SOLUTION: which equation has roots whose sum is 3 and whose product is -4 ?

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Question 551921: which equation has roots whose sum is 3 and whose product is -4 ?

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it's a quadratic equation, then

works (did not need a system of two equations -- Vieta's formula is much faster).

The general form for such a polynomial equation would be


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