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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs active_tab_background_color="#0c71c3" inactive_tab_background_color="#000000" _builder_version="3.27" tab_text_color="#ffffff" tab_font="||||||||" background_color="#ffffff" hover_enabled="0" _i="2" _address="0.1.0.2"][et_pb_tab title="Hint 0" _builder_version="3.22.4" _i="0" _address="0.1.0.2.0"]Do you really need a hint? Try it first![/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 1" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="1" _address="0.1.0.2.1"]We have to use algebraic expression and expansion e.g- \(( x + 1) ^{2}\) = \(x^2\) + 2x + 1 ; \(( x +1)^{3}\) = \(x^{3}\) + 3\(x^2\) +3x + 1Can you think about this kind of case a bit more ?[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 2" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="2" _address="0.1.0.2.2"]Note that \(x^3\)+ 1 = (\(x+1\))(\(x^{2} - x + 1 \))So, \(\alpha\) is a root of \(x^{2} - x + 1\) we have  (\(\alpha^3\) + 1) = (\(\alpha+1\))(\(\alpha^{2}\) - \(\alpha\) + 1 ) = ( \(\alpha\) + 1 ) = 0Can we think along this line ?[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 3" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="3" _address="0.1.0.2.3"]\(\alpha^{3}\) = -1 ||ly \(\beta^{3}\) = -1 [ when \(\beta\) is another root (\(x^{2} - x + 1 \)) ]So, (\(x^{2} - x + 1 \)) = ( x - \(\alpha\) )( x - \(\beta\)) = \(x^{2}\) - (\(\alpha + \beta\))x + \(\alpha\)\(\beta\).Can you get the expression of \(\beta\) in terms of \(\alpha\) ?Is the cloud getting clear now ?[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 4" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="4" _address="0.1.0.2.4"]\(\alpha\) + \(\beta\) = 1\(\alpha\)\(\beta\) = 1 implying  \(\beta\) = 1/ \(\alpha\) So, \(\alpha^{2018}\) + \(\alpha^{-2018}\) = \(\alpha^{2018}\) + \(\beta^{2018}\) Note that : \(\alpha^{2}\) +  \(\beta^{2}\) = \(\alpha + \beta )^{2}\) -2\(\alpha\)\(\beta\) = 1 - 2\(\alpha\)\(\beta\)  = 1 -2 = -1 \(\alpha^{2018}\) +   \(\beta^{2018}\) =  \(\alpha^{3x672}\) . \(\alpha^{2}\) + \(\beta^{3x672}\) . \(\beta^{2}\)= (\(\alpha^{3})^{672}\).\(\alpha^{2}\) + (\(\beta^{3})^{672}\).\(\beta^{2}\)= (\(-1^{672}\)).\(\alpha^{2}\) + (\(-1^{672}\)).\(\beta^{2}\)=  \(\alpha^{2}\) + \(\beta^{2}\)  = -1
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