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Algebra Level 3

Find the value of a x 5 + b y 5 ax^5+by^5 if the real numbers a, b, x and y satisfy the system of equations

a x + b y = 3 ax+by=3

a x 2 + b y 2 = 7 ax^2+by^2=7

a x 3 + b y 3 = 16 ax^3+by^3=16

a x 4 + b y 5 = 42 ax^4+by^5=42


The answer is 20.

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Jon Haussmann
May 9, 2014

This is from the 1990 AIME .

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