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<math>x=\frac{81+3\sqrt{521}}{2}</math>, <math>x=\frac{81-3\sqrt{521}}{2}</math> | <math>x=\frac{81+3\sqrt{521}}{2}</math>, <math>x=\frac{81-3\sqrt{521}}{2}</math> | ||
− | Since the question asks for <math>\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}</math> (remember one of the values was the solution <math>x=0</math> that we divided out in the beginning), we find: | + | Since the question asks for <math>\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}</math> (remember one of the values was the solution <math>x=0</math> that we divided out in the beginning), we find: |
<math>\sqrt{\left(\frac{81+3\sqrt{521}}{2}\right)^2+\left(\frac{81-3\sqrt{521}}{2}\right)^2}</math> | <math>\sqrt{\left(\frac{81+3\sqrt{521}}{2}\right)^2+\left(\frac{81-3\sqrt{521}}{2}\right)^2}</math> | ||
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<math>=\sqrt{\frac{11250}{2}}</math> | <math>=\sqrt{\frac{11250}{2}}</math> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:49, 5 February 2022
Problem
Positive numbers ,
, and
satisfy
and
. Find
.
Solution
Using the properties of logarithms, by taking the log base 10 of both sides, and
by using the fact that
.
Through further simplification, we find that . It can be seen that there is enough information to use the formula
, as we have both
and
, and we want to find
.
After plugging in the values into the equation, we find that is equal to
.
However, we want to find , so we take the square root of
, or
.
Solution 2
Let ,
and
.
We have and
. Since these two equations look a lot like Vieta's for a cubic, create the polynomial
(leave the constant term as
to make things easy). Dividing by
yields
.
Now we use the quadratic formula:
,
Since the question asks for (remember one of the values was the solution
that we divided out in the beginning), we find:
~bad_at_mathcounts
Video solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6czB_A_Js&t
See also
2010 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 6 | |
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