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PAMO 2023 Problem 5

  • Day 2

Let a,ba, b be reals with a≠0a \neq 0 and let P(x)=ax4−4ax3+(5a+b)x2−4bx+b.P(x)=ax^4-4ax^3+(5a+b)x^2-4bx+b. Show that all roots of P(x)P(x) are real and positive if and only if a=ba=b .

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Official text: Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad 2023 official paper, page 1.

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