For a positive real number be its integer part. For example, . is the maximum real number such that [] + [] = 7. Find the value of.
Problem 1338
Official solution
1. We are given the floor function , which returns the greatest integer less than or equal to . We need to find the maximum real number such that .
2. Let's denote by and by . We are given that .
3. Since and are integers, we need to find values of and such that . The possible pairs are:
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4. We need to check which of these pairs satisfy the conditions and .
5. Let's start with the pair :
- implies .
- implies .
6. Solving these inequalities:
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- implies .
7. The intersection of these intervals is:
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- The common interval is .
8. To find the maximum value of , we take the upper bound of the interval:
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9. Therefore, the maximum value of is . We need to find :
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The final answer is .