document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=312503>Question 312503</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what quadratic function can represent the solutions of the roots -4 and 5/3? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the roots are -4 and 5/3 then the quadratic function MUST have the following factors:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 4) and (x - 5/3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FOIL the two factors:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 4)(x - 5/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 5x/3 + 4x -20/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 5x/3 + 12x/3 -20/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 7x/3 -20/3  (this is your quadratic function)<BR>\n" );
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