Double Cube Roots

Algebra Level 2

64000 3 + 64000 + 3 ( 1640 ) + 1 3 \sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{\color{#3D99F6}{64000}} + {\sqrt[3]{\color{#3D99F6}{64000} + \color{teal}{3(1640) + 1}}}}}

With the assistance of the algebraic identity ( a + b ) 3 = a 3 + b 3 + 3 a b ( a + b ) (a+b)^3 = a^3 + b^3 + 3ab(a+b) , evaluate the above expression.


The answer is 3.

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6 solutions

Ramez Hindi
Feb 27, 2015

we know that 64000 = 64 × 10 3 = 2 6 × 10 3 = ( 2 2 ) 3 × 10 3 64000=64 \times {10}^{3}={2}^{6} \times {10}^{3} ={{\left( {{2}^{2}} \right)}^{3}}\times {{10}^{3}} so 64000 3 = ( 2 2 ) 3 × 10 3 3 = 2 2 × 10 = 40 \sqrt[3]{64000}=\sqrt[3]{{{\left( {{2}^{2}} \right)}^{3}}\times {{10}^{3}}}={2}^{2} \times 10=40 also we have 68921 = 41 3 68921={41}^{3} thus 68921 3 = 41 3 3 = 41 \sqrt[3]{68921}=\sqrt[3]{{41}^{3}}=41 hence 40 + 41 2 = 81 2 = 9 2 2 = 9 \sqrt[2]{40+41}=\sqrt[2]{81}=\sqrt[2]{{9}^{2}}=9 therefore 9 = 3 2 = 3 \sqrt{9}=\sqrt{{3}^{2}}=3

yes, so great. good job

Era Rahmah - 6 years, 3 months ago
Karthik R K
Jan 23, 2015

68921 (Refer My Note given in the Q)
First check the last three digit-921,. Its last digit is 1 & the last digit of the cube root of 68921 is 1.
68 is greater than 64(cube of 4)
cube root of 68921 is 41.


Similarly, cube root of 64000 is 40.

next square root of 81 (40+41) is 9.

next square root of 9 is 3

Mary Arans
Aug 5, 2018

The cube root of 64 000 is 40, and since 41 cubed - 40 cubed is 68 921 - 64 000 is 4 921 = 3 × 1640 (4920) + 1, the cube root of 64 000 + 3 × 1640 + 1 is 41. 40 + 41 is 81, and since a square root of a square root is a hypercube root, the 4th root of 81 is 3. Thus, the answer is 3.
Bonus Proof: (n+1)^3 - n^3 = n^3 + 3n^2 + 3n + 1 - n^3 = 3n^2 + 3n +1. Plug in 40 to get 3(40^2 + 40) + 1 =3(1640) + 1.

Ryan Shi
Jan 15, 2016

As written, we know that ( a + b ) 3 = a 3 + b 3 + 3 a b ( a + b ) (a+b)^ {3} = a^{3} + b^{3}+ 3ab(a+b) and just by observation, by looking at the cube root at the right, we can tell that a = 40 a = 40 and b = 1 b = 1 . Then we can simplify that as cube root ( 40 + 1 ) 3 (40+1)^{3} which of course, is 41.

Looking at the root, we get cube root 64000 which we calculate as 40 + 41, as we just worked out and we square root the answer, which happens to be 81. We square root 81 to make 9, and square root it again to make 3.

Hence the answer is 3 \boxed{3} .

Jithin Saseendran
Feb 27, 2015

The note is really helpful . But we can't be sure whether a given number is a perfect cube

The question does say "solve under a minute", so it's relatively safe to assume that a minimum number of operations will be required, and that the answer is as much about using logic as it is about using mathematics. I did it without "cube ends in 1" altogether. Cube root of 64 is 4, that's trivial, and 68 is larger. sqrt of sqrt is quad root. So whatever the answer to (40+(something-slightly-over-40), it would have to have a simple whole quad root, which can be found in a minute. 81 fits the bill. And the answer is 3. Not very scientific, I know. But to me math is just as much about being fast and useful, as it is about being precise.

Gregory Klopper - 6 years, 3 months ago
Arup Roy
Mar 13, 2015

sqrt(sqrt( cbrt(64000) + cbrt(68921) ))) =sqrt(sqrt(40+41))) =sqrt(sqrt(81))) =sqrt(9) = 3

no but yes but no but yes but no but yes but of course its a NO

Mithun Savio - 2 years, 1 month ago

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