Easy floor's problem

Algebra Level 3

x + 2 x = 3.14 \large x + \lfloor 2x \rfloor = 3.14

The equation above is true for real positive x x . Find 1000 x 2 \lfloor 1000x^2 \rfloor .

Details: \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function


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The answer is 1299.

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3 solutions

Tapas Mazumdar
Jun 6, 2017

We have

x + 2 x = 3.14 2 x = 3.14 x \begin{aligned} & x + \left\lfloor 2x \right\rfloor = 3.14 \\ \implies & \left\lfloor 2x \right\rfloor = 3.14 - x \end{aligned}

Note that the LHS of the above equation is an integer, therefore RHS must be an integer too. Thus we conclude that { x } = 0.14 \{x\} = 0.14 and we can write x = n + 0.14 x = n + 0.14 , where n n is an integer. Now we have

2 n + 0.28 = 3 n 2 n + 0.28 = 3 n 2 n = 3 n n = 1 \begin{aligned} & \left\lfloor 2n + 0.28 \right\rfloor = 3 - n \\ \implies & 2n + \left\lfloor 0.28 \right\rfloor = 3 - n \\ \implies & 2n = 3 - n \\ \implies & n = 1 \end{aligned}

Thus we get x = 1 + 0.14 = 1.14 x = 1 + 0.14 = 1.14 and so 1000 x 2 = 1000 × 1.2996 = 1299 \left\lfloor 1000x^2 \right\rfloor = \left\lfloor 1000 \times 1.2996 \right\rfloor = \boxed{1299} .

F o r 1 x < 2 , 2 x = 2. S o x = 3.14 2 = 1.14 , w h i c h I S 1 x < 2. 1000 1.1 4 2 = 1299 For ~~1\geq~x~<2, \left\lfloor 2x \right\rfloor=2.\\ So~~x=3.14-2=1.14, ~~which ~IS~~ ~1\geq~x~<2.\\ \therefore~~ \left\lfloor1000*1.14^2 \right\rfloor =1299

Maximos Stratis
Jun 6, 2017

You can, rather easily, observe that the equation holds true for : x = 1.14 x=1.14
So : 1000 x 2 = 1299.6 1000 x 2 = 1299 1000x^{2}=1299.6\Rightarrow \boxed{\lfloor 1000x^{2}\rfloor = 1299}

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