2005 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Suppose that , , , ... , . What is ?
Solution
We see that we can re-write , , , ... , as by using substitution. By using the properties of exponents, we know that .
$4^{x_1x_2...x_{124}}=128\\2^{2x_1x_2...x_{124}}=2^7\\2x_1x_2...x_{124}=7\\x_1x_2...x_{124}=\dfrac{7}{2}\end{align*}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Therefore, the answer is
See also
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