document.write( "Question 1207450: Show that the product of the roots of a quadratic equation is c/a.\r
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document.write( "Show that the product of the roots of a quadratic equation is c/a.\r\n" );
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document.write( "No!! It doesn't mean you need to multiply 2 quadratic equations. It merely means that you have to multiply the\r\n" );
document.write( "2 PARTS (roots) of the quadratic function, as follows:\r\n" );
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document.write( "PRODUCT of the 2 roots: (x1 * x2): \r\n" );
document.write( "                                    ------- Multiplying numerators and denominators\r\n" );
document.write( "                     ---- FOILing numerator   \r\n" );
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