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Revision as of 01:27, 8 June 2020
Problem
The value of that satisfies can be written as , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
Let . Based on the equation, we get and . Expanding the second equation, we get . Substituting the first equation in, we get , so . Taking the 100th root, we get . Therefore, , so and the answer is . ~rayfish
Easiest Solution
Recall the identity (which is easily proven using exponents) Then this problem turns into Divide from both sides. And we are left with .Solving this simple equation we get ~mlgjeffdoge21
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/lPr4fYEoXi0 ~ CNCM
Video Solution 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QznvXcwHY?t=528
~IceMatrix
See Also
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