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[hide]Problem
Let denote the sum of the
th powers of the roots of the polynomial
. In particular,
,
, and
. Let
,
, and
be real numbers such that
for
,
,
What is
?
Solution 1
Applying Newton's Sums, we haveso
we get the answer as
.
Solution 2
Let , and
be the roots of the polynomial. Then,
Adding these three equations, we get
can be written as
, giving
We are given that is satisfied for
,
,
, meaning it must be satisfied when
, giving us
.
Therefore, , and
by matching coefficients.
.
Solution 3
Let , and
be the roots of the polynomial. By Vieta's Formulae, we have
.
We know . Consider
.
Using and
, we see
.
We have
Rearrange to get
So, .
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Solution 4
Let be the roots of
. Then:
\
\
If we multiply both sides of the equation by , where
is a positive integer, then that won't change the coefficients, but just the degree of the new polynomial and the other term's exponents. We can try multiplying to find
, but that is just to check. So then with the above information about
, we see that:
,
,
Then:
This means that , as expected. So we have
. So our answer is
-IzhanAli
Solution 5
Let the roots be ,
, and
. We know
.Continuing, we have:
Clearly, the answer is
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Video Solution
For those who want a video solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAS_DbKmtzI
See Also
2019 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 18 |
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