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HMMT 2005 T8

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Suppose xx is a fifth root of unity. Find, in radical form, all possible values of

2x+11+x+x1+x2+x21+x3+x31+x4.2 x+\frac{1}{1+x}+\frac{x}{1+x^{2}}+\frac{x^{2}}{1+x^{3}}+\frac{x^{3}}{1+x^{4}} .

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4, -1 \pm \sqrt{5}

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