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14 December

The function \(f(x)=ax+b\) (where \(a\) and \(b\) are real constants) satisfies
$$-x^3+2x^2+6x-9\leqslant f(x)\leqslant x^2-2x+3$$
whenever \(0\leqslant x\leqslant3\). What is \(f(200)\)?

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10 December

A line is tangent to a curve if the line touches the curve at exactly one point.
The line \(y=-160\,000\) is tangent to the parabola \(y=x^2-ax\). What is \(a\)?

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10 December

For all values of \(x\), the function \(f(x)=ax+b\) satisfies
$$8x-8-x^2\leqslant f(x)\leqslant x^2.$$
What is \(f(65)\)?
Edit: The left-hand quadratic originally said \(8-8x-x^2\). This was a typo and has now been corrected.

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10 December

The equation \(x^2+1512x+414720=0\) has two integer solutions.
Today's number is the number of (positive or negative) integers \(b\) such that \(x^2+bx+414720=0\) has two integer solutions.

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Powerful quadratics

Source: nrich
Find all real solutions to
$$(x^2-7x+11)^{(x^2-11x+30)}=1.$$

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