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algebra senior

Problem

Suppose that are real numbers such that Compute .
Solution
Let It can be shown that for any polynomial of degree at most 2. Thus, when we compute since the coefficients of and are all polynomials in of degree at most 2, all the terms of and will cancel. Thus, Solving, we find and Then
Final answer
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