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( x 10 ) 2 + ( x 15 ) 2 + ( x 25 ) 2 = 0 \color{#3D99F6}{(x-10)^2+(x-15)^2+(x-25)^2=0}

How many distinct real values of x \color{#D61F06}{x} satisfy the above equation ?


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5 solutions

Aryan Gaikwad
May 9, 2015

After simplifying the equation, you get the following quadratic equation -

3 x 2 100 x + 950 = 0 3{ x }^{ 2 }-100x+950=0

Then apply the formula to figure out the number of real roots -

b 2 4 a c = 100 2 4 3 950 = 10000 11400 = 1400 \sqrt { { b }^{ 2 }-4ac } \\ =\sqrt { { 100 }^{ 2 }-4\cdot 3\cdot 950 } \\ =\sqrt { 10000-11400 } \\ =\sqrt { -1400 }

which clearly means that the equation has no real roots

Abhishek Sharma
May 9, 2015

Sum of non-negative numbers can be 0 0 only if all are simultaneously 0 0 , which isn't the case here.

Rohit Ner
May 9, 2015

The given equation can be written as ( x 10 ) 2 + ( x 15 ) 2 + ( 25 x ) 2 = 0 \color{#3D99F6}{(x-10)^2+(x-15)^2+(25-x)^2=0} which is of the form a 2 + b 2 + c 2 { a }^{ 2 }+b^{ 2 }+c^{ 2 } \therefore x 2 = 2 [ ( x 10 ) ( x 15 ) + ( x 15 ) ( 25 x ) + ( x 10 ) ( 25 x ) ] = 2 [ 50 x 475 x 2 ] 3 x 2 100 x + 950 = 0 { x }^{ 2 }=2\left[ (x-10)(x-15)+(x-15)(25-x)+(x-10)(25-x) \right] \\ \quad =2\left[ 50x-475-{ x }^{ 2 } \right] \\ 3{ x }^{ 2 }-100x+950=0

There exists no real solution for the above equation.

Since it's quadratic equation then the answer is always 0 or positive integer. But there are 3 quadratic equations while only one of them can be zero and the others are positive integer. So the sum of the 3 quadratic equations is impossible 0.

Deepak Kumar
May 9, 2015

We know x^2>=0 , so each term on LHS is non negative.Now their summation is 0=> each term on LHS=0 => possible values of x =10,15,25 .But cross verification rejects all these values (e.g at x=10 remaining two terms make LHS positive).Hence no real value of 'x' satisfies the given equation.

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