2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24
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How many positive integers satisfy(Recall that is the greatest integer not exceeding .)
Solution
First notice that the graphs of and intersect at 2 points. Then, notice that must be an integer. This means that n is congruent to .
For the first intersection, testing the first few values of (adding to each time and noticing the left side increases by each time) yields and . timating from the graph can narrow down the other cases, being , d . This results in a total of 6 cases, for an answer of .
~DrJoyo
Solution 2 (Graphing)
One intuitive approach to the question is graphing. Obviously, you should know what the graph of the square root function is, and if any function is floored (meaning it is taken to the greatest integer less than a value), a stair-like figure should appear. The other function is simply a line with a slope of . If you precisely draw out the two regions of the graph where the derivative of the square function nears the derivative of the linear function, you can now deduce that values of intersection lay closer to the left side of the stair, and values lay closer to the right side of the stair.
With meticulous graphing, you can realize that the answer is .
A in-depth graph with intersection points is linked below. https://www.desmos.com/calculator/e5wk9adbuk
Solution 3
- Not a reliable or in-depth solution (for the guess and check students)
We can first consider the equation without a floor function:
Multiplying both sides by 70 and then squaring:
Moving all terms to the left:
Now we can use wishful thinking to determine the factors:
This means that for and , the equation will hold without the floor function.
Now we can simply check the multiples of 70 around 400 and 2500 in the original equation:
For , left hand side = but so right hand side =
For , left hand side = and right hand side =
For , left hand side = and right hand side =
For , left hand side = but so right hand side =
Now we move to
For , left hand side = and so right hand side =
For , left hand side = and so right hand side =
For , left hand side = and so right hand side =
For , left hand side = but so right hand side =
For , left hand side = and right hand side =
For , left hand side = but so right hand side =
Therefore we have 6 total solutions,
Solution 4
This is my first solution here, so please forgive me for any errors.
We are given that
must be an integer, which means that is divisible by . As , this means that , so we can write for .
Therefore,
Also, we can say that and
Squaring the second inequality, we get .
Similarly solving the first inequality gives us or
is slightly larger than , so instead, we can say or .
Combining this with , we get are all solutions for that give a valid solution for , meaning that our answer is .
-Solution By Qqqwerw
Solution 5
We start with the given equationFrom there, we can start with the general inequality that . This means thatSolving each inequality separately gives us two inequalities:Simplifying and approximating decimals yields 2 solutions for one inequality and 4 for the other. Hence .
~Rekt4
Video Solution
On The Spot STEM: https://youtu.be/BEJybl9TLMA
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