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Algebra Level 1

1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 1 + 2 + 4 = ? \frac{ 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 } { 1 + 2 + 4 } = ?

4 + 16 + 64 4 + 16 + 64 2 + 16 + 128 2 + 16 + 128 1 + 16 + 256 1 + 16 + 256 1 + 8 + 64 1 + 8 + 64

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2 solutions

Rahil Sehgal
Mar 21, 2017

That's what I was thinking of :)

Chung Kevin - 4 years, 2 months ago
Anirudh Sreekumar
Mar 22, 2017

1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 63 + 128 + 256 1 + 2 + 4 = 2 9 1 2 3 1 \dfrac{1+2+4+8+16+32+63+128+256}{1+2+4}=\dfrac{2^9-1}{2^3-1}

it is of the form a 3 b 3 a b \dfrac{a^3-b^3}{a-b} ( a = 2 3 , b = 1 a=2^3,b=1 )

a 3 b 3 a b = a 2 + a b + b 2 = 2 6 + 2 3 + 1 = 1 + 8 + 64 \begin{aligned}\dfrac{a^3-b^3}{a-b}&=a^2+ab+b^2\\&=2^6+2^3+1=\boxed{1+8+64}\end{aligned}

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