3 2 = 2 3 \sqrt{2} = 2 ???

Is it possible to use exactly three 2 \sqrt{2} 's and no multiplication signs to get 2?

Example : It is possible to get 3 × 2 3 \times \sqrt{2} by simply adding the 2 \sqrt{2} 's together. It is also possible to get 2 \sqrt{2} by ( 2 + 2 2 ) ( \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{2} - \sqrt{2}) .

No Yes

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5 solutions

Tan Li Xuan
Mar 2, 2015

There are multiple ways to achieve this. The most obvious is 2 + 2 2 \frac{\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{2} }{ \sqrt{2} } . Another is ( 2 2 ) 2 (\sqrt{2}^{\sqrt{2}})^{\sqrt{2}} . So the answer is obviously Yes.

Usama Tanveer
Mar 2, 2015

yes first add two square root 2's and then divide by third

Noel Lo
Jul 31, 2018

I was thinking of (\sqrt{2}^{\sqrt{2}})^\sqrt{2}=\sqrt{2}^2=2 .

Samrit Pramanik
Jul 31, 2018

2 2 + 2 \bigg\lfloor\dfrac{\sqrt2}{\sqrt{2}}+\sqrt{2}\bigg\rfloor where \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the greatest integer function.

Mridul Jain
Mar 2, 2015

(2^1/2+2^1/2-2^1/2)^2 =2

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