Excerpt from Sbornik zadaq po matematike dl postupawih v vuzy, M. I.

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6 Algebraic Equations
Group A
Solve the following equations1 :
x2 + 1 x2 − 1 b a
6.001. − = 23 6.002. + =2
x−4 x+3 x−a x−b
x2 + x − 5 3x x2 + x − 5
6.003. + 2 +4=0 (substitute = z)
x x +x−5 x
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6.004. x4 − = 14 (substitute 2x4 − 7 = z)
2x4 − 7
1 1 1
6.005. − = (substitute x2 + 2x = z)
x(x + 2) (x + 1) 2 12
1 m2 + n2 x2 b3 b b2
6.006. x + =2 2 6.007. + = +
x m − n2 a3 x 2 a a2
x−3 x+3 x+6 x−6
6.008. + = +
x−1 x+1 x+2 x−2
5a 4a 3a
6.009. + + =8
y + a y + 2a y + 3a
1 1 1
6.010. − 3 =
x3 + 2 x + 3 12
x − 2 x + 2 x − 4 x + 4 28
6.011. + = + −
x − 1 x + 1 x − 3 x + 3 15
6.012. (x − 1)(x2 − 3) + (2x − 1)(x2 + 2) = 3

Answers
√
6.001. x = 5, x = − 16
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6.002. x = a + b, x = 12 (a + b) 6.003. x = 1, x = −5, x = −1 ± 6
√
6.004. x = ±2, x = ± 2 24 1 4
6.005. x = 1, x = −3 6.006. x = m−n ,
m+n
x= m−n
m+n
√ √ √
6.007. x = ±a b, x = ±b a 6.008. x = 0 6.009. y = 0, y = 14 (−9 ± 5)a
√3 √
6.010. x = 1, x = − 6 6.011. x = ±2, x = ± 3 721 6.012. x = 1

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Letters a, b, c, p, q, m, n are to be interpreted as constants, and x, y, z, u, v, w as variables