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Log of Geometric Sequence

Source: AIME II 2007 #12

March 29, 2007
calculusintegrationlogarithmsratioAMCUSA(J)MOUSAMO

Problem Statement

The increasing geometric sequence x0,x1,x2,x_{0},x_{1},x_{2},\ldots consists entirely of integral powers of 3.3. Given that n=07log3(xn)=308and56log3(n=07xn)57,\sum_{n=0}^{7}\log_{3}(x_{n}) = 308\qquad\text{and}\qquad 56 \leq \log_{3}\left ( \sum_{n=0}^{7}x_{n}\right ) \leq 57, find log3(x14).\log_{3}(x_{14}).