2002 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24
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[hide]Problem
Find the number of ordered pairs of real numbers such that
.
Solution 1
Let be the magnitude of
. Then the magnitude of
is
, while the magnitude of
is
. We get that
, hence either
or
.
For we get a single solution
.
Let's now assume that . Multiply both sides by
. The left hand side becomes
, the right hand side becomes
. Hence the solutions for this case are precisely all the
rd complex roots of unity, and there are
of those.
The total number of solutions is therefore .
Solution 2
As in the other solution, split the problem into when and when
. When
and
,
so we must have and hence
. Since
is restricted to
,
can range from
to
inclusive, which is
values. Thus the total is
.
Solution 3
Notice that r=0 or r=1 for this to be true. We know this because we are taking magnitude to the 2003rd power, and if the magnitude of a+bi is larger than 1, it will increase and if it is smaller than 1 it will decrease. However, the magnitude on the RHS is still r, so this is not possible. Again, only r=0 and r=1 satisfy.
Now if r=0, we must have (0,0) for (a,b). No exceptions.
However if r=1, we then have:
. This has solution of
. This would represent the number 1+0i, with conjugate 1-0i. This works because the magnitude is the same and the angle is nothing anyways. We multiply angle by 2002 due to DeMoivre's Theorem and also we do
because it is a reflection, angles therefore is negative.
We then write:
which has solution of
.
We can also write:
which has solution
.
We notice that it is simply headed upwards and the answer is of the form , where n is some integer from 0 to infinity inclusive.
Well wait, it repeats itself n=2003, that is 360 which is also 0! Hence we only have n=0 to 2002 as original solutions, or 2003 solutions.
1+2003 = .
Solution by Blackhawk 9-10-17
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