2017 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5
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Problem 5
What is the value of the expression ?
Solution 1
Directly calculating:
We evaluate both the top and bottom: . This simplifies to .
Solution 2
It is well known that . Therefore, the denominator is equal to . Now we can cancel the factors of , , and from both the numerator and denominator, only leaving . This evaluates to .
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