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Which is greater? (Posted on 2016-08-28)

Each of A and B is a positive real number and N is an integer with N > 1 satisfying:
A^N - A - 1 = 0, and:
B^2N - B – 3A = 0

Which of A and B is greater?

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Subject	Author	Date
more than suspicion ... spoiler	Ady TZIDON	2016-08-29 01:42:36
Suspicion	Steve Herman	2016-08-28 20:49:52
computer solution (spoiler)	Charlie	2016-08-28 10:29:43

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