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59th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine algebra

Problem

Are there integers such that
Solution
Answer. Yes, for example , , and .

Clearly, all numbers cannot be positive. Let's take , , and find the corresponding :

The equality is homogeneous, meaning that we can simply multiply all numbers by to obtain the aforementioned integers.
Final answer
a = -28, b = -14, c = -7, d = 4

Techniques

FractionsSimple EquationsIntegers