Solving a super nice quintic equation
blackpenredpen · Science & Maths · 8 min · 20 thousand views · published 2026-08-04
This quintic equation, (x-3)^5+(x-7)^5=(2x-10)^5 is purposely designed with a secret trick in mind! Do not expand it, but try a substitution
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