2005 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 12
- The following problem is from both the 2005 AMC 12B #12 and 2005 AMC 10B #16, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
The quadratic equation has roots twice those of , and none of and is zero. What is the value of ?
Solution
Solution 1
Let have roots and . Then
so and . Also, has roots and , so
and and . Thus .
Indeed, consider the quadratics .
Solution 2
If the roots of are and and the roots of are and , then using Vieta's formulas, Therefore, substituting the second equation into the first equation gives and substituting the fourth equation into the third equation gives Therefore, , so
See also
2005 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 15 |
Followed by Problem 17 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2005 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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