Will you square? Part 5

Algebra Level 2

If given that 4 9 3 3 3 + 1 = 27 x + 1 , \large \frac { 4 }{ \sqrt [ 3 ]{ 9 } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } +1 } ={ 27 }^{ x }+1 \ ,

find the value of 81 x 81x .


The answer is 9.

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3 solutions

Note first that 4 = 3 + 1 = ( 3 1 3 ) 3 + 1 = ( 3 1 3 + 1 ) ( 3 2 3 3 1 3 + 1 ) , \large 4 = 3 + 1 = (3^{\frac{1}{3}})^{3} + 1 = (3^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1)(3^{\frac{2}{3}} - 3^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1),

where the identity a 3 + b 3 = ( a + b ) ( a 2 a b + b 2 ) a^{3} + b^{3} = (a + b)(a^{2} - ab + b^{2}) has been used. Then

4 9 3 3 3 + 1 = 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 + 1 = 3 1 3 + 1 = ( 2 7 1 3 ) 1 3 + 1 = 2 7 1 9 + 1. \large \dfrac{4}{\sqrt[3]{9} - \sqrt[3]{3} + 1} = \dfrac{4}{3^{\frac{2}{3}} - 3^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1} = 3^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1 = (27^{\frac{1}{3}})^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1 = 27^{\frac{1}{9}} + 1.

Thus x = 1 9 , \large x = \dfrac{1}{9}, and so 81 x = 9 . \large 81x = \boxed{9}.

nice good solution

abhishek alva - 4 years, 9 months ago

how did u think of this

abhishek alva - 4 years, 8 months ago

How would you see this kind of thing? What is the thing that I need to make it click? It seems so not straight forward.

Pieter Breughel - 4 years, 8 months ago

It would be nice if somebody on brilliant uploaded JEE and KVPY sets (chapterwise chemistry included). Would be highly helpful to many students. By the way nice reasoning sir.

Swapnil Vatsal - 4 years, 1 month ago

DID THE EXACT SAME XOXO

Shishir Shahi - 3 years, 11 months ago

That's exactly what I did...

Ayush Agarwal - 5 years, 7 months ago
Andrei Ionițoi
Apr 12, 2017

Substract 1 from both sides, and get: 3 3 x = 4 3 2 3 + 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 + 1 = 3 3 3 3 2 3 + 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 + 1 = 3 3 ( 3 2 3 3 3 + 1 ) 3 2 3 3 3 + 1 = 3 3 = 3 1 3 { 3 }^{ 3x }=\frac { 4-\sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } +\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } -1 }{ \sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } +1 } =\frac { \sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 3 } } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } +\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } }{ \sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } +1 } =\frac { \sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } \left( \sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } +1 \right) }{ \sqrt [ 3 ]{ { 3 }^{ 2 } } -\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } +1 } =\sqrt [ 3 ]{ 3 } = { 3 }^{ \frac { 1 }{ 3 } }

So 3x = 1 3 \frac{1}{3} , and if we multiply by 27, we get 81x = 9

The simplest solution: You should have had the higher vote. I upvoted for you.

suzan khach - 3 years, 9 months ago
Betty BellaItalia
Jun 16, 2017

Gorgeous !

Randy Marsh - 3 years, 9 months ago

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Thank you very much!

Betty BellaItalia - 3 years, 8 months ago

There is one mistake in the last line. It would be: 81x=9

Betty BellaItalia - 3 years, 8 months ago

Again, the Factoring Method eludes me. . .Excel gives me the solution:

27^x-1=4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3) 27^x = 4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+1 x*Ln(27)= LN(4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+1) x= LN(4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+1)/LN(27)

        x=  0,111111111
        81x=    9

Conrad Winkelman

Conrad Winkelman - 2 years, 5 months ago

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This should be: 27^x-1...... 4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+1=27^x.......
x*Ln(27) =LN(4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+1)...... x= LN(4/(3^(2/3)-3^(1/3)+)/LN(27) .......

x= 0,111111111 81x= 9

Conrad Winkelman - 2 years, 5 months ago

See above!

Conrad Winkelman - 2 years, 5 months ago

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