2022 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 11
Problem
Ted mistakenly wrote as
What is the sum of all real numbers
for which these two expressions have the same value?
Solution
We are given that
Converting everything into powers of
we have
We multiply both sides by
, then rearrange as
By Vieta's Formulas, the sum of such values of
is
Note that or
from the quadratic equation above.
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