Vieta's Formula 1

Algebra Level 1

x 2 63 x + k = 0 x^2-63x+k=0 Both roots of the quadratic equation above are prime numbers. What is the value of k k ?


The answer is 122.

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1 solution

Junghwan Han
Aug 16, 2019

Let α \alpha and β \beta be the two roots of the quadratic equation. α + β = 63 \alpha+\beta=63 Since the sum of two positive integers is an odd number, we can conclude that one of the two roots is even and the other root is odd. Since the roots are prime numbers, one of the root will should be the only even prime number, which is 2 2 . Therefore the other root is 61 61 .

k = α β = 2 × 61 = 122 \therefore k=\alpha\beta=2\times61=122

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