Saturday, July 26, 2014

What are the roots of the quadratic equation if the sum is 5 and the product is 6 ?

Let f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c   is a quadratic function such
that x1 and x2 are the roots.


==> Given
that:


x1 + x2 = 5


x1*x2 =
6


But we know that:


x1+ x2 =
-b/a = 5 ==> b= -5 a


Also, we know
that:


x1*x2 = c/a = 6 ==> c = 6
a


==> f(x) = ax^2 -5a x +
6a


We need to find the
roots.


==> ax^2 - 5a x + 6 a =
0


We will divide by
a:


==> x^2 -5x + 6 =
0


==> (x -2)(x-3) =
0


Then, the roots are : x = { 2,
3}

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