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1. Given x=352x=\frac{3-\sqrt{5}}{2}. Then x33x2+3x+x^{3}-3 x^{2}+3 x+ 6x2+1=\frac{6}{x^{2}+1}= . \qquad

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Solution

=,1.6 =, 1.6 \text {. }

Given x=352x=\frac{3-\sqrt{5}}{2}, we know that
x23x+1=0,x+1x=3. Therefore, x33x2+3x+6x2+1=x(x23x)+3x+6x2+1=2x+63x=2x+2x=2(x+1x)=6. \begin{array}{l} x^{2}-3 x+1=0, x+\frac{1}{x}=3 . \\ \text { Therefore, } x^{3}-3 x^{2}+3 x+\frac{6}{x^{2}+1} \\ =x\left(x^{2}-3 x\right)+3 x+\frac{6}{x^{2}+1}=2 x+\frac{6}{3 x} \\ =2 x+\frac{2}{x}=2\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=6 . \end{array}

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