SOLUTION: if the equation (k2-3k+2)x2+(k2-5k+4)x+(k2-6k+5)=0 is an identity then the value of k is ?

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Question 631402: if the equation (k2-3k+2)x2+(k2-5k+4)x+(k2-6k+5)=0 is an identity then the value of k is ?
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If then .

So set , , and , and solve each. The three quadratics will have a common zero and this is your value of

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