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    Find positive integers  x,y,z  such that  x < y < z  and 1/x - 1/xy - 1/xyz = 19/97.

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    Shirsendu Roy
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    97yz-97z-97=19xyz equation A

    here 97-z-1 <yz

    or, yz-z-1 <yz

    or, 97(yz-z-1)<97yz

    or,19xyz <97yz

    or, 19x <97

    or, x<97/19

    or, x=1,2,3,4,5 is equation B

    gcd(19,97)=1

    or,at least one of x,y,z is multiple of 97 not=x

    let y=97m

    or, 97(97mz-z-1)=19x97mz

    or,(97mz-z-1)=19xmz

    or,(97-19x)mz=z+1  is equation C

    here (97-19x)>=2 since x=1,2,3,4,5

    (97-19x)mz>=2mz>=2z>z+1

    and we have a contradiction with C

    or, y cannot be multiple of 97

    then let z=97m then A

    becomes 97(y97m-97m-1)=19xy97m

    or,97ym-97m-1=19xym

    or,(97y-97-19xy)m=1 is equation D

    since these are positive integer quantities, D implies that both m and 97y-97-19xy=1, m=1 or, z=97

    or, 97y-19-19xy=1

    or,97y-19xy=98

    or,(97-19x)y=98

    or,y=98/(97-19x)

    where from A we get 97-19x=78,59,0,21and 2 for x=0,1,2,3,4,5

    since y is positive integer, it follows that the first four values not taken, x=5,97-19x=2,y=49,z=97.

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