Never-ending logarithmic series

Algebra Level 2

log 2 x + log 2 ( x ) + log 2 ( x ) + log 2 ( x ) + = 4 \log_2x+\log_2\left( \sqrt{x} \right) +\log_2\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{x}}\right)+\log_2\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{x}}}\right)+ \ldots =4

What is the positive value of x x that satisfies the equation above?


The answer is 4.

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Assuming that there should also be the term log 2 ( x ) \log_{2}(\sqrt{x}) after log 2 ( x ) \log_{2}(x) then the equation becomes

log 2 ( x ) + log 2 ( x 1 2 ) + log 2 ( x 1 4 ) + log 2 ( x 1 8 ) + . . . . . . = 4 \log_{2}(x) + \log_{2}(x^{\frac{1}{2}}) + \log_{2}(x^{\frac{1}{4}}) + \log_{2}(x^{\frac{1}{8}}) + ...... = 4

( 1 + 1 2 + 1 4 + 1 8 + . . . . . . . ) log 2 ( x ) = 4 \Longrightarrow (1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{8} + ....... )*\log_{2}(x) = 4

2 log 2 ( x ) = 4 log 2 ( x ) = 2 x = 2 2 = 4 \Longrightarrow 2*\log_{2}(x) = 4 \Longrightarrow \log_{2}(x) = 2 \Longrightarrow x = 2^{2} = \boxed{4} .

@Sandeep Bhardwaj Nice question, but I think you have omitted a term in the equation; please see my note above.

thank you sir. You're right. One term has been left by mistake. I am making it done. Nice solution.. @brian charlesworth

Sandeep Bhardwaj - 6 years, 6 months ago

Jack Barker
Dec 3, 2014

Following logarithmic laws: Log(x)^k = klog(x) .You are using a square root on each term which. This means that each term goes up to the power of a half from the last one so log2(x) + log2(x)^1/2 ....=4 so using the sum to infinity equation: Sn= a(1-r^n)/ 1-r where a = the first term (log2(x)) and r= 1/2 then it becomes 2= log2(x) and then 2^2 =x which is 4!

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