We have a real polynomial of degree 5 and . Let be the mean of the roots of . What is the floor of the mean of all possible integral values of under 100?
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Note that the roots of a degree 5 polynomial, a , b , c , d and e will all be the constant term of the polynomial in the form of − a b c d e therefore P ( 0 ) = − a b c d e = − 3 2 7 6 8 . Therefore taking the 5th root of a b c d e gives us 5 3 2 7 6 8 = 2 1 5 / 5 = 8 . This is the geometric mean of our roots which is our lower bound of m because of the AM-GM inequality. This means that we have to find the mean of the numbers 8-99 inclusive.
First we sum from 1 to 99 and subtract the sum 1 to 7. To get 4929 by using triangle numbers. Then by dividng by 99-8=91 we have 9 1 4 9 2 9 then convert to a mixed fraction to get 5 4 9 1 1 5 and flooring this removes the proper fractional part. Finally giving us 5 4 .