Difference between revisions of "2021 Fall AMC 10A Problems/Problem 25"
(→Solution 1) |
|||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
~ Leo.Euler | ~ Leo.Euler | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Solution 2 (Do Not Do On The Test - Rotated Conics)== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Solution in progress | ||
+ | |||
+ | ~KingRavi |
Revision as of 21:33, 22 November 2021
Problem
A quadratic polynomial with real coefficients and leading coefficient is called
if the equation
is satisfied by exactly three real numbers. Among all the disrespectful quadratic polynomials, there is a unique such polynomial
for which the sum of the roots is maximized. What is
?
Solution 1
Let and
be the roots of
. Then,
. The solutions to
is the union of the solutions to
and
. It follows that one of these two quadratics has one solution and the other has two. WLOG, assume that the quadratic with one root is
. Then, the discriminant is
, so
. Thus,
, but for
to have two solutions,
. It follows that the sum of the roots of
is
, and its maximum value occurs when
. Therefore,
, so
.
~ Leo.Euler
Solution 2 (Do Not Do On The Test - Rotated Conics)
Solution in progress
~KingRavi