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What is the smallest n such that

\lg {n\choose0.15n} + 0.15n \geq {112}
 
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Dragonfall said:
What is the smallest n such that

\lg {n\choose0.15n} + {n\choose0.15n} \geq {112}
What is lg?
 
Math_QED said:
What is lg?

Log base 2
 
Dragonfall said:
Log base 2
Does the log contain the sum of both combinations? (Then you should have added more brackets)
 
Math_QED said:
Does the log contain the sum of both combinations? (Then you should have added more brackets)

Sorry I formulated the inequality wrong. It's fixed now.

The log only contains the binomial.

I think it might be easier just to do this numerically...
 
You can try to do:

2^LH = 2^RH

But I think the best approach is a numerical method.
 

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