2000 AIME II Problems/Problem 13
Problem
The equation has exactly two real roots, one of which is , where , and are integers, and are relatively prime, and . Find .
Solution
We may factor the equation as:
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Now for real . Thus the real roots must be the roots of the equation . By the quadratic formula the roots of this are:
Thus , and so the final answer is
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