Appearances are Deceptive!

Algebra Level 3

Consider the equation: 6 x 2 77 x + 147 = 0 6x^{2}-77\lfloor x\rfloor+147=0 . Let the total number of real solutions of this equation be α \alpha .

Find 7 α 13.8 7\alpha-13.8 .

Notation: \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function .


The answer is 14.2.

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1 solution

Hrithik Thakur
Oct 22, 2019

We have, 6 x 2 77 [ x ] + 147 = 0 6x^{2}-77[x]+147=0

[ x ] = 6 x 2 + 147 77 \Rightarrow\: [x]= \frac{6x^{2}+147}{77}

[ x ] = 6 77 x 2 + 1.9 \Rightarrow\:[x]=\frac{6}{77}x^{2}+1.9

[ x ] > 1.9 \Rightarrow\:[x]> 1.9

[ x ] = 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , . . . \Rightarrow\:[x]=2,3,4,5,...

Now, putting the values of [x] in x 2 = 77 [ x ] 147 6 x^{2}=\frac{77[x]-147}{6} , it can be checked that the equation is satisfied only for [x]=3,8,9,10. Further, for, [ x ] 11 [x]\geq11 , the RHS of the equation becomes much larger than the max. value of LHS; hence, we don't need to check for the values of [x] 11 \geq11 .

So, α = 4 \alpha=4 .

Hence, 7 α 13.8 = 14.2 7\alpha-13.8 = \boxed{14.2}

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