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For all positive integers n n , 2 n + n 2 \left\lfloor \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } \right\rfloor is equal to which of the following choices?

1 2 n \frac { 1 }{ 2 } n 2 n 2n n n It's impossible to tell

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Mohammad Hamdar
Feb 19, 2017

Trying some values of n n , it's obvious that 2 n + n 2 = n \left\lfloor \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } \right\rfloor =n , so let's try to prove that. We know that for any real x x , x = n n x < n + 1 \left\lfloor x \right\rfloor =n \Leftrightarrow n\le x<n+1 . Let's show that n 2 n + n 2 < n + 1 n\le \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } <n+1 . Indeed, since the radical function . \sqrt { . } is strictly increasing for positive reals and 0 n 2 n 2 + 2 n < n 2 + 2 n + 1 = ( n + 1 ) 2 0\le { n }^{ 2 }\le { n }^{ 2 }+2n<{ n }^{ 2 }+2n+1={ \left( n+1 \right) }^{ 2 } , then n 2 2 n + n 2 < ( n + 1 ) 2 \sqrt { { n }^{ 2 } } \le \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } <\sqrt { { \left( n+1 \right) }^{ 2 } } i.e., n 2 n + n 2 < n + 1 n\le \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } <n+1 . Hence 2 n + n 2 = n \left\lfloor \sqrt { 2n+{ n }^{ 2 } } \right\rfloor =n .

Nice explanation.

Peter van der Linden - 4 years, 3 months ago

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