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Revision as of 02:34, 10 February 2018
What is the greatest integer less than or equal to
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Solution
Solution 1
Let's set this value equal to . We can write
Multiplying by
on both sides, we get
Now let's take a look at the answer choices. We notice that
, choice
, can be written as
. Plugging this into out equation above, we get
The right side is larger than the left side because
This means that our original value,
, must be less than
. The only answer that is less than
is
so our answer is
.
~Nivek
Solution 2
Let and
. Then our fraction can be written as
.
Notice that
.
So ,
.
And our only answer choice less than 81 is
(RegularHexagon)
Solution 3
Let . Multiply both sides by
, and expand. Rearranging the terms, we get
. The left side is strictly decreasing, and it is negative when
. This means that the answer must be less than
; therefore the answer is
.
Solution 4
A faster solution. Recognize that for exponents of this size will be enormously greater than
, so the terms involving
will actually have very little effect on the quotient. Now we know the answer will be very close to
.
Notice that the terms being added on to the top and bottom are in the ratio with each other, so they must pull the ratio down from 81 very slightly. (In the same way that a new test score lower than your current cumulative grade always must pull that grade downward.) Answer:
.
Solution 5 (Using the answer choices)
We can compare the given value to each of our answer choices. We already know that it is greater than because otherwise there would have been a smaller answer, so we move onto
. We get:
Cross multiply to get:
Cancel out and divide by
to get
. We know that
, which means the expression is less than
so the answer is
.
Solution 6(logic)
Notice how can be rewritten as
. Note that
, so the greatest integer less than or equal to
is
or
~blitzkrieg21
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