diophantine system in a algebra problem Puerto Rico TST 2020.2
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September 22, 2021
number theorysystems of equationsDigitsDiophantine Equationsdiophantine
Problem Statement
The cost of grams of chocolate is dollars and the cost of grams of potatoes is dollars, the numbers and are positive integers and have not more than digits. Mother said to Maria to buy grams of chocolate and grams of potatoes that cost exactly dollars. Maria got confused and bought grams of chocolate and grams of potatoes that cost exactly dollars (). It turned out that the numbers and have no more than two digits and are formed of the same digits but in a different order. Find and .