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If 2 2 x 1 + 2 1 2 x = 2 2^{2x-1}+2^{1-2x}=2 , then find the value of x x .

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2 solutions

Ikkyu San
Aug 17, 2015

Let y = 2 2 x 1 \color{#3D99F6}{y=2^{2x-1}}

From equation,

2 2 x 1 + 2 1 2 x = 2 2 2 x 1 + 2 ( 2 x 1 ) = 2 2 2 x 1 + ( 2 2 x 1 ) 1 = 2 y + 1 y = 2 y 2 + 1 = 2 y y 2 2 y + 1 = 0 ( y 1 ) 2 = 0 y = 1 \begin{aligned}2^{2x-1}+2^{1-2x}=&\ 2\\2^{2x-1}+2^{-(2x-1)}=&\ 2\\\color{#3D99F6}{2^{2x-1}}+(\color{#3D99F6}{2^{2x-1}})^{-1}=&\ 2\\\color{#3D99F6}y+\dfrac1{\color{#3D99F6}y}=&\ 2\\y^2+1=&\ 2y\\y^2-2y+1=&\ 0\\(y-1)^2=&\ 0\\\color{#3D99F6}{y=}&\ \color{#3D99F6}1\end{aligned}

Thus,

2 2 x 1 = 1 2 2 x 1 = 2 0 2 x 1 = 0 x = 1 2 = 0.5 \begin{aligned}\color{#3D99F6}{2^{2x-1}=}&\ \color{#3D99F6}1\\2^{\color{#D61F06}{2x-1}}=&\ 2^{\color{#D61F06}0}\\\color{#D61F06}{2x-1}=&\ \color{#D61F06}0\\x=&\ \dfrac12=\boxed{0.5}\end{aligned}

Rohit Udaiwal
Aug 17, 2015

2 2 x 1 + 2 1 2 x = 2 2^ {2x-1}+2^ {1-2x}=2 2 2 x 2 + 2 2 2 x = 2 \Rightarrow{\dfrac {2 ^{2x}}{2}+\dfrac {2}{2^{2x}}=2} Squaring both sides,we have, 2 4 x 4 + 4 2 4 x + 2 = 4 \dfrac {2^{4x}}{4}+\dfrac {4}{2^{4x}}+2=4 2 4 x 4 + 4 2 4 x 2 = 0 \Rightarrow {\dfrac {2^{4x}}{4}+\dfrac {4}{2^{4x}}-2=0} ( 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 x ) 2 = 0 \Rightarrow {\left (\dfrac {2^{2x}}{2}-\dfrac {2}{2^{2x}}\right)^{2}=0} 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 x = 0 \Rightarrow {\dfrac{2^{2x}}{2}-\dfrac {2}{2^{2x}}=0} 2 2 x 2 = 2 2 2 x \Rightarrow {\dfrac {2^{2x}}{2}=\dfrac {2}{2^{2x}}} Cross-multiplying, we get, 2 4 x = 2 2 2^ {4x}=2^2 4 x = 2 \Rightarrow {4x=2} \color\green{\boxed {x=0.5}}

Nice solution :-)

akash patalwanshi - 5 years ago

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Thanks,BTW this was my second problem on Brilliant. This was my first ever problem.Try this as well :)

Rohit Udaiwal - 5 years ago

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Rohit Udaiwal - 5 years ago

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If I had to type above solution then it will take more than a hour because I to click formatting guide more times, for checking error in my code.

akash patalwanshi - 5 years ago

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@Akash Patalwanshi That's ok.I suggest you to learn LaTeX \LaTeX from here .Also try to view LaTeX \LaTeX codes by hovering your mouse over them.This will help you learn new codes as well as pertain old ones to memory.

Rohit Udaiwal - 5 years ago

Nice collection of problems :-)

akash patalwanshi - 5 years ago

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@Akash Patalwanshi The best of my problems are at the last.

Rohit Udaiwal - 5 years ago

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