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A Quartic Problem (Posted on 2005-12-22)

It is given that A,B,C and D are roots of the quartic equation X^4 - X +2 = 0. Determine, whether or not (AB+CD) is a root of the equation X^3 – 8X –1 = 0.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Subject	Author	Date
General Solution	Brian Smith	2016-03-20 22:08:13
Full solution	goFish	2005-12-24 08:39:08
"Research" Problem	Richard	2005-12-23 14:50:25
re(2): Nothing elegant yet	goFish	2005-12-23 05:23:58
re: Nothing elegant yet	Richard	2005-12-23 00:15:23
Nothing elegant yet	goFish	2005-12-22 20:20:42
Solving the Quartic (spoiler?)	Richard	2005-12-22 14:48:37

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