Problems

Solve the equation $(x+1{)}^3=x^3$.

Is it true that, if $b>a+c>0$, then the quadratic equation $a{x}^2+bx+c=0$ has two roots?

In a numerical set of $n$ numbers, one of the numbers is 0 and another is 1.

a) What is the smallest possible variance of such a set of numbers?

b) What should be the set of numbers for this?

Author: A. Khrabrov

Do there exist integers $a$ and $b$ such that

a) the equation $x^2+ax+b=0$ does not have roots, and the equation $\lfloor x^2\rfloor +ax+b=0$ does have roots?

b) the equation $x^2+2ax+b=0$ does not have roots, and the equation $\lfloor x^2\rfloor +2ax+b=0$ does have roots?

Note that here, square brackets represent integers and curly brackets represent non-integer values or 0.