Skip to main content
OlympiadHQ

Browse · MATH

Print

jmc

algebra intermediate

Problem

Let be a real number such that Find all possible values of Enter all possible values, separated by commas.
Solution
From the given equation, Let and Then or In other words, We can write this as Let Then which factors as So, Then which factors as If then If then If then and Hence, Thus, the possible values of are
Final answer
2,16