2021 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 2
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[hide]Problem
What is the value of
Solution
Note that the square root of any square is always the absolute value of the squared number because the square root function will only return a positive number. By squaring both and , we see that , thus is negative, so we must take the absolute value of , which is just . Knowing this, the first term in the expression equals and the second term is , and summing the two gives .
~bjc, abhinavg0627 and JackBocresion
Solution 2
Let , then . The term is there due to difference of squares. Simplifying the expression gives us , so ~ shrungpatel
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/HHVdPTLQsLc ~Math Python
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https://youtu.be/gLahuINjRzU?t=154
~IceMatrix
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=101
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