1)If the roots of a quadratic equation are -2 and 3, the equation can be written as
A) (x+2)(x+3)
B) (x-2)(x+3)**
C) (x+2)(x-2)
D) (x-2)(x-3)
Is the answer B?
If someone could help me that would be great.
Since x+2 = 0 give you x = -2
Since x-3 = 0 give you x = 3
I would assume (x+2)(x-3).
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Yes, you are correct. The answer is B) (x-2)(x+3).
To understand why, we can use the fact that the roots of a quadratic equation are the values of x for which the equation equals zero. Therefore, if the roots of the equation are -2 and 3, we can substitute these values into the equation to get:
When x = -2:
0 = (-2 - 2)(-2 + 3)
0 = (-4)(1)
0 = 0
When x = 3:
0 = (3 - 2)(3 + 3)
0 = (1)(6)
0 = 0
As we can see, when substituting -2 and 3 into the equation, we get 0 in both cases, which confirms that these values are the roots of the equation.
Now, let's look at the answer options:
A) (x+2)(x+3) - This equation would expand to x^2 + 5x + 6, and this is not correct since the coefficients do not match the given roots.
B) (x-2)(x+3) - This equation would expand to x^2 + x - 6, and this matches the given roots.
C) (x+2)(x-2) - This equation would expand to x^2 - 4, and this is not correct since the coefficients do not match the given roots.
D) (x-2)(x-3) - This equation would expand to x^2 - 5x + 6, and this is not correct since the coefficients do not match the given roots.
Therefore, the correct answer is B) (x-2)(x+3).