2000 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 15
- The following problem is from both the 2000 AMC 12 #15 and 2000 AMC 10 #24, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Let 
be a function for which 
. Find the sum of all values of 
for which 
.
Solution 1
Let 
; then 
. Thus 
, and 
. These sum up to 
. (We can also use Vieta's formulas to find the sum more quickly.)
Solution 2
Set 
to get 
From either finding the roots or using Vieta's formulas, we find the sum of these roots to be 
Each root of this equation is 
times greater than a corresponding root of (because 
gives 
), thus the sum of the roots in the equation 
is 
or .
Solution 3
Since we have 
, 
occurs at 
Thus, 
. We set this equal to 7:
. For any quadratic 
, the sum of the roots is 
. Thus, the sum of the roots of this equation is 
.
See also
| 2000 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 14 |
Followed by Problem 16 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2000 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 23 |
Followed by Problem 25 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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