document.write( "Question 1133242: What is the smallest positive integer which is 2 times the square of some
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Algebra.Com's Answer #750488 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "We are looking for the smallest positive integer that is both 2 times the square of some positive integer and 5 times the 5th power of another positive integer: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There is a single known factor of 2 on the left and a single known factor of 5 on the right. That means both x and y must both contain factors of only 2 and/or 5. So \n" ); document.write( "let \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "Then \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From that we know \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "For the smallest positive integer for which all those are true, we need to have c = d = 5; that makes a=4 and b=6. \n" ); document.write( "And we finally have \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So the smallest positive integer that is both 2 times the square of one positive integer and 5 times the 5th power of another positive integer is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |