Can you find the square root?

666 × 667 × 668 × 669 + 1 = ? \Large \sqrt{\color{#3D99F6}{666} \times \color{#20A900}{667} \times \color{#D61F06}{668} \times \color{#624F41}{669} + \color{#69047E}1} = \ ?


The answer is 445555.

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7 solutions

Nimesh Patodi
Jan 10, 2015

Let n = 666 n=666 , then the given expression reduces to: n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 3 ) + 1 \sqrt{n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)+1}

= n 4 + 6 n 3 + 11 n 2 + 6 n + 1 \sqrt{n^{4}+6n^{3}+11n^{2}+6n+1}

= n 2 ( n 2 + 6 n + 11 + 6 n + 1 n 2 ) \sqrt{n^{2}(n^{2}+6n+11+\frac{6}{n}+\frac{1}{n^{2}})}

= n n 2 + 1 n 2 + 6 ( n + 1 n ) + 11 n\sqrt{n^{2}+\frac{1}{n^{2}}+6(n+\frac{1}{n})+11}

= n ( n + 1 n ) 2 2 + 6 ( n + 1 n ) + 11 n\sqrt{(n+\frac{1}{n})^{2}-2+6(n+\frac{1}{n})+11}

= n ( n + 1 n ) 2 + 6 ( n + 1 n ) + 9 n\sqrt{(n+\frac{1}{n})^{2}+6(n+\frac{1}{n})+9}

= n ( n + 1 n + 3 ) n(n+\frac{1}{n}+3)

= n 2 + 3 n + 1 n^{2}+3n+1

Putting value of n=666, We get the answer 445555

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Jack Rawlin
Jan 2, 2015

Let n = 666 n = 666 the equation then rewrites to

n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 3 ) + 1 \sqrt {n\cdot(n+1)\cdot(n+2)\cdot(n+3) + 1}

Multiplying out the brackets gives us

( n 2 + n ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 3 ) + 1 \sqrt{(n^2 + n)\cdot(n + 2)\cdot(n+3) + 1}

( n 3 + 3 n 2 + 2 n ) ( n + 3 ) + 1 \sqrt{(n^3 + 3n^2 + 2n)\cdot(n + 3)+1}

n 4 + 6 n 3 + 11 n 2 + 6 n + 1 \sqrt{n^4 + 6n^3 + 11n^2 + 6n+1}

So what's the square root of that?

Let's try looking at it in a different way, how about we put together the two outermost brackets and the two innermost brackets.

( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) 1 n ( n + 3 ) + 1 \sqrt{(n+1)\cdot(n+2)-1} \cdot \sqrt{n\cdot(n+3)+1}

Note -

( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) 1 = n ( n + 3 ) + 1 (n+1)\cdot(n+2)- 1=n\cdot(n+3) + 1

n 2 + 3 n + 2 1 = n 2 + 3 n + 1 n^2 + 3n +2 - 1 = n^2 + 3n + 1

So the square root of the equation is equal to both

( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) 1 (n+1)\cdot(n+2) - 1

a n d and

n ( n + 3 ) + 1 n\cdot(n+3) + 1

Inputting the value of n n into either one gives us

( 666 ) 2 + 3 ( 666 ) + 1 = 445 , 555 (666)^2 + 3(666) + 1 = 445,555

Sunil Pradhan
Jan 2, 2015

Shortcut method

When a, b, c, d are consecutive numbers then

(a × b × c × d + 1)^1/2 then answer is (a × d + 1) or (b × c – 1)

= (666 × 669 + 1) or = (667 × 668 – 1)

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This solution has been marked incomplete. You did not explain why it works.

Ujjwal Rane
Feb 3, 2015

Squaring both sides of 666 × 667 × 668 × 669 + 1 = x \sqrt{666 \times 667 \times 668 \times 669 + 1} = x and subtracting 1 from both sides: 666 × 667 × 668 × 669 = ( x + 1 ) ( x 1 ) 666 \times 667 \times 668 \times 669 = (x+ 1)(x-1)

LHS is even, hence RHS = product of two successive even numbers.

Taking the product of middle two and extreme two will give even numbers close to each other. Products (N)(N+3) and (N+1)(N+2) indeed turn out to be N 2 + 3 N N^2+3N and N 2 + 3 N + 2 N^2+3N+2 Which are successive evens!

Hence x 1 = ( N ) ( N + 3 ) x-1 = (N)(N+3) and since N is 666, x = 666 × 669 + 1 = 445555 x = 666 \times 669 + 1 = \boxed{445555}

Niaz Ghumro
Jan 3, 2015

If the product of a, b, c, and d; four consecutive natural numbers plus 1. It would always be perfect square. square root trick would work for it as average(a d,b c).or (a d+b c)/2. so it would be (666 669+667 668)/2=(445554+445556)/2=445555.

Ameya Patil
Jan 11, 2015

A property can be derived by using the Arithmetic progression....

now, root( 1x2x3x4+1) = 5 again root(2x3x4x5+1) = 11... so as u progress the answer is a ROOT.... so get the difference between these terms is in the following 6, 8, 10, 12...... and on.....

So the common difference is 2.... now get the sum till the 665 terms with the first term as 6..... so,it boils down to 665x670 and add 5 so the answer is 445555....... so, here a property is derived ..... take minus 1 term of the first term and multiply with the Added 1 to the last term and add 5....... this can be done for all the squences......

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This solution has been marked incomplete. You did not show that the difference between these terms follows an arithmetic progression indefinitely. Which means you have only shown that it's true for the first few initial terms.

Trishit Chandra
Jan 3, 2015

Multiplication of four consecutive numbers plus 1 always is a perfect square. And the square root of the ans will same as the mean of the multiplication of 1st and last term and middle two terms.

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