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Algebra Level 3

If x 2 x + 1 = 0 x^2 - x + 1 = 0 , then what is the value of

x 3 + 1 x 3 ? x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3} ?

-1 0 1 -2 Does not exist / Undefined 2

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6 solutions

As it is clear that x 0 x \ne 0 , we can divide the given equation through by x x to find that

x 1 + 1 x = 0 x + 1 x = 1 x - 1 + \dfrac{1}{x} = 0 \Longrightarrow x + \dfrac{1}{x} = 1 .

We then have that ( x + 1 x ) 2 = 1 x 2 + 1 x 2 + 2 = 1 x 2 + 1 x 2 = 1 \left(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\right)^{2} = 1 \Longrightarrow x^{2} + \dfrac{1}{x^{2}} + 2 = 1 \Longrightarrow x^{2} + \dfrac{1}{x^{2}} = -1 .

So finally x 3 + 1 x 3 = ( x + 1 x ) ( x 2 + 1 x 2 ) ( x + 1 x ) = ( 1 × ( 1 ) ) 1 = 2 x^{3} + \dfrac{1}{x^{3}} = \left(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\right)\left(x^{2} + \dfrac{1}{x^{2}}\right) - \left(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\right) = (1 \times (-1)) - 1 = \boxed{-2} .

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Pranav Jayaprakasan UT - 4 years, 3 months ago

We can also do by directly taking the cube of x+1/x after dividing the whole equation by x.

sanyam goel - 4 years, 3 months ago
Ravneet Singh
Feb 22, 2017

x 2 x + 1 = 0 x^2 - x + 1 = 0

x 2 = x 1 \Longrightarrow x^2 = x-1

x 3 = x 2 x \Longrightarrow x^3 = x^2-x

x 3 = ( x 1 ) x \Longrightarrow x^3 = (x-1)-x

x 3 = 1 \Longrightarrow x^3 = -1

x 3 + 1 x 3 = 2 \Longrightarrow x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3} = -2

Same method:)

Dan Ley - 4 years, 2 months ago

The roots of the given equation are: x = 1 ± i 3 2 = e ± π i 3 x=\frac{1 \pm i \sqrt3} {2} = e^{\frac {\pm\pi i} {3}} . If you raise that to the power of 3, you get: ( e ± π i 3 ) 3 = e π = 1 (e^{\frac {\pm\pi i} {3}}) ^3 = e^{\pi} = - 1 . Inserting this in the question at hand gives: 1 + 1 1 = 2 -1 + \frac{1} {-1} =-2 .

My way was similar. Multiply by x + 1 x + 1 to get 0 = ( x 2 x + 1 ) ( x + 1 ) = x 3 + 1 0 = (x^2 - x + 1)( x+1) = x^3 + 1 . This avoids having to find the root.

The problem was motivated by knowing the roots of unity, and that x 2 x + 1 x^2 - x + 1 is the cyclotomic polynomial of n = 6 n = 6 (meaning that the roots of x 2 x + 1 = 0 x^ 2 - x + 1 = 0 are the primitive 6-th roots).

Chung Kevin - 4 years, 3 months ago

x 2 x + 1 = 0 ( x + 1 ) ( x 2 x + 1 ) = 0 ( x + 1 ) x^2 -x +1 = 0 \Rightarrow (x+1)(x^2 -x +1) = 0(x+1) . So, x 3 + 1 = 0 x 3 = 1 x^3 +1= 0 \Rightarrow x^3 = -1 . So, x 3 + 1 x 3 = 1 + 1 1 = 2 x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3} = -1+ \frac{1}{-1} = -2 .

Anirudh Sreekumar
Feb 25, 2017

x 2 x + 1 = 0 x^2-x+1=0

x 3 + 1 x + 1 = 0 \Rightarrow \dfrac{x^3+1}{x+1}=0

as x 1 x\neq-1 we have,

x 3 + 1 = 0 x^3+1=0 or x 3 = 1 x^3=-1

x 3 + 1 x 3 = 2 x^3+\dfrac{1}{x^3}=\boxed{-2}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 21, 2017

x 2 x + 1 = 0 Divide both sides by x x 1 + 1 x = 0 Rearrange x + 1 x = 1 Cube both sides ( x + 1 x ) 3 = 1 3 x 3 + 3 x + 3 x + 1 x 3 = 1 Rearrange x 3 + 1 x 3 = 1 3 ( x + 1 x ) Note that x + 1 x = 1 = 1 3 ( 1 ) = 2 \begin{aligned} x^2 - x + 1 & = 0 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Divide both sides by }x \\ x - 1 + \frac 1x & = 0 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Rearrange} \\ x + \frac 1x & = 1 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Cube both sides} \\ \left(x+\frac 1x \right)^3 & = 1^3 \\ x^3 + 3x + \frac 3x + \frac 1{x^3} & = 1 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Rearrange} \\ \implies x^3 + \frac 1{x^3} & = 1 - 3\left({\color{#3D99F6}x + \frac 1x} \right) & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Note that }x + \frac 1x = 1 \\ & = 1 - 3({\color{#3D99F6}1}) \\ & = \boxed{-2} \end{aligned}

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