1996 AIME Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
Suppose that the roots of are
,
, and
, and that the roots of
are
,
, and
. Find
.
Solution 1
By Vieta's formulas on the polynomial , we have
,
, and
. Then
![$t = -(a+b)(b+c)(c+a) = -(s-a)(s-b)(s-c) = -(-3-a)(-3-b)(-3-c)$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/1/9/c19770805040b313fafffdedbfb2ee4726cf0414.png)
This is just the definition for .
Alternatively, we can expand the expression to get
Solution 2
Each term in the expansion of has a total degree of 3. Another way to get terms with degree 3 is to multiply out
. Expanding both of these expressions and comparing them shows that:
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