document.write( "Question 1075157: Please help me solve this problem :
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Let M and N be the root of an equation x^2+ax+b=0 and
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document.write( "\"M+=+%28-a%2Bsqrt%28a%5E2-4b%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"N+=+%28-a-sqrt%28a%5E2-4b%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"O+=+%28-c%2Bsqrt%28c%5E2-4d%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"P+=+%28-c-sqrt%28c%5E2-4d%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28M-O%29%28N-O%29%28M-P%29%28N-P%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "I agree it isn't simplified, but it does express \r\n" );
document.write( "(M-O)(N-O)(M-P)(N-P) in terms of the coefficients a,b,c,d.\r\n" );
document.write( "Nothing was mentioned about \"in simplest form\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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