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Alternatively, one could find that the values which work are <math>1^1,\ 2^2,\ 3^3,\ 4^4,\ \sqrt{5}^{\lfloor\sqrt{5}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{6}^{\lfloor\sqrt{6}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{7}^{\lfloor\sqrt{7}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{8}^{\lfloor\sqrt{8}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{28}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{28}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{29}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{29}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{30}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{30}\rfloor},\ ...,\ \sqrt[3]{63}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{63}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[4]{257}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{257}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[4]{258}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{258}\rfloor},\ ...,\ \sqrt[4]{624}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{624}\rfloor}</math> to get the same answer. | Alternatively, one could find that the values which work are <math>1^1,\ 2^2,\ 3^3,\ 4^4,\ \sqrt{5}^{\lfloor\sqrt{5}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{6}^{\lfloor\sqrt{6}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{7}^{\lfloor\sqrt{7}\rfloor},\ \sqrt{8}^{\lfloor\sqrt{8}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{28}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{28}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{29}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{29}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[3]{30}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{30}\rfloor},\ ...,\ \sqrt[3]{63}^{\lfloor\sqrt[3]{63}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[4]{257}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{257}\rfloor},\ \sqrt[4]{258}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{258}\rfloor},\ ...,\ \sqrt[4]{624}^{\lfloor\sqrt[4]{624}\rfloor}</math> to get the same answer. | ||
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+ | ==Video Solution== | ||
+ | Mostly the above solution explained on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xzjh6ae0MU&t=11s | ||
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+ | ~IceMatrix | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{AIME box|year=2009|n=I|num-b=5|num-a=7}} | {{AIME box|year=2009|n=I|num-b=5|num-a=7}} | ||
{{MAA Notice}} | {{MAA Notice}} |
Revision as of 22:05, 21 February 2020
Contents
Problem
How many positive integers less than
are there such that the equation
has a solution for
? (The notation
denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to
.)
Solution
First, must be less than
, since otherwise
would be at least
which is greater than
.
Because must be an integer, we can do some simple case work:
For ,
as long as
. This gives us
value of
.
For ,
can be anything between
to
excluding
Therefore, . However, we got
in case 1 so it got counted twice.
For ,
can be anything between
to
excluding
This gives us
's
For ,
can be anything between
to
excluding
This gives us
's
For ,
can be anything between
to
excluding
This gives us
's
Since must be less than
, we can stop here and the answer is
possible values for
.
Alternatively, one could find that the values which work are to get the same answer.
Video Solution
Mostly the above solution explained on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xzjh6ae0MU&t=11s
~IceMatrix
See also
2009 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 7 | |
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