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Puzzle time - area-perimeter match

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #1

    Find all integer-sided rectangles whose area and perimeter happen to be the same number.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • jon-nycJ Online
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      jon-nyc
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      #2

      Unless I’m missing something, which is far from impossible, this one was pretty easy.

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • KlausK Offline
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        wrote on last edited by Klaus
        #3

        Hm, let's see.

        :::

        It means we want all integer solutions to

        a*b = 2a+2b

        or

        b = 2a / (a-2)

        That's a hyperbola, so there can only be finitely many solutions.

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        I'd say it's these four number pairs.

        0,0
        3,6
        4,4
        6,3

        :::

        (I put this into a defunct spoiler (damn lazy forum admin should fix this); if you want to see what I wrote you can push "Quote")

        Yeah, seems to be pretty simple.

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