RU-SPB 2017 Problem 91
- Grade 9
Sasha's computer can do the following two operations: If you load the card with number , it will return that card back and also prints another card with number , and if you consecutively load the cards with numbers and , it will return them back and also prints cards with all the roots of the quadratic trinomial (possibly one, two, or none cards.) Initially, Sasha had only one card with number . Is it true that, for any , Sasha can get a card with number ?
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