Find x ?_?

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( x^1+x^2+x^3+x^4+x^5 ) : 3 = 121


The answer is 3.

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This may be a bit confusing. So the problem said:

x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 3 = 121 \frac{x+x^{2}+ x^{3}+x^{4}+x^{5}}{3} = 121

x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 = 363 x+x^{2}+x^{3}+x^{4}+x^{5} = 363

x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 363 = 0 x+x^{2}+x^{3}+x^{4}+x^{5} - 363 = 0

Now we will "cheat" a bit:

x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 27 12 324 = 0 x + x^{2}+ x^{3}+x^{4}+x^{5}-27-12-324= 0

( x 3 27 ) + ( x 2 + x 12 ) + ( x 4 + x 5 324 ) = 0 (x^{3} - 27) +(x^{2}+x-12) + (x^{4}+x^{5}-324) =0

( x 3 3 3 ) + ( x 2 + 4 x 3 x 12 ) + ( x 4 + x 5 324 ) = 0 (x^{3}-3^{3})+(x^{2}+4x-3x-12)+(x^{4}+x^{5}-324) =0

( x 3 ) ( x 2 + 3 x + 9 ) + ( x 3 ) ( x + 4 ) + ( x 3 ) ( x 4 + 4 x 3 + 12 x 2 + 36 x + 108 ) = 0 (x-3)(x^{2}+3x+9)+(x-3)(x+4)+(x-3)(x^{4}+4x^{3}+12x^{2}+36x+108) = 0

Now we can see x 3 x-3 on each term, we should have:

( x 3 ) ( x 2 + 3 x + 9 + x + 4 + x 4 + 4 x 3 + 12 x 2 + 36 x + 108 ) = 0 (x-3)(x^{2}+3x+9+x+4+x^{4}+4x^{3}+12x^{2}+36x+108) =0

( x 3 ) ( x 4 + 4 x 3 + 13 x 2 + 40 x + 121 ) = 0 (x-3)(x^{4}+4x^{3}+13x^{2}+40x+121)=0

x 3 = 0 x-3 =0 or ( x 4 + 4 x 3 + 13 x 2 + 40 x + 121 ) = 0 (x^{4}+4x^{3}+13x^{2}+40x+121)=0

x 3 = 0 x-3=0 x = 3 x=3

( x 4 + 4 x 3 + 13 x 2 + 40 x + 121 ) = 0 (x^{4}+4x^{3}+13x^{2}+40x+121)=0 x = x = I don't know.

So x = 3 x=3

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