2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 14
What is the greatest integer less than or equal to
Solution
Let's set this value equal to . We can write Multiplying by on both sides, we get Now let's take a look at the answer choices. We notice that , choice , can be written as 3^4. Plugging this into out equation above, we get The right side is larger than the left side because This means that our original value, , must be less than . The only answer that is less than is so our answer is .
~Nivek