1996 AIME Problems/Problem 8
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Problem
The harmonic mean of two positive integers is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of their reciprocals. For how many ordered pairs of positive integers 
with 
is the harmonic mean of 
and 
equal to 
?
Solution
The harmonic mean of and is equal to 
, so we have 
, and by SFFT, 
. Now, 
has 
factors, one of which is the square root (
). Since , the answer is half of the remaining number of factors, which is 
.
See also
| 1996 AIME (Problems • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 7 | Followed by Problem 9 | |
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