A quadratic equation satisfies the following condition: How many such quadratic equations are there that have all integer roots?
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Let the equation be a x 2 + b x + c = 0 .
Dividing by a gives x 2 + a b x + a c = 0
So, according to the question a − b + a c = 8
By assuming a b = p and a c = q ,
we get x 2 + p x + q = 0 and q − p = 8
Let the roots of the equation be m and n .
So, m n + ( m + n ) = 8
⇒ m n + ( m + n ) + 1 = 9
⇒ ( 1 + m ) ( 1 + n ) = 9
9 can be factorised as
9 = 3 × 3 = − 3 × − 3 = 9 × 1 = − 9 × − 1 .
Since there are four unordered factorised form of 9 possible, therefore there are four equations with different roots satisfying such condition.