Problem

Source: Tuymaada 2024 Juniors P7

Tags: algebra, Polynomials



Given are quadratic trinomials $f$ and $g$ with integral coefficients. For each positive integer $n$ there is an integer $k$ such that \[\frac{f(k)}{g(k)}=\frac{n + 1}{n}. \]Prove that $f$ and $g$ have a common root. Proposed by A. Golovanov