2020 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6
Problem
For all integers the value of
is always which of the following?
Solution 1
We first expand the expression:
We can now divide out a common factor of from each term of this expression:
Factoring out , we get
which proves that the answer is .
Solution 2
In the numerator, we factor out an to get
Now, without loss of generality, test values of
until only one answer choice is left valid:
knocking out
and
knocking out
This leaves as the only answer choice left.
This solution does not consider the condition The reason is that, with further testing it becomes clear that for all
we get
as proved in Solution 1. The condition
is insignificant and added most likely to encourage the selection of choice
.
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