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2. If and are the roots of the equation 2 x 2 3 x 7 0 has roots, find the quadratic equation
with integral coefficients whose roots are:
2 2
(a) 2 , 2 (b) ,
4. Consider the equation 2 x 4 13x3 27 x 2 13x 15 0 . Given that one of the zeros of the
equation is x1 2 i , find the other three zeros x2 , x3 and x4 .
1. (a) 5 , 2
(b) 2 2 5 2 10
b b
(c) sum of roots 2 2 10 10 10
a a
product of roots 2 2
c
2 8 8
3 3
a
b c
general quadratic equation: ax 2 bx c 0 x 2 x 0
a a
3 7 3 b b
2. (a) , 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2 2 2 a a
2 2 4 4
7 c
14 14
2 a
3
2
2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6
b 6 b 6
(b)
7
7 7 a 7 a 7
2 2
2 2 4 4 8 c 8
7 7 a 7
2
2 2 6 8
thus, quadratic equation with roots and is x 2 x 0 7 x2 6x 8 0
7 7
an 1 3 n a 18
3. (a) sum of roots ; product of roots 1 0 9
an 2 an 2
(b) If y satisfies f y 0 then g y 5 0 . Thus, the roots of g x are each 5 more that the
roots of f x . There are 3 roots, so need to add 3 5 15 to sum of the roots for f x 0 .
3 27
Therefore, the sum of the roots of g x 0 is 15 .
2 2
4.