Complex

Algebra Level 5

The 10 10 complex roots of the equation z 10 + ( 13 z 1 ) 10 = 0 z^{10}+(13z-1)^{10}=0 can be partitioned into 5 5 pairs of complex numbers which are ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) , ( a 3 , b 3 ) , ( a 4 , b 4 ) , ( a 5 , b 5 ) \left(a_1,b_1\right),~\left(a_2,b_2\right),~\left(a_3,b_3\right),~\left(a_4,b_4\right),~\left(a_5,b_5\right) where in each pair a i a_i and b i b_i are complex conjugates. Find the value of i = 1 5 1 a i b i . \sum_{i=1}^5 \dfrac{1}{a_i b_i}.


The answer is 850.

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1 solution

Ronak Agarwal
Jul 13, 2014

Manipulating the equation a little bit we get ( 13 1 z ) 10 = 1 { (13-\frac { 1 }{ z } })^{ 10 }=-1

So if a 1 , b 1 , . . . . . . . { a }_{ 1 },{ b }_{ 1 },....... are the solutions of this equation

then 1 a 1 , 1 b 1 , . . . . . . \frac { 1 }{ { a }_{ 1 } } ,\frac { 1 }{ { b }_{ 1 } } ,...... are the solutions of the equation ( 13 z ) 10 = 1 { (13-z) }^{ 10 }=-1

hence we have z = 13 ( 1 ) 1 / 10 z=13-{ (-1) }^{ 1/10 }

The question is asking 1 a k b k \sum { \frac { 1 }{ { a }_{ k }{ b }_{ k } } } and since they are conjugate of each other it can be written as 1 a k 2 \sum { \frac { 1 }{ { \left| { a }_{ k } \right| }^{ 2 } } }

Solving for z we get 1 a k = 13 cos ( ( 2 k + 1 ) π 10 ) i sin ( ( 2 k + 1 ) π 10 ) \frac { 1 }{ { a }_{ k } } =13-\cos(\frac { (2k+1)\pi }{ 10 } )-i\sin(\frac { (2k+1)\pi }{ 10 } )

1 a k 2 = 170 26 cos ( ( 2 k + 1 ) π 10 ) \Rightarrow \frac { 1 }{ { \left| { a }_{ k } \right| }^{ 2 } } =170-26\cos(\frac { (2k+1)\pi }{ 10 } )

So the answer of our question is k = 1 5 170 26 cos ( ( 2 k + 1 ) π 10 ) = 850 \sum _{ k=1 }^{ 5 }{ 170-26\cos(\frac { (2k+1)\pi }{ 10 } ) } =850 and we are done.

I want to give you an advice please post your image on the question itself rather than giving link of the image of the question. I wanted to reshare this but this is too badly presented question. Also you should tag algebra to it for it to get any rating

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 11 months ago

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I've tried but i was not able to upload image. Can you tell me the way of uploading image directly?

Kïñshük Sïñgh - 6 years, 11 months ago

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To upload the image, you could have selected it when creating the problem as Ronak suggested, or you could add "!" in front of your markdown code to get the image to display.

I've edited your question, so you can take a look at that.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 11 months ago

This is from 1994 AIME .

Jon Haussmann - 6 years, 11 months ago

Your solution is Good , I Take a bit longer way: α i = cos ( 2 m π + π 10 ) + i sin ( 2 m π + π 10 ) Z i = α i 13 α i 1 1 Z i 2 = 13 α i 1 2 = 170 26 R e ( α i ) \displaystyle{{ \alpha }_{ i }=\cos { (\cfrac { 2m\pi +\pi }{ 10 } ) } +i\sin { (\cfrac { 2m\pi +\pi }{ 10 } ) } \\ { Z }_{ i }=\cfrac { { \alpha }_{ i } }{ 13{ \alpha }_{ i }-1 } \quad \\ \cfrac { 1 }{ { \left| { Z }_{ i } \right| }^{ 2 } } ={ \left| 13{ \alpha }_{ i }-1 \right| }^{ 2 }=170-26Re({ { \alpha }_{ i } })}

Deepanshu Gupta - 6 years, 4 months ago

Ur solution is very easy... Thanks
I've solved ths question but my solution was too lengthy

Kïñshük Sïñgh - 6 years, 11 months ago

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Just click on attach image browse your file and attach

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 11 months ago

Almost the same as I did.

Dieuler Oliveira - 6 years, 10 months ago

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