The harmonic mean of the roots of polynomial 5 x 3 − 1 1 x 2 + 7 x − 3 can be expressed as n m , where m and n are relatively prime integers. What is m + n ?
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Note that r 1 r 2 r 3 = 5 3 and r 1 r 2 + r 2 r 3 + r 3 r 1 = 5 7
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If r 1 , r 2 , and r 3 are the roots of the polynomial 5 x 3 − 1 1 x 2 + 7 x − 3 , then the harmonic mean of the roots is r 1 1 + r 2 1 + r 3 1 3 = r 1 r 2 + r 1 r 3 + r 2 r 3 3 r 1 r 2 r 3
By Vieta's formulas , r 1 r 2 r 3 = 5 3 and r 1 r 2 + r 1 r 3 + r 2 r 3 = 5 7 . Hence the harmonic mean of the root is 7 9 . So m + n = 16