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algebra intermediate

Problem

For how many integer values of is ?
Solution
First, we see that does not satisfy the inequality, so we can divide by . If is positive, we can divide to get , and there are positive integers satisfying this. If is negative, we divide to get , which is not satisfied by any negative integers. So the number of integer solutions is .
Final answer
6