Let P be a monic polynomial of degree 2017 such that P ( 1 ) = P ( 2 ) = ⋯ = P ( 2 0 1 6 ) = 0 and P ( 0 ) = 2 0 1 8 ! .
Find the largest root of P ( x ) .
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A polynomial of degree 2 0 1 7 which has the numbers from 1 to 2 0 1 6 as roots cam be P ( x ) = ( x − 1 ) ( x − 2 ) ( x − 3 ) ⋯ ( x − 2 0 1 6 ) ( x − a ) ⇒ P ( 0 ) = − a ⋅ 2 0 1 6 ! = 2 0 1 8 ! ⇒ a = − 2 0 1 7 ⋅ 2 0 1 8 Then the other root must be negative, so the greatest root is 2 0 1 6
It's given that P(x) is a polynomial of degree 2008, u also know 20016 roots of P(x) ....(which are 1,2,3.....2016) let the other root be m P(x) can be written as (x-1)(x-2)(x-3)(x-4)......(x-2016)(x-m ) .....now Use P(0) = 2009! when we plug P(0) we get the value 2017*2018=4070306
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Since P ( 1 ) = P ( 2 ) = P ( 3 ) = . . . = P ( 2 0 1 6 ) = 0 , we can see that 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . , 2 0 1 6 are the roots of P ( x ) . Then, the largest root of P ( x ) is 2 0 1 6 .