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Problem
How many positive integers satisfy (Recall that is the greatest integer not exceeding .)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We can first consider the equation without a floor function: Multiplying both sides by 70 and then squaring: Moving all terms to the left: Now we can determine the factors: This means that for and , the equation will hold without the floor function. Now we can simply check the multiples of 70 around 400 and 2500 in the original equation, which we abbreviate as . For , but so For , and For , , For , but so Now we move to For , and so For , and so For , and so For , but so For , and For , but so Therefore we have 6 total solutions,
Final answer
C