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Revision as of 19:02, 7 March 2015
Problem
Consider the polynomials and
Given that
and
are the roots of
find
Solution
therefore
therefore
Also
So
So in
Since and
can now be
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Now this also follows for all roots of
Now
Now by Vieta's we know that
So by Newton Sums we can find
So finally
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See also
2003 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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