1984 AIME Problems/Problem 5
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Determine the value of if and .
Solution 1
Use the change of base formula to see that ; combine denominators to find that . Doing the same thing with the second equation yields that . This means that and that . If we multiply the two equations together, we get that , so taking the fourth root of that, .
Solution 2
We can simplify our expressions by changing everything to a common base and by pulling exponents out of the logarithms. The given equations then become and . Adding the equations and factoring, we get . Rearranging we see that . Again, we pull exponents out of our logarithms to get . This means that . The left-hand side can be interpreted as a base-2 logarithm, giving us .
Solution 3
This solution is very similar to the above two, but it utilizes the well-known fact that Thus, Similarly, Adding these two equations, we have .
Solution 4
We can change everything to a common base, like so: We set the value of to , and the value of to Now we have a system of linear equations: Now add the two equations together then simplify, we'll get . So ,
Solution 5
Add the two equations to get . This can be simplified with the log property . Using this, we get . Now let and . Converting to exponents, we get and . Sub in the to get . So now we have that and which gives , . This means so
Solution 6
Add the equations and use the facts that and to get Now use the change of base identity with base as 2: Which gives: Solving gives,
Solution 7
By properties of logarithms, we know that .
Using the fact that , we get .
Similarly, we know that .
From these two equations, we get and .
Multiply the two equations to get . Solving, we get that .
Solution 8
Adding both of the equations, we get Furthermore, we see that is times Substituting as we get so Therefore, we have so ~ math_comb01
Solution 9
Change all equations to base 64. We then get: and
Using the property
Then: and
Simplifying, we have: and
Substituting and solving, we get: and
Then:
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