Find the sum of all real numbers for which where there are 's in both equations. ( is the integer part of , and is the fractional part of .) Express your sum as a mixed number.
Solution
The two equations are equivalent to and , respectively. The first equation reduces to , so we must have for some real satisfying . From the second equation, we deduce that , so , where is an integer. Dividing both sides of this equation by 2017 yields , where so that we have . Thus, we have for . The sum of these solutions is .
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