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Given this string of radicals, what is its equivalent value in integers?
Hint: The given can be considered equal to "x".
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How type your solutions in that font? Nice solution by the way, very easy to read, to follow and understand :-)
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Use LaTeX to write the math parts in such font. See the formatting guide for more details regarding the syntax for the math symbols and remember to put all the math parts within \ ( and \ ) like this ----->
\ ( . . . . . . . \ )
x=string ----------------(1) x^2=5string from (1) x^2=5x x=5
Let's call the given the "[string]" because typing the given is extremely time consuming and it'll be more confusing if I typed it.Trust me.
Since "[string] = x", we can substitute the "[string]" on the left side of the equation with "x". That leaves us with:
The answer is 5
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Given problem is : 5 5 5 . . . . .
Let this be considered as x . So ------>
5 5 5 . . . . . = x
On squaring both sides -----
⟹ 5 × 5 5 5 . . . . . = x 2
⟹ 5 x = x 2 [substituting original equation here]
⟹ x 2 − 5 x = 0
⟹ x ( x − 5 ) = 0
⟹ x = 0 or x − 5 = 0 ⟹ x = 5
Now, we can clearly see that x should be more than 0 , i.e., x > 0 .
So, the required possible value of x = 5