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algebra senior

Problem

Let and be real numbers such that and Find all possible values of Enter the possible values, separated by commas. For example, if you think the possible values are 3, 4, and 5, enter "3, 4, 5", without the quotation marks.
Solution
From we get and Then Let Then We know that and are the roots of the polynomial Expanding, we get We know that Also, so Setting we get But Therefore, The only possible value of the given expression is The triple shows that the value of 0 is achievable.
Final answer
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