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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, 2015

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

What is $2015^2 - 2016 \times 2014$ ?

(A) $-2015$ (B) $-1$ (C) $0$ (D) $1$ (E) $2015$

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