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Algebra Level 3

Find the number of integral solutions to the equation

x 4 + 2 x 3 + 2 x 2 + x + 1 = 2016 x^4 + 2x^3 + 2x^2 + x + 1 = 2016


The answer is 0.

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1 solution

Anurag Pandey
Sep 25, 2016

L.H.S :

x 4 + 2 x 3 + 2 x 2 + x + 1 x^4 + 2x^3 + 2x^2 + x + 1

= x 4 + x even number + 1 + 2 ( x 3 + x 2 ) even number =\overbrace{x^4 + x}^{\text{ even number }}+ 1 +\underbrace{ 2(x^3 + x^2 )}_{\text{even number}}

= 2 m + 1 + 2 n = 2m + 1 + 2n

= 2 ( m + n ) even number + 1 = \underbrace{2(m+n)}_{\text{even number }} +1

= 2 k + 1 = = 2k + 1 = odd integer .

But the R.H.S is an even number so the number of integral solution to the given equation is z e r o \boxed {zero} .

I used odd + odd is even and even + even= even .

Anurag Pandey - 4 years, 8 months ago

Anurag, text in the problem need not the be in LaTex to be standard with the rest in Brilliant.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Okay I will take care next time. 😀

Anurag Pandey - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Sir , How did you solve this problem ?

Anurag Pandey - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Anurag Pandey The equation does not have a rational root so no integer root.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong How did you came to conclusion that it does not have a rational root?

Anurag Pandey - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Anurag Pandey You can use rational root theorem . Check out the link but the computation is very long.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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