Competition problem — Algebra — Maths Olympiad Prep

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Algebra Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United States

Problem:
Find all the values of $m$ for which the zeros of $2x^{2} - m x - 8$ differ by $m-1$ .

Solution

Solution:
6, $-\frac{10}{3}$ .

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