Not-so-amazing nested radicals

Algebra Level 3

7 7 2 7 3 7 4 = ? \large \sqrt{7\sqrt{7^2\sqrt{7^3\sqrt{7^4\cdots}}}} = \, ?


The answer is 49.000.

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1 solution

Manuel Kahayon
Jan 30, 2016

The expression above is equal to 7 1 2 7 2 4 7 3 8 7 4 16 7^{\frac{1}{2}}\cdot7^{\frac{2}{4}}\cdot7^{\frac{3}{8}}\cdot7^{\frac{4}{16}}\cdots

= 7 1 2 + 2 4 + 3 8 + 4 16 + 7^{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{4}+\frac{3}{8}+\frac{4}{16}+\cdots}

By the formula for arithmetic-geometric progression, the value of 1 2 + 2 4 + 3 8 + 4 16 + \frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{4}+\frac{3}{8}+\frac{4}{16}+\cdots is equal to 1 2 1 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 ( 1 1 2 ) 2 = 2 \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{2}}+\frac{\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{2}}{(1-\frac{1}{2})^2}=2

So, our product is equal to 7 2 = 49 7^2 = \boxed{49}

I have another solution.. Let y=√7√7²√7³√7⁴..... 7²×y=7²×√7√7²√7³√7⁴..... 7²×y=7×√7³√7²√7³√7⁴...

(by taking a 7 under the root) 7²×y=7×√7²√7⁴√7³√7⁴...

On Processing further as above we get

7²y=y²

y=49

RAMAN SAINI - 5 years, 4 months ago

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Nice solution! It sorta feels like "pushing" the extra 7 deeper inside the expression itself... How did you come to think of this solution...?

Manuel Kahayon - 5 years, 4 months ago

I also used the same kind of method 👍

Yatharth Chowdhury - 5 years, 4 months ago

Nice !! I did the same (+1) !!

Akshat Sharda - 5 years, 4 months ago

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