Math Contest #25 Results and Solution
Solution
The problem of this contest was to find a and x so that these vectors would be orthogonal:
(a, 5a, 2a/x) and (3a, 4a, x)
being orthogonal means that the scalar product gives 0:
a*3a + 5a*4a + 2a/x *x = 0
3a² + 20a² + 2a = 0
(23a + 2)a = 0
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a = 0 or 23a+2 = 0 → a = -2/23
Is a=0 really a solution?
After all it gives the 0-vector which should have no direction and therefor shouldn't be orthogonal to anything?
It depends on how you define orthogonality.
I didn't define it, so I guess I have to count a=0 as a solution.
One important thing is still missing: the values of x:
x can be anything, because the solution does not depend on it, but it mustn't be 0 because 2a/0 is not defined!
So x != 0.
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List of participants with their entries:
| Name | solution found | comment |
|---|---|---|
| @jeffjagoe | a = 0 | You forgot to define x and you didn't find the second solution :( |
| @lallo | a = 0 or a = -2/23, x != 0 |
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Winner draw:
Not necessary since exactly 2 successful participant:
Congratulations @jeffjagoe and @lallo , you won 1 SBI each!
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