Mock AIME I 2015 Problems/Problem 10

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For convenience, let's use $a, b, c$ instead of $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$. Define a polynomial $P(x)$ such that $P(x) = (x-a)(x-b)(x-c) = x^3 - (a+b+c)x^2 + (ab+ac+bc)x - abc$. Let $j = ab + ac + bc$ and $k = -abc$. Then, our polynomial becomes $P(x) = x^3 - (a+b+c)x^2 + jx + k$. Note that we want to compute $-\frac{j}{k}$.

From the given information, we know that the coefficient of the $x^2$ term is $6$, and we also know that $P(-1) = -33$, or in other words, $-j + k = -26$. By Newton's Sums (since we are given $a^3 + b^3 + c^3$), we also find that $6j + k = 43$. Solving this system, we find that $(j, k) \in (\frac{69}{7}, -\frac{113}{7})$. Thus, $\frac{j}{-k} = \frac{69}{113}$, so our final answer is $69 + 113 = \boxed{182}$.