2017 AMC 10A Problem 24
Problem 24 of 25HarderAlgebra
For certain real numbers and the polynomial has three distinct roots, and each root of is also a root of the polynomial What is
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Solution
Because the three distinct roots of the cubic are also roots of the monic quartic we can write for some real number
The coefficient of in this product is so and The coefficient of is so and
Therefore,
Thus, C is the correct answer.