SOLUTION: How do you find an equation with the solutions -9 and -7? Also, could you show me the solution and possibly another example of this type of quadratic equation.

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Question 317554: How do you find an equation with the solutions -9 and -7? Also, could you show me the solution and possibly another example of this type of quadratic equation.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A quadratic equation with roots a and b can take the form of,
y=%28x-a%29%28x-b%29.
In your example,
y=%28x-%28-9%29%29%28x-%28-7%29%29=%28x%2B9%29%28x%2B7%29
Similarly,
x=1 and x=0 are roots for
y=x%28x-1%29