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5
Part of
2015 JBMO TST - Turkey
Problems
(1)
Intervals Without Any "Quadratic" Numbers
Source: Turkey JBMO TST 2015 P5
6/23/2016
A quadratic number is a real root of the equations
a
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
=
0
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
a
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
=
0
where
∣
a
∣
,
∣
b
∣
,
∣
c
∣
∈
{
1
,
2
,
…
,
10
}
|a|,|b|,|c|\in\{1,2,\ldots,10\}
∣
a
∣
,
∣
b
∣
,
∣
c
∣
∈
{
1
,
2
,
…
,
10
}
. Find the smallest positive integer
n
n
n
for which at least one of the intervals\left(n-\dfrac{1}{3}, n\right) \text{and} \left(n, n+\dfrac{1}{3}\right)does not contain any quadratic number.
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