2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24

Problem

How many positive integers $n$ satisfy $\dfrac{n+1000}{70} = \lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor?$ (Recall that $\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the greatest integer not exceeding $x$ .)

$\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 30 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 32$

Solution

Wolfram Alpha shows that there must be $6$ solutions

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