2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 21
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Problem
Let be the sum of all positive real numbers
for which
Which of the following statements is true?
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Logarithmic Tricks)
~ pi_is_3.14
Solution (Rough Approximation)
Note that this solution is not recommended.
Upon pure observation, it is obvious that one solution to this equality is . From this, we can deduce that this equality has two solutions, since
grows faster than $x^(2^\sqrt{2})$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) (for greater values of
) and
is greater than $x^(2^\sqrt{2})$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) for
and less than $x^(2^\sqrt{2})$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) for
, where
is the second solution. Thus, the answer cannot be
or
. We then start plugging in numbers to roughly approximate the answer. When
, $x^(2^\sqrt{2})>\sqrt{2}^(2^x)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), thus the answer cannot be
. Then, when
, $x^(2^\sqrt{2})=4^(2^\sqrt{2})<64<\sqrt{2}^(2^x)=256$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg). Therefore,
, so the answer is
.
See Also
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