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Question 280070: what is the sum of the roots of this equation. ax^2+bx+c=0 im not sure what they mean by this.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The roots are the values of that make
the equation true.

The quadratic formula for the roots is:

So, the 2 roots are:




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Another way to do it is:


Call the roots and , then




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