2003 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
Let 
and 
denote the solutions of 
. What is the value of 
?
Solution
Using factoring:
or 
So and are 
and 
.
Therefore the answer is 
OR we can use sum and product.
See Also
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