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A slightly better argument which avoids extraneous roots, is to show that the expression is equal to
3 3 1 + 9 1 + 2 7 1 + … = 3 2 1
You forgot to justify the x = 0 case (impossible, of course, but should be justified).
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Root of a number will never be zero so no need of justification
And root of zero is not defined
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In x 3 = 3 x , he divided by x and got x 2 = 3 . But if x = 0 , then x 2 = 3 . He didn't check the case when x = 0 . You had in mind that since it is obvious that x = 0 , it needs no justification, but it cannot be omitted in a rigorous proof - every fact, no matter how obvious, always has to be justified. As for your last point, 0 is defined and is equal to 0 .
square root of zero is defined.
First, you cube both sides
[ 3 3 ⋅ 3 3 ⋅ 3 3 ⋅ . . ] 3 = ( n ) 3
We know that 3 3 ⋅ 3 3 ⋅ 3 3 ⋅ . . = n
You substitute that to your equation and you will get
[ 3 3 ⋅ n ] 3 = ( n ) 3
3 ⋅ n = n 2 3
3 = n 2 1 n 2 3 = n 2 2 = n
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Nice substitution!! :-)
Nice bro!!
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUSTIFY WHY ZERO IS NOT A POSSIBLE SOLUTION, SO I USED LOGARITHM
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Well by taking logarithms, you already assumed that it cannot be zero, so, although correct, but you did not avoid the justification.
3^(1/3+1/9+1/27......)=3^(1/3)/(1-1/3)...(using GP Series)=3^1/2
it is 3^(1/3+ 1/9.......................) solving g.p. expression we get 3^0.5 so n=3
We can write the question as 3 3 n because the question is embedded in itself.Raise both sides to the 6th power:
( 3 3 n ) 6 = ( n ) 6 9 n = n 3 = n 3 − 9 n = n ( n 2 − 9 ) = n ( n + 3 ) ( n − 3 ) = 0 Cube root of a positive number is a positive number which eliminates 0 and -3 and leaves n = 3
9n²≠n³ , 9n=n³
3 3 3 3 3 3 ⋯ ( 3 3 n ) 6 9 n n 3 − 9 n n ( n − 3 ) ( n + 3 ) n = = = = = = n ( n ) 6 n 3 0 0 3 ( n > 0 )
We have 3 3 3 3 … = n , so therefore, n = 3 3 n . Then n n = 3 n , and from this, you know n = 3 .
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Let 3 3 3 3 . . … = x . Then x 3 = 3 3 3 3 3 . . … .
To simplify, we get x 3 = 3 x
Upon further simplification, we get:
x 2 = 3 or x = 3 .
Note that we couldn't possibly have a negative answer since we are working with only positive numbers. Also, in x 3 = 3 x can not result in x = 0 as 0 3 = 3 .