Expressions & Identities (Squares & Powers). What is Integer ? : āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŽā§€āϕ⧰āĻŖ (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ— āφ⧰⧁ āϘāĻžāϤ)āĨ¤ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϝāĻŧ ?


Reciprocal Power Identities & Half-Power Shortcut : āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϞ⧋āĻŽ āϘāĻžāϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§€āϕ⧰āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš & āĻ…ā§°ā§āϧ-āϘāĻžāϤ⧰ āϏāĻšāϜ/āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ


Base Formula – A


If, a + 1/a = x


Then,
Square: a² + 1/a² = x² − 2


Fourth Power: a⁴ + 1/a⁴ = (x² − 2)² − 2


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ, a + 1/a = x āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇, āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ—: a² + 1/a² = x² − 2


āϚāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨ āϘāĻžāϤ: a⁴ + 1/a⁴ = (x² − 2)² − 2


Base Formula – B


If, aâŋ + 1/aâŋ = k


Then, aâŋᐟ² − 1/aâŋᐟ² = √(k − 2)


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ, aâŋ + 1/aâŋ = k āĻšāϝāĻŧ


āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇, aâŋᐟ² − 1/aâŋᐟ² = √(k − 2)


Quick Rules


Case 1


Given “+” → Required “+” : āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “+” → āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “+”
Formula: √(k + 2) : āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: √(k + 2)
Memory Trick: Plus → Add 2 : āĻŽā§‡āĻŽ’ā§°āĻŋ āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•: Plus āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ 2 āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•


Case 2


Given “+” → Required “−” : āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “+” → āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “−”
Formula: √(k − 2) : āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: √(k − 2)
Memory Trick: Minus → Subtract 2 : āĻŽā§‡āĻŽ’ā§°āĻŋ āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•: Minus āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ 2 āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•


Case 3


Given “−” → Required “+” : āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “−” → āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “+”
Formula: √(k + 2) : āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: √(k + 2)


Case 4


Given “−” → Required “−” : āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “−” → āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ “−”
Formula: √(k − 2) : āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: √(k − 2)


Super Shortcut Memory


Half power = √(k ± 2) : āĻ…ā§°ā§āϧ āϘāĻžāϤ = √(k ± 2)


Q1. If a + 1/a = 4, find a⁴ + 1/a⁴


Options: 204, 196, 198, 194


Soln


a + 1/a = 4


1st square: a² + 1/a² = 4² − 2 = 16 − 2 = 14


Again square: a⁴ + 1/a⁴ = 14² − 2 = 196 − 2 = 194


Ans: 194


Note: First square → minus 2, Again square → minus 2


Q2. If x²âĩ + 1/x²âĩ = 627, find x¹²âĩ − 1/x¹²âĩ


Options: (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 125 (d) 26


Soln: x¹²⋅âĩ − 1/x¹²⋅âĩ = √(627 − 2) = √625 = 25


Ans: 25


Trick: Half power → √(k − 2) when required sign is minus (−)


Q3.  If x¹â° + 1/x¹â° = 194, find xâĩ + 1/xâĩ


Options: (a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 16


Soln:
xâĩ + 1/xâĩ = √(194 + 2) = √196 = 14


Ans: 14


Q4. Solve: (1/7)âģ⁴ + (1/9)âģ⁴ + (1/5)âģ⁴


Trick: (1/a)âģâŋ = aâŋ


= 7⁴ + 9⁴ + 5⁴
= 2401 + 6561 + 625
= 15760


Ans: 15760


Q5. What is Integer ?


Definition: An integer is a whole number which can be positive, negative, or zero, without any fractional or decimal part.


āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž: Integer āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋ āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•, āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ āφ⧰⧁ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: …, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3 …


Note:



  • 0 is an integer

  • Fractions & decimals are not integers


Q6. If a − 1/a = 7, find aâĩ − 1/aâĩ


Options: (a) 18557 (b) 17147 (c) 14557 (d) 21107


Trick: If a − 1/a = x (x is integer), then aâŋ − 1/aâŋ must be divisible by x.


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ a − 1/a = x āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ aâŋ − 1/aâŋ x ⧰⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


Check option (a):
18557 ÷ 7 = 2651 (Integer)


Ans: Option (a) 18557