HMMT 二月 2004 · 代数 · 第 3 题
HMMT February 2004 — Algebra — Problem 3
题目详情
英文原题
- Compute:
⌊ ⌋
3 3
2005 2003 − .
2003 · 2004 2004 · 2005
解析
英文解析
- Compute:
⌊ ⌋
3 3
2005 2003 − .
2003 · 2004 2004 · 2005
Solution: 8
Let x = 2004. Then the expression inside the floor brackets is
3 3 4 4 3
( x + 1) ( x − 1) ( x + 1) − ( x − 1) 8 x + 8 x 16 x − = = = 8 + .
3 3
( x − 1) x x ( x + 1) ( x − 1) x ( x + 1) x − x x − x
Since x is certainly large enough that 0 < 16 x/ ( x − x ) < 1, the answer is 8.3 1