The number of solutions of the equation 2x + y = 40 where both x and y...
y = 38 => x = 1
y = 36 => x = 2
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y = 14 => x = 13
y = 12 => x = 14 => Cases from here are not valid as x > y.
Hence, there are 13 solutions.
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13 bro just take values of 1 to 13 , you can't take 14 because there y will be great
The number of solutions of the equation 2x + y = 40 where both x and y...
We can rewrite the given equation as $y = 20 - x$. Since $x$ and $y$ are positive integers, we must have $x \leq 20$. Thus, the possible values of $x$ are 1, 2, 3, $\dots$, 19, 20, for a total of $\boxed{20}$ solutions.