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  • @KipIngram
    @KipIngram 3 місяці тому +53

    Well, k=5 is a solution by inspection. You could then take the full polynomial, k^3 - k^2 - 100 = 0 and divide (x-5) out of it and get a quadratic. That comes out x^2 + 4*x + 20 = 0, and the roots of that are -2 + i*4 and -2 - i*4. So 5 is the only real root.

    • @dulacdominique7630
      @dulacdominique7630 3 місяці тому

      Démonstration moche!

    • @МихаилКондратьев-ж4с
      @МихаилКондратьев-ж4с 3 місяці тому

      Очередной пример иудацкого решения. При этом этот идиот десять раз переписыаает одно и то же... Ну тупой...

    • @TJ_104
      @TJ_104 3 місяці тому

      Dividing by k-5 is good idea. Now i finally understand why people do this^^

    • @KipIngram
      @KipIngram 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TJ_104 Yes; it's a cubic equation and 5 is a root, so k-5 is a factor. Dividing it out leaves you with a quadratic. Of course you have to see that 5 is a root to start with - I'm just pretty good with numbers and knew that 5^3 is 125 and 5^2 is 25, and 125 - 25 is 100, so... there you go. It helps a lot that in problems like this on UA-cam the answer is almost always an integer, and usually a relatively small one. Not too many different things to try.

    • @Jacek54
      @Jacek54 Місяць тому +1

      That's not true! The second solution is the Bible or TORA for now.😊

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko 3 місяці тому +23

    k = 5 and two complex solutions.
    k³ - k² - 100 = 0
    (k - 5) (k² + 4k + 20) = 0
    k₁ = 5
    k₂,₃ = -2 ± √(4 - 20)
    = -2 ± 4i
    k₂ = -2 - 4i ∨ k₃ = -2 + 4i

  • @prime423
    @prime423 3 місяці тому +6

    No need for all the work. Use synthetic division to get the quadratic!!

  • @PeeterJoot
    @PeeterJoot 3 місяці тому +9

    You effectively noticed right at the beginning that k = 5 was a solution, so why not just long divide k^3 - k^2 - 100 by (k-5) to find the quadratic factor and then find the roots of that to finish the problem?

  • @y2ksw1
    @y2ksw1 3 місяці тому +22

    It took me 30 seconds, reasoning. K=5.

    • @peterkiedron8949
      @peterkiedron8949 3 місяці тому

      It took me 29sec

    • @TJ_104
      @TJ_104 3 місяці тому

      lol, took me 5 seconds.. but to be fair i'm teaching maths so i see 5^3=125 from time to time in other situations

    • @y2ksw1
      @y2ksw1 3 місяці тому

      @@TJ_104 I doubt it, life experience tells , that's a very long 5 seconds 😉

    • @mauriciopires4180
      @mauriciopires4180 День тому +1

      # Python
      for k in range(100):
      if k*k*k-k*k == 100:
      print(f"k * k * K - k * k = 100 | k = {k}")

  • @silver6054
    @silver6054 3 місяці тому +4

    The first magic step, deciding to represent 100 as 125-25 (a cube - a square) is as hard as realizing that 5 is a solution by inspection, in which case, as others say, just divide by (k-5) and get the quadratic.

  • @jeanlemire2681
    @jeanlemire2681 3 місяці тому +2

    5 seconds to find the real root as k = 5. 5^3 = 125 and k^2 = 25 then 125 - 25 = 100. After that, divide by (k - 5) to get the quadratic and then the complex roots.

  • @edgarhhc
    @edgarhhc 3 місяці тому +21

    That was a fraudulent resolution of the exercise. As if by magic, 125 and 25 appear, both powers of 5, which is the solution. What a lack of seriousness of this channel!

    • @Russ--R
      @Russ--R 3 місяці тому +6

      I thought the same.
      How would he approach:
      K^3 - K^2 = 373.7854 ?

    • @edsondocarmo3065
      @edsondocarmo3065 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Russ--R
      K = 373.7854 - 367.2146 =0
      K = 5
      Isn't a fraud, It is only different ways to do it.

    • @TheMathManProfundities
      @TheMathManProfundities 3 місяці тому +1

      Solving a general cubic equation is far too complicated for an admissions test so the applicant should assume that there is likely to be one solution that is easy to find. This is likely to be an integer and as k³ gets big very quickly, it's going to be a small integer. Given this thinking, it's pretty easy to find k=5.

    • @jaroslawsarnat1660
      @jaroslawsarnat1660 2 місяці тому +1

      Exactly!

  • @valeriykotlov2763
    @valeriykotlov2763 3 місяці тому +11

    Have you ever seen k = 5 + 0 and only after that conclude k = 5?!!! This person is not a teacher or math student. He makes math boring.

  • @DenI-P-ov9cr
    @DenI-P-ov9cr 3 місяці тому +1

    It can be recived even esely:
    KKK - KK =100
    KK*(K-1) =100
    K*√(K-1)=10
    10 can be obtained by multiplication 2*5, so if k=5, it is correct.
    In my daughter mathbook this type of equations often occurs.

  • @dannyschrooten8269
    @dannyschrooten8269 3 місяці тому +3

    I just look at it and PING (5.5.5)-(5.5)=100 125-25=100

  • @McGhinch
    @McGhinch Місяць тому

    To really understand it I used numbers and accidentally chose the right one. It took less than 10 seconds. But I didn't look for complex number solutions.

  • @bonsai3547
    @bonsai3547 3 місяці тому

    The Order is: Defend, Be Strong, Be Proud, Be Pure.

  • @carlhopkinson
    @carlhopkinson 3 місяці тому +3

    k = 5 by inspection. QED. LOL.

  • @md2z34
    @md2z34 3 місяці тому

    You would better state at the beginning that you expect \(k\) to be complex, not an integer, for example.

  • @donmarcoscozzesi2041
    @donmarcoscozzesi2041 13 днів тому

    Since 100=5^2(5-1), hence k=5 to demonstrate the identity of expression.

  • @cyruschang1904
    @cyruschang1904 3 місяці тому +1

    k^3 - k^2 = 100
    k^3 - k^2 - 100 = 0
    (k - 5)(k^2 + 4k + 20) = 0
    k = 5, -2 +/- 4i

  • @afshinfathi6388
    @afshinfathi6388 2 дні тому

    perfect

  • @jayantaboral6446
    @jayantaboral6446 3 місяці тому

    Please plot a graph for y=x^3 and y=x^2+100 and in how many places both the graphs cut each other. You can visualise the solution easily.

  • @jojojo7333
    @jojojo7333 3 місяці тому

    Factorise. k^2(k-1). Check with 2 or 3 naturals. 5 is solution: 25*4.

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 Місяць тому +1

      Factor 100 to 2²*5² and then see it's 5*5*4 or 5*5*(5-1) , which means k = 5 is a solution. Rearrange the equation with all the terms on the left, and factor out (k - 5) to yield a quadratic equation that's easily solved.

  • @beauthestdane
    @beauthestdane 3 місяці тому

    I mean if you are just going to examine it and make an educated guess, then just say so, otherwise actually solve it using either the cubic formula, or the quadratic formula by factoring out (k-5).

  • @TerjeMathisen
    @TerjeMathisen 3 місяці тому +3

    This was far too trivial:
    k*k*k has to be larger than 100, right? Well, 5 is the first integer for which this is true (8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343,etc), and then it becomes obvious that 5 is in fact the solution. This should take 10 seconds max to solve without either a calculator or even a piece of paper.

    • @billjones4159
      @billjones4159 3 місяці тому

      You are ignoring the imaginary solutions.

    • @TerjeMathisen
      @TerjeMathisen 3 місяці тому +1

      @@billjones4159 Yes, and that is/was intentional. 🙂

  • @MattStMarie-bm5sq
    @MattStMarie-bm5sq 3 місяці тому +1

    Before the solution he wrote the wrong problem he wrote k³ × - k² = 100 and solved for k³ - k² = 100

  • @crazysk8rboy
    @crazysk8rboy 3 місяці тому +2

    Video is too short, i guess you can explain solution much slower and deeper

  • @oahuhawaii2141
    @oahuhawaii2141 Місяць тому

    k³ - k² - 100 = 0
    We can see k = 5, so (k - 5) is a factor:
    (k - 5)*(k² + 4*k + 20) = 0
    k = 5, -2 ± i*4

  • @user-sr5lw3bv9
    @user-sr5lw3bv9 3 місяці тому

    Since 2:30
    K^3 - K^2=5^3-5^2
    K = 5

  • @hamitkoca1110
    @hamitkoca1110 3 місяці тому

    k^3-k^2=k*k(k-1)=5*5*4 multipliers of 100 so k=5

  • @denisrenaldo3506
    @denisrenaldo3506 3 місяці тому +2

    When submitting an exercise, you should precise the domain of definition for k : R, Z, C… If not, no solution could be found

    • @PeerAdder
      @PeerAdder 3 місяці тому

      I agree, and conventionally k would an integer.

  • @ClemsonTiger75
    @ClemsonTiger75 3 місяці тому

    I immediately guessed K=5 and that works. That extra DOT (for multiplication) was confusing, but then he wrote it again without the DOT. Anyway, if this is all it takes to get into Harvard, then I'll stick with my degree from CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.

  • @MathBeast.channel-l9i
    @MathBeast.channel-l9i 3 місяці тому

    Easy One...

  • @dmohit4243
    @dmohit4243 3 місяці тому +4

    Are you serious? This thing has a 14 minutes video 🤷🤷🤷..
    5*5*5-5*5= 125-25=100

  • @silviamunoz6863
    @silviamunoz6863 3 місяці тому

    When you decided that 100 was 125-25 (5^3 - 5^2), you gave the answer! K=5

  • @frankgradus9474
    @frankgradus9474 3 місяці тому

    thx

  • @carlosceschini4104
    @carlosceschini4104 3 місяці тому

    K=5 só de olhar
    Coloquem valores que no sean evidentes

  • @hakim4230
    @hakim4230 Місяць тому

    7th grade students will do that: k*k*k - k*k = 100 >>> k^2 (k-1) = 100 >>> (k-1) =100 / k^2
    👉 (k-1) is an integer >>> 100 divisible by (k^2) >>> (k^2) = 2 4 5 10 20 25 50 😁
    👉 (k^2) is the square number >>> k^2 = 25 >>> k = 5 😁 Very simply 👍

    • @aldillion9
      @aldillion9 Місяць тому

      BUT, that's a solution by inspection...not "Algebraically".

    • @hakim4230
      @hakim4230 Місяць тому

      @@aldillion9 .. Not a simple inspection. This is the “arithmetic method” that is often known before learning the “algebraic method”. After all, a logical thinking 12-year-old child will find a solution faster than a Harvard student.

  • @curtisharper8431
    @curtisharper8431 3 місяці тому

    Where did you get the numbers from. 4:57

  • @valentinaroma3039
    @valentinaroma3039 28 днів тому

    It took me 10 seconds.
    k^3-k^2 = k^2(k-1) = 100
    You have 100 only with 100*1, 50*2, 25*4, 10*10 and between 100, 50, 25 and 10 the only squared is 25 so K=5 ... 10 seconds.

  • @hakopajemyan334
    @hakopajemyan334 3 місяці тому +2

    5😊

  • @ericmariaud8237
    @ericmariaud8237 3 місяці тому

    k³ - k² = 100
    k².( k - 1 ) = 2². 5²
    Le facteur: 5, apparaît évidant.
    5².( 5 - 1) = 5². 4
    ( k³ - k² - 100 )/( x - 5 ) = x² + 4x + 20
    Discriminant: 4² - 4.(1)(20) = -8²
    x = -2 - 4.i ou x = -2 + 4.i
    Seule solution réelle: x = 5

  • @sitarsbi
    @sitarsbi 3 місяці тому

    Solution by inspection 5

  • @andresrebolledobanquet1924
    @andresrebolledobanquet1924 3 місяці тому

    k^3 - k^2 = 100
    F(x) k^3 = 3k^2
    3k^2 - k^2 = 2k^2
    F'(x) 2k^2 = 4k
    4k = 100
    k = 100 / 4
    k = 25
    25*3*2 - 25*2 = 100
    150 - 50 = 100

  • @thomasharding1838
    @thomasharding1838 3 місяці тому

    FIVE, not negative 5 like the other Harvard test.

  • @YAWTon
    @YAWTon 3 місяці тому

    Cubic equation with a trivial solution k=5. Divide by (k-5) to obtai quadratic equation fir two additionl complex solutions.

  • @robertloveless4938
    @robertloveless4938 3 місяці тому

    5 by inspection

  • @YoussoufSOULAIMANA
    @YoussoufSOULAIMANA 3 місяці тому

    K = 5, 5×5×5 - 5x5 = 100

  • @raghavendrashettar7518
    @raghavendrashettar7518 3 місяці тому +1

    My child solved this problem in 2 minutes

  • @RobertCardwell
    @RobertCardwell 3 місяці тому

    You wrote two different equations:
    k*k*k*-k*k=100
    and
    k*k*k-k*k=100
    (see time stamp 0:24)

  • @SridharChandramouli
    @SridharChandramouli 3 місяці тому

    He should apply a formula just as we apply the formula for a quadratic equation. This solution is unsatisfactory and inadequate

  • @NeveraDalmatica
    @NeveraDalmatica 3 місяці тому +8

    Too much work. This is a very simple equation.

    • @superacademy247
      @superacademy247  3 місяці тому +1

      Why do you think so? I disagree.

    • @NeveraDalmatica
      @NeveraDalmatica 3 місяці тому +4

      @@superacademy247 You see immediately that x = 5 is a solution. Dividing the equation by (x-5) gives a quadratic equation that is trivial to solve, and you're done.
      Much shorter and less to write, with less risk of making mistakes.

    • @superacademy247
      @superacademy247  3 місяці тому

      Okay 👌

  • @marcoalby7499
    @marcoalby7499 26 днів тому

    per tentativi orientati ( > oppure

  • @emilioercole4928
    @emilioercole4928 3 місяці тому

    and apply Ruffini's rule?

  • @catastrophic7916
    @catastrophic7916 3 місяці тому

    I answer 5 , less than 5 sec.
    Just from Possibilties, probability

  • @SirinimalDharmarathna
    @SirinimalDharmarathna 3 місяці тому

    K.k.k -- k.k = 100
    k.k.k--k.k -- 100 = 0
    k.k.k --125 --k.k+25 = 0
    k.k.k--5.5.5--(k.k --5.5) = 0
    (k--5){k.k+5k+25--(k+5)}= 0
    (k--5) = 0
    then k = + 5//

  • @andrediefenthaler1894
    @andrediefenthaler1894 Місяць тому

    As an assembly language programmer, I say k=10.

  • @lourdesgracia6767
    @lourdesgracia6767 3 місяці тому

    K = 5 a simple inspección.

  • @assouababdellatif8810
    @assouababdellatif8810 3 місяці тому

    Pour un niveau de l olympiade il faut aller plus vite

  • @wht732
    @wht732 3 місяці тому

    can we say
    k.k.k-1=5×5×4,
    hence, k=5.

  • @kav191
    @kav191 2 місяці тому +1

    I dont know mybe i am wrong but i see he wrote k.k.k.-k.k this is so wrong cuz you have multiplication dot right b4 minus which mean you multiply by one -k only proper equation should look like k*k*k*(-k)*k or i am wrong?

  • @williamdam2074
    @williamdam2074 2 місяці тому

    x=5. There I just guessed it and turns out I was right

  • @arthurcrown3063
    @arthurcrown3063 6 днів тому

    Long-winded. I changed it to k^2(k+1)=100 and the only factor of 100 that fits this is 5.

  • @vladdragomir9247
    @vladdragomir9247 3 місяці тому

    K=5. 125-25

  • @pamnetwork7787
    @pamnetwork7787 3 місяці тому +2

    Nice

  • @nur-fueru-tube6174
    @nur-fueru-tube6174 3 місяці тому

    Crazy

  • @renatafairbanks3288
    @renatafairbanks3288 3 місяці тому

    3k-2k=100
    K= 100

  • @caperider1160
    @caperider1160 3 місяці тому

    Instead of showing a long series of your algebra skills, it would be more intuitive if you discussed what approach you would take to arrive at your answer so that students would know what to think first when they encounter problems like this.
    The algebra behind is trivial

  • @carlhopkinson
    @carlhopkinson 3 місяці тому +1

    Ur guess of 100 = 125 - 25 implies u knew k = 5 already. BOO.

  • @AdamAdam-uj4cz
    @AdamAdam-uj4cz 3 місяці тому

    My chat did it in 3 sec!

  • @ВладимирС-ж2г
    @ВладимирС-ж2г 3 місяці тому

    😂😂😂😂

  • @МиколаДзядук
    @МиколаДзядук Місяць тому

    Х^3-Х2=113
    ???

  • @alexanderblume5377
    @alexanderblume5377 3 місяці тому

    need 5 sec, no pen and paper

  • @nnfefe9451
    @nnfefe9451 5 днів тому

    De hood of math.

  • @renatafairbanks3288
    @renatafairbanks3288 3 місяці тому

    K=100

  • @shannonmcdonald7584
    @shannonmcdonald7584 3 місяці тому

    125-25...

  • @Ольга-ш9с7й
    @Ольга-ш9с7й 3 місяці тому

    К =5

  • @adgf1x
    @adgf1x 3 місяці тому

    k=5

  • @no-meaculpa
    @no-meaculpa 3 місяці тому

    Geometric solution...K*k=1, k*k*k=6, 6-1=5,k=5

  • @grupogolden2312
    @grupogolden2312 3 місяці тому

    5

  • @frenchimp
    @frenchimp 3 місяці тому

    Ugly problem, ugly solution. There's a kind of beauty here.

  • @abdulqadeershukur1436
    @abdulqadeershukur1436 4 місяці тому

    K 1= 10 also K 2= 99

  • @Jacek54
    @Jacek54 Місяць тому

    5 OK And the second element in the Bible or the Torah?

  • @gigaralle
    @gigaralle 8 годин тому

    5

  • @user-dialectic-scietist1
    @user-dialectic-scietist1 Місяць тому

    So algebra gives one real like 5 and two no real results. Keep that under mind that algebra, as and math, can describe not real things!

  • @jramakrishnachowdary4095
    @jramakrishnachowdary4095 2 місяці тому

    Its too cumbersome solution. We wont get that much time in exam. Its just a guess work.

  • @philosoffer
    @philosoffer 3 місяці тому

    Harvard? Realy? 5 sec.

  • @nattapolkamonmasrat1437
    @nattapolkamonmasrat1437 Місяць тому

    K=5. แค่คิดในใจ555

  • @tariqimranful
    @tariqimranful 3 місяці тому

    This should be short. Unnecessary made it long.

  • @dubs20000
    @dubs20000 3 місяці тому

    That's not a good solution. How do you get to 125-25 out of the blue

  • @kurtdobson
    @kurtdobson 3 місяці тому

    I just use Matlab symbolic…

  • @canalpassportpantoja
    @canalpassportpantoja Місяць тому

    K=5 sem mais nada de perda de tempo

  • @arinati9667
    @arinati9667 11 днів тому

    😂😂😂

  • @Buddieboy1957
    @Buddieboy1957 3 місяці тому +1

    I did it in my head in 10 seconds, tops. This video is nonsensical.

  • @miriampopa5436
    @miriampopa5436 3 місяці тому

    75 % I was focused....
    the last 25 % I just can't understand!⚠️
    I think you complicated all unusefully!😢

  • @valeriuapostol2834
    @valeriuapostol2834 2 місяці тому

    Are the students at Hravard that stupid? In Romania, this is the 6th left problem at most of very low difficulty

  • @anojanna
    @anojanna 3 місяці тому

    Is this video a joke?!
    k^2 (k-1) = 100. Looking at it & thinking for 10 seconds... Solution: k = 5

  • @traderzini1435
    @traderzini1435 2 місяці тому

    100 = 5^2×4 = 5^2(5-1)
    k^3-k^2=k^2(k-1)
    therefore
    k=5
    easy math

  • @本田智子-i3h
    @本田智子-i3h 3 місяці тому

    テーミと言う。

  • @wdilks
    @wdilks 3 місяці тому +2

    It's not complex...I don't understand the complaints. In this example, rule is you do all the multi's then the subtraction. 5x5x5=125. 5x5=25. 125-25 = 100. Grow up.

  • @Danial-x3k
    @Danial-x3k 3 місяці тому

    Too much work

  • @luxmedien
    @luxmedien 2 дні тому

    Worst explanation ever. Sorry to say. At 1:12 you basically skipped to one of the solutions by mentioning index form and disregard the rest
    Then you go on and on to tear the whole thing apart, even though you already have one of the possible (and in this case the only) solution(s).
    This has to be math ragebait 😀

  • @gokcergokce9701
    @gokcergokce9701 3 місяці тому

    Hello Mr. Paper Killer! Here too much writing and talking again! Is it "very fancy" in very long way? When you realise that 100=125-25, k=5 is certain. But you like writing; often same thing over and over!
    Do you really need to write these?
    K-5=0
    K=0+5
    K=5
    Lol!

    • @superacademy247
      @superacademy247  3 місяці тому

      Yes 😂. Many people don't realize the beauty of Math is hidden in trivial things .