Annual roots 1

Algebra Level 2

x 2015 = 2015 \large x^{2015} = 2015

What is the number of real roots to the equation above?

2015 2 1 3

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3 solutions

Akhil Bansal
Jul 29, 2015

The graph of x 2015 x^{2015} will be alike x 3 x^3 with range ( , + -\infty,+\infty ) ,so it will cut line y=2015 only once,hence it has 1 solution.

The graphical approach is pretty direct :)

Chung Kevin - 5 years, 10 months ago

Since the derivative of this function is f ( x ) = 2015 x 2014 f'(x)=2015x^{2014} .

So, this implies that this function is an increasing function(only have a stationary point at x=0)

Hence, it's a one-to-one function and have only 1 real root.

Lemma : x 2 k + 1 = a x = a 2 k + 1 x^{2k+1} = a \Rightarrow x = \sqrt[2k+1]{a} for every integer k k x R & x 2015 = 2015 x = 2015 2015 x \in \mathbb{R} \quad \& \quad x^{2015} = 2015 \Rightarrow \boxed{x =\sqrt[2015]{2015} } \rightarrow 1 real root.

Moderator note:

Why is the lemma true?

Please coild u explsin how u hv done this

Utsav Goel - 5 years, 10 months ago

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