Four square roots

Algebra Level 2

What is the value of x x ? x = 7 + 7 7 + 7 x x=\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7\ -\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-x } }}}


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Dwaipayan Shikari
Jan 29, 2021

x = 7 + 7 7 + 7 x x = 7 + 7 7 + 7 7 + x=\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-x}}}}\implies x=\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-\sqrt{7+\cdots}}}}} Now x = 7 + 7 x x 2 = 7 + 7 x ( x 2 7 ) 2 = 7 x x=\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-x}} \implies x^2= 7+\sqrt{7-x} \implies( x^2-7)^2=7-x x 4 14 x 2 + x + 42 = 0 ( x 3 ) ( x + 2 ) ( x 2 + x 7 ) = 0 \implies x^4-14x^2+x+42=0 \implies(x-3)(x+2)(x^2+x-7)=0 x = 2 x= -2 (Not possible) , x = 1 + 29 2 x=\dfrac{-1+\sqrt{29}}{2} (Not possible) 29 1 2 7 + 7 7 + 7 ( 29 1 2 ) \dfrac{\sqrt{29}-1}{2} ≠ \sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-\sqrt{7+\sqrt{7-(\dfrac{\sqrt{29}-1}{2})}}}}

Solution is x = 3 \color{#20A900}\boxed{x=3}

You should probably state that x has to be greater than sqrt(7), invalidating (-1+sqrt(29))/2

Razzi Masroor - 4 months, 1 week ago

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