Difference between revisions of "2021 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 15"

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Problem

The real number $x$ satisfies the equation $x+\frac{1}{x} = \sqrt{5}$ . What is the value of $x^{11}-7x^{7}+x^3?$

$\textbf{(A)} ~-1 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~0 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~2 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~\sqrt{5}$

Solution

We square $x+\frac{1}{x}=\sqrt5$ to get $x^2+2+\frac{1}{x^2}=5$ . We subtract 2 on both sides for $x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=3$ and square again, and see that $x^4+2+\frac{1}{x^4}=9$ sp $x^4+\frac{1}{x^4}=7$ . We can divide our original expression of $x^11-7x^7+x^3$ by $x^7$ to get that it is equal to $x^7(x^4-7+\frac{1}{x^4})$ . Therefore because $x^4+\frac{1}{x^4}$ is 7, it is equal to $x^7(0)=\boxed{(B) 0}$ .

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-just go back and look at last year's
+==Problem==
+The real number <math>x</math> satisfies the equation <math>x+\frac{1}{x} = \sqrt{5}</math>. What is the value of <math>x^{11}-7x^{7}+x^3?</math>
+<math>\textbf{(A)} ~-1 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~0 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~2 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~\sqrt{5}</math>
+==Solution==
+We square <math>x+\frac{1}{x}=\sqrt5</math> to get <math>x^2+2+\frac{1}{x^2}=5</math>. We subtract 2 on both sides for <math>x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=3</math> and square again, and see that <math>x^4+2+\frac{1}{x^4}=9</math> sp <math>x^4+\frac{1}{x^4}=7</math>. We can divide our original expression of <math>x^11-7x^7+x^3</math> by <math>x^7</math> to get that it is equal to <math>x^7(x^4-7+\frac{1}{x^4})</math>. Therefore because <math>x^4+\frac{1}{x^4}</math> is 7, it is equal to <math>x^7(0)=\boxed{(B) 0}</math>.

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