Given below is the graph of a Quadratic polynomial f ( x ) = x 2 − b x + c :
If b 2 − 4 c = 1 5 then what is the area of the orange colored square in the graph?
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How ( b 2 − 4 c ) 2 = b 2 − 4 c ?
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@Zakir Husain , oopsie big typo
Thanks! Fixed it!
From the quadratic formula, the roots of the polynomial f ( x ) = x 2 − b x + c are found at
x = 2 − b ± b 2 − 4 c ,
Thus, the difference between the roots is 2 − b + b 2 − 4 c − 2 − b − b 2 − 4 c = b 2 − 4 c
This difference is the length of the base of the orange square, thus the area of the square is b 2 − 4 c = 1 5
Area of the orange square=Square of difference of roots = b 2 − 4 c = 1 5
See here to get the above formula
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The two roots of the equation x 2 − b x + c are: x 1 = 2 − b − b 2 − 4 c x 2 = 2 − b + b 2 − 4 c
∣ x 1 − x 2 ∣ = 2 − b − 2 ( − b ) + 2 b 2 − 4 c − ( − 2 b 2 − 4 c )
∣ x 1 − x 2 ∣ = b 2 − 4 c
Area = ( ∣ x 1 − x 2 ∣ ) = ( b 2 − 4 c ) 2 = b 2 − 4 c = 1 5