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Algebra Difficulty 5.6 AIME, harder Prove it

3. For any natural numbers nn, pp, rr, there exists a natural number mm such that
(p+rp)n=m+rn+mrn. (\sqrt{p+r}-\sqrt{p})^{-n}=\frac{\sqrt{m+r^{n}}+\sqrt{m}}{r^{n}} .

Solution

Proof: Since (p+rp)n(p+r(\sqrt{p+r}-\sqrt{p})^{n}(\sqrt{p+r}- p)n=1\sqrt{p})^{-n}=1, and by reference [1] we know
(p+rp)n=m+rnm (\sqrt{p+r}-\sqrt{p})^{n}=\sqrt{m+r^{n}}-\sqrt{m} \text{. }

Therefore, (p+rp)n(\sqrt{p+r}-\sqrt{p})^{-n}
=1m+rnm=m+rn+mrn =\frac{1}{\sqrt{m+r^{n}}-\sqrt{m}}=\frac{\sqrt{m+r^{n}}+\sqrt{m}}{r^{n}} \text{. }

By the extended theorem 3, we easily obtain the following corollary:
For any natural numbers nn, pp, rr, there exists a natural number mm such that
(p+r+p)n=m+rn+m (\sqrt{p+r}+\sqrt{p})^{n}=\sqrt{m+r^{n}}+\sqrt{m} \text{. }

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