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Problem E : 6271

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                          " E : 6271*.  Find the maximum and minimum of the sum  $x+y$
                                                   and the product  $xy$ , knowing that  $5x+6y=150$ ,
 and  $x\; and\; y$  are natural numbers different from zero.           
{author : } Gh. MARGHESCU, student, București "


ANSWER CiP

$max\;(x+y)=29$  for  $x=24\;, \;y=5$
$min\;(x+y)=26$   for  $x=6\;,\;y=20$

$max\;(x\cdot y)=180$  for  $x=12\;,\;y=15\;\;or\;\;x=18\;,\;y=10$
$min\;(x\cdot y)=120$  for  $x=6\;,\;y=20\;\;or\;\;x=24\;,\;y=5$


Solution CiP

                  We have the relationships :

$5x+6y=150\;\;,\;\;\;5x=150-6y\;\;\;6y=150-5x \tag{1}$

          From  $6\mid 150\;\;and\;\;6\mid 6y$  and from the second formula (1) it follows that  $6\mid 5x$  and because  $gcd(5,6)=1$  we have  $6\mid x$  so

$x=6\cdot x_1\;,\;\;x_1\in\mathbb{N^*} \tag{2}$

Similarly, we have  $5\mid 150\;\;and\;\;5\mid 5x$ , and from the third formula (1) it results  $5\mid 6y$ , so

$y=5\cdot y_1\;\;\;y_1\in\mathbb{N^*} \tag{3}$

          Then  $5x+6y=150\;\;\overset{(2)}{\underset{(3)}{\Leftrightarrow}}\;\;\;5\cdot 6x_1+6\cdot 5y_1=150\Leftrightarrow$

$\Leftrightarrow\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x_1+y_1=5 \tag{4}$

If  $x_1=n\in\mathbb{N^*}$ , then  $y_1\overset{(4)}{=}5-x_1=5-n$ , so the nonzero natural number solutions for  (4)  are :

$x_1=n\;\;,\;\;\;y_1=5-n\;\;\;\;\;1\leqslant n \leqslant 4 \tag{5}$

But

$x+y\;\;\;\overset{(2)\;(3)}{\underset{(5)}{=}}\;\;6\cdot n+5\cdot (5-n)=n+25 \tag{6}$

and then  $1\leqslant n \leqslant 4 \Leftrightarrow26\leqslant n+25 \leqslant 29\underset{(6)}{\Leftrightarrow}$

$\Leftrightarrow\;\;\;\;\;26 \leqslant x+y \leqslant 29 \tag{7}$

We have in  (7)  $x+y=26$  for  $n=1$ , so  $x_1=1\;,\;y_1=4$  and we get from  (2)  and  (3)  $x=6\;,\;y=20$  for the minimum value.  And  $x+y=29$  for  $n=4$ , so $x_1=4\;,\;y_1=1$  so  $x=24\;,\;y=5$  for the maximum value.


          Since there are a small number of values ​​for  $x\; and\; y$ , we will list all the products  $x\cdot y$  in the table below, from where we will also obtain the answer.

\begin{array}{c|c|c|c|c}n&1&2&3&4\\\hline x&6&12&18&24\\\hline y&20&15&10&5\\\hline x\cdot y&120&180&180&120\\\end{array}

$\blacksquare$

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