Given that x = 1 9 − 8 3 , find the value of
x 2 − 8 x + 3 2 x 4 − 6 x 3 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 1 2 8 6 .
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Thanks, cool solution!
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hEY how would you solve this using V.P theoerem ? :P
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If you have one hour free, plug the value of x . The question is similar to "Find x + 1 , if x = 2 ", just a bit lengthier..
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@Satvik Golechha – -_- Please...even IMMa interested!!
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Completing square, we want to evaluate the expression at x = 4 − 3 . We first show that 4 − 3 is a root of the quartic f ( x ) = x 4 − 6 x 3 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 1 3 . Indeed, applying Rational Root Theorem suggestions twice enables us to find a root − 1 of multiplicity 2 (since 1 3 is a prime, we have few cases to check). Now factorizing gives f ( x ) = x 4 − 6 x 3 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 1 3 = ( x + 1 ) 2 ( x 2 − 8 x + 1 3 ) . Bashing the quadratic, call it g ( x ) , we see that x = 4 − 3 is indeed a root of g and f . Now since x 2 − 8 x + 3 2 x 4 − 6 x 3 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 1 2 8 6 = g ( x ) + 1 9 f ( x ) + 1 2 7 3 and at x = 4 − 3 we have f ( x ) = g ( x ) = 0 , we finally get g ( x ) + 1 9 f ( x ) + 1 2 7 3 = 1 9 1 2 7 3 = 6 7