Tuesday, June 29, 2021

2021/047) Find all natural numbers n such that $n^2+7| n^3 + 3$

We have $n^3+3 = n(n^2+7) - (7n-3)$

Because $n^2+7| n^3 + 3$ so $n^2+ 7 | 7n - 3$

As 7n - 3 is positive so we have

$n^2 + 7 \le 7n- 3$

Or $n^2 - 7n + 4 \le 0$ giving $ n < 7$

By trying the values of n from 1 to 6 we get  1

Solution set $\{2,5\}$ 

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