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secondary 3 chevron_right E Maths

pls help thanks

Date Posted: 6 years ago
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kenzy
Kenzy
6 years ago
hi thanks for your answer. may i know why did u use x to minus both roots ? :)
Kok Weiyong
Kok Weiyong
6 years ago
imagine you have the equation x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0. After factorisation, you will get (x - 2)(x - 3) = 0 and the roots are 2 and 3.
So, when you are told that the roots to a quadratic equation are 2 and 3, you can write in the form
(x - 2)(x - 3) = 0 to obtain the original equation.