Infinite Square Roots.

Algebra Level 1

Given that: 3 3 3 3 = 3 n \sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\dots}}}}}}}}=3^n then n = ? n=?


The answer is 1.

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6 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 13, 2018

Let x = 3 3 3 3 x=\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3 \cdots}}}} . Then

x = 3 x Squaring both sides. x 2 = 3 x Since x 0 x = 3 n = 1 \begin{aligned} x & = \sqrt{3x} & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Squaring both sides.} \\ x^2 & = 3x & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Since }x \ne 0 \\ \implies x & = 3 \\ \implies n & = \boxed 1 \end{aligned}

This is quite obvious if we consider the following:

3 3 3 3 = 3 3 3 2 = 3 3 2 = 3 2 = 3 \sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3 \cdots}}}} = \sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3^2}}} = \sqrt{3\sqrt{3^2}} = \sqrt{3^2} = 3

Hana Wehbi
Sep 13, 2018

Notice that n = 1 2 + 1 4 + 1 8 + = a 1 1 r n= \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{8}+\dots = \frac{a_1}{1-r} , where a 1 a_1 is the first term of an infinite geometric series and r r is its ratio; therefore the mentioned sum will be : n = n = 1 2 a n = 1 2 1 1 2 = 1. n=\sum_{n=\frac{1}{2}}^{\infty}a_n=\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{2}}=1.

Joël Ganesh
Sep 16, 2018

It is given that 3 3 3 3 = 3 n ( 1 ) \sqrt{3 \sqrt {3 \sqrt{3 \sqrt{ 3 \cdots }}}} = 3^n \: \: \:(1)

Squaring both sides gives us 3 3 3 3 = 3 2 n 3 \sqrt {3 \sqrt{3 \sqrt{ 3 \cdots }}} = 3^{2n} Dividing by 3 gives us 3 3 3 = 3 2 n 1 ( 2 ) \sqrt{3 \sqrt{ 3 \sqrt{ 3 \cdots }}} = 3^{2n-1} \: \: \: (2) We notice that (2) is exactly the same as (1). So it is legitimate to say 3 n = 3 2 n 1 n = 2 n 1 3^n = 3^{2n-1} \Leftrightarrow n = 2n-1 Thus, we can say that n = 1 n= \boxed{1} .

Gia Hoàng Phạm
Sep 14, 2018

3 3 3 3 = 3 n = 3 × 3 n 3 n + 1 = 3 2 n n + 1 = 2 n n = 1 \sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\dots}}}}}}}}=3^n=\sqrt{3 \times 3^n} \implies 3^{n+1}=3^{2n} \implies n+1=2n \implies n=\boxed{\large{1}}

Ram Mohith
Sep 13, 2018

3 3 3 3... = 3 n \sqrt{3{\color{#3D99F6}\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3 ...}}}}} = \color{#3D99F6}3^n

3 × 3 n = 3 n \implies \sqrt{3 \times {\color{#3D99F6}3^n}} = 3^n

3 × 3 n = ( 3 n ) 2 \implies 3 \times 3^n = (3^n)^2

3 n = 3 1 3^n = 3^1

n = 1 \boxed{n = 1}

Thank you, nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 2 years, 9 months ago

Let x = 3 3 3 3 x=\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\dots}}}}}}}}

Then we can replace the part right after the first '3' with x:

x = 3 x x=\sqrt{3{x}}

And since stated in the problem that x = 3 n x=3^n

3 n = 3 3 n 3^n=\sqrt{3\cdot3^n}

Simplify the right hand side:

3 n = 3 n + 1 3^n=\sqrt{3^{n+1}}

Since n = n 1 2 \sqrt{n}=n^\frac{1}{2} ,

3 n = 3 n + 1 2 3^n=3^\frac{n+1}{2}

Get rid of the base (use log \log

n = n + 1 2 n=\frac{n+1}{2}

Multiply both sides by 2

2 n = n + 1 2n=n+1

And the last step would be to subtract n n from both sides.

n = 1 n=1

Therefore, 3 3 3 3 = 3 \sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3{\dots}}}}}}}}=3

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