Infinite Fractions - 8

Algebra Level 3

2 + 2 + 2 + 2 2 + 2 2 + 2 + 2 2 + 2 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 2 + 2 2 + 2 + 2 2 + = x \frac { 2+\frac { 2+\frac { 2+\cdots }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\cdots } }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\frac { 2+\cdots }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\cdots } } }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\frac { 2+\frac { 2+\cdots }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\cdots } }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\frac { 2+\cdots }{ { 2 }^{ 2 }+\cdots } } } =x

Given that x x is positive, find x x .

Note : Round answer to 3 3 decimal places.


The answer is 0.562.

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1 solution

Annanya Gupta
Mar 1, 2016

Putting the value of x,

(2 + x)/(4 + x) = x

x^2 + 3x - 2 = 0

x = (-3+√17)/2 (Neglecting the negative value as x is positive)

x = .562

Finding the fixed point is the easy part, but how do you show convergence?

Otto Bretscher - 5 years, 3 months ago

Can u go further to show why u did what you did?

Alex Williams - 5 years, 3 months ago

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