2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 19
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What is the product of all solutions to the equation
Solution 1
For , transform it into
. Replace
with
. Because we want to find the product of all solutions of
, it is equivalent to finding the exponential of the sum of all solutions of
. Change the equation to standard quadratic equation form, the term with 1 power of
is canceled. By using Vieta, we see that since there does not exist a
term,
and
.
~plasta
Solution 2 (Same idea as Solution 1 with easily understand steps)
Rearranging it give us:
let be
, we get
by Vieta's Formulas,
~lptoggled
Solution 3
Similar to solution 1, change the bases first
Cancel and cross multiply to get
Simplify to get
The sum of all possible
is 0, thus the product of all solutions of
is
~dwarf_marshmallow
Solution 4
We take the reciprocal of both sides:
Using logarithm properties, we have
Simplify to obtain
from which we have
~MLiang2018
Solution 5(Similar to solution 4)
First, we take the reciprocal of both sides. We get
Flip the logarithms to get
Now we can use . We get
The
and
terms cancel, giving
so now we are sure that
, so the only solution is
.
~Yrock
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