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counting and probability intermediate

Problem

How many pairs of non-zero real numbers satisfy the equation
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We hope to simplify this expression into a quadratic in order to find the solutions. To do this, we find a common denominator to the LHS by multiplying by . By the quadratic formula and checking the discriminant (imagining one of the variables to be constant), we see that this has no real solutions. Thus the answer is .
Final answer
A