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HMMT 2010 U24

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Define a sequence of polynomials as follows: let a1=3x2−xa_{1}=3 x^{2}-x, let a2=3x2−7x+3a_{2}=3 x^{2}-7 x+3, and for n≥1n \geq 1, let an+2=52an+1−ana_{n+2}=\frac{5}{2} a_{n+1}-a_{n}. As nn tends to infinity, what is the limit of the sum of the roots of ana_{n} ?

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\frac{13}{3}

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