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Mamont248 [21]
2 years ago
7

Find the positive base $b$ in which the equation $5_b \cdot 23_b = 151_b$ is valid.

Mathematics
1 answer:
DanielleElmas [232]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

b=7

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to determine the positive base b in which:

5_b \cdot 23_b = 151_b

The easiest way to approach this is to convert all the numbers to base 10.

5_b=5Xb^0=5\\23_b =(2Xb^1)+(3Xb^0)=2b+3\\151_b=(1Xb^2)+(5Xb^1)+(1Xb^0)=b^2+5b+1\\Therefore:\\5_b \cdot 23_b = 151_b\\5(2b+3)=b^2+5b+1\\10b+15=b^2+5b+1\\b^2+5b+1-10b-15=0

b^2-5b-14=0

Next, we factorize the resulting expression.

b^2-5b-14=b^2-7b+2b-14=0\\b(b-7)+2(b-7)=0\\(b-7)(b+2)=0\\b-7=0\: or \: b+2=0\\b=7\: or \: b=-2

The positive value of b for which the equality hold is 7.

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