Find the number of ordered pairs such that for the function
we have .
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Let f ( x ) = x 2 + m x + n . We have
f ( m ) f ( n ) ⇒ n ⇒ ⇒ = 2 m 2 + n = n 2 + m n + n = − 2 m 2 and n ( n + m + 1 ) − 2 m 2 ( − 2 m 2 + m + 1 ) 2 m 2 ( m − 1 ) ( 2 m + 1 ) = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0
Thus, we have 3 solutions for m , which are m = − 2 1 , 0 , 1 . From this, we get all solutions are
( m , n ) = ( − 2 1 , − 2 1 ) , ( 0 , 0 ) , ( 1 , − 2 )
Thus, there are 3 ordered solutions.