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USAMO 1985 Problem 2

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Find all real roots of the quartic x4−(2 N+1)x2−x+N2+N−1=0\mathrm{x}^{4}-(2 \mathrm{~N}+1) \mathrm{x}^{2}-x+\mathrm{N}^{2}+N-1=0 correct to 4 decimal places, where N=\mathrm{N}= 101010^{10}.

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99999.9984 \text{ and } 100000.0016

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