square in a square

Algebra Level 3

if x 2 x^2 = a , make your answer as a a


The answer is 6.

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3 solutions

Yang Cheng
Oct 28, 2014

2 + 3 = 3 + 2 3 + 1 2 = ( 3 + 1 ) 2 2 = 3 + 1 2 \sqrt {2+ \sqrt{3}} \\ = \sqrt{ \cfrac{3+2 \cdot \sqrt{3}+1}{2}} \\ = \cfrac{ \sqrt{ (\sqrt{3}+1)^2}}{\sqrt{2}} \\ = \cfrac{ \sqrt{3}+1}{\sqrt{2}}

Similarly, we have

2 3 = 3 1 2 \sqrt{2-\sqrt{3}} = \cfrac{\sqrt{3}-1}{\sqrt{2}}

Hence,

x = 3 + 1 2 + 3 1 2 x = 2 3 2 a = x 2 = 6 x=\cfrac{ \sqrt{3}+1}{\sqrt{2}}+ \cfrac{\sqrt{3}-1}{\sqrt{2}} \\ x= \cfrac{2 \cdot \sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{2}} \\ a=x^2= \boxed{6}

x = 2 + 3 + 2 3 x=\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}+\sqrt{2-\sqrt{3}} x 2 = ( 2 + 3 ) 2 + 2 ( 2 + 3 ) ( 2 3 ) + ( 2 3 ) 2 x^2=(\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}})^2+2(\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}})(\sqrt{2-\sqrt{3}})+(\sqrt{2-\sqrt{3}})^2 x 2 = 2 + 3 + 2 ( 4 3 ) + 2 3 x^2=2+\sqrt{3}+2(\sqrt{4-3})+2-\sqrt{3} x 2 = 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 x^2=2+2+2=\boxed{6}

Jaiveer Shekhawat
Oct 27, 2014

hey dude, you might wanted to ask x 2 x^{2} but you have put up the picture asking the value of x... so better change it!

now coming to the question, in this we have got to find x 2 x^{2} rather than x..

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okay thx for the feedback

math man - 6 years, 7 months ago

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