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Problem
At a competition with players, the number of players given elite status is equal to . Suppose that players are given elite status. What is the sum of the two smallest possible values of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We start with . After rearranging, we get . Since is a positive integer, must be in the form of for some positive integer . From this fact, we get . If we now check integer values of N that satisfy this condition, starting from , we quickly see that the first values that work for are and , that is, and , giving values of and for , respectively. Adding up these two values for , we get
Final answer
C