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RU-SPB 2017 Problem 91

  • Grade 9

Sasha's computer can do the following two operations: If you load the card with number aa , it will return that card back and also prints another card with number a+1a+1 , and if you consecutively load the cards with numbers aa and bb , it will return them back and also prints cards with all the roots of the quadratic trinomial x2+ax+bx^2+ax+b (possibly one, two, or none cards.) Initially, Sasha had only one card with number ss . Is it true that, for any s>0s> 0 , Sasha can get a card with number s\sqrt{s} ?

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