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Problem 157: Solving the diophantine equation

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Consider the diophantine equation $\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} = \frac{p}{{10}^n}$ with $a$, $b$, $p$, $n$ positive integers and $a ≤ b$.

For $n = 1$ this equation has 20 solutions that are listed below:

$$\begin{array}{lllll} \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{1} = \frac{20}{10} & \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{15}{10} & \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{5} = \frac{12}{10} & \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{11}{10} & \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{10}{10} \\ \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{5} = \frac{7}{10} & \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{6}{10} & \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{6} = \frac{5}{10} & \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{15} = \frac{4}{10} & \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{5}{10} \\ \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{5}{10} & \frac{1}{5} + \frac{1}{5} = \frac{4}{10} & \frac{1}{5} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{3}{10} & \frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{30} = \frac{2}{10} & \frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{2}{10} \\ \frac{1}{11} + \frac{1}{110} = \frac{1}{10} & \frac{1}{12} + \frac{1}{60} = \frac{1}{10} & \frac{1}{14} + \frac{1}{35} = \frac{1}{10} & \frac{1}{15} + \frac{1}{30} = \frac{1}{10} & \frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{20} = \frac{1}{10} \end{array}$$

How many solutions has this equation for $1 ≤ n ≤ 9$?

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diophantineEquation() should return 53490.

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assert.strictEqual(diophantineEquation(), 53490);

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function diophantineEquation() {

  return true;
}

diophantineEquation();

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// solution required