Here The nested squareroot is raised infinitely many times. Solve for the value of x. Round off your answer to the nearest hundredths.
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Let u = x + x + ⋯ . Then we have that u u u ⋯ = 2 . This implies that 2 ln u = ln 2 or that is ln u = ln 2 . We have that u = 2 . So 2 = x + x + ⋯ . This means that 2 = x + x + x + ⋯ = x + 2 . Thus x = 2 − 2 = 0 . 5 9