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Algebra Level 1

Find all real solutions of:

5 x + 7 x = 1 2 x 5^x+7^x=12^x

Write your answer as the sum of all posible values


The answer is 1.

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2 solutions

Paola Ramírez
Apr 19, 2016

The given equation is similar to: ( 5 12 ) x + ( 7 12 ) x = 1 \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{x}+\left(\frac{7}{12}\right)^{x}=1

x = 1 x=1 is a solution of the equation

5 12 + 7 12 = 1 \frac{5}{12}+\frac{7}{12}=1

Then, for any real number x > 1 x>1 : ( 5 12 ) x < 5 12 \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{x}<\frac{5}{12} and ( 5 12 ) x < 7 12 \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{x}<\frac{7}{12} ,

( 5 12 ) x + ( 5 12 ) x < 5 12 + 7 12 = 1 \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{x}+\left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{x}<\frac{5}{12}+\frac{7}{12}=1

Therefore, it does not exist a x > 1 x>1 as solution. The same way, it is demonstrated that does not exist solutions for x < 1 x<1 .

Only solution x = 1 \boxed{x=1}

Nice problem! +1

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 1 month ago

And x = 0 ???

Wasiim Kausmally - 4 years, 9 months ago
Deepak Kumar
Apr 19, 2016

By observation x=1 is a solution.Now to prove that it is the only solution,divide both sides by RHS and we can see an entirely decreasing function is obtained.Thus x=1 is the only real solution

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