<s>[INST] Two positive integers $a$ and $b$ are such that $a+b=\frac{a}{b} +\frac{b}{a}$ . What is the value of $a^2 + b^2$? Two positive integers $a$ and $b$ are such that $a+b=\frac{a}{b} +\frac{b}{a}$ . What is the value of $a^2 + b^2$?
Got this in a sample question paper for a contest but i have no idea how to solve it. I tried to apply inequalities but it did it not work. Please help
 [/INST] Interesting problem and elegant solution of @quasi.
Alternatively: Without loss of generality, assume $1\le a\le b$. Then:
$$a+b=\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a}\le \frac{b}{b}+\frac{b}{1}=1+b\Rightarrow a\le 1 \Rightarrow a=1.$$
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