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Question 1029148: Is there an example of positive integers m and n such that 172m + 20n = 1000
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Is there an example of positive integers m and n such that 172m + 20n = 1000
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Yes, it does exist.

Take m = 5 and n=7:

172*5 + 20*7 = 1000.