Roots' relation

Algebra Level 2

Suppose m m and n n are real numbers such that the roots of the equation 2 x 2 m x + 8 = 0 2x^2-mx+8=0 are α \alpha and β \beta while the roots of the equation 5 x 2 10 x + 5 n = 0 5x^2-10x+5n=0 are 1 α \dfrac{1}{\alpha} and 1 β \dfrac{1}{\beta} .

Find the value of m n mn .


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4 12 16 1 4 \dfrac{1}{4} 8

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Because α \alpha and β \beta are the roots of the equation 2 x 2 m x + 8 = 0 2x^2-mx+8=0 , we have: { α + β = m 2 α β = 4 \left\{\begin{array}{l}\alpha+\beta=\dfrac{m}{2}\\\alpha\beta=4\end{array}\right. Otherwise, the roots of the equation 5 x 2 10 x + 5 n = 0 5x^2-10x+5n=0 are 1 α \dfrac{1}{\alpha} and 1 β \dfrac{1}{\beta} , we get: { 1 α + 1 β = 2 1 α . 1 β = n \left\{\begin{array}{l}\dfrac{1}{\alpha}+\dfrac{1}{\beta}=2\\\dfrac{1}{\alpha}.\dfrac{1}{\beta}=n\end{array}\right. Thus, m n = 2 ( α + β ) α β = 2 ( 1 α + 1 β ) = 4 mn=\dfrac{2(\alpha+\beta)}{\alpha\beta}=2\left(\dfrac{1}{\alpha}+\dfrac{1}{\beta}\right)=\boxed{4} .

Bonus : We can find that n = 1 4 ; m = 16 n=\dfrac{1}{4}; m=16 .

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