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Fun With Teeth #3: A Cute Lil’ Diophantine Equation

I came across this easy but strange maths puzzle about a Diophantine equation, equations that can only have integer solutions:

The smallest non-trivial integer solution is x=3, y =2. What is the next smallest?

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Avatar Sup. I'm Sakunthala Panditharatne, first year maths student, graphics/ iOS/ RoR programmer, and exhibitionistic autodidact.
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