Monday, 1 April 2013

algebra precalculus - Find the smallest positive integer n such that sqrtnsqrtn1leqfrac1100





Find the smallest positive integer n such that nn11100.




First I multiplied by the conjugate and got
1n+n11100,

or n+n1100. Now I squared both sides:
2n1+2nn1100.

So n(n+n1)1012.
However, we know that n+n1100, so I substituted that:
n(100)1012.


However, if I solve for n I get around .25, and there is no lower positive integer. What did I do wrong? Thanks!


Answer



Let us stop temporarily at
n+n1100.


Maybe the algebraic manipulations can stop here.
Note that (1) will certainly be true if 2n1100, that is, if n12500, But it is conceivable that (1) also holds at n=2500. It doesn't.


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