A problem by Kevin Salazar
Level
pending
Solve the following equation in real numbers.
1^x + 2^x + .... + 2002^x = 2005003^x
The answer is 1.
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1 solution
1+2+3+4+.................................+2002=2005003 [ sum of an A.P series] hence the relation is only possible when x=1