This is not an original problem
Let p(x) be the polynomial , where a, b, ..., k are integers. When expanded in powers of x, the coefficient of x is -2 and the coefficients of are all zero.
Find k. Then, write k in the form What is n+m?
based on a problem from the USAMO
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