Let be the roots of the equation . Evaluate the summation above.
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first off, one rule all should remember is that if s 1 = s 2 = . . . = s n = 0 , then p 1 = p 2 = . . . = p n = 0 . this is true since in newtons sum p n only contains terms upto s n .proved here . so we see by vietas that s 1 = s 2 = . . . = s 9 8 = 0 we see that the sum translates to ∑ ( x 0 ) + ∑ ( x 9 9 ) + ∑ ( x 1 0 0 ) now x 1 0 0 = − x − 1 ∑ ( x 1 0 0 ) = − ∑ ( x ) − ∑ ( 1 ) = 0 − 1 0 0 = − 1 0 0 x 9 9 = − 1 − x 1 ∑ ( x 9 9 ) = − ∑ ( 1 ) − ∑ ( x 1 ) = − 1 0 0 − s 1 0 0 s 9 9 = − 1 0 0 + 1 = − 9 9 so 1 0 0 − 1 0 0 − 9 9 = − 9 9