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Question 49110: what is the sum of the roots of the equation ax exponent 2+bx+c=0?




Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of the roots of ?
Since the the roots are given by:
and
Their sum is:
=

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