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Revision as of 16:34, 8 February 2020
Problem
How many positive integers satisfy
(Recall that
is the greatest integer not exceeding
.)
Solution
First notice that the graphs of and
intersect at 2 points. Then, notice that
must be an integer. This means that n is congruent to
.
For the first intersection, testing the first few values of (adding
to
each time and noticing the left side increases by
each time) yields
and
.
For the second intersection, using binary search and/or estimating from the graph can narrow down the other cases, being ,
,
, and
. This results in a total of 6 cases, for an answer of
.
~DrJoyo
Solution 2 (Graphing)
One intuitive approach to the question is graphing. Obviously, you should know what the graph of the square root function is, and if any function is floored (meaning it is taken to the greatest integer less than a value), a stair-like figure should appear. The other function is simply a line with a slope of . If you precisely draw out the two regions of the graph where the derivative of the square function nears the derivative of the linear function, you can now deduce that
values of intersection lay closer to the left side of the stair, and
values lay closer to the right side of the stair.
With meticulous graphing, you can realize that the answer is .
A in-depth graph with intersection points is linked below. https://www.desmos.com/calculator/e5wk9adbuk
See Also
2020 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 23 |
Followed by Problem 25 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2020 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 20 |
Followed by Problem 22 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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