Find $P(7/8)$ given ${P(5)}^2=P(6)$ and $(x-1)P(x+1)=(x+2)P(x)$
Note that $P\equiv 0$ is a trivial solution of the equation. So, let us assume $P$ is not identically zero. By plugging $x=1$, it follows that $P(1)=0$. Knowing this, we can observe that $P$ also has $0,-1$ as its roots. Define a polynomial $Q$ as $$ Q(x)=\frac{P(x)}{x(x-1)(x+1)}. $$ From the given relation, we know that $Q(x)=Q(x+1)$. Note that if $Q$ has a root $x_0$, then it should have infinite number of roots $x_0+k$, $\ k\in\Bbb Z$, which is absurd since $Q$ is a non-zero polynomial. Thus $Q$ must be a $0$-degree polynomial. This gives $P(x)=cx(x-1)(x+1)$, and from $P(5)^2=P(6)$, we have that $ (120c)^2=210c, $ i.e. $c=\frac{7}{480}$. It follows that $$ P(\frac78)=c\frac 78(-\frac18)\frac{15}8=-\frac{49}{2^{14}}. $$