Lattice Points Near a Line

Problem

Find the minimum distance from a lattice point (a point with integer coordinates) to the line

y=53x+45.y = \frac{5}{3}x + \frac{4}{5}.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty6/10
TopicsDiophantine Equations, number theory, analytic geometry

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