5 5 5 5 ⋯ = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
If x is a positive number satisfying the equation above, find x .
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Beautiful solution without words.
How do you justify the convergence of the sequence?
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Which sequence? The LHS or the RHS? I can't answer your question properly otherwise.
For the RHS, Herschfeld's convergence theorem.
Nice Solution!
amazing solution....u just need to focus on how the numbers are moving -- 1x, 4x, 16x and then it strikes you!!
Can the term on the LHS ever be equal to zero?
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Another way to think of the LHS is to think of it as an addition of powers.
5 5 5 5 ⋯ = 5 2 1 ⋅ 5 4 1 ⋅ 5 8 1 ⋅ 5 1 6 1 ⋯
5 2 1 + 4 1 + 8 1 + 1 6 1 + ⋯
5 ∑ n = 0 ∞ 2 1 ⋅ ( 2 1 ) n
n = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 1 ⋅ ( 2 1 ) n = 1
5 1 = 5
In other words, no, the LHS can never be equal to zero unless the number inside is zero itself. As to why I put it as a possible answer in my solution; I put it in as you could calculate it without needing to know how to use infinite sums, thus making it easier to calculate in this case.
I was following this method x 2 + 2 × x 2 + x 2 . . . . . = z
Let y = x 2 + x 2 . . . . .
y 2 = x 2 + y
y = 2 1 + 1 + x 2 Therefore z = x 2 + 1 + 1 + x 2
When I solved this eq by keeping it equal to 5, I didn't get an integer solution. Can you please help me in finding error in my method
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If you were trying to make z equal to the RHS of the equation then you've made a small mistake.
x 2 + 2 x 2 + x 2 + x 2 + ⋯
x 2 + 4 x 2 + 4 x 2 + x 2 + ⋯
x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + ⋯
x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 2 5 6 x 2 + ⋯
As you can see when expanding your version you end up excluding 6 4 x 2 from the nested radical, in other words:
x 2 + 2 x 2 + x 2 + x 2 + ⋯ = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
My advice would be to check more terms before assuming you have the answer. Other than that however, the rest of your solution was algebraically sound.
I want to know how you came up with this method, Animesh Singh ?
Amazing. My problem was that I couldn't find an expression for the recursion on the RHS. How did you come to find your x + 1 expression?
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I started with with the addition of two variables; a and b and expanded from there.
a + b = ( a + b ) 2
a + b = a 2 + 2 a b + b 2
a + b = a 2 + ( 2 a b + b 2 ) 2
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 4 a b 3 + b 4
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + ( 4 a b 3 + b 4 ) 2
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 1 6 a 2 b 6 + 8 a b 7 + b 8
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 1 6 a 2 b 6 + ( 8 a b 7 + b 8 ) 2
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 1 6 a 2 b 6 + ( 6 4 a 2 b 1 4 + 1 6 a b 1 5 + b 1 6
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 1 6 a 2 b 6 + 6 4 a 2 b 1 4 + ( 1 6 a b 1 5 + b 1 6 ) 2
a + b = a 2 + 4 a 2 b 2 + 1 6 a 2 b 6 + 6 4 a 2 b 1 4 + ⋯
I then made b equal to 1 and a equal to x
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
As far as I know there's no other way to go about it.
But what are you supposed to assume is in the center of all those nested radicals on the LHS? The equation in the problems seems a little incomplete without that.
Nice solution! I was stuck on the later half of the problem.
Notist (2²ⁿx²+√(4*2²ⁿx²+√…)=(2ⁿx+1)² For n=0 : x²+√(4x²+√(16x²+...)...)=(x+1)² so √(x²+√(4x²+....)...)=|x+1|=x+1 Ifx>-1, left side is Lim5^((1/2+1/4+1/8+...+1/2ⁿ))= Lim(5^(1-1/2ⁿ))=5^lim(1-0.5ⁿ)=5^1=5 So x+1=5, so x=4
Easy ,if u have learned wiki
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y = 5 5 5 5 ⋯
y = 5 y
y 2 = 5 y
y 2 − 5 y = 0
y ( y − 5 ) = 0
y = 0 , 5
x + 1 = ( x + 1 )
x + 1 = ( x + 1 ) 2
x + 1 = x 2 + ( 2 x + 1 )
x + 1 = x 2 + ( 2 x + 1 ) 2
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + ( 4 x + 1 )
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + ( 4 x + 1 ) 2
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + ( 8 x + 1 )
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + ( 8 x + 1 ) 2
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ( 1 6 x + 1 )
x + 1 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
5 5 5 5 ⋯ = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
0 , 5 = x 2 + 4 x 2 + 1 6 x 2 + 6 4 x 2 + ⋯
0 , 5 = x + 1
x = − 1 , 4
x > 0 ∴ x = − 1 , x = 4
x = 4