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algebra intermediate

Problem

Let be a function such that and for all

Let be the number of possible values of and let be the sum of all possible values of Find
Solution
Setting we get so for all Then and so on. In general, for all and all integers

Since it follows that for all integers

Let where and are integers and Setting and we get Since and Solving, we find Therefore, for all

We can check that this function works. Therefore, and so
Final answer
\frac{3}{2}