Only two co-efficient

Algebra Level 3

Let f ( x ) f(x) be a degree 6 monic polynomial having integer coefficients and positive zeroes, such that a 5 = 12 a_5=-12 and a 0 = 64 a_0=64 , where a i a_i denotes the coefficient of x i x^{i} .

Find f ( 1 ) + f ( 2 ) + f ( 3 ) f(1)+f(2)+f(3) .

3 2 Can not be determined 1

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1 solution

Kushal Bose
Jan 14, 2017

Let roots are r i r_i where i i 6 i \leq i \leq 6

From the info given in the question i = 1 6 r i = 12 \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{6} r_i=12 and i = 1 6 r i = 64 \displaystyle \prod_{i=1}^{6} r_i=64 .

As the roots are positve reals using A.M.-G.M. inequality we get

r 1 + r 2 + . . . . + r 6 6 r ! r 2 . . . r 6 6 i = 1 6 r i i = 1 6 r i \dfrac{r_1+r_2+....+r_6}{6} \geq \sqrt[6]{r_! r_2...r_6} \\ \implies \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{6} r_i \geq \displaystyle \prod_{i=1}^{6} r_i

So, equality is satisfying.Therefore r 1 = r 2 = . . . . = r 6 r_1=r_2=....=r_6

So, value of each root is 12 6 = 2 \dfrac{12}{6}=2

Now we can express f ( x ) f(x) becomes f ( x ) = ( x 2 ) 6 f(x)=(x-2)^6

f ( 1 ) = 1 ; f ( 2 ) = 0 ; f ( 3 ) = 1 f(1)=1;f(2)=0;f(3)=1

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