1983 AHSME Problems/Problem 12

Problem 12

If $\log_2 \Big(\log_3 (\log_2 x) \Big) = 0$ , then $x^{-1/2}$ equals

$\text{(A)} \ \frac{1}{3} \qquad \text{(B)} \ \frac{1}{2 \sqrt 3} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \frac{1}{3\sqrt 3}\qquad \text{(D)}\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{42}}\qquad \text{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

Solution

Because $\log_2 \Big(\log_3 (\log_2 x) \Big) = 0$ . That means that $(\log_3 (\log_2 x) =1$ . That means that $\log_2 x=3$ . Therefore, $x=8$ . Since $x=8$ , $x^{-1/2}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}$ . Since this is none of the answer choices, the answer is $\fbox{\textbf{E} \text{None of these}}$

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