1984 AHSME Problems/Problem 5
Problem 5
The largest integer for which is
Solution
Since both sides are positive, we can take the root of both sides to find the largest integer such that . Fortunately, this is simple to evaluate: , and the largest square less than is , so the largest is .
See Also
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