¢ ‘Ariestone a a trtuov rot SUSEESIEERS Steuer 2007, 10:08 at Grd nat something tke this, ahat would be the solution?4€ and then Wau stata over again “ 7 " Kea £827, Since ths problem ache for ntgere, neville caleulata Fr postive numbers and ten aceign slgne fs these numb, 2,3 5!7 ou ou shou gurl eae that inthis vay no mater where ou place yours the number 2 and 7.9 ond 7.2 and al nave be tgs The parton Siahod clea Inn the station sina slang # sar ballots slr bse Haw aol yu doth? The had vy of eure So we have to place prime numbers in 3 places. fa place remains empty after ditrbuton that means ne wil assunne number 1 over there, Latée™s fr the number SP Ue ae elbating {lets pmneambsrs: Sic the bor ste al coal the deren grange? naman tse As one poste and tee napste (vs wll have ts find fran uaye of azziging poets and nagstue cgne alee te ze) 004 (1, 1,210) 1 2 O13 (e.g. 12 105) 4 EFF DO> (eg 1835) 3 ae 6 2x62 18 ar SS 112 (eg. 2335) How many ordored intoper triplets (xv. 2) are possible such that [x¥ f° = 24 You realize that x has te be af the form 2 (where a has to be a whole number as «is F-o2t0 ‘an integer) such that (22) ‘= ay2-210. So is this the same problem? Yes, and no. 1¢is the extension ofthe same problem. Sinco we are asking ordered triplets (@, 2, 105) wl ot be same as (2, 105, 2). We will abo fave to consider cases lke €277?°,(-2)" ee so ow do we do case tonteve, posisve, pestove) O04 G4, 4, 210) aes 043 (eg. 12 105) 4x3 = 24 022 (eg. 1835) aeare ie FEEICE WEES @xa= 36 Total 1 2 cae 1 Gonitive, negative, megative) em (2s ty 218) ‘The number of cases ll be acual tothe number of casas van all of hern are porue lve have todo eto wie the itagar biplate (2 2) of casa T and then aeign Tegabvn signe tov sed 2s cae 11 agate, ‘Tho triplets are of the form (-2*, y, 2). Here, we need to keep in mind that one of Ja, pasitve) 2.9. (2,1, 208) ¥ oF z has to be even in order that (-28)¥7 is positive, Therefore, the prime ‘actor of 2 has to lie with y and 2 and not 2. To find the number of ways we assign the three other prime Factors in 210 (i.e. 3, 5 and 7) to a, y and 2 and then assign the prime factor of 2 later.903G, 3, 105) 2 £2 (eg. 12 105) z dit (eg. 357) z Total Number i ways oF Gistnbuting prime factor 2 4 Case 14 (negative, negative, negative) “The mumber of ways inthis case will again be sual fo the suber of ways in ease ET as ve can assign negative sign toy and cto alle cases of ease £1, Therefore,