Quadratic #2

Algebra Level 2

problem2


The answer is 1.

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5 solutions

Aayush Patni
Feb 18, 2015

No way this is a level 4 problem. Overrated

True Patni it's not even worth level 2

Kunal Verma - 6 years, 3 months ago

True....I wonder why it still continues to be a level 4 problem..!

Anandhu Raj - 6 years, 3 months ago
Divyansh Khatri
Feb 15, 2015

Let the roots of the equation be a,a+1 Therefore equation would be x^2-(2a+1)x+(a(a+1)) Therefore b^2-4ac=4a^2+1+4a-4a^2-4a =1

Brigham Lucero
Apr 22, 2015

let n be the first integer:
-b=-n-(n+1)=-2n-1 (from (x-n)[x-(n+1)]);
b=2n+1;
c=n^2+n;
b^2-4c=(2n+1)^2-4(n^2+n)=(4n^2+4n+1)-4n^2-4n=1



Rohit Ner
Mar 7, 2015

Let the first root be n n .Then the 2nd root will be n + 1 n+1 .So the equation will be ( x n ) ( x ( n + 1 ) ) = x 2 ( n + ( n + 1 ) ) x + n ( n + 1 ) = x 2 ( 2 n + 1 ) x + n ( n + 1 ) (x-n)(x-(n+1))=x^2-(n+(n+1))x+n(n+1)=x^2-(2n+1)x+n(n+1) . So b = 2 n + 1 , c = n ( n + 1 ) b 2 4 c = ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 4 n ( n + 1 ) = ( 4 n 2 + 4 n + 1 ) ( 4 n 2 + 4 n ) = 1 b=2n+1,c=n(n+1)\rightarrow b^2-4c=(2n+1)^2-4n(n+1)=(4n^2+4n+1)-(4n^2+4n)=\boxed{1}

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