Let ( 2 x 2 + 3 x + 4 ) 1 0 = r = 0 ∑ 2 0 a r x r , where a 0 , a 1 , … , a 2 0 are constants.
Find the value of a 1 3 a 7 .
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This is a well designed question, how about arbitrary quadratic? By the way, very clever, I have been amazed!
great solution man!
That's a nice solution. And for general quadratic a1x^2 +a2x+a3 we will replace x by a3/(a1 x)
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We have ( 2 x 2 + 3 x + 4 ) 1 0 = ∑ r = 0 2 0 a r x r ...(1)
Replace x by x 2 , we get
( x 2 8 + x 6 + 4 ) 1 0 = ∑ r = 0 2 0 a r ( x 2 ) r
2 1 0 ( 2 x 2 + 3 x + 4 ) 1 0 = ∑ r = 0 2 0 a r . 2 r . x 2 0 − r
Using equation (1)
2 1 0 ∑ r = 0 2 0 a r . x r = ∑ r = 0 2 0 a r . 2 r . x 2 0 − r
Comparing the coefficient of x 7 in both sides
2 1 0 a 7 = 2 1 3 a 1 3
a 7 = a 1 3 2 3 ⇒ a 1 3 a 7 = 8 .