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Saturday, May 16, 2015

IMO problem that could be solved easily by the linear homogeneous recursion method

Olympiad Algebra Problem:

If $a,\,b,\,x,\,y\in R$ such that

$ax +by =7$

$ax^2+by^2=49$

$ax^3+by^3=133$

$ax^4+by^4=406$

Evaluate $ax^5+by^5$.