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One thing to note is that <math>R(z)</math> takes the form of <math>Az + B</math> for some constants A and B. | One thing to note is that <math>R(z)</math> takes the form of <math>Az + B</math> for some constants A and B. | ||
Note that the roots of <math>z^2 + z + 1</math> are part of the solutions of <math>z^3 -1 = 0</math> | Note that the roots of <math>z^2 + z + 1</math> are part of the solutions of <math>z^3 -1 = 0</math> |
Revision as of 11:39, 12 February 2021
Contents
Problem
Let and
be the unique polynomials such that
and the degree of
is less than
What is
Solution 1
Note that
so if
is the remainder when dividing by
,
Now,
So
, and
The answer is
Solution 2 (Complex numbers)
One thing to note is that takes the form of
for some constants A and B.
Note that the roots of
are part of the solutions of
They can be easily solved with roots of unity:
Obviously the right two solutions are the roots of
We substitute
into the original equation, and
becomes 0. Using De Moivre's theorem, we get:
Expanding into rectangular complex number form:
Comparing the real and imaginary parts, we get:
The answer is
. ~Jamess2022(burntTacos;-;)
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Using Modular Arithmetic and Meta-solving)
~ pi_is_3.14
See Also
2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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