Guest Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 P, Q, R and S are four positive integers that satisfy this equation: P = (QQ – RR)/SS Determine the minimum value of P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) If the nuber can be the same I get P = 3 Q = 2 R = 1 s = 1 3 = (4-1)/1 If they muyst be unique then P = 23 Q = 3 R = 2 S = 1 23 = (3^3-2^2)/1^1 23 = (27 - 4 )/1 23 = (23)/1 Edited February 27, 2010 by stewdeker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 are we solving P = (Q^Q R^R) / S^S or P = (Q^Q - R^R) / S^S? the riddle page shows P = (Q^Q R^R) / S^S, but the thread starts with P = (Q^Q - R^R) / S^S for P = (Q^Q R^R) / S^S P = Q = R = S = 1 for P = (Q^Q - R^R) / S^S agree with stewdeker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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P, Q, R and S are four positive integers that satisfy this equation:
P = (QQ – RR)/SS
Determine the minimum value of P.
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