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Problem
Let 
and 
be such that 
and 
, 
. Then 
equals
Solution
Notice that and are the distinct solutions to the quadratic 
. By Vieta, the sum of the roots of this quadratic is the negation of the coefficient of the linear term divided by the coefficient of the quadratic term, so in this case 
.
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