2023 AIME II Problems/Problem 4
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Solution 1
We first subtract the 2nd equation from the first, noting that they both equal .
Case 1: Let
The first and third equations simplify to:
From which it is apparent that and
are solutions.
Case 2: Let
The first and third equations simplify to:
We subtract the following equations, yielding:
We thus have and
, substituting in
and solving yields
and
Then, we just add the squares of the solutions (make sure not to double count the 4), and get:
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