solve equation whit integer output as a matrix

Hey I'm trying to solve af gearratio problem.

I want at gearratio of u = 3.9 , whit toothnumers z1 and z2 in relation as z2/z1 = u.

z1 and z2 ar of couse integers, whit a minimum of 17.

Also z1 < z2.

Now I want to solve z2/z1 = u and get the pairs of z1 and z2 thaqt follows this.

syms z1 z2
assume( in(z1,'integer')  & z1 >= 17 & z1 > 100);
assume( in(z2,'integer')  & z2 >= 17 & z2 > 100);
assumeAlso( z1 < z2);

u = 3.9;
eq = z2/z1 == u;

[z1Sol z2Sol] = solve( eq, [z1 z2])
u = vpa(z2Sol/z1Sol)

but I only get one set of values for z1 and z2, and they are not even the smallest values possible.

Hor can I get Matlab to return af matrix of values that follows my rules?

Answer 1

[David Goodmanson]

Hi Simon,

you have

z2/z1 = 3.9
% or
10*z2 =  39*z1

since 10 and 39 are relatively prime, i.e. they have no prime factors in common, the only possible solutions are

z1 = 10*m
z2 = 39*m

for any integer m. So:

m = (1:20)'
z1 = 10*m;
z2 = 39*m;
z1z2 = [z1 z2]      % display

which includes the version found by 'solve'. Your restrictions appear to not be quite right since with z1 >= 17 & z1 > 100, you don't need z1<= 17. However, suppose you want, say, z2<200. Then

ind = z2 < 200;
z1new = z1(ind);
z2new = z2(ind);
z1z2new = [z1new z2new]      % display