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Revision as of 22:30, 23 November 2020
Contents
Problem
For all integers greater than
, define
. Let
and
. Then
equals
Solution
By the change of base formula, . Thus
Solution 2
Note that . Thus
. Also notice that if we have a log sum, we multiply, and if we have a log product, we divide. Using these properties, we get that the result is the following:
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See also
2002 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 21 |
Followed by Problem 23 |
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