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counting and probability senior

Problem

How many ordered pairs of positive integers are solutions to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Multiply both sides by to clear the denominator. Moving all the terms to the right hand side, the equation becomes . Adding 8 to both sides allows us to factor the equation as follows: . Since the problem only wants integer pairs , the pairs are given by the factors of 8, which are 1,2,4, and 8. This results in four pairs, and , which is answer .
Final answer
D