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PRMO 2019 Crash Course

Polynomials and Their Zeroes

1. Given 3x2 + x = 1, find the value of 6x3 – x2 – 3x +2010.

2. Given a4 + a3 + a2 + a + 1 = 0. Find the value a2000 + a2010 + 1.
3. If (x2 – x – 1)n = a2nx2n + a2n – 1x2n – 1 + …+ a1x2 + a1x + a0, find the value of a0 + a2 + a4 + … +
a2n.
a b c
4. If x    , then find the value of x.
bc ac ab
5. Find a natural number n, such that 28 + 210 + 2n is a perfect square number.
6. Given that f(x) is a polynomial of degree 3, and its remainders are 2x – 5 and –3x + 4 when
divided by x2 – 1 and x2 – 4 respectively. Find the f (x).
7. Factorize x4 + y4 + (x +y)4.
8. Given that f(x) = x2 + ax + b is a polynomial with integral coefficients. If f is a common factor
of polynomials g(x) = x4 – 3x3 + 2x2 – 3x + 1 and h(x) = 3x4 – 9x3 + 2x2 + 3x – 1, find f(x).
9. For any non-negative integers m, n, p, prove that the polynomial x3m + x3n + 1 + x3p + 2 has the
factor x2 + x + 1.
10. When f(x) = x3 + 2x2 + 3x + 2 is divided by g(x) which is a polynomial with integer coefficients,
the quotient and remainder are both h(x). Given that h is not a constant, find g and h.
11. The graph of the function f is shown below. How many solutions does the equation f(f(x)) = 6
have ?
y
(–2, 6) (1, 6)
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
–7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2–1 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
–2
–3
–4
(–7, –4) –5
–6
(5, –6)
12. Suppose x – y = 1. Find the value of
x4 – xy3 – x3y – 3x2y + 3xy2 + y4.
13. If x2 + x – 1 = 0, find the value of x4 – 3x2 + 3.
14. If two positive integers m and n, both bigger than 1, satisfy the equation
20052 + m2 = 20042 + n2,
find the value of m + n – 200.

15. Find an integer x that satisfies the equation

x5 – 101x3 – 999x2 + 100900 = 0.
16. Let x and y be real numbers such that
x2 + y2 = 2x – 2y + 2.
What is the largest possible value of x2 + y2 – 32 ?
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17. It is given that x = . Find the value of
2 3
x6 – 2 3 x5 – x4 + x3 – 4x2 + 2x – 3.
18. Let f(x) = a0 +a1x + a2x + … + anx , where a1 are nonnegative integers for I = 0, 1, 2, … , n. If
2 n

f (10)  3
f(1) = 21 and f(25) = 78357, find the value of .
100
19. Let m  n be two real numbers such that m2 = n + 2 and n2 = m + 2. Find the value of 4mn – m3
– n3.
a 2 – 3a – 3
20. There are a few integer values of such that is an integer. Find the sum of all these
a–2
integer values of a .
21. Suppose that a, b, x and y are real numbers such that
ax + by = 3, ax2 + by2 = 7, ax3 + by3 = 16 and ax4 + by4 = 42.
Find the value of ax5 + by5.
22. Let a and b be positive real numbers such that
1 1 
– – = 0.
a b ab
2
b a
Find the value of    .
a b
S
23. Let the sum of the coefficients of the polynomial is S. Find .
16
(4x2 – 4x + 3)4 (4 + 3x – 3x2)2.
24. If
1
f (x) 
x 2  2x  1  3 x 2 – 1  3 x 2 – 2 x  1
3

for all positive integers x, find the value of

f(1) + f(3) + f(5) + … + f(997) + f(999).
25. Let a and b be two integers. Suppose x2 – x – 1 is a factor of the polynomial ax5 + bx4 + 1. Find
the value of a.
26. Suppose f is a function satisfying f(x + x–1) = x6 + x–6, for all x  0. Determine 400 – f(3).
27. Suppose x1, x2 and x3 are roots of (11 – x)3 + (13 – x)3 = (24 – 2x)3. What is the sum of x1 + x2
+ x3 ?
28. Suppose that a + x2 = 2006, b + x2 = 2007 and c + x2 = 2008 and abc = 3. Find the value of
a b c 1 1 1
     .
bc ca ab a b c
29. Suppose that x – y = 1. Find the value of x4 – xy3 – x3y – 3x2y + 3xy2 + y4.
30. Find the value of
x 4  6x 3  2x 2  18x  23
when x = 19  8 3 .
x 2  8x  15
 Answer Key
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1  (–1)n
1, n  even

2 0, n  odd
5 11
6. n = 10 7. f(x) = – x3 + 3x2 + x–8 8. 2(x2 + y2 +xy)2 9. f(x) = x2 – 3x +
3 3
1
10. g(x) = x2 + x + 1, h(x) = x + 1 11. 01 12. 11 13. 10
14. 06
15. 02 16. 51 17. 08 18. 20 19. 03
20. 78
21. 36 22. 01 23. 05 24. 20 25. 27
26. 70
27. 50 28. 27 29. 07 30. 27