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Reciprocal Sum

Problem

Consider the equation,

 1 
$x$
+
 1 
$y$
=
 1 
$z$
  where x, y, z are positive integers

For a given $x$, determine the number of solutions.

Problem ID: 169 (Apr 2004)     Difficulty: 4 Star

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