2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 10
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Problem
Suppose that real number satisfies What is the value of ?
Solution 1
We let ; in other words, we want to find . We know that Thus, .
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Solution 2
Let , and . Solving for the constants in terms of x, a , and b, we get , and . Subtracting the second equation from the first gives us . Difference of squares gives us . Since we want to find , and we know , we get , so
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Solution 3
We can substitute for , thus turning the equation into . Moving the to the other side and squaring gives us , solving for gives us 25/4. We substitute this value into the expression they asked us to evaluate giving 8.
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Solution 4
Move to the right to get . Square both sides to get . Simplify to get , or Substitute this back into the original equation tog et that . The answer is
Solution 5(Jaideep's Difference of Roots Equals Integer Method)[JDRIM]
We are given that, We are asked to find, Notice that these two expressions are conjugates of one another. Therefore, we can find that by multiply these two conjugates by one another we should be able to find that: Difference of Squares Formula:
We are already given that the first expression equals 3, thus, our expression now becomes:
Thus, the answer is
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Video Solutions
Video Solution 1
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Video Solution 2
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Video Solution 3
Video Solution 4
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See Also
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