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55rd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad - Third Round

Ukraine algebra

Problem

Can real numbers , , satisfy
Solution
Denote , , then and the equation can be rewritten as: The last equality holds only with , which is impossible. Therefore, the equation has no solutions.
Final answer
No

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