2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 16
- The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 12B #16 and 2021 AMC 10B #18, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Let be a polynomial with leading coefficient whose three roots are the reciprocals of the three roots of where What is in terms of and
Solution 1
Note that has the same roots as , if it is multiplied by some monomial so that the leading term is they will be equal. We have so we can see that Therefore
Solution 2 (Vieta's bash)
Let the three roots of be , , and . (Here e does NOT mean 2.7182818...) We know that , , and , and that (Vieta's). This is equal to , which equals . -dstanz5
Solution 3 (Fakesolve)
Because the problem doesn't specify what the coefficients of the polynomial actually are, we can just plug in any arbitrary polynomial that satisfies the constraints. Let's take . Then has a triple root of . Then has a triple root of , and it's monic, so . We can see that this is , which is answer choice .
-Darren Yao
Solution 4
If we let and be the roots of , and . The requested value, , is then The numerator is (using the product form of ) and the denominator is , so the answer is
- gting
Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vCEJzhDRUoU
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Vieta's Formula)
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iCAZRUESs
See Also
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