What is the product of the real roots of the equation below?
x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 = 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5
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Relevant wiki: Vieta's Formula Problem Solving - Basic
let y = x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 then y 2 = x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 , we have
x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 = 2 y
adding 1 5 to both sides, we get
x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 = 2 y + 1 5
so,
y 2 − 2 y − 1 5 = 0
( y − 5 ) ( y + 3 ) = 0
y = 5
y = − 3 (Rejected since y must be positive.)
Substituting y = 5 back, we get
x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 = 2 ( 5 )
x 2 + 1 8 x − 2 0 = 0
By Vieta's Formula , the product of the roots is
x 1 x 2 = a c = 1 2 0 = 2 0
x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 = 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 − 1 6 + 1 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 = 0 ( x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 ) 2 − 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 + 1 = 1 6 ( x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 − 1 ) 2 = 1 6 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 − 1 = 4
(it can't be -4, because the root on the LHS would be negative)
x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 = 5 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 = 2 5 x 2 + 1 8 x + 2 0 = 0
From Vieta's formula, product of the roots of the final equation is : x 1 x 2 = 2 0
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x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 y y 2 y 2 − 4 y − 6 0 ( y − 1 0 ) ( y + 6 ) ⟹ y x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 x 2 + 1 8 x + 2 0 = 2 x 2 + 1 8 x + 4 5 = 2 y + 1 5 = 4 ( y + 1 5 ) = 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 1 0 = 0 Let y = x 2 + 1 8 x + 3 0 Squaring both sides Note that when y = − 6 : − 6 = 2 − 6 + 1 5
Note that the roots of x 2 + 1 8 x + 2 0 are real and by Vieta's formula , their product is 2 0 .