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1994 AMC 12/AHSME
25
25
Part of
1994 AMC 12/AHSME
Problems
(1)
1994 AMC 12 #25
Source:
12/30/2011
If
x
x
x
and
y
y
y
are non-zero real numbers such that
∣
x
∣
+
y
=
3
and
∣
x
∣
y
+
x
3
=
0
,
|x|+y=3 \qquad \text{and} \qquad |x|y+x^3=0,
∣
x
∣
+
y
=
3
and
∣
x
∣
y
+
x
3
=
0
,
then the integer nearest to
x
−
y
x-y
x
−
y
is
<
s
p
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n
c
l
a
s
s
=
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l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
A
)
<
/
s
p
a
n
>
−
3
<
s
p
a
n
c
l
a
s
s
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
B
)
<
/
s
p
a
n
>
−
1
<
s
p
a
n
c
l
a
s
s
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
C
)
<
/
s
p
a
n
>
2
<
s
p
a
n
c
l
a
s
s
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
D
)
<
/
s
p
a
n
>
3
<
s
p
a
n
c
l
a
s
s
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
E
)
<
/
s
p
a
n
>
5
<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ -3 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ -1 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 2 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 3 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 5
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p
an
c
l
a
ss
=
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l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
A
)
<
/
s
p
an
>
−
3
<
s
p
an
c
l
a
ss
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
B
)
<
/
s
p
an
>
−
1
<
s
p
an
c
l
a
ss
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
C
)
<
/
s
p
an
>
2
<
s
p
an
c
l
a
ss
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
D
)
<
/
s
p
an
>
3
<
s
p
an
c
l
a
ss
=
′
l
a
t
e
x
−
b
o
l
d
′
>
(
E
)
<
/
s
p
an
>
5
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