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algebra senior

Problem

Let be the roots of Find all possible values of Enter all possible values, separated by commas.
Solution
By Vieta's formulas, Let and Then Note that so Also, To obtain the terms we can cube : Now, so Also, To obtain the terms we can cube : so Hence, Then by Vieta's formulas, and are the roots of Thus, the possible values of (and ) are
Final answer
24,-3