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[hide]Problem
Let , , and all exceed , and let be a positive number such that , , and . Find .
Solutions
Solution 1
The logarithmic notation doesn't tell us much, so we'll first convert everything to the equivalent exponential expressions.
, , and . If we now convert everything to a power of , it will be easy to isolate and .
, , and .
With some substitution, we get and .
Solution 2
First we'll convert everything to exponential form. , , and . The only expression with z is . It now becomes clear one way to find is to find what and are in terms of .
Taking the square root of the equation results in . Taking the root of equates to .
Going back to , we can substitute the and with and , respectively. We now have **. Simplify we get . So our answer is .
Solution 3
Applying the change of base formula, Therefore, .
Hence, .
Solution 4
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See Also
1983 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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