[net.math] Another high school-type problem

nglasser@yale-com.UUCP (Nathan Glasser) (10/14/83)

Here is another problem of the type that a high school student should
be able to solve in 5 - 10 minutes.
Find the sum of the 17th powers of the roots of the following equation:

x^17 + 3x^2 + 2x -1 = 0.

If nobody has a solution within a couple of days I will post one to the
net.
				- Nathan Glasser
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