2013 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11
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Problem
Real numbers and
satisfy the equation
. What is
?
Solution
If we complete the square after bringing the and
terms to the other side, we get
. Squares of real numbers are nonnegative, so we need both
and
to be
. This obviously only happens when
and
.