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Argentine National Olympiad 2015

Argentina 2015 algebra

Problem

Evaluate the sum
Solution
Denote . Multiply all numerators by and all denominators by to obtain Now complete squares as follows: Therefore And it follows that . Since we obtain This leads to . For the answer is
Final answer
9900/299

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