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algebra intermediate

Problem

Let , , and be solutions of the equation .

Compute .
Solution
The cubic equation can be rewritten as . First, we list the relations that Vieta's formulas give us: We wish to compute The denominator is . To obtain the numerator, we square equation to get We can rewrite this as From equations and , we have so Finally, we have
Final answer
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