2016 AIME II Problems/Problem 3
Problem
Let and be real numbers satisfying the system Find the value of .
Solution
First, we get rid of logs by taking powers: , , and . Adding all the equations up and using the property, we have , so we have . Solving for by substituting for in each equation, we get , so adding all the absolute values we have .
Note: because we know has to be a power of , and so it is not hard to test values in the equation in order to achieve desired value for .
See also
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