There are nonzero integers and such that the complex number is a zero of the polynomial . For each possible combination of and , let be the sum of zeros of . Find the sum of the 's for all the possible combinations of and .
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Clearly the other imaginary root is r − s i and third root is rational and let this third root be ′ q ′ .
P ( x ) = ( x − q ) ( x − r − s i ) ( x − r + s i ) = x 3 − a x 2 − b x − 6 5 (Here i = − 1 )
⟹ ( x − q ) ( x 2 − 2 r x + r 2 + s 2 ) = x 3 − a x 2 − b x − 6 5
Compare coefficients to get q ( r 2 + s 2 ) = 6 5 b = r 2 + s 2 + 2 r q a = q + 2 r
So each p a , b = a so we just need to find the values of a in each pair.
If q = 1 , r 2 + s 2 = 6 5 so ( r , s ) = ( ± 1 , ± 8 ) , ( ± 8 , ± 1 ) , ( ± 4 , ± 7 ) , ( ± 7 , ± 4 )
When q = 5 , r 2 + s 2 = 1 3 so ( r , s ) = ( ± 2 , ± 3 ) , ( ± 3 , ± 2 )
When q = 1 3 , r 2 + s 2 = 5 so in this case ( r , s ) = ( ± 2 , ± 1 ) , ( ± 1 , ± 2 )
Only s 2 appears in the equations for a and b so we ignore the signs of s .
So the sum of the p a , b = a for q = 1 is q times the number of distinct r values (as each value of r generates a pair ( a , b ) )
Answer= ( 1 ) ( 8 ) + ( 5 ) ( 4 ) + ( 1 3 ) ( 4 ) = 8 0