2020 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 22
Problem
Let and be the sequences of real numbers such that for all integers , where . What is
Solution 1
Square the given equality to yield so and
Solution 2 (DeMoivre's Formula)
Note that . Let , then, we know that , so . Therefore, . Aha is a geometric sequence that evaluates to . We can quickly see that . . Therefore, . The imaginary part is , so our answer is .(Which is answer choice
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Solution 3
Clearly . So we have . By linearity, we have the latter is equivalent to . Expanding the summand yields -vsamc
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