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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ParthKohli Vieta's Formula

OpenStudy (astrophysics):

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Parth (parthkohli):

Hello.

Parth (parthkohli):

Let's first think about a quadratic-polynomial.\[ax^2 + bx + c = a\left(x - \alpha\right)\left( x - \beta \right) \]\(\alpha, \beta\) are the roots of the polynomial. Now if we expand the right-hand-side,\[ax^2 + bx + c = ax^2 - a(\alpha + \beta )x + a \alpha \beta \]Comparing the coefficients,\[\alpha + \beta = -\frac{b}{a}\]\[\alpha \beta = \frac{c}{a}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not \(\alpha\beta = \frac{1}{a}\) ?

Parth (parthkohli):

no

Parth (parthkohli):

Now let's think about a cubic.\[ax^3 +bx^2 + cx + d = a(x- \alpha) (x - \beta ) (x - \gamma)\]\[= ax^3 - a(\alpha + \beta + \gamma) x^2+ a( \alpha \beta + \beta \gamma + \gamma \alpha) x - a(\alpha \beta \gamma ) \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

And this would work the same way

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