SOLUTION: Write a quadratic equation that has integer coefficients and has as solutions the given pair of numbers. (Use x as the variable.) 9 and 1

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Question 537287: Write a quadratic equation that has integer coefficients and has as solutions the given pair of numbers. (Use x as the variable.)
9 and 1

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

or Start with the given solutions.


or Get everything to one side so that only 0 remains on the right side (for both equations).


Use the zero product property to combine the equations.


FOIL out the left side.


So the answer is


To check your work, simply solve for x. Doing so will show you that the solutions are or , which confirm the answer.


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