Alan and Bob have a whole number of dollars. Alan says to Bob, “If you
give me 3 dollars, I will have n times as much as you”. Bob saya to Alan, “If
you give me n dollars, I will have 3 times as much as you”.
Let alan have a dollars and Bob b dollars
so we get
$a+3=n*(b-3)$
$b+n=3*(a-n)$
from 1st we get $a = (nb-3n-3)$
put in 2nd to get
$b+ n = 3(nb-4n-3) = 3nb -12n -9$
or $n=\dfrac{b+9}{3*b-13}$
as $n\gt 0$ , $a\gt 0$,$b\gt0$ we get $3b\gt13\ or\ b > 4$
$b+ 9\gt3b - 13$ or $22\gt\ 2b$ or $b\lt 11$
now $b+ 9$ should be divisible by $3b - 13$
or $3b + 27$ should be divisible by $3b - 13$
or 40 should be divsible by 3b - 13 or 3b -13 should be( 2 mod 3) so we get factors of 40 (2 mod 3) 2 or 5 or 8 or 20 giving b = 5 or 6 or 7 or 11
putting those 4 values of b we find
a=11, b=5, n=7
a=6, b=6, n=3
a=5, b=7, n=2
a=5,b= 11,n=1
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