Given that,
- $x \geq y \geq 20 \quad \longrightarrow (1)$
- $ 2x + 5y = 99 \quad \longrightarrow (2)$
From equation $(2),$ we get.
$x = \frac{99 – 5y}{2}$
Now, we can put the value of $x$ in equation $(1),$ we get.
$\frac{99 – 5y}{2} \geq y \geq – 20 \quad \longrightarrow (3)$
First we take,
$\frac{99 – 5y}{2} \geq y $
$ \Rightarrow 2y \leq 99 – 5y $
$ \Rightarrow 7y \leq 99 $
$ \Rightarrow y \leq \frac{99}{7}$
$ \Rightarrow y \leq 14.1428$
$ \Rightarrow y = \left \lfloor 14.1428 \right \rfloor $
$ \Rightarrow \boxed{y = 14}$
So, $\boxed{ – 20 \leq y \leq 14} \quad \longrightarrow (4)$
From equation $(2),$ we get
$\underbrace{2x}_{\text{Always even}} = \underbrace{99 – 5y}_{\text{Even}}$
- $5y \rightarrow \text{odd}$
- $y \rightarrow \text{odd}$
Therefore, we have to find out all the odd integers from the range of $ y \in [– 20, 14],$ and for each such value of $y,$ we will find the unique of $x.$
Odd integer of $ y : ( \;\underbrace{– 19, – 17, – 15, – 13, – 11, – 9, – 7, – , 5, – 3, – 1}_{\text{Negative integers}}\;, \; \underbrace{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13}_{\text{Positive integers}}\;)$
So, the total number of integers that, $y$ can takes is $17.$
$\therefore$ The number of pairs of integers $(x,y)$ is $17.$
Correct Answer $:17$