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Fill in the blanks to make a quadratic whose roots are 5 and -5.
x^2 + ___ x + ___

 May 31, 2024
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First, let's write this in factored form. 

 

A quadratic whose roots are 5 and -5 can be written in the form (x-5)(x+5). 

 

Expanding, we have (x5)(x+5)=x225

 

This means that the first blank, the coefficient for x, is 0. 

 

The other blank, the constant, is -25. 

 

We have a final answer of x2+0x+25 or just x225

 

Thanks! :)

 May 31, 2024

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