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Print59th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad
Ukraine algebra
Problem
Are there integers such that
Solution
Answer. Yes, for example , , and .
Clearly, all numbers cannot be positive. Let's take , , and find the corresponding :
The equality is homogeneous, meaning that we can simply multiply all numbers by to obtain the aforementioned integers.
Clearly, all numbers cannot be positive. Let's take , , and find the corresponding :
The equality is homogeneous, meaning that we can simply multiply all numbers by to obtain the aforementioned integers.
Final answer
a = -28, b = -14, c = -7, d = 4
Techniques
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