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Algebra Level 2

Find the value of,

log 1 2 2 + 2 + 2 + 2... \huge{\log_\frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2...}}}}}

-1 1 1/2 2

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1 solution

Isaiah Simeone
Sep 27, 2014

x = 2 + 2 + 2 + 2..... x=\sqrt { 2+\sqrt { 2+\sqrt { 2+\sqrt { 2..... } } } }

x = 2 + x x=\sqrt { 2+x }

x 2 = 2 + x { x }^{ 2 }=2+x

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

( x 2 ) ( x + 1 ) = 0 (x-2)(x+1)=0

x = 2 x=2 or x = 1 x=-1

The value of x x cannot be negative (because of the definition of the square root function), so the solution is 2.

log 1 2 2 \log _{ \frac { 1 }{ 2 } }{ 2 }

1 2 x = 2 { \frac { 1 }{ 2 } }^{ x }=2

answer = 1 -1

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