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?
Solution (Rough Approximation)
Note that this solution is not recommended unless you're running out of time.
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
(for greater values of
) and
is greater than
for
and less than
for
, where
is the second solution. Thus, the answer cannot be
or
. We then start plugging in numbers to roughly approximate the answer. When
,
, thus the answer cannot be
. Then, when
,
. Therefore,
, so the answer is
. ~Baolan
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Logarithmic Tricks)
~ pi_is_3.14
See Also
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