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AMC 12 2001 Problem 25

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Consider sequences of positive real numbers of the form x,2000,y,…x, 2000, y, \dots in which every term after the first is 1 less than the product of its two immediate neighbors. For how many different values of xx does the term 20012001 appear somewhere in the sequence?

(A) 1(B) 2(C) 3(D) 4(E) more than 4\text{(A) }1 \text{(B) }2 \text{(C) }3 \text{(D) }4 \text{(E) more than }4

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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