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Consider a network Q consisting of 2015 distinct parallel impedances (in ohms) Z 1 , Z 2 , , Z 2015 Z_{1}, Z_{2}, \ldots, Z_{2015} , such that each of these individual values satisfy the equation ( Z 2 ) 2015 = 2 2017 (Z-2)^{2015} = 2^{2017} .

Determine the total impedance (in ohms) of an impedance network consisting of 2015 Q networks in series.


The answer is 10.

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1 solution

Efren Medallo
Jul 1, 2015

It is obvious that Z 1 , Z 2 , . . . Z 2015 Z_{1}, Z_{2}, ... Z_{2015} are zeroes of the polynomial y = ( x 2 ) 2015 2 2017 y = (x-2)^{2015} - 2^{2017} . Thus, by Vieta's formulas, we can get the net impedance of network Q, which is the quotient of the constant over the coefficient in x x (Do you see why?). That is, 2 2015 + 2 2017 2015 2 2014 \frac { 2^{2015}+ 2^{2017} }{2015\cdot2^{2014}} , which simplifies to 2 403 \frac{2}{403} ohms. Since there are 2015 2015 of these in series, we finally get the answer 2015 2 403 = 10 2015 \cdot\frac{2}{403}=\boxed{10} .

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