2022 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 8
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The infinite product evaluates to a real number. What is that number?
Solution 1
We can write as . Similarly, .
By continuing this, we get the form which is Using the formula for an infinite geometric series , we get Thus, our answer is .
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Solution 2
We can write this infinite product as (we know from the answer choices that the product must converge): If we raise everything to the third power, we get: Since is positive (as it is an infinite product of positive numbers), it must be that
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Solution 3
Move the first term inside the second radical. We get Do this for the third radical as well: It is clear what the pattern is. Setting the answer as we have from which
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Solution 4
Set the product equal to P. We get Since this is an infinite product, there may exist a clever manipulation where we set two different espressions involving equal, from which we could solve for a number. Since all terms are raised to the power, we can cube both sides of our equation. We would get From this, we know that , and to this equation, the only solution is
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