AIME 1988 Problem 13

Find $a$ if $a$ and $b$ are integers such that $x^2 - x - 1$ is a factor of $ax^{17} + bx^{16} + 1$ .

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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987

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