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Problem
Let be the number of complex numbers
with the properties that
and
is a real number. Find the remainder when
is divided by
.
Solution
Let . This simplifies the problem constraint to
. This is true iff
. Let
be the angle
makes with the positive x-axis. Note that there is exactly one
for each angle
. This must be true for
values of
(it may help to picture the reference angle making one orbit from and to the positive x-axis; note every time
). For each of these solutions for
, there are necessarily
solutions for
. Thus, there are
solutions for
, yielding an answer of
.
See also
2018 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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