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  • @andreadanieli6192
    @andreadanieli6192 Рік тому +156

    At the end you can simply apply the definition of logarithm...
    2^x = 5 ---> x is the power to wich the base 2 must be raised in order to obtain 5
    so you can write:
    x = log2(5)

    • @tintiniitk
      @tintiniitk Рік тому +15

      No, she has to do a 5-minute thesis on it (to go from 2^x=5 to x=log5 to base 2, otherwise her students might not understand it.

    • @andre.moonlight
      @andre.moonlight Рік тому +5

      @@tintiniitkwe learned it as logba=e where e is the exponent b is the base and a the “answer”. its very helpful

    • @melihsk9714
      @melihsk9714 5 місяців тому

      😂😂

    • @ericsmith933
      @ericsmith933 4 місяці тому

      I think you are right

  • @logminusone1272
    @logminusone1272 Рік тому +413

    I feel the quick way to approach this problem is to recognise that we have a polynomial where both y^3 and y exist. This should ring a bell that we should find some cubed number somewhere. We can write 130 = 125 + 5 = 5^3 + 5. That's it. Immediately we get
    y^3 - 5^3 + y - 5 = 0, or (y -5)(y^2 + 5y + 26) = 0, where y = 2^x.
    Here onwards, it is simple.

    • @josephazar3516
      @josephazar3516 Рік тому +6

      (8×15)+(2×5)=130

    • @noobLOL77
      @noobLOL77 Рік тому +2

      thats what i did, i got hung up because i did log(5)-log(2) instead of log2(5)

    • @IvyANguyen
      @IvyANguyen Рік тому +2

      Wow. This was way easier! I should've just thought through some numbers and would've hit it just by thinking of those 1st few perfect cubes.

    • @NikhilSingh-ge8yu
      @NikhilSingh-ge8yu Рік тому

      y=2x , find the value idiot

    • @DantesInferno61
      @DantesInferno61 Рік тому +8

      She made it way harder to solve than she had to.

  • @georiashang1120
    @georiashang1120 Рік тому +159

    130=26×5=(5^2+1)×5=5^3+5;
    8^x+2^x=(2^x)^3+(2^x);
    2^x=5
    My high school math teacher used to tell me,to understand an equation better you need to dis-simplify the brief side other than to simplify the complex side.

    • @NITian.Navneet
      @NITian.Navneet Рік тому +2

      Wowwww😮😮😮

    • @July-gj1st
      @July-gj1st Рік тому +2

      Nice! I did it like this as well or, similar.

    • @StarLord1994
      @StarLord1994 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, it just depends. A lot of times that advice will work, but not always.

    • @zhenyuzhai4098
      @zhenyuzhai4098 10 місяців тому +2

      Yours can't guarantee there is unique root.

    • @georiashang1120
      @georiashang1120 10 місяців тому +1

      @@zhenyuzhai4098 I know it should be unique in this case

  • @honeytgb
    @honeytgb Рік тому +339

    This is why I'm going back to watching cooking videos.

    • @nitdiver5
      @nitdiver5 11 місяців тому +6

      Or funny cats

    • @Aman-nk5uq
      @Aman-nk5uq 10 місяців тому +7

      Come on. Everyone should know how to solve this

    • @xtranub8792
      @xtranub8792 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Aman-nk5uq he means it's too easy

    • @Fingolfin3423
      @Fingolfin3423 8 місяців тому +1

      Most mathematicians probably can't cook worth a damn. Most people can't.

    • @dr.komiemmanuel9748
      @dr.komiemmanuel9748 7 місяців тому +1

      😂😂 I don't blame you

  • @wiseview1444
    @wiseview1444 Рік тому +1098

    All these problems seem a little too easy for olympiads

    • @estefanocrespo7930
      @estefanocrespo7930 Рік тому +45

      Are you sure?

    • @human18711
      @human18711 Рік тому

      ​​@@estefanocrespo7930yes these are like middle school problems for us

    • @Triplefga
      @Triplefga Рік тому

      ​@@estefanocrespo7930im not him but yeah this is pretty easy for olympiads because i can even answer it

    • @alexcwagner
      @alexcwagner Рік тому +93

      Maybe it's the special olypiad

    • @gauravbasu98
      @gauravbasu98 Рік тому +9

      😂😂😂😂

  • @mangofan01
    @mangofan01 Рік тому +135

    Instead of using decimals you could have used more logarithmic identities when you were checking. I think that would have been cleaner.

    • @RedPardo
      @RedPardo Рік тому +5

      Came here to note that.

    • @manojpadmanabhan2615
      @manojpadmanabhan2615 Рік тому +7

      Exactly.. 2^(log 125/log 2) = 125 and so on.

    • @antoniou.1158
      @antoniou.1158 Рік тому

      ​@@manojpadmanabhan2615 let's be nice with our math mates

  • @shannoo7
    @shannoo7 Рік тому +194

    Me given IIT 20 yrs back and working in IT from 15+ yrs still willing to learn this so that I can teach my kid. Feels like back to square one. 😂 happy learning guys.

    • @daakudaddy5453
      @daakudaddy5453 Рік тому +12

      Looks like you're stuck in a loop in life.

    • @krishmav
      @krishmav Рік тому +11

      Don't teach to kids whatever that's not useful. Times are changing rapidly. Pretty sure you never used this in your working life.

    • @Aman-nk5uq
      @Aman-nk5uq Рік тому +1

      *for 15 years

    • @ankurmondal3220
      @ankurmondal3220 Рік тому

      ​@@krishmavthese type of outside the box question are what asked in sof olympiads

    • @Smart_Soham
      @Smart_Soham Рік тому

      ​@@ankurmondal3220so you are studying fkr sof olympiads, go and give the real IMO
      Make sure you don't piss in your pants

  • @thedeathofbirth0763
    @thedeathofbirth0763 11 місяців тому +33

    To all the pretentious people who keep commenting that she made it hard, please note that she is trying to teach everyone at any level, that's why she chose the most straightforward method that any type of student can follow. She is not teaching only the undiscovered geniuses such as yourselves.

    • @siavosh87
      @siavosh87 4 місяці тому +1

      @@christophersayrs907You’re such a weirdo, to take offence at the comment. He/she is right though, there are numerous ways to solve a problem in maths. Some ways will be faster than others, and may involve spotting a ‘shortcut’. But a teacher should always teach the ‘long’ method first, so that the student learns how to solve the problem in the standard way in the event that they cannot spot the shortcut.

  • @IoT_
    @IoT_ Рік тому +26

    FASTER APPROACH : 8^x+2^x is always increasing function, hence one root only. Setting x equal to some numbers, we realize that x is between 2 and 3. Consequently,y is between 4 and 8, but y is obviously less than 6 by analyzing cubic equation. So y is between 4 and 6, try 5 and we get that y=5. Everything can be solved in mind.

  • @PlasmaFuzer
    @PlasmaFuzer Рік тому +14

    Change of bases can be used to simplify the final expression
    8^log_2(5) = (2^log_2(5))^3 by associativity and commutativity
    =5^3 since x^log_x(a) = a
    =125
    And the same with the other term, so
    125+5 = 130

    • @danieldudley5852
      @danieldudley5852 Рік тому

      I agree, the finish could have been done a bit more elegantly with out finding the decimal approx.

    • @Code_dreamers
      @Code_dreamers 4 місяці тому

      Exactly, I was like what is she doing....this can't be an Olympiad question

  • @schlingel0017
    @schlingel0017 Рік тому +67

    Incredible how much effort you put in this. 130=5³+5¹ and this is identical to your y³+y. Therefore y = 2^x = 5. => x = log2 (5). Easy.

    • @alexeivalyaev5416
      @alexeivalyaev5416 Рік тому +14

      It’s just to prove that there is no other solutions with real values

    • @daakudaddy5453
      @daakudaddy5453 Рік тому +13

      You also have to check for other possible solutions. Duh!

    • @adriendebosse6941
      @adriendebosse6941 Рік тому +4

      y3+y is stricly increasing, thus has only 1 real root, no need to complexify all what he did, like he did with all his base 2 and 5 logarithms.
      Just write 2^x=5 equals to x = ln(5)/ln(2), it's the basics of logs and exponentials

    • @pranjalpandey3.14
      @pranjalpandey3.14 4 місяці тому

      @@daakudaddy5453 test the monotonicity as the derivative of t³ = 3t² means that fnxn in increasing on R and as t approaches -infinity fnxn approaches -infinity and as fnxn approaches infinity fnxn approaches infinity which assured that there will be only one intersection point of x axis and fnxn hence only one possible solution log base 2 raised to 5 🙂 Duh!

  • @arcticwolf49
    @arcticwolf49 Рік тому +14

    We will also have complex values of x...
    Since we have a cubic polynomial y^3+y-130=0, it will therefore have 3 roots out of which 1 is real (log5/log2) and other two are complex
    Other two values of x hence will be: x=log(5+- isqrt71)/2/log2

    • @NicholasOfAutrecourt
      @NicholasOfAutrecourt Рік тому +2

      The imaginary solutions were extraneous. That's why they were explicitly discarded.

    • @rickymort135
      @rickymort135 Рік тому

      ​​@@NicholasOfAutrecourtextraneous or extra anus?

  • @Stn_4
    @Stn_4 11 місяців тому +1

    I loved my Math's Teacher Sir A Hameed Wayn, in Metric Class ... And after him, you are the 2nd one, whom I would like to praise ..
    Since my First Teacher changed the School , and just for Mathematics I followed him to that school. From there, you can see my love for Mathematics . Liked your V-Log ... Though i dont know your name .

  • @kathrynstemler6331
    @kathrynstemler6331 Рік тому +8

    I remember fondly a time where maybe, just maybe, I might have had some idea, but I haven’t used anything beyond grade 9 algebra in 20 years.

  • @nielsstobbe2646
    @nielsstobbe2646 Рік тому +2

    First observe that 8^x=(2^3)^x=(2^x)^3. Then set 2^x=y and you get the equation: y^3+y=y*(y^2+1)=130. A few trials gives y=5 and thus x=ln(5)/ln(2)=log(5)/log(2).

  • @josephmiller38
    @josephmiller38 Рік тому +7

    Just subtract 130 from both sides and solve for the x-intercepts of the equation 8^x + 2^x - 130 = y. When y= 0 the graph intercepts the x axis.

  • @dimchodimov2424
    @dimchodimov2424 Рік тому +4

    For all functions of type f(x)=ax^3+bx+c the equation f(x)=0 can have only one real root in case of a>0, b>0, because f'(x)=3ax^2+b>0 and therefore f(x) is monotonically increasing. Also, if the equation f(x)=0 has rational roots in the form p/q, p is a divisor of c and q is a divisor of a. If a=1, the rational roots are always whole numbers. One can immediately see that in the specific example f(y)=y^3+y-130=0 , y=5 is a solution, because we first check the whole divisors of 130 (+-1, +-2, +-5, +-10, +-13).
    Try to solve x^7+x^5+x^3+x=170 with your method....No chance. With above, you show that x=2 is the only root in just 2 rows.

  • @pintub37
    @pintub37 Рік тому +15

    It's too complicated, I mean after getting 2^x = 5 we get in accordance with the definition of a logarithm x = log2(5) where log2 is a logrithm with base 2. All following calculations
    in the video are unnecessary.

  • @kevinsolari2744
    @kevinsolari2744 Рік тому +14

    Having got to y³+ y = 130 it's not hard to try a few small numbers and see that y=5 is a solution. From that the quadratic part could be worked out, though it should be obvious that there can be no other real solutions since y>5 would be too big and y

    • @SanalDersaneLeventYadrga
      @SanalDersaneLeventYadrga Рік тому

      Yes I think so

    • @Qazwsx-m3f
      @Qazwsx-m3f Рік тому +1

      Два графика функций
      у=х^3 и у=-х+130 пересекаются в одной точке в 1 четверти=> х=5 единственное решение

  • @ariniulfah4885
    @ariniulfah4885 Рік тому +9

    Confuse the number 26y - 25y, can you explaine it!

  • @dr_ksha
    @dr_ksha 2 місяці тому +3

    A doctor here , thanking my stars for me choosing biology and not maths😅😅

  • @TanishqaAwasthi_1111
    @TanishqaAwasthi_1111 2 місяці тому +1

    I don't know anything about logarithms as it isn't in my syllabus but can we not solve it like this
    Note (8 to the power x is written as -8x)
    8x +2x= 130
    2(4x+1x) = 130
    4x+1x=65
    Anything as an exponent to 1 is 1 hence
    4x+1=65
    4x=64
    4to the power x = 4 to the power 3
    Hence x= 3

  • @Psykolord1989
    @Psykolord1989 Рік тому +18

    Before watching:
    This is not one that can be easily solved by simply plugging in integers and hoping for a result. Our solution is going to be somewhere between 2 (8^2 + 2^2 = 64+4=68) and 3 (8^3 + 2^3 = 512+8 = 520), and probably closer to 2 than to 3.
    Therefore, we have to actually do some calculations.
    Alright, 8 = 2^3, and (a^b)^c = a^(bc). Thus 8^x = (2^3)^x = 2^(3x).
    We declare U = 2^x. Then 8^x = 2^(3x) = u^3.
    Then we have u^3 + u = 130.
    Subtract 130 from both sides to get u^3+u-130=0.
    Now, we attempt to factor this. The factors of 130 are 1, 2, 5, 10, and 13.
    Of those, U=10 gives us results far too large, and U=2 gives us ones far too small. U=5 gives us 125+5-130 = 0, which is accurate.
    Thus, (u-5) is a factor. after doing some division, we can factor the equation into (u-5)(u^2 + 5u + 26 )=0.
    Going to use the quadratic formula on the second factor, we note that the discriminant is negative. Thus, these are not real roots, so we can skip this section.
    Thus, we will go with U=5. However, we're not done! That's the solution for U, not for X.
    U = 2^x. Thus, we have 2^x = 5.
    Take log_2 of both sides:
    Log_2(2^x) = log_2(5) -> X = log_2(5)
    Log_2 of 5 will be between log_2 of 4 (2) and log_2 of 8 (3), likely closer to 2 than 3. This checks out.
    If you want to change this to a different log using change of base, you may do so. log_b(a) = (log_c(a))/(log_c(b)),.
    Then using natural log ln, with a =5 and b = 2:
    x = (ln 5)/(ln2).
    (We're not doing this for the sake of precision, but rather so it can be easily checked on a calculator. A lot of calculators don't have functions built into them for logs of different bases, at least not ones that you can get to easily. Thus, you have to switch to either common log (log_10) or natural log (log_e))

  • @itsme.01
    @itsme.01 Рік тому +2

    For 2^x=y
    y³+y=130
    y(y²+1)=130
    Clearly for y=5, equation satisfied so x=log5(base 2) is the correct answer.

  • @The.Bible.Community.
    @The.Bible.Community. 9 місяців тому +1

    How does this relate to real world practicality, thank you.

  • @math001
    @math001 Рік тому +8

    Really crazy how easy this problem would be for my past self studying engineering. Being done with school and doing the same shit over and over again at work really rots your brain

    • @sergeykupcov4348
      @sergeykupcov4348 Рік тому

      Это не легкая задача

    • @Peter-Alexander
      @Peter-Alexander 11 місяців тому

      Challenge your brain in your free time or find a more interesting job (when possible) 😊

    • @math001
      @math001 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Peter-Alexander yeah man I'm learning an additional 2 languages right now and also learning more music theory. Trading is also my side thing so I think the analytical part of my brain is still working to some extent. It's just that complex math isn't really my thing these days

  • @akshatgour8981
    @akshatgour8981 Рік тому +61

    I did it like this...
    2^(3x)+2^x=130
    Let 2^x=y
    Then y³+y=130
    By observation, y=5
    Hence
    2^x=5
    X=log(2)5, ie log 5 base 2
    Overall, this problem was on the easier side if it's from olympiad, as I and my friends (Indian high-school students) were able to solve it pretty easily 😅

    • @digitalmarketing8230
      @digitalmarketing8230 Рік тому +3

      Hello.
      I am a mathematics enthusiast from Nigeria and I really want to increase my knowledge in mathematics. I would like to connect with you.
      Do you mind?

    • @anthonyl3440
      @anthonyl3440 Рік тому +3

      Same thoughts here. I literally solved it in mind using the similar way as you in 1min

    • @m3zuss
      @m3zuss Рік тому +2

      Yeah but try to solve it when u were 13 or 15.

    • @Quiablo
      @Quiablo Рік тому +1

      Damn we really dont need a 8 minute to solve this one. Nice observation.

    • @shashankkhatri5523
      @shashankkhatri5523 Рік тому

      people @13-15 in india can solve this way faster compared to the older folks in india btw@@m3zuss

  • @hardtimes2597
    @hardtimes2597 Рік тому +1

    4:50
    Redundant. By definition of logarithm, it is the value of the exponent to put on the base to get the argument of the logarithm. So basically in this case x is essentially, in base 2, log(5).

  • @PaulJosephdeWerk
    @PaulJosephdeWerk Рік тому +7

    If you are asked for only the Real solution then youbare correct. If you want all solutions, you must take the quadratic into account and get two more Complex solutions.

    • @planomathandscience
      @planomathandscience Рік тому +1

      Don't be clever. When is a maths solution going to ask for complex solutions

    • @asliceofjackie91
      @asliceofjackie91 Рік тому +1

      ​@@planomathandscienceanywhere above high school, and at high school levels in some countries, expect a full answer unless otherwise specified.

    • @vladimirgregor
      @vladimirgregor 6 місяців тому

      yeah! I want all answers!

    • @1234larry1
      @1234larry1 Місяць тому

      When using common logs, complex solutions do not work. If you tried to substitute it back in the equation, the imaginary components would not cancel. Therefore, they are rejected.

    • @PaulJosephdeWerk
      @PaulJosephdeWerk Місяць тому

      @1234larry1 So apparently, Wolfram Alpha is wrong as well? It can substitute the values back in without issue.

  • @b213videoz
    @b213videoz Рік тому +2

    y(y²+1) = 5(5²+1)
    ...at this stage it should be apparent that y = 5 🤪
    Given y = 2^x
    Then 2^x = 5
    log²(2^x) = log²(5)
    x = log²(5)

  • @fernandocarvalho2168
    @fernandocarvalho2168 Рік тому +7

    Ótima explicação. Mas, quando você já havia encontrado que 2 elevado a x era igual a 5 , já poderia ter usado a definição de logaritmos e chegar direto na conclusão que x é igual a log de 5 na base 2 .
    Ou fazer assim seria um erro matemático?
    Parabéns pelo excelente vídeo!

    • @alexeyfadieiev4070
      @alexeyfadieiev4070 Рік тому +2

      I also wondered why we need last manipulations with Log, it is redundant. 2^X=Y. X = logY.

  • @kaleecharan495
    @kaleecharan495 Рік тому

    In solution checking
    a^(log c to base a) can be written as c^(log a to base a) .
    So 8^(log 5 to base 2) can be written as 5^(log 8 to bas 2), which is 5^3 and 2^(log 5 to base 2), is 5^(log 2 to base 2) which is 5
    5^3+5=130

  • @1234larry1
    @1234larry1 Місяць тому

    To check the solution 2^x=5, or x=log5{base2}, For the original equation 8^x+2^x=130, rewrite as (2^x)3+2^x=130.substitute in the solution: 2^3(log5{base2})+2^log5{base2}=130. This becomes because of the laws of indices: 5^3+5=125+5=130.

  • @EZ4U2SA.007
    @EZ4U2SA.007 Рік тому +8

    This is why I know anatomy so well!

  • @kanguru_
    @kanguru_ Рік тому

    Let a=2^x, then a^3+a=130, so a=5 is a solution, then x= ln5/ln2. The other solutions can be found by factoring out (a-5) and solving the quadratic.

  • @JosephBabalola-vc7vg
    @JosephBabalola-vc7vg Рік тому +116

    Factors of -130 according to you are 26 and -5. Why did you use 26 and-25.?

    • @magnussonborski2664
      @magnussonborski2664 Рік тому +39

      Because y = 26y - 25y. If she used 5 instead of 25, it will be 26y - 5y = 21y

    • @hansdampf9769
      @hansdampf9769 Рік тому +16

      125+5=130
      125=5^3.
      Just plugged in first "obvious" solution to reduce cubic to quadratic equation.

    • @georiashang1120
      @georiashang1120 Рік тому +22

      130=26×5=(5^2+1)×5=5^3+5;
      8^x+2^x=(2^x)^3+(2^x);
      2^x=5
      My high school math teacher used to tell me,to understand an equation better you need to dis-simplify the brief side other than to simplify the complex side.

    • @aquibarshad62
      @aquibarshad62 Рік тому +3

      -130 has not been factorised..only “y” at second place has been extended “26y-25y”..

    • @aradhya9550
      @aradhya9550 Рік тому +1

      She did not explain it. It’s better to just notice 5 is a root and then divide the equation by x-5

  • @бохподвох-в9д
    @бохподвох-в9д Рік тому +3

    Спасибо! Не понимаю концовку с таймкода 4:38, и так ясно, что логорифм - это степень числа по основанию.🧐

  • @Numbers0123
    @Numbers0123 Рік тому +2

    1:37 is confusing? Why and how can you write y=26y-5y?

  • @SRINIX4356
    @SRINIX4356 10 місяців тому +1

    great video but the verification can be a little bit better if it's like this:
    8^log5 base 2 + 2^log5 base 2 = (2^3) ^log5 base 2 + 2^log5 base 2
    = (2^log5 base 2) ^3 + 2^log5 base 2
    as we already know a ^logN base a = N
    => (2^log5 base 2) ^3 + 2^log5 base 2 = 5 ^3 + 5
    = 125 + 5
    = 130
    excellent video keep it up and upload more videos like this.

  • @gokoz5423
    @gokoz5423 3 місяці тому +2

    In Turkey you learn solving these at the age of 14-15 already. This is easy peasy and has nothing to do with olympics.

  • @rfguys2206
    @rfguys2206 8 місяців тому +1

    Stop at 1:15. You kind of know that Y has to be an integral number given it's a math Olympiad problem. A few guess will gets Y=5 easily.

  • @MathMathX
    @MathMathX 10 місяців тому

    Use rational zero theorem.
    Y=5.
    And divide the function by (y-5) and get the quadratic.
    Much faster....

  • @nigelrg1
    @nigelrg1 2 місяці тому

    Inspecting, 2

  • @timothyfriedman8461
    @timothyfriedman8461 Рік тому +5

    2^log²5 = 5 (by definition)
    8^log²5 = (2^3)^log²5=
    (2^log²5)^3=
    5^3=125
    There is no need to do approximete calculations.

  • @CiarcellutiAcademy
    @CiarcellutiAcademy Рік тому +3

    The longest way to do that equation.

  • @SylvainDemuyter
    @SylvainDemuyter Рік тому +17

    I think 5 is a rather easy to find "obvious" solution by searching a integer which cube is close to 130. Then it becomes a polynom division.
    The proposed factorisation is nevertheless very smart !

  • @kd8opi
    @kd8opi 9 місяців тому

    This is hard core algebra. Cubic equations, quadratic equations w/ the quadratic formula, logarithms, fractional exponents, ect…. I did stuff close to this level in high school. The difference was that it did not have multiple layers of this complexity. My takeaway from that experience was that algebra wasn’t hard so long as you worked a lot of different problems and got plenty of practice.

  • @JOpethNYC
    @JOpethNYC Рік тому +1

    I'm already confused at 1:29 . Where did the 25 come from?

  • @juneldomingo6277
    @juneldomingo6277 Рік тому +1

    In real exams, you can just substitute the given choices if satisfies the 130. It will save lot of time instead of solving.

    • @AceGunner72
      @AceGunner72 Рік тому +2

      In real exams you are not given choices. What educational system did you attend? "Fast food and exams Inc."?

    • @juneldomingo6277
      @juneldomingo6277 Рік тому

      @@AceGunner72 maybe you didnt take any licensure exams.

  • @mouthiknaradas962
    @mouthiknaradas962 9 місяців тому

    Use substitution. Substitute 2^x =y and solve polynomial equation.

  • @mattymoowhite
    @mattymoowhite Місяць тому

    With the last digit of 130 being a zero, the last digit of 2^3x and 2^x must add to 10, 130 is an integer. The only pairs of numbers for x and 3x being powers of two would be 2,8, ,4,16 , 8,32 16,64 which sum to less than 130 or 32,128 etc,which which are greater than 130. your answer is approximate. 130 is discrete. This has no solution for exactly 130

  • @MrIvanbrewer
    @MrIvanbrewer Рік тому +2

    reminder me my school years in one of the best math schools in Russia 25 years ago, now all forgotten but still these problems are solvable on the fly almost🙂 good times it was

  • @AirCrou
    @AirCrou Рік тому

    Instead of that lengthy solution, let 2^x=y, and then let f(y)=y^3+y-130
    For y=5, f(5)=0
    f'(y)=3y^2+1, which is positive for all values of y, meaning f(y) is a monotonically increasing function, which makes y=5 the only root of f(y)
    Then 2^x=5 and solve using logarithmic properties

    • @StarLord1994
      @StarLord1994 Рік тому

      Yeah, but this is only shorter because it happened to be monotonically increasing. If it wasn’t, you would’ve done this step for no reason, and still had to do the lengthy solution.

  • @mediumQQ
    @mediumQQ Рік тому +1

    I have simplier solution. Multiply both by root x, so then 8+2 = x base root of 130. Which easily = 2.3....

  • @mku12
    @mku12 Рік тому +2

    I think the easiest solution is that we know 2^7=128 next is 8^(1/3) = third root 8 =2 so 128+2=130

    • @ukaszgolanski8153
      @ukaszgolanski8153 Рік тому

      This was my solution as well. Much simpler.

    • @prasoonrajsinghrathore7624
      @prasoonrajsinghrathore7624 Рік тому +2

      Both the exponents are “x” so the value needs to be same. Can’t be 7 for one x and 1/3 for the other

  • @Yes_I_c4n
    @Yes_I_c4n Рік тому +3

    Why aren't the imaginary solutions taken into account? I mean, they are solutions to the original equation, aren't they? Is there an assumption that we must find the real solutions only?

  • @kolomun
    @kolomun Рік тому

    I think you could simply write 2^x = 5 => x = log2(5) without all these log divisions, because log2(5) literally means power to which we have to rase 2 in order to get 5, which is x in our case

  • @askthewise
    @askthewise Рік тому +2

    Was in it better to approximate x between 2 and 3 at a glance?

  • @dVTHoR
    @dVTHoR Рік тому +1

    I looked at this for like 2 minutes without a thought of any complex maths and thought the answer might be X= 2.25 and I’m honestly pretty pleased. Lol

    • @dVTHoR
      @dVTHoR Рік тому

      I also have zero training in mathematics outside of high school 10+ years ago so go very easy on me

  • @mircorichter1375
    @mircorichter1375 Рік тому +1

    I think the question is ill phrased because the types of the symbols in the equation are not specified. For example: no solution over integers. One solution over reals. 3 overvcomplex numbers. But what if we consider prime fields F_p with p>130 or any other algebra type where those symbols could be interpreted in?

  • @kushal777
    @kushal777 5 місяців тому

    y=5 is an obvious solution, taking all the terms on one side and differentiating, we get, f’(y) = 3y^2+1 > 0 for all y€R, hence f(y) has exactly one real root i.e. f(y=5) = 0.

  • @gmexcavation8440
    @gmexcavation8440 4 місяці тому

    8^x+2^x=(2^3)^x+2^x=(2^x)^3+2^x, let 2^x=a, a^3+1=130, a^3=129, a=4.971, 2^x=4.971, x=ln4.971/ln2,x= 2.32

  • @surajitde8537
    @surajitde8537 Рік тому

    This can be solved by vanishing factor method
    By putting y=5
    y-5 is a factor
    5^3+5-130=0
    y^2(y-5)+5y(y-5)+26(y-5)=0
    (y-5)(y^2+5y+26)=0
    y-5=0 or y^2+5y+26=0
    y=5.
    D for quadratic equation
    5^2-4×1×26 is less than 0
    No real roots.
    Solution will be y=5

  • @mocotone
    @mocotone Рік тому

    As soon as she got it to Y Cubed plus Y = 130, the answer jumped out at me and I yelled it out loud, trying to beat her to the punch. Who knew I actuality had time to go check the mail, first?

  • @millaarsenal6291
    @millaarsenal6291 11 місяців тому

    Yeah I got it too. But when you check it, you should not convert to log value and you can simply find it.

  • @random_youtube_user
    @random_youtube_user Рік тому

    Thanks you so much for refreshing my memory from 10 years ago, Now I wish I have continued on the math field instead

  • @alvaromolina5704
    @alvaromolina5704 4 місяці тому

    Esa es una forma extremadamente larga.resolverlo, basta factorizar al principio por 2 elevado a x y después aplicar logaritmo, se resolvía en 2 pasos

  • @sleuthkonan
    @sleuthkonan 7 місяців тому +2

    Yes 130=26x5, but how to get y=26y-25y ?
    I mean how to think of such an inference ?

  • @knandu7843
    @knandu7843 11 місяців тому +1

    26*5=130
    26*25=650
    I think solution is Not correct

  • @XCodeHelpHub
    @XCodeHelpHub 8 місяців тому

    This is an imperfect solution. I realized that the power I'd 8 could not be 3 abs 2 was too small, meaning it was not going g to be an integer. Kind of ridiculous in my book.

  • @lucianopena3806
    @lucianopena3806 Рік тому

    So hard. Congrats. Several math concepts 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @free11192
    @free11192 Рік тому

    Log 2^x = x log 2. Please learn this. For your solution:
    X= log5/log2.

  • @BERNDWERK
    @BERNDWERK Рік тому

    Nice, but you should see, that y^2+5y+26=0 can't have any real solutions without computing by seeing, that it's graph the shifted y^2-graph into positive direction.

  • @BZKnowHow
    @BZKnowHow 7 місяців тому

    very informative and easy way of teaching

  • @glorypath810
    @glorypath810 Рік тому +1

    Go easier by using Factorizing with polynomial and basic logarithm

  • @naveenlakhara_51
    @naveenlakhara_51 Рік тому +1

    Although I knew the answer to the problem, being lazy I preferred "Hit and Trial Method" from the given option for these type of questions. This saves a lot of time 😅😅

  • @wisemang73
    @wisemang73 8 місяців тому

    Nicely done. Weird how your 2's are written differently even in the same equation

  • @shamshirulhussan2690
    @shamshirulhussan2690 11 місяців тому

    I could have just put some value in place and solved mathematically to make a guess that i have to go up or down a little. Than three attempts later i might have got x=2.3
    I have done it many times. You dont need to go in multiple algebrac complications to solve a problem this simple. Afterall numbers are used to avoid hit and trial of actual objects. We can use numbers for hit and trial as that wont even use extra ink or time cz the equations are more complex than hit and trial. Smart work is also intelligence!

  • @PaulMcElroyWasHere
    @PaulMcElroyWasHere Рік тому

    Why aren't we considering the non-real solutions? They're pretty straightforward too!
    1st: x=log2(5)
    2nd: x=log2(-5/2 - 1/2 (i sqrt(79)))
    3rd: x=log2(-5/2 + 1/2 (i sqrt(79)))
    Pretty easy!!!

  • @ab_random
    @ab_random Рік тому

    What happened in the end? Why the author used approximately solve? 2^log(2 5) = 5 by log's definition. And 8^log(2 5) = 2^3log(2 5) = (2^log(2 5))^3 = 5^3 = 125

  • @prashantprakhar3107
    @prashantprakhar3107 Рік тому

    Your voice is so soothing

  • @mustangjoe2071
    @mustangjoe2071 Рік тому

    Let y=2^x then y³+y-130=0
    Easy to see y=5 is one solution. I will skip complex solutions which just requires synthetic division and quadratic formula to solve.
    5=2^x -> log_2(5)= x -> x= ln5/ln2

  • @jurajchobot
    @jurajchobot 11 місяців тому

    Lol, I've done that independently from UA-cam thumbnail and my result was X = 1 / [ log130(10) ] which is X = log10(130) which reads as [ log 130 to base 10 ]
    Edit: It was quite close as my result evaluates to 2.1139 and the actual result evaluates to 2.3219

  • @waylluq
    @waylluq 6 місяців тому

    y³+y-130 = 0
    y³-125+y-5=0
    (y-5)(y²+5y+25)+(y-5)=0
    (y-5)(y²+5y+26)=0
    The real solution is y=5 and from the general 2nd grade formula there will be 2 complex solutions.

  • @Sushi-n9h
    @Sushi-n9h 11 місяців тому

    Aah my favourite maths algebra those days ❤🎉

  • @IvyANguyen
    @IvyANguyen Рік тому +1

    I do not yet have the mathematical experience to have come up with that line of thinking to jump to thinking of the factorisation of 130 then rewriting as factor by grouping. I got to the step where I substituted u = 2^x but had no idea that was actually the way to proceed. I was stuck at what to do now with the 130 as I had no obvious way to factorise u^3 + u - 130 = 0.

  • @abdellahaitouahmane1593
    @abdellahaitouahmane1593 Рік тому

    To complicate solution
    We can divide by 2^x and y= 2^×

  • @nasimthander9137
    @nasimthander9137 Рік тому +2

    Your handwriting and logical thinking ability are awesome ❤

  • @sangeetabocki
    @sangeetabocki 3 місяці тому

    Computing 2.32 to the equation does not equals both the sides. There is a significant difference of around .51 in both sides. 8^2.32 = 124.49 + 2^2.32 = 4.99 = 129.48 ≠ 130. Even in points these should be equal. Consider this 4^x = 8x. If the value of x = .154953 and computing it in equation both the sides are equal. 1.2396 = 1.2396. In your solution it is not the case. Rounding off does not goes well with the equation which has to make both sides equal.
    Computing this interdisciplinary tolerance ≠ tulerance. Spellings matters, even one alphabet can make the entire spelling wrong. Tolerance = tolerance ≠ tulerance just as 130 = 130 ≠ 129.48
    Now, try this. 8^ √ x +2^x = 80. Find the value of x. Much simpler but demonstrates the equality perfectly.
    Your solution is approximately equal(≈) not equal(=) to 130. Hence, it demonstrates ≈ and not =.

  • @HERMES-9
    @HERMES-9 Рік тому

    I got from a much easier and faster way 2*3x and 2*x should be equal to 130 so the sum of two of 2 power something should be equal to 130 which is close to 2*7 hence if x=2 the answer is 64+4 and if x= 3 it would be 528, therefore, x should be between 2 and 3 and closer to 2 than 3 and 3x kinda feels be close to 7 as 128 is close to 130 so 7/3=2.33 and as it wouldn't add up (cuz 127+4,9 is greater than 130 we should decrease 2,33 by 0,01 per time to find the right answer then we got the answer of 2.32

  • @god_bika
    @god_bika Рік тому

    4:47 x is already log 5 to the base 2 as per logarithm definition,. Isnt it

  • @PasanDeZoysa-f8g
    @PasanDeZoysa-f8g Рік тому +1

    ..am I the only one to solve it in their mind after seeing the thumbnail?

  • @kadir7533
    @kadir7533 10 місяців тому

    Its a mid level math problem for college exam in Turkey.

  • @frankey32mc
    @frankey32mc Рік тому

    a=2^x
    a^3 + a = 130
    both increasing
    a=5 is the only solution
    2^x = 5
    x = log 2 (5)
    :/

  • @kaktussever4484
    @kaktussever4484 Рік тому +1

    İ know short answer for this question and it is very easy ,

  • @alokranjan4149
    @alokranjan4149 Рік тому

    Beautiful question. It's answer is log5/log2 both on the base 10 👌👌

    • @vladimirgregor
      @vladimirgregor 6 місяців тому

      or any other base for that matter

  • @arekkrolak6320
    @arekkrolak6320 Рік тому +1

    SInce this is a cubic it must have a trivial solution since no math olympiad participant would be able to solve a proper cubic analytically

  • @vladimirgregor
    @vladimirgregor 6 місяців тому

    @4:10 - no real roots? That's why we have complex numbers! Rework the video and give us two more correct answers!

  • @learningisthekey
    @learningisthekey Рік тому +1

    You make the solution to obtain the real part seem too complicated. from the point where (2^x)=5 by just using the conversion law from Exponents to log we obtain Log5_2 = x. Even to check the result, using logs instead the decimal produces a more exact result or (125+5=130).

  • @thomol84
    @thomol84 5 місяців тому

    redundant explanation from 4:49.
    From logarithm definition we know that it is log_2(5)