For which values of x would give an integer answer in x + x + x + x + x + x + x . . .
Enter your answer as the sum of all the possible values of x between 0 and 200 inclusive divided by the number of possible values of x from 0 to 200 inclusive.
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How about x=0
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Yes, I counted x = 0 , so that there are 14 values of x .
Did you realise that all the solutions are pronic numbers (a number which is the product of two consecutive integers) ?
I tried to use the theory that the constant of y is -1 which means the sum of the quadratic equation is 1(consecutive integers) then back to the equation to find out the equation of x²-x is it ok step by step? Im just 17 i need to know more about mathematic.
I'm not sure why you did the bit after y 2 − y − x = 0 . If y is an integer, x = ( y − 1 ) y or n ( n + 1 ) for n = y − 1 .
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No y is not just an integer. It has infinitely many real values. For 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 0 0 , y already takes on 14 integer values of 0 to 13.
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Yes... but when y = n an integer, x = ( n − 1 ) n follows directly, for n = 1 , . . . , 1 4
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Let y = x + x + x + x + ⋯ . Then we have
y 2 y 2 ⟹ x = x + x + x + x + x + ⋯ = x + y = y 2 − y = y ( y − 1 )
Since 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 0 0 , we have 0 ≤ y ( y − 1 ) ≤ 2 0 0 . Note that y ≥ 0 and the possible integer y is given by 0 ≤ y ≤ ⌊ 2 0 0 ⌋ = 1 4 . Since y = 0 and y = 1 both produce x = 0 , there are only 14 possible integer values of x ∈ [ 0 , 2 0 0 ] for integer y ∈ [ 1 , 1 4 ] .
Then the sum of integer x ∈ [ 0 . 2 0 0 ] is S = y = 1 ∑ 1 4 y ( y − 1 ) = y = 1 ∑ 1 4 ( y 2 − y ) = 6 1 4 ( 1 5 ) ( 2 9 ) − 2 1 4 ( 1 5 ) = 9 1 0 and divided by the number of values of x , 1 4 9 1 0 = 6 5 .