MarkFL said:My solution:
Let \(\displaystyle x=\sqrt[4]{5}\)
I would try to see if there is a solution for $a$ in:
\(\displaystyle \left(1+ax \right)^2\left(4-3x+2x^2-x^3 \right)=4\)
\(\displaystyle -a^2x^5+(2a^2-2a)x^4+(-3a^2+4a-1)x^3+(4a^2-6a+2)x^2+(8a-3)x+4=4\)
Now, we have:
\(\displaystyle x^5=5x\) and \(\displaystyle x^4=5\) hence we may write (after factoring):
\(\displaystyle (a-1)(1-3a)x^3+2(a-1)(2a-1)x^2+(a-1)(3-5a)x+10a(a-1)=0\)
Thus, we find $a=1$. And so we may write:
\(\displaystyle \frac{2}{\sqrt{4-3\sqrt[4]{5}+2\sqrt{5}-\sqrt[4]{125}}}=1+\sqrt[4]{5}\)
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