HMMT 二月 2013 · 冲刺赛 · 第 13 题
HMMT February 2013 — Guts Round — Problem 13
题目详情
英文原题
- [ 8 ] Find the smallest positive integer n such that > 4 . 99.
n n
5 +2
解析
英文解析
- [ 8 ] Find the smallest positive integer n such that > 4 . 99.
n n
5 +2
n +1 n n +1 n n n
Answer: 7 Writing 5 = 5 · 5 and 2 = 2 · 2 and cross-multiplying yields 0 . 01 · 5 > 2 . 99 · 2 ,
and re-arranging yields (2 . 5) > 299. A straightforward calculation shows that the smallest n for whichnthis is true is n = 7.