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CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 · 2008 (Rest of Region) · Paper 1 · Question Q14

The general quadratic equation with roots \alpha and \beta may be written as

  1. (A)x^2 - (\alpha + \beta)x - \alpha\beta = 0
  2. (B)x^2 + (\alpha + \beta)x - \alpha\beta = 0
  3. (C)x^2 - (\alpha + \beta)x + \alpha\beta = 0
  4. (D)x^2 + (\alpha + \beta)x + \alpha\beta = 0

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