2024 AIME II Problems/Problem 4
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Let and be positive real numbers that satisfy the following system of equations: Then the value of is where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
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Solution 0
First, let’s realize the rule that . If we add two equations at a time, and use this rule, we get:
Now we look into the rule
We can convert the equations above and setting them variables to:
Then, using the first rule Make sure you see why there is ! We are trying to get the absolute value equation.
We are still missing one y in our
How do we get this? We introduce yet another rule(I know, rules are annoying, but useful and easy to memorize once you derive them yourself),
Using this in our equation b = , we get:
Which gives:
Now, using the first rule again, we combine this with to get our desired equation! We yield:
=
Then, we feel sad because we don’t know what is. But then we realize, 2 to the power of 0 is 1! So we can just cancel out everything before the .
Therefore, is . After absolute value, it is just . Summing m and n, we obtain
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Solution 1
Denote , , and .
Then, we have:
Now, we can solve to get . Plugging these values in, we obtain . ~akliu
Solution 2
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Solution 3
Adding all three equations, . Subtracting this from every equation, we have: Our desired quantity is the absolute value of , so our answer is . ~Spoirvfimidf
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