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								title: 'Problem 110: Diophantine Reciprocals II'
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								dashedName: problem-110-diophantine-reciprocals-ii
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								# --description--
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								In the following equation x, y, and n are positive integers.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								$$\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{n}$$
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								It can be verified that when `n`  = 1260 there are 113 distinct solutions and this is the least value of `n`  for which the total number of distinct solutions exceeds one hundred.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								What is the least value of `n`  for which the number of distinct solutions exceeds four million?
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								**Note:** This problem is a much more difficult version of Problem 108 and as it is well beyond the limitations of a brute force approach it requires a clever implementation.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								# --hints--
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								`diophantineTwo()`  should return `9350130049860600` . 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								```js
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								assert.strictEqual(diophantineTwo(), 9350130049860600);
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								```
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								# --seed--
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## --seed-contents--
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								```js
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								function diophantineTwo() {
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								  return true;
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								}
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								diophantineTwo();
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								```
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								# --solutions--
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								```js
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								// solution required
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								```