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Solving7[x] + 23{x} = 191

Foreveryrealnumberx,[x]denotesthelargestintegerlessthanorequaltoxand
{x} = x [x].
Thenumberofrealsolutionsof
7[x] + 23{x} = 191

is
(a)0

(b)1

(c)2

(d)3

Isolveditlikethis:
7[x] + 23{x} = 191

7(x {x}) + 23{x} = 191

7x + 16{x} = 191

Now,
0 {x} < 1

0 16{x} < 16

0 191 7x < 1

16 < 7x 191 0

175 < 7x 191

175

191
< x

25 < x 27.2857

Butx

doesn'tsatisfygivenequation.Answergivenis(d)3.

= 26

Idon'tunderstandwhereI'mwrong.
Ahintwillbeofgreathelp.
Pleasedon'tprovidecompletesolution.
SorryforpoorLaTeX.
(algebraprecalculus ) (floorfunction) (fractionalpart )
editedMay28'15at14:01

askedMay28'15at13:13

MartinSleziak
38.1k

Integrator

91

196

900

14

1 Putbackslashesinfrontofyourcurlybracketssoyoucanleavetheminsidethedollarsigns.Ifixedafew
ofthem.GregoryGrantMay28'15at13:16

Thanks@GregoryGrantI'mnewtoLaTeX. Integrator May28'15at13:20

Iratherthangettingridof[x] ,keepit.Youhave7m + 23y =

23ymustalsobeaninteger. Braindead May28'15at13:22

,wheremisaninteger.Thismeansthat

191

3Answers

Youshouldworkwith[x]andnotx,try
0 {x} < 1

http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1302484/solving7x23x191?rq=1

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0 23{x} < 23

0 191 7[x] < 23

23 < 7[x] 191 0

168 < 7[x] 191

168/7 < [x] 191/7

24 < [x] 27.2857

Soyouranswersaresomexwith[x]=25 ,26 or27

The{x} partisjust

(1917[x])
23

then:)
editedMay28'15at14:06

answeredMay28'15at13:25

Integrator
900

Inuyaki
14

116

btw,justforinfo:[x]isjustrounding,ifyouwannarounddown,youhavetouse|__|,youcanlookforthe

symbolyourself(seeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions firstparagraph)InuyakiMay28'15
at13:25
Thecorrectsymbolsareavailableas \lfloor\rfloor ,lookinglikethis: x Joffan May28'15at14:12

Fractionalpartofx,{x} mustbeoftheform
andy, zareintegers.Thus,7z + y

y < 23

y
23

.Thus,writex

mod

y
23

wherez

= [x]

and

= 191

191 2

Thus,y

= z +

mod

.Numberofsuchvaluesofythatarelessthan23arejust3(2,9,16).

answeredMay28'15at13:22

Ojas
1,655

18

Ihaven'tstudiedstufflike
191 2

mod

@Ojas.Canyoupleaseexplainitabitordirectmetosomegoodsourcetostudy. Integrator May28

'15at13:42
1 Itjustmeansthat191leavesaremainderof2whendividedby7.Andforbothsidesoftheequationtobe
equal,yshouldalsoleavearemainderof2whendividedby7.Ojas May28'15at14:03

0 {x} < 1

0 191 7[x] < 23

0 23{x} < 23

0 7[x] 191 > 23

28 > 191/7 [x] > (191 23)/7 = 24

So,[x]canbe25, 26, 27
editedMay28'15at13:24

answeredMay28'15at13:17

labbhattacharjee
175k

14

129

227

2 Youjustfoundvaluesfor[x] ,notforx,youshouldcontinue....k1.MMay28'15at13:27

ButIneedtofindthenumberofrealsolutionsi.e.xnot[x] @LabBhattacharjeeorAmIwrong
somewhere? Integrator May28'15at13:45

Ok!gotitTherewillbesome{x}whichwhenputtogetherwith[x]
desiredsolution. Integrator May28'15at13:54

@Integrator,NicetoseeyourresponselabbhattacharjeeMay29'15at17:53

or26 or27 willgiveusthe

= 25

http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1302484/solving7x23x191?rq=1

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