Parabolic geometry!

Algebra Level 1

Given below is the graph of a Quadratic polynomial f ( x ) = x 2 b x + c f(x)=x^{2}-bx+c :

If b 2 4 c = 15 b^{2}-4c=15 then what is the area of the orange colored square in the graph?


The answer is 15.

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3 solutions

Mahdi Raza
May 18, 2020

The two roots of the equation x 2 b x + c x^2 - bx + c are: x 1 = b b 2 4 c 2 x 2 = b + b 2 4 c 2 x_{1} = \dfrac{-b-\sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2} \quad \quad \quad x_{2} = \dfrac{-b+\sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2}

x 1 x 2 = b 2 ( b ) 2 + b 2 4 c 2 ( b 2 4 c 2 ) | x_{1} - x_{2} | = \cancel{\dfrac{-b}{2} - \dfrac{(-b)}{2}} + \dfrac{\sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2} - \bigg(-\dfrac{\sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2}\bigg)

x 1 x 2 = b 2 4 c | x_{1} - x_{2} | = \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}

Area = ( x 1 x 2 ) = ( b 2 4 c ) 2 = b 2 4 c = 15 \begin{aligned} {\color{#EC7300}{\text{Area}}} &= \bigg(| x_{1} - x_{2} |\bigg) \\ &= \bigg(\sqrt{b^2 - 4c}\bigg)^2 \\ &= b^2 - 4c \\ &= \boxed{\color{#EC7300}{15}} \end{aligned}

How ( b 2 4 c ) 2 = b 2 4 c (\sqrt{b^{2}-4c})^{2}=\sqrt{b^{2}-4c} ?

Zakir Husain - 1 year ago

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@Zakir Husain , oopsie big typo

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago

Thanks! Fixed it!

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago
Richard Desper
May 18, 2020

From the quadratic formula, the roots of the polynomial f ( x ) = x 2 b x + c f(x) = x^2 - bx + c are found at

x = b ± b 2 4 c 2 x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2} ,

Thus, the difference between the roots is b + b 2 4 c 2 b b 2 4 c 2 = b 2 4 c \frac{-b + \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2} - \frac{-b - \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}}{2} = \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}

This difference is the length of the base of the orange square, thus the area of the square is b 2 4 c = 15 b^2 - 4c = 15

Sahar Bano
May 18, 2020

Area of the orange square=Square of difference of roots = b 2 4 c = 15 =b^{2}-4c=15

See here to get the above formula

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