Long Expression Equals a a

Algebra Level 3

( x 2 ) 2 x = x x \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^{2x}=x^{x}

If x x above is a positive integer, what is

( x 2 ) x 2 ( x ) x ( 2 x ) 2 x ( 2 x ) x = ? \frac{\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^{\frac{x}{2}}(x)^{x}(2x)^{2x}}{(2x)^{x}}=?


The answer is 4194304.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 24, 2018

( x 2 ) 2 x = x x Raise both sides to the power of 1 x ( x 2 ) 2 = x x 2 4 = x Divide both sides by x x 4 = 1 x = 4 \begin{aligned} \left(\frac x2\right)^{2x} & = x^x & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Raise both sides to the power of }\frac 1x \\ \left(\frac x2\right)^2 & = x \\ \frac {x^2}4 & = x & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Divide both sides by }x \\ \frac x4 & = 1 \\ \implies x & = 4 \end{aligned}

Then, ( x 2 ) x 2 ( x x ) ( 2 x ) 2 x ( 2 x ) x = ( x 2 ) x 2 ( x x ) ( 2 x ) x = ( 4 2 ) 4 2 ( 4 4 ) ( 8 4 ) = 2 2 + 8 + 12 = 4194304 \dfrac {\left(\frac x2\right)^\frac x2 (x^x) (2x)^{2x}}{(2x)^x} = \left(\dfrac x2\right)^\frac x2 (x^x) (2x)^x = \left(\dfrac 42\right)^\frac 42 (4^4) (8^4) = 2^{2+8+12} = \boxed{4194304}

Vilakshan Gupta
Mar 22, 2018

( x 2 ) 2 x = x x ( x 2 ) 2 = x (because x is a positive integer) \large \left( \dfrac{x}{2} \right)^{2x}=x^x \implies \left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right)^2=x ~~~~\color{#3D99F6}\small \text{(because x is a positive integer)} Therefore , x 2 4 = x x = 4 (since x is positive) \large \dfrac{x^2}{4}=x \implies x=4~~~~\color{#3D99F6}\small \text{(since x is positive)}

Hence ( 4 2 ) 4 2 × 4 4 × ( 2 × 4 ) 2 × 4 ( 2 × 4 ) 4 = a \large \dfrac{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)^{\frac{4}{2}} \times 4^4 \times (2\times 4)^{2\times 4}}{(2\times 4)^4}=a

Therefore a = 4 × 256 × 8 8 8 4 = 2 22 = 4194304 \large a=\dfrac{4 \times 256 \times 8^8}{8^4}=2^{22}=\boxed{4194304}

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