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Question 5

How many disticnt positive integer-valued solutions exist to the equation $$(x^{2}-7x+11)^{(x^{2}-13x+42)}=1$$ ?

$$(x^{2}-7x+11)^{(x^{2}-13x+42)}=1$$

ifΒ $$(x^{2}-13x+42)$$=0 orΒ $$(x^{2}-7x+11)$$=1 orΒ $$(x^{2}-7x+11)$$=-1 andΒ $$(x^{2}-13x+42)$$ is even number

For x=6,7 the value $$(x^{2}-13x+42)$$=0

$$(x^{2}-7x+11)$$=1 for x=5,2.

$$(x^{2}-7x+11)$$=-1 for x=3,4 and for X=3 or 4,Β $$(x^{2}-13x+42)$$ is even number.

.'. {2,3,4,5,6,7} is the solution set of x.

.'. x can take six values.Β 

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