b=4, c=12

    For n=3, k=54, a=9, b=6, c=18  etc...

    Sorry, my first answer was curiously translated into French by my mobile.

  • From the three equations relating a,b,and c:
     a = sqrt(1.5k)
     b = sqrt(k/1.5)
     c = sqrt(6k)

    Plotting the three functions of k gives integer results at k=6.
    k can then be scaled by an integer factor (1+n)2 to give other sets of integer results.

    k = 6(1+n)2  n = 0,1,2....

  • Where n is positive, 

    a=3na equals 3 n
    =3

    b=2nb equals 2 n

    =2

     and

    c=6nc equals 6 n
    =6