Getting back to 1947

Algebra Level 5

If n = 0 1947 1 2 n + 2 1947 = A 2 2 B \sum_{n=0}^{1947}{\frac{1}{2^n + \sqrt{2^{1947}}}} = \frac{A\sqrt{2}}{2^B}

where A A is an odd integer and B B is a positive integer.
What is the value of A + B A + B ?


The answer is 1460.

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2 solutions

Karthik Sharma
Nov 17, 2014

Taking first and last terms,

1 1 + 2 1947 + 1 2 1947 + 2 1947 \frac { 1 }{ 1+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } +\frac { 1 }{ { 2 }^{ 1947 }+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } }

= 1 1 + 2 1947 + 1 1 + 2 1947 ( 1 2 1947 ) =\frac { 1 }{ 1+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } +\frac { 1 }{ 1+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \left( \frac { 1 }{ { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \right)

= ( 1 + 1 2 1947 ) ( 1 1 + 2 1947 ) =\left( 1+\frac { 1 }{ { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \right) \left( \frac { 1 }{ 1+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \right)

= ( 2 1947 + 1 2 1947 ) ( 1 1 + 2 1947 ) =\left( \frac { { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } }+1 }{ { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \right) \left( \frac { 1 }{ 1+{ 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } } \right)

= 1 2 1947 =\frac { 1 }{ { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } }

Similarly pairing remaining terms (Note that there is no term without a pair), we get,

n = 0 1947 1 2 n + 2 1947 \sum _{ n=0 }^{ 1947 }{ \frac { 1 }{ { 2 }^{ n }+\sqrt { { 2 }^{ 1947 } } } }

= 974 2 1947 \frac { 974 }{ { 2 }^{ \sqrt { 1947 } } }

= 487 2 2 973 \frac { 487 \sqrt{2}}{ { 2 }^{ { 973 } } }

Hence, A + B = 1460 A + B = 1460 .

Excellent!

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 6 months ago

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Hey but what if we write it as 487 2 2 2 972 \frac{487 \sqrt{2}}{2\cdot 2^{972}} .

Answer would be 1461 @Agnishom Chattopadhyay

Gautam Sharma - 6 years, 2 months ago

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It wrong I lost many points since I solved it and got :

S = 1948 2 2 × 2 974 S = \dfrac { 1948\sqrt { 2 } }{ 2\times { 2 }^{ 974 } }

Please do something about it, I lost points because of that I entered answer as= 2897 2897

@Agnishom Chattopadhyay

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Ronak Agarwal Thanks. I have rephrased this problem for clarity. Those who previously answered 2897 have been marked correct. Unfortunately, because your attempt was from too far back, I am unable to update it.

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Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Calvin Lin But I lost 30 points because of that my ratings gone from 2770 to 2740

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 2 months ago

Thanks. I have updated the question to remove ambiguity. Those who answered 1461 have been marked correct.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 2 months ago

Nice Solution, Though you didn't explain why the remaining terms also add up to the same.

Satvik Golechha - 6 years, 5 months ago

Check out this

You want this:

n = 0 1947 1 2 n + 2 1947 = 974 2 2 × 2 973 \sum _{n=0}^{1947} \frac{1}{2^n+\sqrt{2^{1947}}}=\frac{974 \sqrt{2}}{2\times\ 2^{973}}

Edited for clarity.

Krishna Ar - 6 years, 6 months ago

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Oh, thank you

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 6 months ago

why not one of the 2 in 2^973 be cancelled out with 2 in 974 the answer would be 1461 also

Dhananjay Singh - 6 years, 4 months ago

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Thanks. Those who answered 1461 have been marked correct.

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Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 2 months ago

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