Property of Infinites

Algebra Level 1

Calculate 90 + 90 + 90 + 90... \sqrt { 90+\sqrt { 90+\sqrt { 90+\sqrt { 90... } } } } without a calculator.


The answer is 10.

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8 solutions

William Lockhart
Nov 2, 2014

x = 90 + 90 + 90 + . . . x=\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+...}}}

x 2 = 90 + 90 + 90 + 90 + . . . \Rightarrow x^{2}=90+\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+...}}}

x 2 = 90 + x \Rightarrow x^{2}=90+x

x 2 x 90 = 0 \Rightarrow x^{2}-x-90=0

( x + 9 ) ( x 10 ) = 0 \Rightarrow (x+9)(x-10)=0

x = 9 , 10 x=-9,10

Since the problem was expressed is positive terms...

x = 10 \boxed{x=10}

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Anandkishore Sonu - 6 years, 7 months ago

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sharu hasan - 6 years, 7 months ago
Ossama Ismail
Nov 2, 2014

x = 90 + 90 + 90 + . . . . . . . . . . . squaring both sides x 2 = 90 + 90 + 90 + = 90 + x \begin{aligned} x &= \sqrt{ 90 + \sqrt{90 + \sqrt{90 + ...........}}} \\ \text {squaring both sides} \\ x^2 &= 90 + \sqrt{90 + \sqrt {90 + \cdots }} = 90 + x \\ \end{aligned}

x 2 x 90 = 0 ( x 10 ) ( x + 9 ) = 0 x = 10 x^2 - x - 90 =0 \\ (x -10)(x+9) = 0 \\ x = 10 \\

we know , 90 = 10*9, so ..in this case..we can use a formula..that is , whenever the series is plus sign then the answer will be..two term between 10,9 ...the answer will be always major term ...i.e 10..& whenever the series are in negative sign then the answer will be minor term between two term...i.e 9..

Satrujit Chakraborty - 6 years, 7 months ago
Pranay Kumar
Nov 2, 2014

x = (√90+(√90+(√90...)))

x^2 = 90+(√90+(√90+(√90...)))

So x^2 = 90 + x

=> x^2 - x - 90 = 0

=> x=-9 or x=10

We take x = 10 since the square root must be positive.

so x = 10

x=sqrt{90+x} hence solve

Let x = 90 + 90 + 90 + x=\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+\sqrt{90+\dotsm}}} x = 90 + x x=\sqrt{90+x} x 2 = 90 + x x^2=90+x x 2 x 90 = 0 x^2-x-90=0 x = 10 o r x = 9 x=10 or x=-9 as the infinite nested radical is positive so we discard the negative root and so x = 10 x=10

Abhishek Sharma
Nov 3, 2014

Let the given term be 'I' Then I=√(90+I) bcoz its an infinte series Then square both sides and solve the quadratic so formed

Infinite series does not imply that the substitution is valid.

Joel Tan - 6 years, 6 months ago
Aadi Naik
Nov 2, 2014

We square both sides. Since √(90+√(90+√(90+√(90+...)))) is till infinity, we basically have x²=90+x solving which we get x=-9 or 10. Since we have the √ sign, we consider the positive answer. -9 would have also been correct if the question was x=(90+(90+(90+...)^½)^½)^½

Ishan Mishra
Nov 2, 2014

Let x=√(90+√(90+ ...))

Therefore, we can say that x=√(90+x) (Since the expression keeps going on)

Square both sides

x^2=90 + x

x^2 - x - 90 = 0

(x-10)(x+9)= 0

If the product of two terms is 0, at least one of the terms must be zero. Therefore either x-10=0, meaning x=10 or x+9=0, meaning x= -9

However the √ symbol means we will only consider the positive radical, so x ≥ 0.

Clearly, out of our two solutions, x= 10 is the only solution that fits the requirement. Therefore, the value of the expression is 10.

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