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Find the value of <math>16x_1+25x_2+36x_3+49x_4+64x_5+81x_6+100x_7^{}</math>. | Find the value of <math>16x_1+25x_2+36x_3+49x_4+64x_5+81x_6+100x_7^{}</math>. | ||
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Let us try to derive a way to find the last expression in terms of the three given expressions. The coefficients of <math>x_i</math> in the first equation can be denoted as <math>y^2</math>, making its coefficients in the second equation as <math>(y+1)^{2}</math> and the third as <math>(y+2)^2</math>. We need to find a way to sum them up to make <math>(y+3)^2</math>. | Let us try to derive a way to find the last expression in terms of the three given expressions. The coefficients of <math>x_i</math> in the first equation can be denoted as <math>y^2</math>, making its coefficients in the second equation as <math>(y+1)^{2}</math> and the third as <math>(y+2)^2</math>. We need to find a way to sum them up to make <math>(y+3)^2</math>. | ||
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− | Subtracting the second and third equations yields that <math>e = -3</math>, so <math>f = 3</math> and <math>d = 1</math>. Thus, we have to add <math>d \cdot 1 + e \cdot 12 + f \cdot 123 = 1 - 36 + 369 = 334</math>. | + | Subtracting the second and third equations yields that <math>e = -3</math>, so <math>f = 3</math> and <math>d = 1</math>. Thus, we have to add <math>d \cdot 1 + e \cdot 12 + f \cdot 123 = 1 - 36 + 369 = \boxed{334}</math>. |
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Notice that we may rewrite the equations in the more compact form: | Notice that we may rewrite the equations in the more compact form: | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{AIME box|year=1989|num-b=7|num-a=9}} | {{AIME box|year=1989|num-b=7|num-a=9}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:58, 25 November 2007
Problem
Assume that are real numbers such that
![$x_1+4x_2+9x_3+16x_4+25x_5+36x_6+49x_7=1^{}_{}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/1/8/818dab4381c68ad6ddc6950e9c6d22ba7ee9e7aa.png)
![$4x_1+9x_2+16x_3+25x_4+36x_5+49x_6+64x_7=12^{}_{}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/4/a/74a188f2fd92f4adb96ca93685391e9e5fcb0b3b.png)
![$9x_1+16x_2+25x_3+36x_4+49x_5+64x_6+81x_7=123^{}_{}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/c/f/2cf66ae792a08e91ace7eaafee395079e1d0231b.png)
Find the value of .
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Solution
Solution 1
Let us try to derive a way to find the last expression in terms of the three given expressions. The coefficients of in the first equation can be denoted as
, making its coefficients in the second equation as
and the third as
. We need to find a way to sum them up to make
.
Thus, we can write that . FOILing out all of the terms, we get
. We can set up the three equation system:
Subtracting the second and third equations yields that , so
and
. Thus, we have to add
.
Solution 2
Notice that we may rewrite the equations in the more compact form:
and
, where and
and
is what we're trying to find.
Now undergo a paradigm shift: consider the polynomial in (we are only treating the
as coefficients).
Notice that the degree of
must be
; it is a quadratic. We are given
as
and are asked to find
. Using the concept of finite differences (a prototype of differentiation) we find that the second differences of consecutive values is constant, so that by arithmetic operations we find
.
See also
1989 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 9 | |
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