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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2022

Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it United Kingdom

A class consists of pupils who each wear either a red tie or a green tie. There are two more pupils wearing green ties than wearing red ties. Two pupils are chosen at random. The probability of selecting two pupils of different tie-colour is exactly treble the probability of selecting two pupils who both wear red ties. Given that RR is the number of pupils wearing a red tie, and that R>0R > 0, determine R3+R2+RR^3 + R^2 + R.

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