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Algebra Level 2

If x = 3 + 2 2 x = 3 + 2\sqrt 2 , what is the value of x 4 + 1 x 4 x^4 + \dfrac 1{x^4} ?


The answer is 1154.

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1 solution

Md Zuhair
May 13, 2017

Here we have

x = 3 + 2 2 x = 3+2 \sqrt{2}

1 x = 3 2 2 \implies \dfrac{1}{x} = 3 -2 \sqrt{2}

Adding Both

x + 1 x = 6 \implies x+ \dfrac{1}{x} = 6

( x + 1 x ) 2 = 36 \implies (x+\dfrac{1}{x})^2= 36

( x 2 + 1 x 2 + 2 ) = 36 \implies (x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} + 2) = 36

( x 2 + 1 x 2 ) = 34 \implies (x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2})= 34

( x 2 + 1 x 2 ) 2 = 3 4 2 \implies (x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} )^2 =34^2

( x 4 + 1 x 4 + 2 ) = 3 4 2 \implies (x^4 + \dfrac{1}{x^4} +2) =34^2

( x 4 + 1 x 4 ) = 1156 2 = 1154 \implies (x^4 + \dfrac{1}{x^4}) =1156-2 = \boxed{1154}

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