SOLUTION: So,I got an incoming photo in my inbox,and I have to give answer.I don't know the answe,rwho can help me?? Photo: http://i.picresize.com/images/2013/06/16/8renc.png Who can give

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Question 759364: So,I got an incoming photo in my inbox,and I have to give answer.I don't know the answe,rwho can help me??
Photo: http://i.picresize.com/images/2013/06/16/8renc.png
Who can give me the values of k and p,please?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

and and are the two solutions; and you are to find p and k.

Use the general solution for a quadratic equation, and make use of the discriminant. The value of discriminant must be positive. Those are my suggestions, although I have not yet actually tried to solve this problem.

and you MUST have

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based on that,



It makes me think the problem is open-ended. Maybe use k=-2 or k=-3?. You'll still have two solutions for x.
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Can you take it from here?

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