Infinite Square Root

Algebra Level 2

Solve the value of X

0.618 0 1 0.816

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2 solutions

Joram Otero
Jun 30, 2014

You just square both sides and you get

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . = X 2 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-... } } } } } } } =\quad { X }^{ 2 }

then you can substitute the value of 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . \sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-\sqrt { 1-... } } } } } } } with X X since they are equal

your equation right now will become 1 X = X 2 1-X={ X }^{ 2 } , by this equation you can get the value of the X X and that would be 0.618 0.618

(approximately 0.618) X = 5 1 2 X=\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}

Bernardo Sulzbach - 6 years, 11 months ago

1 can be replaced by any real number N. Solution will always be the solution of ~~~~ X 2 + X N = 0 X^{2} + X - N = 0

Niranjan Khanderia - 6 years, 11 months ago
Saurabh Mallik
Oct 9, 2014

To solve this question, we will take an assumption.

Let: x = 1 1 1 . . . . . . x=\sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-......}}}

x = 1 x x=\sqrt{1-x}

Squaring both sides, we get:

x 2 = 1 x x^{2}=1-x

x 2 + x 1 = 0 x^{2}+x-1=0

Using quadratic equation:

= b + b 2 4 a c 2 a =\frac{-b+-\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}

= 1 + 1 2 4 × 1 × ( 1 ) 2 × 1 =\frac{-1+-\sqrt{1^{2}-4\times1\times(-1)}}{2\times1}

= 1 + 1 + 4 2 =\frac{-1+-\sqrt{1+4}}{2}

= 1 + 5 2 =\frac{-1+-\sqrt{5}}{2}

x = 1 + 5 2 , 1 5 2 x=\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{2},\frac{-1-\sqrt{5}}{2}

x = 0.618 , 1.618 x=0.618,-1.618 (Both values are approx.)

Since, x x is not taken as negative.

Thus, the answer is: x = 0.618 x=\boxed{0.618}

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