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Let B B be the set of all integers. Given 2 2 polynomials

p ( x ) = x 3 + a x 2 + b x + c p(x)=x^3+ax^2+bx+c

with a , b , c a,b,c are elements of B B and

q ( x ) = x 2 40 x + 2410 q(x)=x^2-40x+2410

Assuming that p ( x ) = 0 p(x)=0 has 3 3 distinct integer roots, p ( 2005 ) = 2005 p(2005)=-2005 and p ( q ( x ) ) = 0 p(q(x))=0 doesn't have any real roots, what are the last 3 3 digits of the absolute value of the sum of all possible values of a a ?


The answer is 620.

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