Need help #Brilliant Community

I have recently been solving some problems on polynomials an arbitrary example of which is

If p(x)= x^3+px^2+qx +10 has the roots a,b and c then what is the value of p+q?

Note-This is an arbitrary example and not a real question.

So, I have been facing problems in such questions and need your help.

How do I approach such questions? Any brilliant wiki or a website or a book for reference? Thank you in advance.

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Check out Vieta's Formula, especially the generalization to higher degrees.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

Thank you sir.. It really helped me.

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 3 months ago

@RajdeepDhingra @Azhaghu @Pranjal @sandeep sir @satvik @Parth @Krishna

I do not know if all if you were @mentioned properly but kindly help me...

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 3 months ago

well your comment isn't showing any link and according to me brilliant doesn't show a notification on being mentioned in a comment.

Ashwin Upadhyay - 6 years, 3 months ago

Well you get an email. $\ddot\smile$

Rajdeep Dhingra - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Rajdeep Dhingra – oops i didn't know that :p

i have a question too : if he didn't mention properly how do you and others came to know ?? :\

Ashwin Upadhyay - 6 years, 2 months ago

Sorry bro , I saw this just now.Sir has already helped you.Next time @mention properly.When you mention then it turns green eg - Like @Rajdeep Dhingra . $\ddot\smile$
P.S - You asked me for NT problems. Well , you can check out Open Proof Contest 2

Rajdeep Dhingra - 6 years, 3 months ago

Yeah.. I saw that Thanks

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 3 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$