SOLUTION: Find the no. of integral solutions of: xy=2x-y i tried using the AM-GM inequality but i didnt get the solution to this.how should i start?

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Question 570274: Find the no. of integral solutions of:
xy=2x-y
i tried using the AM-GM inequality but i didnt get the solution to this.how should i start?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
      xy = 2x - y
  xy + y = 2x
y(x + 1) = 2x
       y = 

The graph of that has vertical asymptote x=-1 and horizontal asymptote y=2.
We plot that graph:



The only possibility of y having an integral value when x has an integral
value, is for integral values of x when y is at least 1 unit away from
its horizontal asymptote y=2, and that is when

  1

By ordinary methods of college algebra, that has solution 

[-3,-1)U(-1,1]

So we only need to try x-values in that region

which are -3, -2, 0, and 1 

Substituting those in

y = 

we find the only four integral solutions: 

(-3,3),(-2,4),(0,0), (1,1).

So the number of integral solutions is 4.

Edwin

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