2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 16
Contents
[hide]- 1 Problem
- 2 Solution 1
- 3 Solution 2 (Vieta's bash)
- 4 Solution 3 (Fakesolve)
- 5 Solution 4
- 6 Solution 5 (Good at Guessing)
- 7 Solution 6
- 8 Video Solution (🚀Under 2 min 🚀)
- 9 Video Solution by OmegaLearn
- 10 Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
- 11 Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Vieta's Formula)
- 12 Video Solution by Hawk Math
- 13 See Also
Problem
Let be a polynomial with leading coefficient whose three roots are the reciprocals of the three roots of where What is in terms of and
Solution 1
Note that has the same roots as , if it is multiplied by some monomial so that the leading term is they will be equal. We have so we can see that Therefore
Solution 2 (Vieta's bash)
Let the three roots of be , , and . (Here e does NOT mean 2.7182818...) We know that , , and , and that (Vieta's). This is equal to , which equals . -dstanz5
Solution 3 (Fakesolve)
Because the problem doesn't specify what the coefficients of the polynomial actually are, we can just plug in any arbitrary polynomial that satisfies the constraints. Let's take . Then has a triple root of . Then has a triple root of , and it's monic, so . We can see that this is , which is answer choice .
-Darren Yao
Solution 4
If we let and be the roots of , and . The requested value, , is then The numerator is (using the product form of ) and the denominator is , so the answer is
- gting
Solution 5 (Good at Guessing)
The function . If it's , then it becomes So, becomes , so becomes . Also, there is a so the answer must include . The only answer having both of these is .
~smellyman
-Extremelysupercooldude (Minor Latex Edits and Grammar)
Solution 6
It is well known that reversing the order of the coefficients of a polynomial turns each root into its corresponding reciprocal. Thus, a polynomial with the desired roots may be written as . As the problem statement asks for a monic polynomial, our answer is
Video Solution (🚀Under 2 min 🚀)
~Education, the Study of Everything
Video Solution by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/M4Ffhp9NLKY?t=923
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vCEJzhDRUoU
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Vieta's Formula)
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iCAZRUESs
See Also
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