Hi qwertyzz,
I'm really bad with these problems so this solution is probably wrong, but I'll give it a shot anyway!
If \(23=x^4+\frac{1}{x^4}\) then what is the value of \(x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}\)?
So how I did this is:
First, I just set \(x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=y\)
If you square both sides of \(x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=y\), you get \((a^2)^2 + 2a^2\cdot\frac{1}{a^2} + \left(\frac{1}{a^2}\right)^{\!2} = y^2\).
So, this means that \(a^4 + \frac{1}{a^4} = y^2-2\).
We know that \(a^4 + \frac{1}{a^4} =23\), so \(y^2-2=23\)
So, we know \(\boxed{y= \pm5}\)
I hope this was right?
Please tell me if this is right!
:)