2023 AIME II Problems/Problem 4
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Problem
Let and
be real numbers satisfying the system of equations
Let
be the set of possible values of
Find the sum of the squares of the elements of
Solution 1
We first subtract the second equation from the first, noting that they both equal .
Case 1: Let .
The first and third equations simplify to:
from which it is apparent that
and
are solutions.
Case 2: Let .
The first and third equations simplify to:
\begin{align*}
x^2+4y-xy-4x&=0 \\
x(x-4)-y(x-4)&=0 \\
(x-4)(x-y)&=0
\end{align*}$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
We thus have and
, substituting in
and solving yields
and
.
Then, we just add the squares of the solutions (make sure not to double count the 4), and get: .
~SAHANWIJETUNGA
Solution 2
We index these equations as (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
Taking , we get
Denote ,
,
.
Thus, the above equation can be equivalently written as
Similarly, by taking , we get
By taking , we get
From , we have the following two cases.
Case 1: .
Plugging this into and
, we get
.
Thus,
or
.
Because we only need to compute all possible values of , without loss of generality, we only need to analyze one case that
.
Plugging and
into (1), we get a feasible solution
,
,
.
Case 2: and
.
Plugging this into and
, we get
.
Case 2.1: .
Thus, . Plugging
and
into (1), we get a feasible solution
,
,
.
Case 2.2: and
.
Thus, . Plugging these into (1), we get
or
.
Putting all cases together, .
Therefore, the sum of the squares of the elements of
is
~ Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
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