CAT 2025 Number System Question (Hard)

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If and are integers such that , then the maximum possible value of is

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Sure! We can solve it without explicitly introducing new variables for substitution. We are given m 2n 2m n 27 and we want to maximize 2m-3n Because m and n are integers, both m 2n and 2m n are going to be integers. Factor pairs of 27 including negatives are 1,27 , 3,9 , 9,3 , 27,1 , -1,-27 , -3,-9

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