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algebra senior

Problem

Let and be complex numbers such that and Find all possible values of

Enter all the possible values, separated by commas.
Solution
Since so Similarly, and

Also, let Then We have that so From the equation so Then so Let so If then This becomes which factors as Since must be nonnegative,

If then This becomes which factors as Since must be nonnegtaive,

Finally, we must show that for each of these potential values of there exist corresponding complex numbers and

If and then and If and then and Therefore, the possible values of are
Final answer
1,2