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iamaditya

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A nice question

Here's a simple little nice question which I finally was able to solve today. Here's the quetion:

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iamaditya

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Re: A nice question

Hi,

It has been a week but I have received no solutions of this answer. Is the question not being able to solve by anyone!? If not, Pzz tell me and i will post the solution.

P.S.-I myself took one day to solve it.

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There is no substitute to hard work
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Bob

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Re: A nice question

  and i will post the solution.

Not yet please.  I've just been busy with other stuff.  Give me a couple of weeks more.

Bob

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Re: A nice question

Bob

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Re: A nice question

hi iamaditya

If there are no restrictions on a, b, and c then there are an infinite numbers of solutions.  Re-write the equation with a as the subject and then choose any b and any c to generate a value for a.

So I'm assuming you want positive integer values.

Good puzzle, thanks.

Bob

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You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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iamaditya

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Re: A nice question

What I did was simple. I did this:

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There is no substitute to hard work
All of us do not have equal talents but everybody has equal oppurtunities to build their talents.-APJ Abdul Kalam

Bob

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Re: A nice question

hi iamaditya

Nice method

Bob

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Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob