2022 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 16
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Suppose and are positive real numbers such that What is the greatest possible value of ?
Solution
Take the base-two logarithm of both equations to get Now taking the base-two logarithm of the first equation again yields It follows that the real numbers and satisfy and . Solving this system yields Thus the largest possible value of is .
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Solution 2
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Substitution into yields
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Solving for yields or , and we take the greater value .
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Solution 3
Let We have and .
Then, from eq 1, and substituting in to eq 2, Thus,
Solving for using the quadratic formula gets Since we are looking for which equals we put as our answer.
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